BenFiasco14 said:
The Enchirdion and Discourses - Epictetus. Audiobook.
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I finished "A Night in the Lonesome October" by Roger Zelazny on Halloween night. It's a 31 chapter book, divided by the days, and peope read one chapter per day during October. It has Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, and a portal opening to the evil elder gods during the full moon.
I challange anyone to suggest a better book for the season.
I challange anyone to suggest a better book for the season.
I've been listening to the audio book of King Sorrow by Joe Hill, and I've been enjoying it so far.
From Goodreads:
From Goodreads:
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Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library, and beautiful buildings. But his idylland burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfootis shattered when a local drug dealer and her partner corner him into one of the worst crimes he can imagine: stealing rare books from the college library.
Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for comfort and help. Together they dream up a wild, fantastical scheme to free Arthur from the cruel trap in which he finds himself. Wealthy, irrepressible Colin Wren suggests using the unnerving Crane journal (bound in the skin of its author) to summon a dragon to do their bidding. The othersbrave, beautiful Alison Shiner; the battling twins Donna and Donovan McBride; and brainy, bold Gwendon't hesitate to join Colin in an effort to smash reality and bring a creature of the impossible into our world.
But there's nothing simple about dealing with dragons, and their pact to save Arthur becomes a terrifying bargain in which the six must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow every yearor become his next meal.
The Dragonbone Chair(Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Book 1) by Tad Williams. Excellent classic fantasy novel. Influenced by LOTR and then in turn heavily inspired ASOIAF. Can't wait to finish the trilogy.
Suneater Book 1 - a little slow but I liked it. Good buildup of the main character and surrounding cast. Fairly isolated in scope. I like that he's earning his backstory and there is heavy foreshadowing of what he becomes. (kind of like Flynn Rider - Eugene - narrating his story of Rapunzel in Tangled). It's a good approach.
I can tell this is just the beginning of an Epoch and Hadrian is just going through his growth cycles in the first book and first part of the 2nd book so far.
I can tell this is just the beginning of an Epoch and Hadrian is just going through his growth cycles in the first book and first part of the 2nd book so far.
SpreadsheetAg said:
Suneater Book 1 - a little slow but I liked it
It gets so much better
M.C. Swag said:SpreadsheetAg said:
Suneater Book 1 - a little slow but I liked it
It gets so much better
I enjoyed the two books I read, had to take a break after book. I will pick it up again before the end of the year though.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. He died before he got to anything about the American Revolution
Audiobook.
Audiobook.
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
BenFiasco14 said:
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley. Quick Halloween read. Physical.
I just learned that Mary Shelley was 20 years old when FRANKENSTEIN was published. Good luck with the rest of your life.
— Sean Fennessey (@SeanFennessey) November 6, 2025
I highly recommend The Uncool by Cameron Crowe.
Great autobiographical work.
Great autobiographical work.
This popped up on my audible app. Not sure if it has been mentioned here, but know HP comes up. Might be of interest to fans. I thought about getting it, was a fan and it's been since they first came out since I read them.
Very interesting. Might give that one a try next time I go through them. Jim Dale's version is gonna be tough to beat.
After we talked about HP the other day, I downlaoded the series. This is with new cast I believe but I downloaded the first one just to see how it is, going to start it today when chores start
Just started 11/23/63. Hope this is the one that sucks me in. Need a 5 star read to suck me. Have had several strikes recently
TheMemeGuy said:
After we talked about HP the other day, I downlaoded the series. This is with new cast I believe but I downloaded the first one just to see how it is, going to start it today when chores start
I didn't look close, but for some nostalgic reason was thinking the original cast.
I thought this was great! One of my top King books. Hope you enjoy it!
StinkyPinky said:
Just started 11/23/63. Hope this is the one that sucks me in. Need a 5 star read to suck me. Have had several strikes recently
Phrasing.
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
I must have got confused thinking this was Penthouse Forum I suppose….BenFiasco14 said:StinkyPinky said:
Just started 11/23/63. Hope this is the one that sucks me in. Need a 5 star read to suck me. Have had several strikes recently
Phrasing.
