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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? October 15 (discuss.online)

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Finished The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Book 2 of The Passage trilogy! Finally!

It was interesting read, but too long. Too much back story and details that could have been condensed quite a bit. As it is, I didn't like the fist quarter, second quarter was okay, third was interesting, and really enjoyed the last one.

Still one book remaining in the trilogy, but need a break, will come back to after a little while.

Read some more stories from The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

Now reading The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore. First book of The Icewind Dale Trilogy, and The Legend of Drizzt / Forgotten Realms series (publication order).

It's my first Drizzt, and first D&D novel and has been on my wishlist for a very long time. Just started it so can't really say much about it, but enjoying it so far.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[+] RonnieB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, I can't say anything but thank you for saving me a possible week or two of reading something I really have no interest in. I genuinely thought the whale would end up speaking and some fantasy stuff would occur.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hugo's Hunchback is much the same. There is genuinely a good story, with the gypsy, the priest, Quasimodo himself, and then a good half the center of the book is just a complete history of the Notre Dame cathedral.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I actually have a habit of skipping what I call "stuffing" when I sense it's just stuff I really don't care to know. Saves me some good number of pages. Alexandre Dumas does this a lot in his books. When I read "The count of Monte Cristo", I skipped all the parts where he described landscapes and ocean and all that lovey shit. Lol