What mainstream book are you reading now?

[THBGato]

I've been on a real Japanese tip recently: "Sputnik sweetheart" by Murakami; Sukegawa's "sweet bean paste"; Ogawa's "the housekeeper and the professor"; "the travelling cat chronicles" by Arikawa.

So I'm mixing things up and reading a Malayalam distopia called "Alpha" by Ramakrishnan. It's shaping up to be Lord of the Flies with Indian academics. Which just goes to show that there's only so many plots in the world...

 

[THBGato]

Read the first in the Expanse series, having watched all the TV series. Good, but a little grim and hasn't got into the politics yet, so people say I'll enjoy the next ones more.

Among our Weapons is another Rivers of London book. A lot of fun if you like them, not grim.

Love both those series. Good choices.

 

[NoTalentHack]

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

 

[THBGato]

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

Are you enjoying it? I thought it was great. Like "Foundation" but seen from the falconer at the centre, rather than the edge.

 

[NoTalentHack]

Are you enjoying it? I thought it was great. Like "Foundation" but seen from the falconer at the centre, rather than the edge.

So far, yeah. I’m not too far in yet.