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Finished Ghost Story by Jim Butcher.

That was some story! Quite different, but also quite similar (to the rest of the series). Also, part of the ending was expected, but was surprised by the rest. Looking forward to where the story goes from here.

Also read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. The first Witcher book.

I read it quite a while ago, but hadn't finished the series, so got a boxed set and reading it now. I had forgotten how Fairy Tales heavy this book is.

Bingo squares (for both boooks): Author from a Different Continent (hard mode), Now a Major Motion Picture, Short and Sweet, Based on Folklore, Off your TBR Pile, also possibly Jerk with a Heart of Gold.

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


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[–] Fedegenerate 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge - Harry Harrison (book 2 of the SSR series). Other than the typical hangups of sci-fi from the era, not a particularly aggregous example though, it's been an ok 'brain-off' read. I enjoyed the series going through it my first couple times as a teen, less so now. Mostly recommend as a nostalgia trip, or a study of sci-fi as a whole. Otherwise, go read hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy or something.

Honestly, the most interesting thing has been the tech predictions, poor Harrison didn't stand a chance. Mass surveillance would be too labour intensive to be feasible?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Looked it up, was disappointed to see that it wasn't an actual stainless steel rat.

[–] Fedegenerate 1 points 3 hours ago

It doesn't get much better.

As an aside thank you for posting these. It's been fascinating to see what people are reading, maybe add the books to my own wishlist.