What've you been reading, anons? Share with the rest of us!I've been working my way through Game of Thrones again now that the trainwreck of a show is over. I was reading The Black Company but my friend has all my other omnibuses so it's on hold for now.
I read The Mysterious Stranger a good while ago and enjoyed it a lot. Looking for similar stories right now.
I've been reading a lot of Discworld books recently. I just finished Equal Rites, which is my favourite so far except for The Amazing Maurice which I'm not counting because I was a child when I read it and didn't know what Discworld was. I don't know how the comedy 'holds up' today, but I think they're funny and I would definitely recommend trying one out (there's a lot more to the books than comedy, but I imagine they'd be pretty annoying to read if you hated all the jokes)."Gaurds! Gaurds!" is a pretty good place to start in my opinion. I would advise against starting with the Rincewind novels since The Colour of Magic was Pratchetts first book and hence not quite as good as the rest of them, but it's not bad so really do whatever you want.
>>2Have you ever read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov? I only did a quick skim of the wiki for The Mysterious Stranger but it sounds like they share some themes. It's a rather famous Russian novel about the Devil arriving in Moscow.
Currently going through the six dune books>>3I tell people to start with mort, IMO it’s the best book in the entire series, and starting with it doesn’t mess up any continuity or anything.
>>4I've gotta confess that TMS was the first book I have ever read (all the way through), because I usually don't read books. Thank you very much for your nice recommendation, my new friend, it does sound interesting and I'm gonna look into it.
The beginning of Game of Thrones is really awkward on a reread. The first introduction we have to Tyrion is ridiculous. The dwarf does an acrobatic leap, lands on his hands and does a somersault and gives a drunk Jon vague enough sounding advice to seem wise.
I'm currently reading Catch-22, and it is quickly becoming my favorite book out of the low number of them I've read. I've read some Goodreads reviews of how some don't like the non-chronological style, but I find it makes it more interesting to read and it somehow just flows better in my opinion. It also reminds me of my own shitty ability to tell stories or explain things.
>>8I found Catch-22 horribly boring and unfunny.
>>8I've always preferred non-linear storytelling. Anything overly linear starts feeling weirdly tiring as the story moves along, if that makes any senseAs a matter of fact, I've always been drawn to avant-garde shit way more than traditional storytelling, even as a kid. I don't know why, I just find weird shit to be way more fun
>>8Got a favorite character, Anon? I'm particularly fond of McWatt and his "oh well, what the hell" attitude.
>>11So far, bit of a generic answer, but Yossarian. Nearly everything he says and does is incredibly entertaining and endearing. Other than him, it would probably be Major Major out of empathy and due to his loner actions.
