I agree with you on Murderbot. I can’t get into those at all nor see the appeal but Sun Eater, that’s a favourite!!
being asked to pay $20 per each less-than-100-page novella hardcover should be considered a war crime.
I do both for regular-length books, but want to do more kindle mainly due to a limited space type of thing haha. i have a stupid amount of books
I'm sure we have some strong feelings on Amazon, but I buy multiple formats often, and I like that you get a discount on the ebook when you have previously purchased physical with the same account.
Finished the poppy war series a few days ago, I was just as shocked as others to find out the authors age in the acknowledgments, incredible talent. Also picked this up, must have heard about it somewhere. Although I resent the implication in the advertisement here.
I’m reading assassins quest right now actually! I wasn’t really into assassins apprentice but it picked up a bit in book 2. Oddly, I had a hard time with who was related to who with the first book so I think knowing the characters helped for the next two!
Haha love it. If anything, Derry is in excellent shape, hiking through the hills all day. I went on my own hill-hike today, similar to something described in the book, and I am WIPED. So the ad is all wrong.
well had to skip the book club meeting because my daughter got a fever. I guess I'll say I enjoyed Babel, much more so than The Poppy War. Babel felt so much more eloquent and detailed, but I guess that's the benefit of historical fantasy - the worldbuilding is basically done for you. The magic system is pretty cool. Lots of twists I didn't see coming. Characters weren't super memorable but as a standalone novel it works. Interested to see what Kuang does next. I know her next one has romance in it. Could do without a revolution this time around tho
Working on my beta read of Garden Knight 2, and this is a very specific niche that this thread will understand, I got extremely confused why Derry wasn't in fact Darrow... from Red Rising... at first, today. I made a full comment like "why did you change his name?" until the coffee kicked in and I felt really stupid.
I'm sure I missed this discussion, but I received my copy of Tangleweed and Waterbloom before Leafdust and Deadwood; I assume I'm best served waiting two days to read the novella first?
I would say yes, wait, but I don’t think it would be a mistake if you didn’t. The novellas are intended to be standalone-ish adventures whereas the novels have broader arcs (including an overall series arc). The novellas are certainly canon and are referenced in the novels, but there’s not a ton of plot stuff that you’d miss - so you wouldn’t be confused starting with Tangleweed, you’d just miss a bit of introduction and characterization.
If you wanted to start on Leafdust asap, I can send you an epub/it’s free via signing up for the newsletter
Good news! Kian Ardalan, of The Eleventh Cycle, is polishing the book and doing a soft relaunch before The Broken Binding edition! I know that was a hard point for some people who read it.
Look what’s joined my shelf of friends who have self-published and honored me with a beta read. (Okay, so it was only one specific friend before today but she’s quite prolific, haha.)
Nice! The race is on, then: I must dominate your shelf. plan is for Garden Knight to be 10 books and 10 novellas, so…