Read Die Trying by Lee Child. Book 2 of Jack Reacher series. It was a fun book, though I wasn't fan of how passive Reacher was in most of the book, most of the action happens near the end. Was hoping for more action throughout the book. Still fun though, going to get more of these.

Now, continuing with my Mistborn re-read. Started The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. It's Book 2 in the series, and for some reason I don't recall much of what happens in this one. While I didn't recall the details of the first one either, I recalled most of the plot, for this one though, I only remember the ending, and maybe one other scene. Everything else I thought happened in 2, would happen in 3. So, looking forward to reading it and finding out!

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

For Karen Rose, I wouldn't necessarily go way back to the beginning. Her early stuff is still good, but each city is almost standalone, and she has mastered her craft over time. There are characters from the first book who are in later ones, but I wouldn't worry about that. If you get hooked you can think of them as a prequel.

Sacramento is really good and 3 books (Starting with Say You're Sorry). Cincinnati has my singular favorite book because something about one of the characters makes me like her especially (I couldn't tell you what). That starts with Closer than You Think. Baltimore (You Belong to Me) or New Orleans (Quarter to Midnight) are also good entry points.

I love them all and usually read them chronologically, but think of it kind of like the Cosmere books. Rose's individual stories can be read standalone, but the cities have a stronger narrative connection within each arc. They're each cohesive series that happen to be in a universe where characters can move between them. (Except pretty strictly grounded in reality. They're taking planes and cars and phone calls, not perpendicularities.)

(Plum you can do whatever. They're very like Reacher in terms of having a little continuity between stories but expecting most readers not to read sequentially.)

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 9 months ago

Ah cool. I feel umm... uncomfortable if not starting any series from the start, and in correct published order. So, unless I am having difficulty finding the books, I would try to start from the first one, but I'll keep it in mind that her work improves with time.

I am doing the same thing with Reacher, reading them in the published order.