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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? June 10 (discuss.online)
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Started next book in the Dresden Files series, Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. This is book 13, and is pretty unique so far. The previous book "Changes" has changed quite a bit, and now we are living those changes.

Can't put it down, want to see how it develops!

My previous book, Streams of Silver covers 2 bingo squares: Title: [X] of [Y] and Off your TBR pile (hard mode).

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

For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Currently finishing up Old Man's War by John Scalzi. It's well-written, but not really my cup of tea.

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Finished:

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

An ex-soldier gets a job as a tutor/secretary for a member of the ruling family, helping her navigate court life, enemy schemes, and the titular family curse.

As I said previously, this was too slow for my taste, but I liked the characters and the plot. I did spend a lot of the book hoping the 35yo MC would get introduced to a potential love interest that wasn't 19, though. (Thankfully, not much time is spent on their crushing.)

Bingo squares: x of y, steppin' up (HM), political (HM)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why didn't you like Old Man's War, and do you like Scalzi's other work?

    You copied my bingo square "x of y"!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is gonna sound dumb, but it was too much war for me. I imagine the battle after battle after battle + blur of faceless soldiers was the point, but I needed either a more interesting plot or more character work for it to hold my attention. I haven't read any other Scalzi, but I liked the narrative voice well enough in Old Man's War to be down to try something else by him at some point.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hmm...

    I have read only his Kaiju Preservation Society and it's good. I got the first few books of Old Man's War, and plan to start it soon.

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