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.

Still reading A Lone Habitation by Seanan McGuire.

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.

Still reading Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.

Started reading Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft by WOTC in preparation for playing in the Misthunters epic.

Started reading Critical Role: Tal’dorei Campaign Setting by Matthew Mercer.

 

[Blue]

Currently: The Diamond Age

Diamond Age and Zodiac may be my favorite Neal Stephenson books, followed by Snow Crash. I do enjoy his meandering style though some of his recent books are a bit too much.

 

[Blue]

Finished the three Reckoner books by Sanderson. Enjoyed them a good deal. For all of Sanderson's famed ability to nail series endings, this one felt a bit lame to me. As in it was both expected and the twist was less interesting and poorly explained enough that he might have been leaving plot holes for another series to wrap up. That said, they were good reads - just not great ones.

Just started Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist. It's been over a decade since I read anything by him.

 

[KahlessNestor]

Finished the three Reckoner books by Sanderson. Enjoyed them a good deal. For all of Sanderson's famed ability to nail series endings, this one felt a bit lame to me. As in it was both expected and the twist was less interesting and poorly explained enough that he might have been leaving plot holes for another series to wrap up. That said, they were good reads - just not great ones.

I believe there was an intent for a kind of alt-universe Reckoners novel, but Brandon couldn't get it to work. Apocalypse something?

In any case, try out his latest, Lux, It's audio book only, and written with another author, but still very Brandon Sanderson. It deals with a Reckoners team in Texas, roughly during the time of the second book.

Also, you should read Mitosis, an e-book only novella that occurs between books 1 and 2.

 

[Richards]

I'm off on my 4-day business trip today, so I'm beginning Stephen King's Cell, wherein cell phones are somehow tied into what might as well be a zombie apocalypse, as those with cell phones start turning into mindless killing machines. The action started almost immediately, so I'm off to a good start.

Johnathan

 

[turnip_farmer]

Just started Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist. It's been over a decade since I read anything by him.

I really enjoyed that book. It had quite a different feel to it than his Riftwar stuff.

That was more than 20 years ago, though. No idea if the older and wiser fatter me would find it quite so compelling.

 

[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.

Finished 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 listening to Lux by Brandon Sanderson.

Still reading Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl.

Still reading The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan.

Still reading Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.

Still reading Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft by WOTC in preparation for playing in the Misthunters epic.

Still reading Critical Role: Tal’dorei Campaign Setting by Matthew Mercer.

Started reading Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell.

 

[embee]

Currently reading: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Finished DeCamp's The Goblin Tower. Not as enjoyable as The Fallible Fiend, but it still had its share of wit and humor. The frequent digressions into a story-within-a-story slowed the pace.

Now I'm re-reading (for the first time since I was a kid) the Wings of Omen Thieves World anthology.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Currently reading: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells

Had to nope out of that one - too depressing. I mean, good for what it is; but I'm already stressed by the climate crisis... I did read the last chapter though. Spoilers - there are things we can do as individuals, communities, and nations.