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What book(s) are you currently reading? 19 October (discuss.online)
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I finished Death Masks by Jim Butcher, 5th book in the series. This is probably the best book in the series yet, pretty much no dull moment. And I have heard it just keeps getting better from here, so looking forward to that!

After that, looking for epic fantasy, started The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty. Read the first book City of Brass and loved it. A different setting from the "medieval European" one we usually get, and thoroughly enjoyable book.

Before starting next book in the series, read Elly Griffith's The Janus Stone, 2nd book in Dr. Ruth Galloway mystery series. It was a quick but nice read, I'm going to continue with her books.

Just starting The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty, the next (2nd) book in The Daevabad Trilogy.

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

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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Because Ahsoka didn't make much sense and the best part was Admiral Thrawn, I decided to listen to the audiobook Thrawn trilogy and I'm about 60% through book one.

It's... interesting.

It's got sound effects and music which generally add to the Star-Warsiness of it, but sometimes they can overpower the audio, especially when it's the steady thrum of the ship.

The writing isn't that great, either. It sounds a lot like the Warrior Cats novels my kid loves. But it's Star Wars so I wasn't expecting Shakespeare. It's a bit goofy, especially the names, but again it's Star Wars.

The narrator also does a good impression of Luke Skywalker, C3PO, and Han Solo, and a passable Leia and Lando. But their voice when reading the Wookiee whose speech impediment lets him speak basic is laughably bad. And that character does a lot of talking.

So far, I give it a 7/21.3.