Books - what are you reading? (Official Book Thread)

[TOAD99]

Finished up rage of dragons by Evan winters

Straight fire. Really hit that action and fast pace Ala Red Rising I fukk with

 

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Finished my fourth John Steinbeck book of this month with In Dubious Battle. I don't know how Steinbeck avoided the red scare blackball because there is no hiding that the collectivists are in the right. It's about apple pickers striking for higher wages in the Salinas Valley, and the trials and tribulations with that during the Great Depression.
Even though I liked it it still felt a bit longer to read than it's page count.

 

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Finished up rage of dragons by Evan winters

Straight fire. Really hit that action and fast pace Ala Red Rising I fukk with

Going to read the sequel next?

 

[King_Kamala61]

I finished The Ballad of Tom Black by Victor LaValle last night and I just finished The Pearl by John Steinbeck.

With The Pearl (like what I mentioned about Cannery Row) you can see how much John Steinbeck influenced Stephen King's writing style with how he writes dialogue and characters that feel real(people that don't give King his literary credit are wrong, imo). I knew the direction the story was headed but I didn't expect what happened was going to happen.

The Ballad of Tom Black started a bit slow for me and I wasn't really into the story but that was more probably due to outside forces distracting me while I was trying to read. But the last half was exactly what I was hoping for when I read that this was a Lovecraftian story. I'll be sure to see what else this author put out

Victor LaVelle has some good stuff. I loved the Ballad of Black Tom.

 

[King_Kamala61]

Finished up rage of dragons by Evan winters

Straight fire. Really hit that action and fast pace Ala Red Rising I fukk with

We need more black authors to write high fantasy/epic fantasy/grim dark.

I enjoy white authors work, but I hate having to overtly change the races of characters to fit my surroundings. And I wanna support black authors, but it seems only Evan Winter is really bout that life.

 

[King_Kamala61]

It's not a bad book, just reading 5 back to back is tedious and I want a new story overall. Be glad to finish. I'm 350+ pages in.

After this book I'm taking a break from white authors and got Black, and Asian authors lined up.

 

[King_Kamala61]

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I highly recommend this book. Made being an inpatient at an asylum seem cool. Seriously.
I loved this book a lot.

 

[Trav]

Finished up rage of dragons by Evan winters

Straight fire. Really hit that action and fast pace Ala Red Rising I fukk with

Just copped this and threw it in the TBR stash for later so this is good to hear.

 

[Wildin]

blacktop wasteland was good.

starting all the sinners bleed now.

 

[TOAD99]

Going to read the sequel next?

Just finished it I think I enjoyed the first book more but this was almost as good

I need book 3 now. Allegedly it’s coming this January?

 

[TOAD99]

We need more black authors to write high fantasy/epic fantasy/grim dark.

I enjoy white authors work, but I hate having to overtly change the races of characters to fit my surroundings. And I wanna support black authors, but it seems only Evan Winter is really bout that life.

Facts I get what you mean

I picked this book up because I saw a black book content creator on tiktok recommended it

Series should be more popular honestly, it has all the right elements to be enjoyable

 

[King_Kamala61]

Facts I get what you mean

I picked this book up because I saw a black book content creator on tiktok recommended it

Series should be more popular honestly, it has all the right elements to be enjoyable

It's supposed to be a 4 book series but I want atleast 7 books

 

[TOAD99]

It's supposed to be a 4 book series but I want atleast 7 books

Spoiler: Spoiler

shyt me too but considering how beat up Tua already is he might not make it through book 3

 

[King_Kamala61]

Spoiler: Spoiler

shyt me too but considering how beat up Tua already is he might not make it through book 3

He better drink a V8

 

[winb83]

Back to listening to romcoms on Audible. Just listened to Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazlewood. She does too many grumpy sunshine stories.