I'm currently reading "Les plus jeunes années du monde" by Marie-Lorna Vaconsin, which seems really promising and worth the wait for a translation if you don't read French. Trees around the world suddenly start glowing red due to a new form of photo synthesis, and the people close to the events make sure every page is interesting and surprising.

I've recently read:

• Dungeon Crawler Carl 8. I was entertained by yet another wave of chaos.

• "Heureux comme jamais" by Guillaume Chamanadjian, an easy to read satire about a space ship full of rich and entitled people not really caring whether or not they are the last people in the universe.

• "Automatic Noodle" by Annalee Newitz, about a kitchen crew of robots. Very cozy and easy read.

• "There is no antimemetics division" by qntm. Short, scary and thrilling. I would go into it without reading too much about it. It is so well thought out, and I don't want to spoil anything for anyone about this gem of a book.

• "Murder by memory" by Olivia Waite. A cozy murder mystery set on a generational ship. This is a sweet book if all you want is a break for your brain, a bit like "Automatic Noodle".

• "A Cantlicle For Leibowitz" by Walter Miller. This is a classic that is still worth reading. The monks of a monastery preserves knowledge while the rest of the world struggles after a devastating event. So beautifully written, and surprisingly funny as well.

I'm re-reading Dune, as a close friend of mine is reading the series for the first time. I read up to God Emperor a few years ago, just after the first Villeneuve movie came out, but I hope to also read the last two books this time around.

Summer is a great time to read the Culture series books by Iain M. Banks (just like any other time).

Now reading There is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM and Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds, book 3 in The Prefect series set in the Revelation Space universe. It’s pretty good. AR is awesome, RS one of my favorite universes.

Already read The Faith of Beasts and Children of Strife.

Waiting on Parade of Horribles, Green City Wars (AT) and Platform Decay to come in from the library. Planning Kraken and The Scar (China Mieville) soon.

I'm reading the 4th book that just dropped in Adrian Tchaikovsky's excellent Children of Time series. Definitely recommended if you want some scifi reading.

I finally got around to Haldeman's The Forever War. I enjoyed it more than I expected to and have moved onto Forever Peace. It's very, very different, but also great.

Before that, I read R.F. Kuang's Poppy War trilogy and enjoyed it enough, though the pacing is a bit all-over-the-place.

Before that, I read Ann Leckie's Ancillary books, and while I got through them, I consider them disappointing considering how much praise they received. The first is by-far the best of the three books and worth reading. The second and third mostly go nowhere and piss away all the goodwill the first book earned by the end. So. Much. Tea. Seriously. At first, I was like haha, they drink a lot of tea. By the end, I was fervently wishing for them to shut up about tea already and please do something to move the plot along.

And before that was The Expanse. I quit after book 3 the first time I tried to read them some years ago. I'm glad I tried again because this time I devoured them all. They're not high literature, but they're a good time. Some of the books are a bit of a slog, but it's worth pushing through to get to the good bits. It ends on a very strong note.

Also in the past year: Hail Mary - mostly worthy of its zeitgeist. Very enjoyable competence porn. The Hunger Games trilogy - I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. They are much better than the movies which I watched afterwards to compare. Circular Motion - kinda silly, but I couldn't put it down. There is No Anti-Memetics Division - surprisingly great considering the source material.

Currently reading Beyond the Aquila Rift. Cosmic horror-ish with morals mixed in.

I am finishing up reading the Semiosis series. It's been a great engaging read. It's about humans landing on a planet with sentient plant life.

I read the first book of the Magic of the Lost The Unbroken which had been some great world building and has lots of potential. I hope the second book lives to what was laid out.

I have from the library the new book by R. F. Kuang Katabasis. I have read all of her books and loved them all. I have heard nothing about it but I'm excited.

I guess I have more books to read then I thought

Does the Lancer rulebook count? If so that's in the next week or two as I make a character.

If not I'll hopefully finally get to Contact by Carl Sagan early next month, and then either proofreading a still untitled piece my friend wrote in Welsh (if he ever finishes his edits) or The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

I'm rereading the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers. Just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Such a great read. Highly recommended.