Sadly, I have reached the point in Discworld where Sir Terry's young-onset Alzheimer's, which in true Pratchett form he referred to as an "Embuggerance," becomes evident. By any other measure they're still good books and worth reading except for possibly the very last one., but compared to his writing at its best, they are saddening.

Next I'll head for my shelves, which are full of books I bought ages ago and didn't read, notably some by Iain Banks, Alastair Reynolds and Peter Hamilton.

The Kuang novel sounds good to me LadyKestrel.

It was a good one, SQF. I also finished and enjoyed the 3rd Bobiverse novel, and I've just started Alchemised, a dark fantasy by SenLin Yu. I'm only on page 37 out of 1024, but it grabbed me from the first page.

I'm re-reading my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie Best Served Cold.

I love Joe Abercrombie. I reread his two trilogies last Fall.

I'm reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. Wild.

I've heard that's a crazy series, SQF.

LadyKestrel I had hoped to get some reading in this weekend but never got to it. So far the book is very unique. I'm looking forward to getting back into it.

At the moment my reading is in fairly short bursts and I am nibbling my way through the first of Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions series, having at last finished all 9 books of the wonderful Expanse saga from SA Corey.

LadyK, as you enjoyed his other books, I strongly suggest that you try City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett.

It's sitting in my read-very-soon pile along with the second one in that series and several Scalzi novels I haven't read yet.

I'm still reading Alchemized, mostly because it's too heavy a tome to hold in one hand when I'm doing something else (i.e. brushing my teeth, letting the dog out, etc.) nor can I slip it into my purse to read when waiting for an appointment to begin. I'm liking the story very much, but it's proving to be a saga of sorts. The mystery of the main character's hidden memories is being revealed slowly in the first quarter of the book where the reader gets only glimpses of her past. She was a healer during the war but has been imprisoned so that her enemies can learn her secrets to their advantage. Because her healing resonance has been stifled in a brutal way, her brain can be probed for answers. However, it's a delicate process that could kill her, especially since there are strong walls in her brain to protect those memories. As events reach a crisis, the author brings the reader four years into the past where those secrets will (with luck) finally be revealed.

Lex, I have those Harlan Ellison books, too. There's some great fiction in those volumes.

There is indeed great fiction in them, hagatha, but I also find the historical and biographical anecdotes interesting and entertaining.👍

I reading the Will Trent series by Karen Slaughter, it's really good.

The Will Trent books are real page-turners, Judith. Enjoy!