What are you reading in 2023?

[WayneLigon]

Finished up The Traitor, the last book in The Covenant of Steel by Anthony Ryan. One of the best fantasy series I've read in many years. Low-magic grim and gritty war story.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

As for what I'm reading, deciding between finishing the second inheritance trilogy book, or starting Red Shirts

Both good, you won't regret either I don't think

 

[trappedslider]

,i'm cleaning out my bookcase since i'm going to be moving and i realized how many of the books i have are simply because it's expected that i own them as someone who likes star wars or star trek.

 

[Zaukrie]

Gonna go Inheritance book, since I have it in a three+volume book, and I'll be flying soon so I can read Red Shirts on the plane.....since that's on my phone.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Probably the most interesting thing I read recently was Akata Witch, though Every Heart a Doorway was interesting too.

Most of the rest have been nonfiction or just the latest in various series (i.e. Season of Skulls).

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Probably the most interesting thing I read recently was Akata Witch, though Every Heart a Doorway was interesting too.

Most of the rest have been nonfiction or just the latest in various series (i.e. Season of Skulls).

Every Heart a Doorway was quite good, I need to read more of those (Seanan M rarely disappoints)
Akata Witch on my to-read - thoughts?

 

[Thomas Shey]

Every Heart a Doorway was quite good, I need to read more of those (Seanan M rarely disappoints)

We've got the second novella (which is a prequel to the first) on order from the library. I'd found the other McGuire novel I started I couldn't engage with, but this one grabbed me right out the gate (thought it wasn't really until well into the book that my brain caught up with what the two sisters, effectively, were).

Akata Witch on my to-read - thoughts?

On one hand, its kind of a typical "Modern era young trainee mage in a world that doesn't acknowledge them", on the other hand, being set in Africa, with (what I'm presuming is) an Afrocentric view of how magic might work and a variety of characters with different life situations, its got a different sort of feel while still being very accessible. My wife just burned through the second and third in the series.

 

[dragoner]

I finished the Cordwainer Smith collection, there were quite a few short stories of his I missed before, it was interesting. Was reading the CP Red core, I guess kind of casting around for other stuff to read.

 

[Richards]

I start a week-long business trip tomorrow, so I figured I'd spend the preliminary hours (in the airport and on the plane) reading a guilty pleasure, one of the Destroyer novels starring Remo Williams and Chiun, Master of Sinanju. These are not works of literary greatness, but they're almost always entertaining (I only recall hitting a few duds over the decades); the one I picked up is #152: Continental Divide. I'm looking forward to pages of martial arts action, bewildering evil schemes to be thwarted, and of course lots of bickering between the two main characters.

Johnathan

 

[Nellisir]

,i'm cleaning out my bookcase since i'm going to be moving and i realized how many of the books i have are simply because it's expected that i own them as someone who likes star wars or star trek.

I keep books that a) have emotional meaning; b) I actually enjoyed; or c) I would recommend to my daughter (or other meaningful person).

Plus reference books and etc.