What are you reading in 2022?

[Ralif Redhammer]

I finished Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Still awesome. Same goes for a re-read of R.E. Howard's Hour of the Dragon I just finished. The pace never lets up, and yet it still finds the time to paint the scenery in such an evocative way.

Now I'm finally reading Karl Edward Wagner's Darkness Weaves. It was the last of the full-length Kane novels I needed.

 

[Richards]

I'm sure you're all aware of Larry Elmore as a prominent D&D artist, but did you know he was also an author? I sure didn't, until I picked up Runes of Autumn, by Larry Elmore and Robert Elmore (his cousin). It looks to be a standard fantasy novel, not D&D but very much a world that could be portrayed in a D&D campaign, although so far in the small town where this novel starts out, dragons, elves, and dwarves are believed to be creatures that lived long ago but are no longer around; I suspect we'll find out that's not exactly true before too long. But there are ink drawings by Larry at the beginning of every chapter - a bonus above and beyond the story, which so far is pretty decent (involving the mysterious deaths of people found with their hearts carved out of their chests).

Johnathan

 

[julllegga]

Fire and Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones - it is a work of art

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I finished Wagner's Darkness Weaves. I've realized why I prefer Kane in full-length novels to short stories. Kane is powerful, strong, intelligent. But he is arrogant and ambitious, and in the span of the novels inevitably sabotages himself and his plans. In the short stories, you rarely get that downfall arc, and that makes for a less interesting character.

Now I'm getting started on some heavier reading for my winter break with Epictetus' Discourses.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I've been reading the Amulet series of graphic novels. Enjoyable. I'm almost done through vol8, and will then wait with the rest of the world for the final volume...

Also, I guess I'm pushing to get caught up to the present on Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley Sergeant Havers books. Next up is vol 5 (17 more to go!). The second murder mystery that featured a trans character this year. Both set in England. One written in probably 1990 (George's) and the portrayal is forgiveable. The other written during the pandemic, and the portrayal is completely awful - I won't be reading any more of that author's work. (I should have known based on their social media persona )

Speaking of trans, this book Sexed Up is really eye-opening. It is contemplations written by someone who transitioned from man to woman, and how the world's perspective and treatment of them shifted. The goodreads description contains a lot of dog whistles for the left (proud card carrying member myself); but so far I have found the tone much more like musings and thoughts. I am expecting that it will also contain the conclusions that a smart person taking their own lived experiences and projecting them across modern Western/USican society and uncovering the dangers therein. We'll see. Enjoying so far 50 pps in.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58950971-sexed-up

 

[Nellisir]

I finished Wagner's Darkness Weaves. I've realized why I prefer Kane in full-length novels to short stories. Kane is powerful, strong, intelligent. But he is arrogant and ambitious, and in the span of the novels inevitably sabotages himself and his plans. In the short stories, you rarely get that downfall arc, and that makes for a less interesting character.

There is a moderately well-known sf/cyberpunk book, the title of which escapes me for the moment, which ended with the protagonist distinctly less well-off than before, and it was a really nice change. Books 2-3 got a lot more traditional and "fixed" things.

I'm blanking on the title. mid-late 90's; author died shortly after finishing the trilogy (cancer?); setting was the mideast, I think; something about a chip in the back of his head. I'm not home and cant check my shelves.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

There is a moderately well-known sf/cyberpunk book, the title of which escapes me for the moment, which ended with the protagonist distinctly less well-off than before, and it was a really nice change. Books 2-3 got a lot more traditional and "fixed" things.

I'm blanking on the title. mid-late 90's; author died shortly after finishing the trilogy (cancer?); setting was the mideast, I think; something about a chip in the back of his head. I'm not home and cant check my shelves.

George Alec Effinger? When Gravity Fails?

 

[pukunui]

I was given the Strixhaven D&D 5e book for Christmas and have just started reading it.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

To finish off this year's thread, wondering what tool folks use to track their books? I have used Goodreads for quite a while, have 2400 books tracking on there.

That said, I've been considering moving off the Amazon platform, and switching to something like The StoryGraph.

What do people use to track their books, if anything?

 

[Zaukrie]

To finish off this year's thread, wondering what tool folks use to track their books? I have used Goodreads for quite a while, have 2400 books tracking on there.

That said, I've been considering moving off the Amazon platform, and switching to something like The StoryGraph.

What do people use to track their books, if anything?

given the number of times I've re-read or started re-reading a book, perhaps I should do this. Same with the occasional movie....

I started using Goodreads, but found I didn't look at it. It's like tracking beer or wine I like, I just wing it.