I did a book crawl this year around march and really found the love of reading again. I know a lot of it is trash by literature standards but I’ve enjoyed the escapism quite a bit. My favorite was Moonbound, maybe my favorite sci-fi book of all time tbh. I also enjoyed the House of Salt and Sorrows, Bitterblue, and Sea Sparrow quite a bit.

What were your favorite books?

  • morgenman@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 month ago

    I thought the Red Queen series was alright, but didn’t end up finishing it. It really reminded me of the Hunger Games for some reason and I just wasn’t feeling the vibes. North Woods was fascinating. I read it after seeing a screenshot of the beetle erotica bit. I’m definitely glad I did. It wasn’t the character driven narrative I normally go for (unless you want to make the argument that the house was the main character which honestly is a pretty good argument), but I found it charming and mysterious. Not my favorite but fun.

    My favorite is definitely Moonbound. 10/10, incredible sci-fi book that blurs the lines with fantasy without getting too Chronicles of Riddick if you know what I mean.

    • Tagger@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I weirdly don’t remember the red Queen series almost at all, which is weird.

      I didn’t really like North Woods; I think I prefer a classic narrative driving the story.

      • morgenman@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 month ago

        100% with you on Red Queen. As soon as it was about armies and a revolutionary force and all that it just kinda faded in interest. I think honestly just too YA for me. All I remember is that the people have powers and there’s a cool walled city or something?

        I totally get North Woods, it was strange. The supernatural bits felt a little out of place at the end. Definitely a love letter to naturalism though.

        What are some of your favorite books?

        • Tagger@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          That’s such a hard question!!!

          I really liked the dark materials series growing up.

          I recently read The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde which was brilliant.

          I have also loved the Fallen Gods trilogy by Hannah Kaner.

          I also have reread Ready Player One a few times.

          All of the Hunger Games books I have found to be easy to read and intriguing.

          Have you read the opposite of butterfly hunting? It was very out of my normal reading but was brilliant.