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I love discord haha, but I can understand it feels a bit convoluted, especially the larger servers. I enjoy the small to medium sized ones the most and tbh I'm only active in my own server lol (and Mike's as well). But I'm pretty okay with jumping into a convo midway so I don't really mind if I can't find the beginning. I think my brain works best with a set amount of subcategories and then just talk in those if it fits instead of a million different topics (which is sometimes the case on a forum)

On Mike's server for instance you can find me in maybe 5 subcategories, I don't even check the other ones. Book hauls, currently reading, house of the dragon, and food & drinks. That way even a big server remains doable. 

31 minutes ago, John Palladino said:

I absolutely hate Discord. Conversations are always happening that don't include you, the spam is unbelievable... personal conversations are just so much better one-on-one, in my opinion. I'm in a few Discord servers - the Indie Accords and Dom's Book Club. Otherwise I haven't been able to get into them. I tried Mike's Book Reviews Discord channel but I couldn't get into it. I also tried Slowly Red's and had a difficult time getting anywhere with that, even though it's a grimdark server so you'd think I'd be home, but I just think there's too many people talking about so many books that I haven't read lol 

I tried Mike's server last year. It's almost impossible to keep up with what's going on and found myself endlessly scrolling trying to find the beginning of conversations.

On 10/2/2022 at 3:27 PM, Steve said:

The Hand That Casts the Bone is good, funnier than I expected.

 

Priest of Bones and that series is pretty good

Nice. I keep pushing Priest of Bones off because I only own the first book lol but I really should get into it soon. 

I absolutely hate Discord. Conversations are always happening that don't include you, the spam is unbelievable... personal conversations are just so much better one-on-one, in my opinion. I'm in a few Discord servers - the Indie Accords and Dom's Book Club. Otherwise I haven't been able to get into them. I tried Mike's Book Reviews Discord channel but I couldn't get into it. I also tried Slowly Red's and had a difficult time getting anywhere with that, even though it's a grimdark server so you'd think I'd be home, but I just think there's too many people talking about so many books that I haven't read lol 

On 10/5/2022 at 3:24 PM, chrisM said:

Fall TBR 

Expanse - Cibola Burn, Nemisis Games, Babylons Ashes

The Wrathbringer by Christopher G Brenning

Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

Trial of Ashmount by John Palladino

Orbit of the Sirens by TA Bruno

Darkness that Comes Before by R Scott Bakker

....and whatever other inspiration comes my way in terms of self pub. 

 

I just started Hellborn King today by Christopher G. Brenning. Finished the prologue, thought it was interesting - looking forward to reading more. I've read Hero of Ages, but like all things Sanderson I've noticed that I just don't remember any of his books lol. I found the Expanse to not be my thing and Royal Assassin was my favorite book in the Farseer Trilogy, I think. Palladino is a shit writer getting far too much press lately and Orbit of Sirens is something I really want to read eventually. R Scott Bakker I've heard is far too intellectual for me. I don't know why I just went through your TBR and offered my opinions on everything but I have so that's that.