Pretty unique and well developed. Also an interesting setting. I think the characters in that series aren’t as well flushed out or believable in comparison to his more recent work.

Yup, 14 is the first in this series! It had a very slow burn into the weirdness of his world. The Fold knows that the reader is in on it even if the characters don’t yet. I think that’s a main reason I’m into it, but Clines also does a very good job at writing believable people which keeps it engaging.

Highly recommend Bennett’s Ana and Din Mysteries. Super world, good mystery, and interesting characters. I’ve nearly finished his Foundryside series (2/3), and while neat, they aren’t as strong in my opinion.

I finished Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman, which was just okay, at the end of the day. Not something I’d write home about. On the other hand I’m accidentally listening and reading to two books with protagonists with eidetic memory, both of which I’m loving! The Fold, Peter Clines, and A Trade of Blood, Robert Jackson Bennett, are both great so far.

The Fold, is the second in a connected lovecraftian-inspired universe, and nails the government secret project energy. Blazing through this one.

Then A Trade of Blood continues the mysteries in Cline’s awesome and weird biological science fantasy world. Trying to savor it.

I’m working my way through Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman, and it reminds me in hugely of Otherland, Tad Williams. I haven’t picked up a Gaiman book in a while, somewhat due to the controversy around him, and I’d forgotten that I do enjoy his prose. Overall, it’s only fine. I keep falling asleep reading if that’s any indication of interest ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

And finally finished Heretical Fishing, Haylock Jobson. Boy was that book not for me. I think I get the appeal of a permutation of the cultivator progression fantasy genre, but wow the writing really wasn’t for me. Sooo dramatic all the time about the littlest things, constantly talking about how the air felt in lungs, sun on face, etc. And the relationships, while “wholesome” did not feel grounded or real. I don’t the I’ll be continuing the series.

Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna’ be fooled again!

I’ll always love the Nac Mac Feegles :)

Glad I could help! I also recommend looking into the IRC integration.

I’ve had success with Shelfmark, but I don’t use .is.

I leave primary mirror to auto then have the following as mirrors:

• https://annas-archive.gl/
• https://annas-archive.pk/
• https://annas-archive.vg/
• https://annas-archive.gd/

I’m not sure I follow what you’re problem is regarding the indexers, so I can’t help there.

Hey, thanks for following up! ☺️ In that time I read book four, which I enjoyed but still feel the moroseness is too much for me to do the whole series in one go.

Cool, appreciate the recommendation :)

I’m nearly finished with 14, Peter Clines, which has turned out to be great! Nice and slow burn of strange things happening in an LA apartment building, and slice of life of the protagonist, which has turned into truly out there concepts and strangeness. Would recommend to anyone who likes weird fiction and mysteries.

I’m also working my way through Shorefall, Robert Jackson Bennett, the second book in The Founders trilogy. It continues the interesting magic-hacking from the first book, but I still don’t think Jackson Bennett has his dialog feet under him yet. I found that The Tainted Cup felt much more natural than this series. Overall still fun!

Got it, neat. Thanks for the overview. So similar in concept, but different trappings and structure. I was seeing YA tags on a few places I looked. Does it lean into that style of writing heavily?

How would you say it compares to DCC? I’ve been looking for another DCC-like in the litrpg space.

Yup, I transferred from Calibre and Calibre-Web to Grimmory end of last year. It’s a webapp based solution with built in look ups for GoodReads, Hardcover, and other services. Overall pretty nice!

Very fun read! Reminded me of a combination Terry Pratchett and Joe Abercrombie in a way.

It’s not fully automated, but I use Shelfmark -> Grimmory for my ebooks. Works quite nicely with the ingestion/metadata lookup in Grimmory.

Seconding this! I’ve been quite happy with the community over at Grimmory as well as the changes. I’ve also taken a peak at BookOrbit, another fork off Booklore, which seems less resource intensive, but the metadata migration (stuff like hardcover ids, other auxiliary fields) seemed a tad more work than I wanted.

The series is a wild ride. If you atick with it, the payoff is excellent 👌

Nearly done with reading A Parade of Horribles, Matt Dinniman! It felt like it took a little while to get ramped up, but I’m enjoying the chaos as things continue to spiral. Unsure what I’ll read after this.

For my audiobook, I’m about a third of the way through Isles of the Emberdark, Brandon Sanderson, which may be my favorite of his special novels so far. Very cool to see how things are all tying together in the broader cosmere. Well thought out strategy on how to expand a short story. Only quibble is Sanderson still doesn’t seem to write natural dialog. It never feels like a something someone would actually say.

I just finished Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz, which was pretty okay. The themes about trans and marginalized groups rights were well done with the robot analog. Unfortunately I thought the dialogue was cringey at times and I never resonated with any of the characters. I enjoyed the setting and world building, but the length and rushed pace of the piece compounded my negative feelings.

Currently reading A Parade of Horribles, Matt Dinniman, which I’m enjoying but feel like the zaniness is maybe getting out of hand? Well see, only a quarter in.

It’s a cool looking world and system. I backed the Kickstarter but have not given the books a good enough read.