I just finished a re-read of Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells to coincide with the AppleTV show being released they work well for quite a few bingo squares with 5E Jerk with a Heart of Gold, and 1E Now a Major Motion Picture being the most prominent. I’m now working through the Amra Thetys series starting with The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids by Michael McClung. I read the first book for a past bingo and really enjoyed it, so now I'm finishing the series. They work for the2A Independent Author bingo square for sure

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

For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Close to halfway through Sword of the Lictor, book three of the new sun series. Really enjoying the weirdness of the setting. Tons of interesting characters and locations, the main plot moves kind of slowly while the main character gets side tracked or waylaid and those are some of the best parts, especially since they all become meaningful as it goes on.

Realized by the end of the first book that it's clearly a major influence for the Troika! tabletop role playing game, which made some of the more archaic terminology more familiar. Finally fully understand what an Alzabo is.

[–] rogue_moravec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Oo, I just finished reading the 4th book in that series for this year's book bingo. It was a blast and a half, and dense but so rich. I'd love to hear what you think when you finish that one. Are you reading Citadel of the Autarch as well, or are you reading the series in between other books? I wrote a spoiler-free review on bookwyrm here. Anyone else read this series?

[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, I'm reading Citadel next, checked out a two book volume from the library so I'm ready to go. Just got to

minor spoilers, opinion of Severian

where he's at the lake in the mountains and was a huge jerk upon arrival, got dosed with mushrooms, and is being taken to some castle. Maybe he's just in a bad place after losing little Severian and being incredibly exhausted, but it's becoming more apparent how disconnected he is from the average person on Urth