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Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:00 am to Sneaky__Sally
I'm currently reading the 2nd book in the Old Man's War series by John Scalzi. So far its been a quick, enjoyable read. Its a great concept set in an interesting universe.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:22 am to Sneaky__Sally
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I read a ton yesterday and woke up early, plan on finishing book 3 tonight
Are you planning on starting the second trilogy next? It’s phenomenal and has the best character of all the books
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:25 am to CottonWasKing
She was refering to the 2nd trilogy
Posted on 6/5/20 at 12:21 pm to CottonWasKing
Not yet, i have some other books ive already bought that i want to get to.
About to finish book 3, the ending has been fantastic.
Comparing shadow campaigns to powdermage - i think overall i liked shadow campaigns better.
The gods/magic and ending of powdermage is superior, but shadow campaigns has the better military / battle sequences and some other stuff i liked better that I wont go in to for spoilers.
About to finish book 3, the ending has been fantastic.
Comparing shadow campaigns to powdermage - i think overall i liked shadow campaigns better.
The gods/magic and ending of powdermage is superior, but shadow campaigns has the better military / battle sequences and some other stuff i liked better that I wont go in to for spoilers.
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 12:22 pm to Fun Bunch
Im actually a guy haha, and no im talking about the 1st trilogy. Finishing autumn republic now
Posted on 6/5/20 at 12:38 pm to boxcarbarney
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I'm currently reading the 2nd book in the Old Man's War series by John Scalzi.
I haven't heard of that one before, is it sci fi or fantasy?
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:39 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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haven't heard of that one before, is it sci fi or
It's pure sci fi. I've only read the first three I think, but they are quite good. He has a star trek parody novel called Redshirts that is very good and amusing as well.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:00 pm to auyushu
Interesting, i've been on a long fantasy kick lately so am looking at picking up some sci fi and other stuff for a little break.
Just started Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, very excited to read it for the first time. But I'd imagine i'll be done with it pretty quickly.
Just started Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, very excited to read it for the first time. But I'd imagine i'll be done with it pretty quickly.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:54 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Took a small break from Wheel of Time as finished Path of Daggers (book 8) to go through some of the library books I got through Libby. Most of them have not been great 
Lots of the popular YA fantasy is not awful, but also not very good. None of it better than 3* for me.
Once I finish this last (Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey), I'll have gotten through all holds that are available and burn right through the rest of the slog in Wheel of Time.
Lots of the popular YA fantasy is not awful, but also not very good. None of it better than 3* for me.
Once I finish this last (Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey), I'll have gotten through all holds that are available and burn right through the rest of the slog in Wheel of Time.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 5:13 pm to oauron
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Lots of the popular YA fantasy is not awful, but also not very good. None of it better than 3* for me.
Pretty much, the only exceptions in my experience are things labeled YA written by normal authors who are just dabbling in a series with YA protagonist. Brandon Sanderson's Reckoners series and Joe Abercrombie's shattered sea trilogy being good examples of this, as both are very good.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 5:37 pm to auyushu
Sandersons Skyward was good too
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:49 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Looks like it has great reviews, I'll have to check it out sometime. But given that it is Sanderson and he has a bazillion projects going at any one time, I'll probably wait till he finishes the series first.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:14 pm to auyushu
I just listened to the first one - it was pretty stand-alone, most all of its real conflict was solved and it sort of leads in to the book 2 stuff at the very end.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:49 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Yeah skyward was a good read and sets up Starsight well, I’m about 3/4 through Starsight which is even more sci-fi. Really enjoying the series so far. Sanderson has a very easily digested writing style.
Another good YA fantasy series is the Scythe trilogy by Neal Shusterman.
Another good YA fantasy series is the Scythe trilogy by Neal Shusterman.
Posted on 6/7/20 at 1:31 pm to BBallvince15
I'm about to start Traitor's Blade / Greatcoats series and the author has what looks like a 6 book YA series as well which has good reviews.
Sebastian de Castelle - Spellsinger appears to be the first one
Sebastian de Castelle - Spellsinger appears to be the first one
Posted on 6/7/20 at 11:45 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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Sebastian de Castelle - Spellsinger appears to be the first one
Yeah, it's a great series as well (I still need to read the last one though). I don't really think of it as a YA series though, but I guess technically it is.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 12:03 am to auyushu
Oh i just saw it categorized as that when googling, no idea.
Ended up reading the first greatcoats book in one sitting today. Just finished and really liked it - author is able to get humor through very well and has a lot of great dialogue.
Ended up reading the first greatcoats book in one sitting today. Just finished and really liked it - author is able to get humor through very well and has a lot of great dialogue.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 2:27 am to Sneaky__Sally
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Oh i just saw it categorized as that when googling, no idea.
I think you are right that it's considered YA, it's just sometimes when these books are called YA it's in name only in some ways.
For example, the main difference between Abercrombie's YA series and his main book series was a lack of the awkward sex scenes he's kinda known for. The Spellslinger series has a young adult protagonist but not a lot of young adult book series tendencies.
Glad you are digging Greatcoats, de Castell deserves more press, it's an awesome series. And yeah, the humor between the greatcoats themselves is great, I love the archer (who's name escapes me at the moment).
Posted on 6/8/20 at 7:46 am to Sneaky__Sally
Probably going to add both these series to my reading list. Thanks for exposing me to a potential new series/author. 
Might have to listen to these on Audible the narrator Joe Jameson sounds awesome.
My reading list is probably 20-25 books long right now though, read about one a week on average.
Might have to listen to these on Audible the narrator Joe Jameson sounds awesome. My reading list is probably 20-25 books long right now though, read about one a week on average.
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