Discworld is my go-to comfort series. The last 3 on my DNF list will be restarted and finished next year. They only got postponed, not abandoned.

  1. Weird Sisters- T. Pratchet
  2. Starship Troopers- R. Heinlein (Podcast)
  3. Berserker- A. Edmondston (NF)
  4. Pyramids- T. Prattchet
  5. Left Hand of Darkness- U. K. Leguin (podcast)
  6. Philosophy for Life- J. Evans (NF)
  7. I Am Legand- R. Matheson (podcast)
  8. Lonely Boy- S. Jones (NF)
  9. Guards, Guards- T. Prattchet
  10. The Sparrow- M. D. Russell
  11. Station 11- E. St. J. Mandel
  12. Lucifers Hammer- L. Niven (podcast)
  13. Hitchhikers Guide- D. Adams
  14. Restaurant… End of the Universe- D. Adams
  15. Life, Universe, Everything- D. Adams
  16. So Long…Fish- D. Adams
  17. Mostly Harmless- D. Adams
  18. The Iron Man- T. Huges (short story)
  19. HHGG BBC Radio drama
  20. When the Moon…- J. Scalzi
  21. Eric- T. Pratchet
  22. Hitchhikers…- D. Adams (podcast)
  23. Restaurant at the…- D. Adams (podcast)
  24. Life, Universe…- D. Adams (podcast)
  25. Hyperion D. Simmons (podcast)
  26. The Outsiders- S. E. Hinton
  27. My Friends- F. Backman
  28. Moving Pictures T. Pratchet
  29. Perdido Street Station- C. Miéville
  30. Reaper Man- T. Pratchet
  31. The Ruins- S. Smith (podcast)
  32. Relic- D. Preston/L. Child
  33. Handmaids Tale- M. Atwood (podcast)
  34. Witches Abroad- T. Pratchet
  35. Men at Arms- T. Pratchet
  36. Star Trek- G. Rodenbury
  37. Lonsome Night in October- R. Zalzny (podcast)
  38. Soul Music- T. Pratchett
  39. Maskerade- T. Pratchett
  40. World War Z- M. Brooks (podcast)
  41. The Devil Rides Out- D. Wheatley
  42. Johannes Cabal, Necromancer-J. L. Howard (podcast)
  43. Flybot- D. E. Taylor
  44. There…Antimemetics Divison- S. Huges (podcast)
  45. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight- unknown, Tolken, Flynn, and Armatige translations.

DNF

  1. Naked Lunch- W. Burroughs
  2. Canretbury Tails- G. Chaucer
  3. Star Trek movie tie in- A. D. Foster
  4. Diamond Age- N. Stephenson
  5. Cabal, book 2- J. L. Howard
  6. How to Read a Book- M. J. Adler
    • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      5·
      19 hours ago

      Meh. I didnt hate it but it kinda felt like this was just a bunch of rich kids trying to buy their way out and I couldn’t root for any of them, there was no connection for me. It had some fun bits but it read like the author was writing a really descriptive summery of a movie he saw.

      Actually, the next book on my list is The Relic. I read that a million years ago and it left the same impression. If you dug Ruins, you might like that. It’ll help if you’re into the X Files.

      • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
        3·
        18 hours ago

        I tried going into “The Ruins” blind, alas a bit like the protagonists, and what I was expecting was a very different book.

        ::: It felt like it was relishing in the suffering and seldom more. There was some good character creation but, as you said with seldom redemptive qualities. But my key problem is the omnipotent omniscient and omnipresent antagonist. And at an opposite junction, everyone is so daft. :::