I just read it as well, and was left feeling surprisingly “meh” about it at the end. Maybe because I didn’t love the previous book and there was a long wait for this one?
I’m not sure, but i’m not excited for the next book. I’ll read it anyway, but it’s a bit of a come-down as this series used to be one of my favorites.
Somehow this trilogy had fallen off my TBR list, but your excitement is making me move it to the top. It’s a great sign that you loved His Dark Materials and are still enjoying the new stuff–I’ll definitely check it out.
All caught up on the webserials and am partway through the 5th book of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
I plan to read Saint Death’s Herald by C. S. E. Cooney next, and I think I can get back on track with my Bingo card after the holidays.
I’m now on book 10 of He Who Fights with Monsters, and I expect to finish that this coming week.
I’ve really made less progress on my bingo card than I planned, but I still have time to turn that around before the end date.
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Fantastic recommendation.
After catching all the way up with The Wandering Inn webserial, I decided to try other webserials I might like.
I’ve now read all the available content for Pale Lights (by ErraticErrata, who wrote A Practical Guide to Evil which I loved, this new one’s also great), the first four books of Beware of Chicken (thumbs up, will definitely continue), and just started He Who Fights with Monsters (I’m halfway through book one, but I don’t hate it).
I tried Zenith of Sorcery (since I remembered enjoying Mother of Learning well enough) but the currently available material didn’t really grab me. I might try again in a few years.
I’m not sure what happens when I’ve totally caught up with all these…I don’t know if I have the patience to only read one story segment a week, or if I’ll end up pausing for longer stretches so there’s more at one time.
Very cool, thanks so much!
Finally made it to the tenth story arc of The Wandering Inn webserial. I’m hooked and will definitely keep reading as new segments are published once I finish, but I’ve spent nearly all of my free time reading this for what feels like at least a month…I have no idea what to do with myself once I’m fully caught up (probably this week).
Still plugging away at The Wandering Inn webserial…now on book 8.
I’m in the middle of the 6th book of The Wandering Inn webserial. I hear it’s so long that I may be reading it for the rest of my life.
This was wonderful, thanks for sharing! (Now sending it to all my friends.)
This week I read Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, hoping the nonfiction would be a good change of pace. I finished it, so I might look up some more nonfiction over the next little while.
I also read Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne, since my hold came in at the library. I thought it was just fine as a way to end the series, and I don’t wish I had the time back. A very fast/easy read.
I’m stalled in the middle of like 6 different books and I’m not feeling any of them at the moment.
I just DNFed Assassin of Reality as the second in the Vita Nostra series (I really liked the first book, but…), so I ended up rereading The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik instead.
I started the Four Quarters series by Tanya Huff last night, and I just aggressively don’t care about any of the characters. I don’t know what I’m looking for in books right now, and I’m getting a little cranky about it.
THANK you. I was looking at the left picture going, “Is it me or does he look weirdly like Scott Bakula…man, it’s not me, right?”
Hm, interesting. I wasn’t sure I’d like it at first, but I jammed through Vita Nostra, and didn’t realize there were already published sequels until a few days ago, when I immediately moved them to the top of my TBR pile. I’ll try to lower my expectations to be more in line with reality–thanks for the heads-up!
Made it to the 4th book of the Temeraire series before needing a break (the 3rd book felt a little slow/less engaging than the first 2, and it probably isn’t, I just need to read something else for a bit), and my new library holds arrived, so I read Murder at Haven’s Rock by Kelley Armstrong last night. It’s a spin-off or sequel series to Rockton, and revisiting the characters was a treat.
I started reading some fantasy by T. Kingfisher (both books of The Clocktaur War and a standalone or two), and I enjoyed the duology enough to request some of her other fantasy books from the library, so I’ll read some more of them next week. I’d only read some of her horror novels previously. (The afterword on Bryony and Roses made me want to reread the two Beauty and the Beast adaptations by Robin McKinley, so I’m briefly detouring there.)
I read through first book and supplement novella of the Captive’s War series by James S. A. Corey, because while I didn’t love every bit of the Expanse novels and short stories, I really enjoyed the series as a whole, and definitely didn’t regret sticking with it. I’d read the next book–I’m intrigued and want to know what happens next!
I also read the first two books in the Mirror Visitor quartet by Christelle Dabos. Apparently they were written in French and translated by Hildegarde Serle, if any fantasy fans are still looking for hard mode for bingo square 1B, give the first book a chance and see if it sparks your interest. It’s called A Winter’s Promise, and it’s listed as both young adult and romance as well, but I wouldn’t have said the first book was either of those (just not what I expect from either of those categories).
Finished 1066 and All That (library books get priority in case someone else is waiting), started Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand but wandered off when the story switched to the 2nd main character being introduced about 75 pages in (but I’m gonna come back to it, I just made base camp), and I picked up As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden from the library today.
I’ve largely been rereading older releases for comfort, since I keep bouncing off the new (to me) books I’ve started–and the end of this bingo year is approaching!