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What are you Reading? (August 2023) (lemmy.world)
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I've put together a collage of some books from last months What are you Reading? post. It's mostly random, but the more discussion something gets the more it stands out to me. Going forward I'm going to make a new post every month to talk about what people are reading.

Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (July 2023)

At any rate, what are you currently reading or plan to read in August?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm 75% finished with the book myself! Going to jump into the Wheel of Time series after I cleanse my palette w/ some non sci-fi books

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I finished shortly after I posted. I'm satisfied with how they ended it; it was a strong finish. I'm reading the faded sun trilogy now; it's pretty good so far.

Good luck on the wheel of time! I finished that a little less than a year ago. There are some GREAT books, but there are a couple that are stinkers. The fourth book, shadow rising, is so so so good. It's slows down I think in books six and seven, or maybe seven and eight, then the last few pickup again. Have fun, it will be a journey!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I finished it tonight. I preferred an all or nothing finale and so wasn't quite as enthused but c'est la vie.

I felt the same about some of the Expanse books slowing down in the middle as well fwiw (maybe slowing down isn't the right word, but there were 2-3 books where it felt like you had to read 60% of the book before the real problem emerged that made the storyline more gripping and less misc en scene-esque)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, for me the whole free navy plot line could have been way more concise; seemed like it dragged on for much too long. There is a similar show down, or whatever the right word is, in wheel of time.

Regarding the ending, I think I've been so upset with endings of other stories so many times that my standard is "satisfied" or "not satisfied"; I would say I'm satisfied with the expanse. I liked the ending, but it didn't spark joy in me.