What fiction books do you read?
When I was younger starting in 5th grade/middle school, I read a lot of fiction books. I would LOVE when my parents would take me to Barnes and Nobles for an hour or so and I could look at all the books and magazines.. I was a nerd that played video games, watched anime, and sometimes would get SUPER into a good book and want to read it all day. This still happens lol. I will take my kindle and read while I am on the elliptical, or even read between some sets while lifting (the less hard/warmup ones, with a timer on so I don't lose track of time--better that than look at instagram and feel like shit about my body). When I read on the elliptical I can easily run for an hour and still not want to stop, because stopping running means I have to put the book down lol...
As a kid I read every book in the Ender's Game series 3 or 4 times over. I also read the side story books about Bean, which were really good. I probably read Enders game 5 times actually. Harry Potter was incredible. I remember my dad reading the first few to me when I was a kid, then I read them all as an adult (read the full series twice). I also read some Manga series' as a hormonal teenager I think as a freshman in high school or something (I read all of Love Hina LOL).
I read through Game of Thrones, though some parts were a little boring to get through, I still definitely enjoyed it. I did read them after the show came out. I wouldn't read them a second time. I also think George wrote himself into a corner with the story. The show was his shot at redemption--to make the story better and correct some of the mistakes he made with the characters. I mean the shit that happened at the end of the last book with Sam was just weird, it seemed like he was about to introduce magic in the 5th book of the series. Lady Catelyn just became a stupid character, emotionless and cold from being brought back from the dead, there was nothing interesting about her. Overall I enjoyed it, but honestly I won't rush to pick up the next book if he ever finishes it.
I have become a huge Brandon Sanderson fan. I absolutely love the creative magic systems he comes up with. He is one of the best worldbuilders out there and the way he writes action and fight scenes is just riveting, you can't stop reading. I'll be dozing off in bed at night, fighting to stay awake and just dying to make it to the next page lol. The Mistborn series and the side series was awesome and the first one of his I read a couple years back. I recently discovered the Stormlight series and I got the first one in March then since May 6th I have read books 2 and 3 and just started the 4th one yesterday. I have read them all back to back and am going to be dying for the 5th one to come out as it is not expected until Autumn 2023
. Holy shit the Stormlight series is fucking amazing. I absolutely love it. Every character is just fascinating and so powerful. Thankfully he has plenty of other books he has to hold me over until then.
The Silo series by Hugh Howey was really good too. I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely worth checking out. Well written with lots of twists that you don't see coming. I got the "Shift Omnibus Edition" which combines all 9 short stories into 3 concise books. Definitely worth checking out.
The Lightbringer series was also really good when I read it. I think I read the first 4 but never picked up the last one. I sort of lost interest by the end.
That is a few of the ones that stand out over the years. There's been more. I dragonlance books were really good as far as I remember, but I was in middle school when I was reading them so they definitely could be not nearly as good as I remember
Anyway. What books do y'all enjoy?
When I was younger starting in 5th grade/middle school, I read a lot of fiction books. I would LOVE when my parents would take me to Barnes and Nobles for an hour or so and I could look at all the books and magazines.. I was a nerd that played video games, watched anime, and sometimes would get SUPER into a good book and want to read it all day. This still happens lol. I will take my kindle and read while I am on the elliptical, or even read between some sets while lifting (the less hard/warmup ones, with a timer on so I don't lose track of time--better that than look at instagram and feel like shit about my body). When I read on the elliptical I can easily run for an hour and still not want to stop, because stopping running means I have to put the book down lol...
As a kid I read every book in the Ender's Game series 3 or 4 times over. I also read the side story books about Bean, which were really good. I probably read Enders game 5 times actually. Harry Potter was incredible. I remember my dad reading the first few to me when I was a kid, then I read them all as an adult (read the full series twice). I also read some Manga series' as a hormonal teenager I think as a freshman in high school or something (I read all of Love Hina LOL).
I read through Game of Thrones, though some parts were a little boring to get through, I still definitely enjoyed it. I did read them after the show came out. I wouldn't read them a second time. I also think George wrote himself into a corner with the story. The show was his shot at redemption--to make the story better and correct some of the mistakes he made with the characters. I mean the shit that happened at the end of the last book with Sam was just weird, it seemed like he was about to introduce magic in the 5th book of the series. Lady Catelyn just became a stupid character, emotionless and cold from being brought back from the dead, there was nothing interesting about her. Overall I enjoyed it, but honestly I won't rush to pick up the next book if he ever finishes it.
I have become a huge Brandon Sanderson fan. I absolutely love the creative magic systems he comes up with. He is one of the best worldbuilders out there and the way he writes action and fight scenes is just riveting, you can't stop reading. I'll be dozing off in bed at night, fighting to stay awake and just dying to make it to the next page lol. The Mistborn series and the side series was awesome and the first one of his I read a couple years back. I recently discovered the Stormlight series and I got the first one in March then since May 6th I have read books 2 and 3 and just started the 4th one yesterday. I have read them all back to back and am going to be dying for the 5th one to come out as it is not expected until Autumn 2023
. Holy shit the Stormlight series is fucking amazing. I absolutely love it. Every character is just fascinating and so powerful. Thankfully he has plenty of other books he has to hold me over until then.The Silo series by Hugh Howey was really good too. I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely worth checking out. Well written with lots of twists that you don't see coming. I got the "Shift Omnibus Edition" which combines all 9 short stories into 3 concise books. Definitely worth checking out.
The Lightbringer series was also really good when I read it. I think I read the first 4 but never picked up the last one. I sort of lost interest by the end.
That is a few of the ones that stand out over the years. There's been more. I dragonlance books were really good as far as I remember, but I was in middle school when I was reading them so they definitely could be not nearly as good as I remember
Anyway. What books do y'all enjoy?
