[DoctorEldritch]

@Telomina is book 4 the last one, or will there be more of "The Horizon Cycle"?

[Telomina]

oh gosh, apparently there are now 5 books in the series, haha.

[Telomina]

@DoctorEldritch there are apparently now 5 books. I don't think I have bought the last one. I buy my books digitally wherever I can find them the cheapest so they are a bit spread out hehe

[DoctorEldritch]

@Telomina I read digitally these days as well, but mostly for convenience as I do it during commutes or waiting in line. If there are 5, maybe there will be more? I prefer to wait until book series are out (unless there is no global plot and books mostly consist of individual stories), so that I can read everything in one go. I forget things easily if I need to wait for a year to read more of the story, and I do not have time for re-reading, not when there are so many new things to read...

[Telomina]

@DoctorEldritch I always start a series if I find a book that sounds interesting, forgetting about any future implications. Last Trudy Canavan book I waited for was a BRUTAL wait since she had developed autoimmune illness and it took like 10 years instead of her usual 2. I started reading digitally when I moved abroad, but coming back I also had developed autoimmune illness making my muscles weaker so I can't hold these 500 pages books anymore

[ZaidH]

@Telomina Oh wow, one of the reviews for "Shield and the Shadow" has a line that has me intrigued 😮

Ollie is a teen who has to move back to her family home in Horizon Creek due to circumstances beyond her control. All is not what it seems in this small town where everyone seems to know things but Ollie.

I absolutely love setups like this! Is the town itself wrapped in some fantastical mystery, or does it just hold the key to Ollie's family's secrets?

@CandelaSynth Hello hello 😁👋
Great to see you back in this thread 😄 And yes, the Goodreads feature is so handy for keeping track of books. The best part? If GR doesn’t work for you, you can transfer your books to other book tracking websites.

I’m currently reading The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt in a biweekly book club I attend with three friends.

This sounds like such a perfect choice for a book club! This book seems so deep that you kinda NEED discussions to understand everything. Also the kind of book that the world leaders should read 😅 Are most of the books your club picks philosophical like this one, or do you dive into fiction or other genres as well?

What books would you like to read this year?

11/22/63 (Stephen King), The Hike (Drew Magary), Ilium (Dan Simmons), and the Light Fantastic (Terry Pratchett) are on my to read list so far 😄 I would love to see y'alls to read lists as well!

[Telomina]

@ZaidH
...yes 😅

[Telomina]

I have finished the first book in the series I was reading (finally), and I'm now on book 2 "Stoneheart and the Axe", this one is much more memorable but decided to re-read it fully still.

[DoctorEldritch]

Not an adventure book, but the one I mentioned about tea here, George Mikes's book "How to be an Alien". He humorously wrote about his experiences in Britain. It is quite an old book now, but most of what he wrote about still stands. Here is an abstract about tea, I think I quoted it somewhere before, but it will be right at home in the Book Club:

TEA

The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labour bore fruit. They suggested that if you do not drink it clear, or with lemon or rum and sugar, but pour a few drops of cold milk into it, and no sugar at all, the desired object is achieved. Once this refreshing, aromatic, oriental beverage was successfully transformed into colourless and tasteless gargling-water, it suddenly became the national drink of Great Britain and Ireland - still retaining, indeed usurping, the high-sounding title of tea.

There are some occasions when you must not refuse a cup of tea, otherwise you are judged an exotic and barbarous bird without any hope of ever being able to take your place in civilised society. If you are invited to an English home, at five o'clock in the morning you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily smiling hostess or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are disturbed in your sweetest morning sleep you must not say: 'Madame (or Mabel), I think you are a cruel, spiteful and malignant person who deserves to be shot.' On the contrary, you have to declare with your best five o'clock smile: 'Thank you so much. I do adore a cup of early morning tea, especially early in the morning.' If they leave you alone with the liquid, you may pour it down the washbasin.

Then you have tea for breakfast; then you have tea at eleven o'clock in the morning; then after lunch; then you have tea for tea; then after supper; and again at eleven o'clock at night. You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances: if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are tired; if anybody thinks that you might be tired; if you are nervous; if you are happy; before you go out; if you are out; if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea for some time; if you have just had a cup.

[ZaidH]

Well, it looks like I’m already halfway to British citizenship based on this passage 😂 Milk tea just hits different 😌