Started Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire. First book in her October Daye urban fantasy series. This is my first Seanan McGuire book, have heard a lot about her.

Still skimming through The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll.

Putting Ultra-processed Food by Chris van Tulleken on hold for a bit, shouldn't have started multiple non-fiction at once. Will pick it up after finishing the Bullet Journal Method.

Bingo squares covered: Short and Sweed, Award Winner (Hard mode)

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

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[–] slaughterhouse@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A conspiracy of friends have me reading LitRPGs right now, so I'm reading the second Book of the Dead by RinoZ right now, and listening to He Who Fights With Monsters.

[–] zout@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are these any good? I've read books by a few writers last year who seem to churn out 3-4 books a year, and reading them you can tell they didn't spend time proof reading or developing the plot.

[–] slaughterhouse@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As with any genre, some authors are stronger than others. There's a lot of trash, but there's some really good stuff as well. Dungeon Crawler Carl, for example, has my highest recommendation.

[–] zout@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I like DCC, but Matt Dinniman doesn't seem to publish three books a year, where RinoZ does. I should've clarified I was worried about the quantity vs quality.

[–] slaughterhouse@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago

Gotcha. I apologize, I thought you were asking about the genre in general, not RinoZ specifically.

I haven't read his main series, Chrysalis, yet, but it's pretty consistently ranked as one of the best in the genre. For Book of the Dead, I haven't noticed any story or worldbuilding issues that typically accompanies rushed projects. It's pretty well put together, barring a comic relief character with a juvenile sense of humor and the occasional typo.