jwcarlson Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 On 1/10/2024 at 1:35 PM, anewbie said: I am currently waiting for the following books to have something to read: stone door The winds of winter The navigator children Light Bringer (i think i read this); and red god. -- It is hard to find good stuff to read; esp when some of these series take 20+ years. You're going to be waiting awhile on a couple of those. That said, I think good books are almost too common anymore! Sooooooooooooo many things to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 On 1/10/2024 at 1:35 PM, anewbie said: I am currently waiting for the following books to have something to read: stone door The winds of winter The navigator children Light Bringer (i think i read this); and red god. -- It is hard to find good stuff to read; esp when some of these series take 20+ years. I'm beginning to give up hope that either of the first two will ever happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 I finished Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill and am excited to read the second book. Finished The Surgeon by Leslie Wolfe last night. It was OK, but I'm not a great fan of twists simply for the sake of twists and then when you think that is the last twist here's two more. Meh. It wasn't terrible, but it also wasn't particularly great. Lots of belief suspended and I'm typically a fantasy reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Finally found this topic. I am an avid reader, but I read utter crap. It is astonishing how bad books I pick. The problem is, I read most of the time when re-watching tv shows, or while boyfriend is still working and we have something in the background. Some books require to be read in silence, without distractions and I find it hard to do that. So instead I read cheap fantasy, scifi, even romance books that have no deeper meaning or complicated language and can be easily read while not fully committed. I also have this other bad habit where I know what good books are, I have them in my library and then I have hard time getting into them and give up. I have Joe Abercrombie series, read two chapters, sitting on a shelf. Lies of Locke Lamora, 15% in, lost interest and that was few years ago. Some scifi is just too hard to read cause the language is not easy to follow. I desperately need to switch to the "good" books and stop wasting my time on the "crap". I know I dont even finish some of them, if I dont finish the book that evening, I will most likely not pick it up again, as I dont have the interest anymore nor the drive to figure out how it ended, given they are mostly the same. On the other hand I promised myself to stop being so hard on myself, given I enjoy some of the books and it is comparable with watching bad tv. So why not. I also reread books and series a lot, when I remember a line or a feeling or a scene, I just have to read the book again, which sort of leads to rereading the series. My most favorite ones are books by Ilona Andrews (The edge series, Hidden Legacy series, Inkeeper series, not the Kate Daniels and the following) or Patricia Briggs or Kim Harrison, so it is clear there what style I like 🙂 On that note I started reading Great Gatsby, interesting one, sort of feverish pace, reminds me of Kerouac books and I need to do just a chapter or two at a time. I also started the Dawn from the Lilith Brood series by Octavia E Butler, I am listening partially to some czech crime book which is too scary to listen to in the evenings so I switch it with Killer Moon by N.K. Jemisin. Not to mention I have tabs opened for some of my crap books, like The Alpha by Avanne Micheaels or Unwanted by Marley Valentine How do you manage to do the correct books? I even tried like Haruki Murakami, boy I hated that book (1Q84), took me long time to finish and I hated it even more after that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 Book taste is wildly subjective. Just because "everyone else" loved it, doesn't mean you will. I will say that I think you're sleeping on Abercrombie and Lies of Locke Lamora, The First Law series and Gentlemen Bastards are among my favorites. I, too, read amongst plenty of distractions and I've done two things when I really want to focus. Ear buds and listening to classical music or movie soundtracks or just regular old ear plugs. You have to be a certain level of anti-social for this and I don't often use them. But I will break them out when I'm reading the heavier books like you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/30/2024 at 4:30 PM, jwcarlson said: I will say that I think you're sleeping on Abercrombie and Lies of Locke Lamora, The First Law series and Gentlemen Bastards are among my favorites. I will get to them at some point and I bet I will love them. Sometimes it is the circumstances, the mood one is in, the weather, the timing 🙂 Some books sucks but some books suffer from external things influencing the reader I also use the headphones and I will have to change the approach and move the reading from the bedroom/couch to a chair or something 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JE47 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/30/2024 at 7:30 AM, jwcarlson said: Book taste is wildly subjective. Just because "everyone else" loved it, doesn't mean you will. I have to agree with this statement as my favorite selections of books to read where written in the Victorian Era 😂 Needless to say not everyone is interested in reading books that old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 1/30/2024 at 8:48 AM, beastie said: . . . I desperately need to switch to the "good" books and stop wasting my time on the "crap". Why? Read what you enjoy and don't stress over it. If you enjoy reading the books you term crap then I contend they aren't crap and you aren't wasting your time. On 1/30/2024 at 8:48 AM, beastie said: . . . How do you manage to do the correct books? I even tried like Haruki Murakami, boy I hated that book (1Q84), took me long time to finish and I hated it even more after that It's very easy. I define the "correct" books instead of letting other people do it. If I like them, they're correct. If I don't like them then they aren't correct. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 On 2/7/2024 at 11:25 AM, JettsPapa said: Why? Read what you enjoy and don't stress over it. If you enjoy reading the books you term crap then I contend they aren't crap and you aren't wasting your time. It's very easy. I define the "correct" books instead of letting other people do it. If I like them, they're correct. If I don't like them then they aren't correct. ^this. If you're happy reading it, who cares if anyone else enjoys it! I've recently read One Piece volumes 4, 5, and 6. And last night finished Blake Crouch's The Last Town - the third book in the Wayward Pines Trilogy. I loved the series. Blake Crouch is an absolute must read, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Very insightful, to say the least! Edited March 7 by Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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