I Just Read... Books Thread

[cobainwasmurdered]

2/3rds of the year down now so my total is now at

160 books (198 total last year)
283 page avg (301 avg last year)

234 books read (longest book: collected edition of "The Inheritance Trilogy" by NK Jemisin 1462 pages
280 page average, 65,555 pages total.
Best Graphic Novel(s): "Something is Killing The Children" by James Tyrion IV
Best non-fiction: "Say Nothing: True History of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe
Best fiction: "Rhythm of War" by Brandon Sanderson

this was the most pages read since 2018 (68,955 pages and 292 books) and second most pages overall since I started keeping track in 2014.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

4 months in and I'm at
75 books (234 last year)
335.5 page avg (283 page last year)
Haven't read many graphic novels this year as of yet compared to what I usually do so that's keeping the page number up.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Humble Book Bundle: Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen by TOR Publishing Group

We’ve teamed up with TOR for our newest book bundle. Get all 10 volumes of Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson and more. Pay what you want & support Covenant House!

www.humblebundle.com

This is my favourite fantasy author and it's for charity! If you love epic fantasy then you owe it to yourself!

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

4 months in and I'm at
75 books (234 last year)
335.5 page avg (283 page last year)
Haven't read many graphic novels this year as of yet compared to what I usually do so that's keeping the page number up.

After 8 months
218 books (16 to go, I think I can manage that!)
292 page average (started reading a lot more comics so that is why the average is dipping again)

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Got a nice haul of Fantasy stuff for Xmas:
The Will of the Many by James Islington
Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker
Blade of Dream By Daniel Abraham
The Traitor by Anthony Ryan
the Last Mortal Bond by Brian Stavely
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Blood of Assassins RJ Barker

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

234 books read (longest book: collected edition of "The Inheritance Trilogy" by NK Jemisin 1462 pages
280 page average, 65,555 pages total.
Best Graphic Novel(s): "Something is Killing The Children" by James Tyrion IV
Best non-fiction: "Say Nothing: True History of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe
Best fiction: "Rhythm of War" by Brandon Sanderson

this was the most pages read since 2018 (68,955 pages and 292 books) and second most pages overall since I started keeping track in 2014.

311 books read (longest (re-read of "Heir of Novron" by Michael J. Sullivan
282 page average, 87,811 pages total.
Best Graphic Novel(s): Nightwing (ongoing), "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" (mini-series)
Best non-fiction: "G-Man J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century" by Beverly Gage
best fiction: "Forge of the High Mage" by Ian C. Esslemont

most books/pages read by far.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

First reading update of the year,

67 books (last year 337 total)
554 page average (282 page avg last year) haven't been reading many comics this year so far to bring it down.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Finished up Stephen King's You Like It Darker. There was 1 story I wasn't that into but I mostly enjoyed all of them with a couple standing out for me. Worth checking out if you're into his writing or enjoy his short story collections.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Dru…

An investigation into the corporate and governmental gr…

www.goodreads.com

got this at @Dandy recommendation. Haven't started it yet but it looks good.

 

[Dandy]

I highly recommend that book to anyone that would like to take a glimpse at what southern West Virginia—an already embattled region of true Appalachia—had to face with big pharma and the opioids crisis. I know multiple people in this book.

Also, the next Governor of West Virginia, Patrick Morrissey, is prominently featured in the book. He is possibly worse than any Governor we have had in my lifetime, and the uninformed/supermajority party line voters have not even elected him yet.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I'm only 30 pages in so far @Dandy but I'm hooked by the personal story of the one family who were KINGS OF KERMIT.

 

[Dandy]

I knew you would like it.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

@Dandy the author mentions that he wrote a story about a state senate candidate who was a pro wrestler who he exposed for making "lewd comments" on a message board. Do you know anything about this?

 

[Dandy]

Yes. It was a local (Charleston, WV area), indy/outlaw mud show type of wrestling fed.

W.Va. Senate campaign turns ugly

CHARLESTON, W.Va. A decade ago, a series of explicit messages were posted under the name of a former professional wrestler who's now running in West Virginia's 8th District Senate race.The

www.wvgazettemail.com

You can also Google “joshua martin wv senate” and find multiple articles about other dumb shit for him and his opponent.

 

[Dandy]

By the way, I always lose it at this part of the article I posted:

”Everyone knew my password was ‘Megadeath.’

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

that whole article is hilarious.

I finished the book. really good read. Not a lot of surprises about either the industry or how WV responded to it, but the personal touches were very good. I'd recommend it to others.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sti…

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting o…

www.goodreads.com

@tekcop
"In 2018, a powerful app for secure communications called Anom took root among organized criminals. They believed Anom allowed them to conduct business in the shadows. Except for one thing: it was secretly run by the FBI."

This made me think of your app and what I was joking about the other night lol.


Second reading update of the year!:
113 books (last year 337 total)
309.5 page average (282 page avg last year)

Much slower pace this year but I was way up last year than usual. I also usually do a big catchup on comics near the end of the year.