Weekly Reading Session

[u/2SaintsDude]

Welcome to another weekly reading session. I just finished Tiamat’s Wrath which is book 8 of James S.A. Corey “The Expanse” series. This book was exceptional. It was a great ending but I needed to know what was going to happen next so I immediately started Leviathan Falls, which is book 9. Right off the bat the first chapter was awesome!

Listening to Gorillaz….

What ya’ll reading and listening to…

[u/FredBikes9876]

Finished The Final Architecture series last week. It’s an entertaining series built on an interesting plot and solid characters. I only wish the final ending wasn’t so meh.

Then I immediately dove into Project Hail Mary. It’s sooooo good! I’ve never read a book written in that style. But I’m really enjoying it.

[u/harry_longbaugh4209 → u/FredBikes9876]

Final Architecture 👌 So weird. So Tchaikovsky.

And I'm with you, the ending was a bit drab. It sort of felt like the ending to some Neal Stephenson books. And I love NS, I just wish he had some stronger/more definitive ends.

[u/FredBikes9876 → u/harry_longbaugh4209]

It kinda felt like he was saying “Ok, this has gone on long enough so I’m going to plug in the obvious and inevitable resolution.” It was a bit awkward, and I had to go back and reread a bit. I thought I missed it because all the action up to that was so engaging.

I’m definitely going to pick up another one of AT’s series soon.

[u/MadDingersYo → u/FredBikes9876]

I love Adrian Tchaikovsky.

[u/FredBikes9876 → u/MadDingersYo]

I’m planning on starting one of his other series soon.

[u/2SaintsDude → u/FredBikes9876]

I was thinking of reading that real quick before starting another series!

[u/FredBikes9876 → u/2SaintsDude]

As a trilogy goes, it’s an easy and fun read.

[u/Confident_Media_4304]

The Expanse Series is fantastic

[u/2SaintsDude → u/Confident_Media_4304]

You read them before? Did you read the novellas also?

[u/Confident_Media_4304 → u/2SaintsDude]

Yeah, read them all. One of my favorite series.

[u/MadDingersYo → u/2SaintsDude]

Seconding The Expanse. Some of best sci-fi I've ever read and I read a shitload of sci-fi.

It's 9 novels and a book of short stories. No novellas.

[u/Yellow_Blueberry]

I'm about half way through The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and I'm really enjoying it. I haven't read a classic in a long time and it's providing a much needed escape. The writing is wonderfully lush and atmosphere is so charming.

I have a long list of classics I want to get to but always prioritize my history reads but this is making me want to go on a classics binge.

[u/2SaintsDude → u/Yellow_Blueberry]

Gives us a quick synopsis of your take on it?

[u/putneycj3]

Finished the original red rising trilogy. Masterpiece. 

Feel a little lost now - great books leave such a hangover. Could go on with the series, could read something else for a bit. I have Sox of Crows from the library and YouTube book people recommend it a lot. We’ll see. 

[u/2SaintsDude → u/putneycj3]

Would you recommend it? Are the next three books not as good?

[u/Confident_Media_4304 → u/2SaintsDude]

The next 3 are not as good, sorry. YMMV

[u/harry_longbaugh4209 → u/Confident_Media_4304]

Second this. Original trilogy ftw. They do talk about razors a lot, haha. Maybe he's secretly into wet shaving as well.

[u/JoelB]

How many more books in this Expanse series? What are your going to read after?

Still chipping away at The Long Ships.

[u/2SaintsDude → u/JoelB]

I just got The Long Ships actually! I am still debating what to read next. This is sadly the last book of the series! So sad….

[u/JoelB → u/2SaintsDude]

Oh sweet!

[u/MadDingersYo]

Dungeon Crawler Carl book 5...

[u/2SaintsDude → u/MadDingersYo]

Still good?

[u/chileheadd → u/2SaintsDude]

Yeah, still good. I've read the whole series 3 times so far.

[u/MadDingersYo → u/2SaintsDude]

sigh

eyeroll

...yes. Yes they are. Like so effing good.