Reading Kazuo Ishiguro's newest, Klara and the Sun. Definitely a David Mitchell influence (especially the Sonmi sections of Cloud Atlas) and similar in some ways to Ishiguro's own Never Let Me Go. I'm not finished yet but far enough that I will highly recommend it.
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Originally posted by SteelBlue View PostReading Kazuo Ishiguro's newest, Klara and the Sun. Definitely a David Mitchell influence (especially the Sonmi sections of Cloud Atlas) and similar in some ways to Ishiguro's own Never Let Me Go. I'm not finished yet but far enough that I will highly recommend it.
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I finished Proust Vol. 4 and am well into Vol. 5, The Captive. Good stuff. I read a new translation of a Brazilian novel, the Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, by Machado de Assis, known as the Mark Twain if Brazil, and its greatest novelist. I'm finishing up Until the End of Time by Brian Green. Highly recommended. He explains science better than anyone I've read, and in this one he delves into humanities and human history as well. Greene is like Harari, but actually for smarter people. I finally read I, Claudius, and experienced that rare but uneasy feeling of absorbing a supposed classic and feeling that it really isn't very good. It's a political-historical like Mantel's novels, but Graves doesn't have near the artistry as Mantel. This is like tabloid historical fiction. It is a fairly entertaining overview of the first three emperors, with a great deal of lurid stuff drawn from speculation and gossip in the historical record, and made me want to watch Caligula.When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
--Jonathan Swift
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Mrs. NWC got me 'The Way of Kings' and 'Words of Radiance' for Christmas. I didn't want to read them; they're pretty daunting at 1200 pages each. But I just finished them and will start 'Oathbringer' soon.
Sanderson is a really good fantasy writer. I've enjoyed his other books that I've read. This represents something new for me. I've never really tackled an epic series like this. He keeps it very interesting. Although sometimes I feel it's a slog reading the side stories and flashbacks, they all tie in well with the main story. If you're interested, I recommend bookmarking a wiki that doesn't have obvious spoilers. It's easy to forget details after so many pages."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
- SeattleUte
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Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostMrs. NWC got me 'The Way of Kings' and 'Words of Radiance' for Christmas. I didn't want to read them; they're pretty daunting at 1200 pages each. But I just finished them and will start 'Oathbringer' soon.
Sanderson is a really good fantasy writer. I've enjoyed his other books that I've read. This represents something new for me. I've never really tackled an epic series like this. He keeps it very interesting. Although sometimes I feel it's a slog reading the side stories and flashbacks, they all tie in well with the main story. If you're interested, I recommend bookmarking a wiki that doesn't have obvious spoilers. It's easy to forget details after so many pages.
I am finishing up World Without End right now. This is book 2 of Ken Follett's middle ages series. The first book Pillars of the Earth was great imo and this one is as well. I forgot how much I like reading Follett. These are also huge books. This one comes in at 1046 pages.
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Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
I have been meaning to eventually read those.
I am finishing up World Without End right now. This is book 2 of Ken Follett's middle ages series. The first book Pillars of the Earth was great imo and this one is as well. I forgot how much I like reading Follett. These are also huge books. This one comes in at 1046 pages."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
- SeattleUte
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Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
I think I saw that miniseries advertised a while back. It’s historical fiction without a magic component? Looks interesting.
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Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostMrs. NWC got me 'The Way of Kings' and 'Words of Radiance' for Christmas. I didn't want to read them; they're pretty daunting at 1200 pages each. But I just finished them and will start 'Oathbringer' soon.
Sanderson is a really good fantasy writer. I've enjoyed his other books that I've read. This represents something new for me. I've never really tackled an epic series like this. He keeps it very interesting. Although sometimes I feel it's a slog reading the side stories and flashbacks, they all tie in well with the main story. If you're interested, I recommend bookmarking a wiki that doesn't have obvious spoilers. It's easy to forget details after so many pages.
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Loved the pillars of earth series. He just finished a prequel to that trilogy this year that was also pretty great.
His 20th century trilogy wasn't as appealing to me, so I only finished the first book.
Still trying to be brave and dip my toes into the sandwerson stormlight archives...
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Originally posted by LiveCoug View PostLoved the pillars of earth series. He just finished a prequel to that trilogy this year that was also pretty great.
His 20th century trilogy wasn't as appealing to me, so I only finished the first book.
Still trying to be brave and dip my toes into the 89124 archives...
Edit: just got the audio book. 24 hours.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
started book 3 this morning.
1.4 speed is how I listen, it cuts off a good 4-6 hours off a book
Normal speed is soooooooo slow
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Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
Over the last couple years, i've upped the speed of my audiobooks. Used to be just normal speed, then up to 1.4. Now, if it's an american narrator, I do 1.8, british narrator, I do 1.6
Normal speed is soooooooo slow"The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane
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Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post
My decision to up the speed usually depends on the quality of the narrator. The better the narrator, the more likely I am to listen at normal speed."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
Over the last couple years, i've upped the speed of my audiobooks. Used to be just normal speed, then up to 1.4. Now, if it's an american narrator, I do 1.8, british narrator, I do 1.6
Normal speed is soooooooo slowAin't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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