My first visit of the Alley of Books lead to this. Was it a mistake? Most books are very thick.
Top to bottom:
- Mochila (Gamebook, not on Goodreads)
- Warhammer The Horus Herecy: Horus Rising
- Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
- The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman
- Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames
- Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
I think I’ll start with The Daughters’ War. I rated the first book 4.5 here but it grew on me. It will be a tough choice in a few days.
I have recently developed a book purchasing problem as well, Veselin.
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Yeah, I may need to stop doing this at some point. I used to buy books for an average of under 10 euro/book, they’re now on average closer to 20. I buy over 100/year and it adds up.
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I’m only buying my favorites, but there’s a lot of them. Examining my collection, a few things stand out: 1)the writers are mostly American males, so even when they’re talking about other cultures they’re talking from a somewhat false perspective. The exception to this is Latin American literature. I’m not sure why, but that seems to be more accepted and authentic. Probably the great writers represented, like Garcia Marquez and Carlos Fuentes,. 2)I haven’t found any great works written after 9/11.
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Gosh, Ted, your comment got flagged as spam. Just spotted that.
I also catch myself being somewhat narrowly focused in fiction. I prefer crime/thrillers with female protagonists. I think the reason is that after being a fan of Reacher in the past, I developed an allergy to superheroes and characters that solve all problems by beating. This is just stupid, in no world Reacher-like characters are more efficient than, let’s say, a static object like a flower pot.
I’m more open in fantasy/sci-fi and won’t turn down even mild romantasy.
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Ha, my first spam! JK. I’m a real guy, just typing some late night gibberish comments and some early morning stories. You know. My Dad and Sis both love those female protagonist thrillers too. Nothing wrong with them-I’m such a literary snob it’s not funny. Glad you got over the superhero thing. I’m reading one now about comic book characters and the way they resonated with young people in the hopeless world (Prague and NYC) before the US entry into WWII.
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The superhero thing is just stupid, you can resolve any tension by making the main character even more powerful. Real life doesn’t work like that. I don’t know why half of the sci-fi and fantasy, particularly cinema, is built around superheroes.
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Give me real characters any day.
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I don’t even want them real, just somewhat relatable.
Juliette from Silo is relatable. Kaladin, Luke Skywalker, Superman, Wonder Woman, Thor and so on aren’t.
Problems aren’t solved by squinting and acting like in strong constipation to unlock the next level superpower. Many problems aren’t even solved in real life, people just live around them.
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There’s the rub. When you can solve every problem in life you’re not human anymore, and I only relate to human beings. (And dogs, cats, birds, crocodiles . . .)
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