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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? September 09 (discuss.online)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dresden@discuss.online to c/books@lemmy.world

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Still reading Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 3 of Rivers of London series.

Didn't really get much to read this week, so at same place as last week.

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

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[–] TheFerventLion@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I finished, I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman, last night. What a very surreal experience that I'm struggling to articulate. It left me very contemplative. It was clearly well written, but I'm not sure whether I enjoyed it. Intentionally too many unanswered questions.

A week or so back I knocked out The Gate of the Feral Gods, Matt Dinniman, which was, as usual, a good romp. I'm interested to see if this LitRPG gets boring at some point.

[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm two books ahead of you and it hasn't gotten boring yet. As the series goes on I think it has more frequent moments where it slows the action down to put pieces in place, but Dinniman never stops escalating the situation.

[–] TheFerventLion@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good to know - every time I think he's jumped the shark, there's a bigger shark! Have you read any other LitRPGs, and if so, how does this compare?

[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is the first LitRPG I've read, should probably check out more.

[–] atomic@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think I'll add Never Known Men to my TBR, it sounds interesting.

[–] TheFerventLion@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! It's quite quick, so it's a low investment if it doesn't float your boat.