StinkyPinky said:I must have got confused thinking this was Penthouse Forum I suppose….BenFiasco14 said:StinkyPinky said:
Just started 11/23/63. Hope this is the one that sucks me in. Need a 5 star read to suck me. Have had several strikes recently
Phrasing.
No judgement. I just want you to find that 5 star read. Let us know when you find it.
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
Tai-pan. I thought it was pretty badass but unfortunately it just kinda ends. Though it seems as though it may be just the beginning for this overall Saga.
I'd read Shogun before many years ago. Do the other books in the saga compare well to these two? I'm down for more…
I'd read Shogun before many years ago. Do the other books in the saga compare well to these two? I'm down for more…
Finished Raymond Chandler's 'The Long Goodbye.' Took a while to get going, but it's classic detective fiction.
Starting 'The Wager' by David Grann next.
Starting 'The Wager' by David Grann next.
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Starting 'The Wager' by David Grann next.
Amazing book!! One of those non-fiction books that is just absolutely bonkers people went through that & lived to tell about it.
Had the same reaction when I read Alfred Lansing's book about Shackleton and the Endurance. An absolutely incredible story.
Finished reading Dune last night. I listened through Red Rising last week and am about halfway through Golden Son.
Stone of Farewell(Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Book 2) by Tad Williams. Incredible novel, some of the best fantasy I've ever read. Book 2 was vastly better than Book 1, which was very good itself, mind you. I can't wait to finish the trilogy.
Do reading plays count?
Cato - Joseph Addison
Cato - Joseph Addison
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
Two hours left in a relisten (for me and a first listen for my son) of The Will of the Many and will finish on the way to the game and start The Strength of the Few on the ride home.
Need a book series rec. I like sci-fi and *some* fantasy. Some of my favorites:
Sci fi - Red Rising Series, Hyperion
Fantasy - First Law Trilogy, Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
Don't think I'm a fan of typical adventure fantasy like Wheel of Time or Sanderson stuff. I'm more of a dark fantasy/sci-fi guy.
I know I'm all over the place but any good recs?
Sci fi - Red Rising Series, Hyperion
Fantasy - First Law Trilogy, Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
Don't think I'm a fan of typical adventure fantasy like Wheel of Time or Sanderson stuff. I'm more of a dark fantasy/sci-fi guy.
I know I'm all over the place but any good recs?
You might check out digital fortress or deception point by Dan Brown. Easy read Sci-Fi books
Dont mistake it for a kids book.
Sci fi- Enders game and Enders shadow are both great sci fi books.
Fantasy - will of the many , or rise of ranger
Sci fi- Enders game and Enders shadow are both great sci fi books.
Fantasy - will of the many , or rise of ranger
Suneater?
What about The Book of The New Sun series by Gene Wolfe?
The Expanse. Outstanding sci fi.
Dark fantasy, hmm. Night Angel by Brent weeks? Lightbringer?
Would add old man's war and unrated to sci-fi. I like an independent guy on Amazon - David Welsh. And his Chaos Quarter series.
Honestly though, scroll through this thread and try stuff. Tons and tons of great recs on here.
Would add old man's war and unrated to sci-fi. I like an independent guy on Amazon - David Welsh. And his Chaos Quarter series.
Honestly though, scroll through this thread and try stuff. Tons and tons of great recs on here.
I'll second both the Ender universe books and The Expanse series.
Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
John Scalzi's Old Man's War series,
Scalzi's Unlocked, Lock In, and Head On books.
Scalzi's Collapsing Empire trilogy.
Hugh Howies Wool, Shift, and Dust trilogy, and the Sand/Across The Sand books.
The Ancillary Universe by Ann Leckie (5 books)
Martha Wells' Murderbot series
Craig Alanson's Expeditionary Force series.
They may not be dark enough for you, but they are worth checking out.
Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
John Scalzi's Old Man's War series,
Scalzi's Unlocked, Lock In, and Head On books.
Scalzi's Collapsing Empire trilogy.
Hugh Howies Wool, Shift, and Dust trilogy, and the Sand/Across The Sand books.
The Ancillary Universe by Ann Leckie (5 books)
Martha Wells' Murderbot series
Craig Alanson's Expeditionary Force series.
They may not be dark enough for you, but they are worth checking out.
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