#104

For people who like Shirley Jackson and would like something similar set in the Australian Outback, my friend has recently had this book out. (She grew up on a similar remote farmstead)

https://publishing.tor.com/flyaway-kathleenjennings/9781250260499/

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#105

The Copper Cat books are decent alright, but the Ninth Rain ones are next level in terms of ideas, characters and plotting.

Aw, just go read them all

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#106

You know, Iā€™m reading my first Discworld book in 25 years because it was 99p on Kindle (Monstrous Regiment) and Iā€™m loving it. Iā€™d stopped back then because thereā€™d been a few I wasnā€™t bothered by and I went to uni, but itā€™s such a nice read.

Dunno, if youā€™ve not read them maybe pick start in.

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#107
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#108

Lord of the rings, can even make this meme boring. :face_vomiting:

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#109

Yup

#110

Cross posting because The Fifth Season is one of those books thatā€™s both Sci Fi and fantasy

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#112

just made a new deep penoid account

https://www.instagram.com/rollinwithmafaeries/

and basically itā€™s me and the mrs playing nerdy boardgames. thereā€™ll be a lotta fantasy posts coming up, obv. so i guess follow if itā€™s your jam.

#114

think i might get into these, your description is lovely

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#116

Working my way through Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Not sure how I feel about it TBH. I think the episodic style means it lacks a strong thread to pull me through the tale. I canā€™t really get a sense of where itā€™s going.

Anyway Iā€™m a third of the way through so weā€™ll see.

Finding this post

makes me think maybe itā€™s about to pick up then.

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#117

It is. Basically, once Jonathan turns up itā€™s off.

Hope you enjoy it.

#118

Iā€™ve gotten further this time and itā€™s still doing nothing for me

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#119

Hmm, well Iā€™m past that and it definitely did improve it.

I mean I enjoyed the Pickwick Papers and sheā€™s captured it perfectly, but at the same time I do find old style writing less good than modern

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#120

Did a reread of the whole thing a couple of years ago, also prompted by discovering the podcasting community. I found I have better feelings about it after rereading than I did after the first read - probably because I did it in one go and didnā€™t have to wait 10 years (and a whole author) between finishing Crossroads of Twighlight and the end.

I will say though that on reread, starting Gathering Storm was massively jarring. Sandersonā€™s style is a lot different to Jordanā€™s on ways I hadnā€™t quite noticed the first time around. Took me about 250 pages to get used to the transition.

I also will confess to skipping a significant chunk of the Andorran succession bollocks too. Seemed to be there just to pad an already ridiculously long story out.

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#121

The brilliant and ridiculous ā€œGentlemen Bastardsā€ series is one that made me want to get back into reading fantasy again, then I read a Patrick Rothfuss one and remembered why I gave up.

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#122

Read those Broken Earth ones!

#123

will check them out definitely cheers, did she win a Hugo award or something recently?

#124

ā€¦4 years ago in fact

#125

She won a MacArthur genius grant recently though

#126

I think one for each volume in fact

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