I've not read anything in years. I was recommended 3 Body Problem but hear it starts very slow and I could do with something easy and engaging.
Think mindless action film but in book form. To keep my attention and make me read. Get back in the habit.
Likes:
- Dark Materials trilogy.
- Horror - esp. Graham Masterton
- Non-fiction - love popular science books and history.
- Sci fi
- Short stories
Funnily enough what triggered me to write this post was when I looked over at my full bookcase at all the unread books and then saw my original trilogy of HDM. I thought "Maybe I should re-read it?". I've never re-read a book in my life cos I never saw the point in re-treading something.
But it's been almost 20yrs since I did and I've forgotten a LOT of it. I don't think I'd be able to read the new series without re-reading the OG trilogy but maybe that's a good starting point anyway? Reading a series I loved to springboard into the new series? It'll be easy cos I'll be rediscovering something I know.
So I just grabbed Northern Lights after adding everyone's recommendations to my list. I may start with NL though.
Funny you should say that. Someone had bought me The Book of Dust vol.1 ages ago, and it had been sitting on my bookshelf unread for exactly that reason. About a year ago I finally convinced myself to re-read the HDM trilogy so that I could finally get on and read it!
HDM held up decently well with adult eyes. It's still a very emotive, well-paced and convincingly plotted read, although there were parts that made me raise my eyebrows in a way I undoubtedly didn't as a younger reader, and the third book perhaps didn't hold up quite as well as I remembered. But all in all I greatly enjoyed the revisit, and like I said I really enjoyed La Belle Sauvage (which is a pretty weird and trippy book in a way, but a very enjoyable trip all the same).