One of the rare weeks where I got to read quite a bit.
Read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. A contemporary sci-fi thriller. It’s my first Blake Crouch book and I knew nothing while going on. A quick and very enjoyable read. Recommended for thriller fans, if they don’t mind sci-fi.
After that, read The Magician’s Guild by Trudi Canavan. It’s a first book in The Black Magician trilogy, though it does have a prequel book and a sequel trilogy after that, but I don’t know if they the follows same characters or if they are different stories, just in the same universe.
The whole book takes place in one city, and stakes are very personal instead of some world saving quest. It was also a quick and very easy to read book.
Finally, started the most read / mentioned book of these weekly threads, Dungeon Crawler Carl. The book is hilarious, it gave me some of that Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy feel in the start, but it’s a very different book.
It is very much a litRPG (have we finalised on litRPG now? what happened to Progression Fantasy? It was at least a better name than litRPG, or is there some difference between the two?), and one issue with the genre is there is rarely any feel of real danger (with some exceptions). This seems to be going the same way, but again, I am still in the start of the first book of eight book series, so anything can change. This isn’t a negative though, this is kind of why I like these books, sometimes you just want to read about good guy getting the win, without worrying about if they will win, but it is something to note if you are new to the genre.
Enjoying it enough that I have already ordered the next books, not sure if I’ll actually read them back to back, but I am definitely going to continue with the series.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Currently reading Hop ‘Til You Drop by J.M. Griffin. It’s the third in a cozy murder mystery about a woman who runs a rabbit rescue and helps police solve murders with her telepathic bunny named Bun. I’m sad there aren’t more because I love Bun and the way the author describes rabbit behavior is so accurate, all the way down to the snarky attitudes they get 🤣
Dark Matter was my first Blake Crouch book. I’ve now read 5 of his books and he is an author I will automatically purchase books from when I see them. I love his stuff!
That murder series sounds interesting, going to check it out.
When I opened the book (Dark Matter) it mentioned his other books, including Wayward Pines series, that series has been on my wishlist for a long time, don’t even remember who recommended it and when. Will probably get that next.
The Jules and Bun trilogy are a lot of fun. Definitely more cozy murder mystery. Anyone who knows rabbits will immediately recognize the behavior that the author describes lol
Wayward Pines is one I have not read, but I do own it. If I see you add it to your post, I’ll start it too! I like to read his books as vacation books or if I need something that hooks my interest quickly and is fast paced. Famous was a good one that I just finished that a few weeks ago. He’s an author I like to recommend to folks who aren’t super into scifi but want a quick and absorbing read. Every time I recommend Dark Matter to someone, they always love it. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Jules and Bun books have interesting names. I have added them to my list.
Dark Matter is very good. I have recommended it to couple of people, looking forward to see what they think about it.