whatcha reading?

[Evil gator]

I go in and out of the urge for scifi and I'm finally reading the red rising series and man that's good.

Also re-started the expanse

what other series are good I've been missing?

 

[DocZaius]

I found a bunch of old paperbacks online that I enjoyed as a youngster, and I'm slowly working my way through them. It's an anthology series edited by Isaac Asimov. I've managed to collect 8 of the 12 books in the series so far, I hope to complete the set.

 

[Evil gator]

I found a bunch of old paperbacks online that I enjoyed as a youngster, and I'm slowly working my way through them. It's an anthology series edited by Isaac Asimov. I've managed to collect 8 of the 12 books in the series so far, I hope to complete the set.

my mom was a huge Asimov fan and belonged to the SF book club so I read all those as a bored kid too, likely while getting skin cancer outside.

 

[DocZaius]

my mom was a huge Asimov fan and belonged to the SF book club so I read all those as a bored kid too, likely while getting skin cancer outside.

It's not really surprising, but it's kind of sad that there are a lot of old books that will probably never get digitized and will just disappear.

 

[Evil gator]

Yeah we tried to give them to the local library and they weren’t interested

 

[DocZaius]

75 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2024 - Electric Literature

We couldn’t be more excited for these highly anticipated books to hit shelves in the coming year

electricliterature.com

 

[DocZaius]

Took the wife on a long weekend getaway to Sanibel and Captiva. Ate at Doc Ford's, which is a small west-coast chain of seafood restaurants owned by an author, Randy Wayne White. He had all his novels for sale in the lobby. The food was excellent.

So I bought the audiobook of his first "Doc Ford" novel, Sanibel Flats to listen to on the way back home. I figure it can't be that bad if he wrote 24 books in the series and earned enough money to open a chain of seafood restaurants that feature his main character's name.

It's pretty good so far. A little slow but I'm only about a third of the way through. Seems pretty standard "South Florida detective-adventure novel" stuff.

 

[Evil gator]

if you weren't wearing a hawaiian shirt with gators on it I'm going to be disappointed.

 

[DocZaius]

if you weren't wearing a hawaiian shirt with gators on it I'm going to be disappointed.

I actually own a Hawaiian shirt (and I did wear it) but no gators on it, unfortunately. I did wear my Gator ball cap most of the time, though.

We stayed at Tween Waters Resort but most of the businesses on the islands are still closed - some for good, some still renovating.

 

[DocZaius]

Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. Saw people discussing it on Twitter. A little bit of a slow start where they introduce a bunch of characters with funny names and I couldn't keep them all straight. But it's settled in, I'm about 1/3 of the way through it. Pretty good sci-fi.

 

[Irish Mike]

Started a series from Ben Coes. In the Reacher, Mitch Rapp vein. Read the 1st 3 "Power Down", "Coup d'Etat", and "The Last Refuge". Good stories, lots of characters, pretty high stakes.

The main guy, Dewey Andreas, is sufficiently badass to make it interesting.

 

[Irish Mike]

Dipping my toe into my first Lovecraft. "At the Mountains of Madness".

Pretty good so far.

 

[DocZaius]

If I recall, that one actually kind of drags a bit.

Herbert West: Re-Animator is one of his best, IMO.

 

[Irish Mike]

If I recall, that one actually kind of drags a bit.

Herbert West: Re-Animator is one of his best, IMO.

Finished it. It was ok. Not much of a story but still kinda interesting. Probably made a bigger impact 90 years ago when it first came out

 

[RIP]

Just finished Project Hail Mary. It was excellent.

 

[Altitude Gator]

Just finished The Deerslayer. Heading on to The Last of the Mohicans.

My annual traverse through the Leatherstocking Tales.

 

[DocZaius]

Feel like a little romance? Try the Pelvis Johnwood series

 

[DocZaius]

 

[JookJoint]

just finished The Southern Reach Trilogy

 

[JookJoint]

Just finished Project Hail Mary. It was excellent.

I am reading this currently

 

[RIP]

I am reading this currently

It's so freaking good.

 

[JookJoint]

It's so freaking good.

loving it so far

 

[Irish Mike]

Got the latest book in the Mitch Rapp series. #23 or 24. Finished it in 3 days, now gotta wait another year for the next one.

 

[JookJoint]

"Cryptonomicon" - Neal Stephenson

 

[DocZaius]

"Cryptonomicon" - Neal Stephenson

I started it but never finished. Maybe I should revisit it.