Finished The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Book 2 of The Passage trilogy! Finally!

It was interesting read, but too long. Too much back story and details that could have been condensed quite a bit. As it is, I didn’t like the fist quarter, second quarter was okay, third was interesting, and really enjoyed the last one.

Still one book remaining in the trilogy, but need a break, will come back to after a little while.

Read some more stories from The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

Now reading The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore. First book of The Icewind Dale Trilogy, and The Legend of Drizzt / Forgotten Realms series (publication order).

It’s my first Drizzt, and first D&D novel and has been on my wishlist for a very long time. Just started it so can’t really say much about it, but enjoying it so far.

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


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  • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 month ago

    I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the Infinite Series by Jeremy Robinson. It is a masterwork of scifi, spanning several scifi sub-genres. Each book (that I’ve read so far) is only loosely connected to the other books - it reminds me a bit of early Marvel movies where at the end Nick Fury shows up. I had read Infinite, not knowing that it was the beginning of a series, and then when I found out I decided I would read the next book, but make no commitments to continue the series. I’ve not stopped and each book just keeps getting better.

    • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      I randomly stumbled across the dark which is much later in the series and really enjoyed it. I’ve now gone back and started from the beginning with infinite and will be continuing in order. I’m looking forward to it!

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        1 month ago

        “Across the Dark”, D for Dark, D for Death. Yeah, makes sense that’s the one you stumbled upon. 😀

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      1 month ago

      Haven’t read the series, but apparently you get crossovers in last few books.