So what are you reading this year 2021?

[KahlessNestor]

Still reading Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow.

Still reading Night of the Hunter by R. A. Salvatore.

Still reading Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire.

Still reading The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray.

Still reading The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor.

Still reading Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson.

Still reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Still reading The Immortal Game: A History of Chess by David Shenk.

Still reading Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

Still reading Changes by Jim Butcher.

Finished reading The Icebound Land by John Flanagan.

Still reading A Lone Habitation by Seanan McGuire.

Still reading My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas.

Still listening to Lux by Brandon Sanderson.

Still reading Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl.

Started reading The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan.

 

[Marc_C]

Finished David Edding's Pawn of Prophecy (Belgariad book 1). More and better world building than Brooks. There are a few echoes of LOTR, which is fine since they are not obvious theft. Nothing irked me. I can see why young readers like this series. It's clever to use a clueless 14 year old hero who slowly discovers his manifest destiny as the main character. It felt like a short read.

Started the second book, Queen of Sorcery.

 

[Richards]

I started up a book called The Birth of the Blade by Dennis McCarthy. It's a ragtag group of not-heroes destined to bring about the creation of a powerful magic sword that will potentially save their world. Seems like pretty much a generic fantasy world, but it's engaging enough a couple chapters in. We'll see how it goes.

Johnathan

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Carter's The Enchantress at World's End was a fun, quick read. It's not something I'd list as the best of Appendix N, but it's so enjoyable and goofy-weird that I can't help but love it.

Now I'm reading Master of Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy. Technically it's a re-read, as I read this a long time ago when I was a kid, but I don't really remember much at all about it.

 

[Zaukrie]

Started The Initiate Brother this week.....

Good book. Guess I need to buy the second one......

 

[Zaukrie]

Good book. Guess I need to buy the second one......

There appears to be no ebook for this available....which is fine, I don't love ebooks.....but still....

 

[Marc_C]

Finished book two of the Belgariad by Eddings. A few plot twists are weird. Seems like Eddings wanted them to happen and couldn't be bothered to explain how or why they happened.

Starting book 3.

 

[Mallus]

I'm catching up with some quality sci-fi that I missed over the years: finished Ted Chiang's collection Exhalation, 20 pages into Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.

 

[trappedslider]

reading an interesting AH YA novel called American Royals. The POD is instead of saying no, Washington becomes King. I expect some will be a bit irritated over the point of divergence, the book being YA and more focused on the characters doesn't really dive into the ripples beyond a few mentions here and there.

Spoiler

Two princesses vying for the ultimate crown.
Two girls vying for the prince's heart.
This is the story of the American royals.

When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. Like most royal families, the Washingtons have an heir and a spare. A future monarch and a backup battery. Each child knows exactly what is expected of them. But these aren't just any royals. They're American.

As Princess Beatrice gets closer to becoming America's first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling. Nobody cares about the spare except when she's breaking the rules, so Princess Samantha doesn't care much about anything, either . . . except the one boy who is distinctly off-limits to her. And then there's Samantha's twin, Prince Jefferson. If he'd been born a generation earlier, he would have stood first in line for the throne, but the new laws of succession make him third. Most of America adores their devastatingly handsome prince . . . but two very different girls are vying to capture his heart.

 

[KahlessNestor]

Still reading Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow.

Still reading Night of the Hunter by R. A. Salvatore.

Still reading Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire.

Still reading The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray.

Still reading The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor.

Still reading Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson.

Still reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Still reading The Immortal Game: A History of Chess by David Shenk.

Still reading Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

Still reading Changes by Jim Butcher.

Still reading A Lone Habitation by Seanan McGuire.

Still reading My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas.

Still listening to Lux by Brandon Sanderson.

Still reading Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl.

Still reading The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan.

Started a reread of Mistborn: The Final Empire, book 1 of the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Been a while since I read it, and the last book in Mistborn Era 2 will be out this year, so want to reread to remind myself. Plus now I can read Mistborn: A Secret History immediately after the trilogy instead of years later when I'm not remembering a lot.