On March 14 2016 03:53 Nyxisto wrote:
Was really looking forward to read Cixin Liu's Death's End this summer, but Amazon has moved it to Oktober : ( Now I'm sad

Musicus

Germany23576 Posts

March 13 2016 22:27 GMT

#83

I recently finished

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Solid urban fantasy, where the MC is not an OP mage that can trash everybody in a fight. Instead he is a deviner and has to use planning and depends on outwitting his opponents. An easy read for inbetween. I think I will read the next books, but not immediately.

Currently reading:

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About a guy that will be reborn as the same person every time he dies, while retaining his memory. He tries a different approach in every life to find out why this happens. He discovers that there are more of his kind and it gets pretty interesting. Not that far into it yet, but it seems really good!

What I will read next:

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I saw Hotbid recommend this on twitter and am looking forward to it. About a future on Mars and how how humanity got devided into classes. The MC is from the lowest class and joins the ranks of the the elite in their elite school. There are noble houses too I think. Should be a good YA novel.

Reading for me is mainly entertainment and relaxing. So I'm sorry, but I won't post too much "valuable" or world literature

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

March 13 2016 22:34 GMT

#84

Red Rising is great, I hope you'll enjoy it! The sequel, Golden Son, was even better in my opinion. I have you have the potential to set a night aside, because Brown's books are very binge-friendly. I finished Morning Star, which is the last part in the trilogy, a couple of weeks ago, and I just ate through it in a single sitting. It's that kind of series.

Musicus

Germany23576 Posts

March 13 2016 22:37 GMT

#85

On March 14 2016 07:34 Zealously wrote:
Red Rising is great, I hope you'll enjoy it! The sequel, Golden Son, was even better in my opinion. I have you have the potential to set a night aside, because Brown's books are very binge-friendly. I finished Morning Star, which is the last part in the trilogy, a couple of weeks ago, and I just ate through it in a single sitting. It's that kind of series.

Okay, good to know, ty! I easily get addicted to those kind of books and can't stop until I finished the whole series. Might've to wait a bit until after my exams at the end of this month. Or finish them right now in a few days before I get serious about studying

goody153

44171 Posts

March 14 2016 06:24 GMT

#86

I just read Alloy of Law, 4th book of the Mistborn by Brandon sanderson. When i finished Mistborn some time ago i refused to read the "300 years after the event" sequel of it since the trilogy ended well and i was scared that the sequel might ruin the satisfying end it had.

So after awhile eventually i tried it out and oh how wrong i was. Reading the 4th book The Alloy of Law was a treat, it's set in a time where there are gunpowder, trains and the use of electricity expanding while the original trilogy was set in a medieval time.

It was a surprise since the characters from the trilogy and sequel was completely different (not because it's 300 years after lol but he wrote different type of people ) the original trilogy being + Show Spoiler +

a bunch of revolutionaries trying to end slavery and ended up governing the government itself at the second book and trying to stop the end of the world

stuff like that

and the sequel character are like crimefighters/detective/cowboys.

I enjoyed the book and binge read it through around 6 hours? It was short but enjoyable

(Also before i forget to mention Wayne is god and Wax & Wayne main character combo is fun as fuck.)

Manit0u

Poland17329 Posts

March 14 2016 10:18 GMT

#87

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

I'm about 150 pages into the first book. It's pretty much Harry Potter for adults. Pretty good so far.

Flicky

England2663 Posts

March 14 2016 10:36 GMT

#88

Finished:
The Black Itself - Joe Abercrombie - Another fantasy book that is meh for the first 90% then picks up at the end for the sequel...
Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain - Worth a read. I'm enjoying this "sort of biopic" style book recently. It peters out a little bit nearer the end and loses focus, but it's still a great insight into something I was almost part of.
Business For Punks - James Watt - Had to read it for work. I can't recommend it.
The Game - Neil Strauss - Really enjoyable book. I think anyone nerdy would get a kick out of it and to see a world so completely consuming itself is something to behold.

Reading:
Sake Confidential - John Gauntner - So far, it's teaching me a decent amount about sake and that's why I bought it.

Will read:
Trust Me, I'm Lying - Ryan Holiday

IgnE

United States7681 Posts

March 15 2016 04:02 GMT

#89

What have you learned about sake that we (I) should know?

farvacola

United States18831 Posts

March 15 2016 14:14 GMT

#90

Bourdain is a better writer than many expect.

Yurie

11874 Posts

March 17 2016 00:12 GMT

#91

Anybody know if any of the books in the new humble bundle is worth getting? https://www.humblebundle.com/books/booktrope-scifi-thriller-novels Mostly interested in the Sci Fi ones.

As for what I am reading. Started reading Chinese/Korean/Japanese stuff a bit before new years and have kept it up since then. Can recommend the first book of The Lazy King and the entirety of The Legend of Sun Knight. The rest I could recommend is still ongoing or being translated. Which is what I am currently reading, following 26 translations.

Also read The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett whose main problem is trying to make you care and understand too much. It has decent action scenes and characters in a setting I love. The problem is that it takes half a book to explain a character's background and personality instead of letting you get to know it as the story progresses. So each book feels like 100 pages of info dump somewhere in it (still interesting but delaying the main plot).

Surth

Germany456 Posts

March 20 2016 13:49 GMT

#92

Apparently people who read Rene Girard also read self-help books and Ayn Rand

corumjhaelen

France6884 Posts

March 20 2016 13:54 GMT

#93

Sounds legit. René Girard -> random french intellectual -> Claude Levi Strauss -> Bricolage -> self-help book -> stupid shit -> Ayn Rand.
On topic : Anti-Oedipus (the fuck) and In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower's third or fourth rereading.

Surth

Germany456 Posts

March 20 2016 15:13 GMT

#94

haha i have anti-oedipus here as well, not sure what to think of it so far. i got braudels structure of everyday life and im loving that so far

farvacola

United States18831 Posts

March 20 2016 15:45 GMT

#95

I love Anti-Oedipus but I think I'm biased given my childhood spent in exasperated psychologists' offices

christineetter

3 Posts

March 22 2016 05:21 GMT

#96

Finished Reading: The Lowland
Started Reading: The Fountainhead
Will read: No idea what!

Flicky

England2663 Posts

March 22 2016 11:43 GMT

#97

On March 15 2016 13:02 IgnE wrote:
What have you learned about sake that we (I) should know?

The book basically explains the terms, what they mean and clears up a bunch of misconceptions about Sake. The way the guy talks about sake isn't far off from how I talk to customers about beer (drink everything).

It's a great introduction to a drink I don't get much interaction with.

Nyxisto

Germany6287 Posts

March 22 2016 19:57 GMT

#98

Reading currently:
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RvB

Netherlands6226 Posts

March 22 2016 20:30 GMT

#99

How is the 2nd book? Seems interesting to me. Might put it on my plan to read list. Although that list is already massive.

Nyxisto

Germany6287 Posts

March 22 2016 21:05 GMT

#100

I like the book a lot. Clark is an immensely knowledgeable author and I think he hits a good balance between being informative and being entertaining. It's not a dry book at all. It's also a somewhat controversial book in Germany because some historians here have accused him of being a revisionist in regards to WW I ("Sonderweg" explanatations have always been very popular among historians here) so it's a somewhat controversial book as well.