Getting back into book reading: changing perspective
I stumbled upon a post by Ghastlymirror over on their blog about the challenges they faced acquiring physical books that meet their standards for reading material. This triggered some different yet related thoughts of my own, notably pertaining to my recent return to regular book reading.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl- a newcomer’s perspective
I recently started reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl LitRPG series by Matt Dinniman. A little over a month ago I had never heard of these books, and now I’m nearly finished the fourth book from the series. They are definitely worth reading for people with interests that overlap with mine. Speaking of people who have overlapping interests: apparently the series is so popular that it has had an impact on the latest Comic Con and even got featured in a Variety post.
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Duck and Cover: a little post-apocalyptic fun
I stumbled upon the Duck and Cover book series (author: Benjamin Wallace) entirely by accident. In this instance I was sucked in by the marketing blurbs comparing the series to something by Douglas Adams with dark comedy and characterization. The books are definitely good: not Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett good, but worthy of a read.
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Tailchaser’s Song- fanciful cat
I just finished re-reading Tailchaser’s song after more than thirty years. I can say without reservation that it is worth a read for anyone who loves fantasy and at least likes cats. But it is also surprisingly good at making me read poetry without complaint.
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