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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? May 6 (literature.cafe)
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I'm finishing up The Golden Enclaves, the last of the Scholomance Series by Naomi Novik. It fulfills The Jerk with a Heart of Gold square, but in getting in to it, it also fits the LGBTQIA+ representation square. I've gotten started on so many great series in the last few years doing reading challenges and this year I'm going to try and get caught up with a bunch of them. I'm super excited!

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

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[โ€“] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shroud, after a bit of delay in the middle. Some good world-building and interesting concepts, and an engaging tale - but not quite up with Children of Time, I'd say.

About a third of the way through Iain M Banks' Use of Weapons. It seems too focused on the flashbacks - which have not coalesced into a cohesive whole so far. There is still plenty of time, of course.

[โ€“] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For Use of Weapons, the flashbacks are essential to the story, but you have to wait to the end for their full relevance.