April TBR - Buddy Reads and More! 

‘Inverted World’ is one of my favourite reads of 2023. Wasn’t sure about the ending but it has grown on me. Enjoy!

Looking forward to the buddy read! You have a solid reading line-up for April

Such an exciting TBR! Augustus and All the Pretty Horses are incredible in very different ways. Augustus is epistolary with several perspectives and time jumps, so the structure is more complex than Stoner. Appropriate to the historical setting, Augustus has a much more formal writing style than Stoner, but it still has Williams's distinct voice. All the Pretty Horses is one of McCarthy's more accessible stories. It's a coming-of-age story with romance, travel, friendship, and danger. It highlights differences in culture between Texas and Mexico during the mid-20th century. I hope that helps, and I hope you read and love both. If you love both, then I highly recommend checking out Williams's Western novel, Butcher's Crossing. Happy reading!

Silverberg is gold!

Ambitious plan for April!

I loved The Way of Kings and I bought Words of Radiance last week, I'm really looking forward to getting back to the series.

Obviously I'm going to vote for All The Pretty Horses. Ill be interested in what you think about Oathbringer. Personally it is my least favorite of the Stromlight Archive (still really good). However, I have friends who have it as their favorite. It was the first Stromight book that I felt could have been trimmed down but the ending is something else.

I haven't read all the pretty horses but Augustus is an all time favourite for me.

Woooooo you’re in for such a treat with Golden Son!!! You probably remember me gushing about it in my favorites of all time list-and Oathbringer wasn’t too far behind in my enjoyment from bk 2 either, and had a truly inspiring storyline it explores with Dalinar’s life’s journey. Happy reading!!!

All the Pretty Horses was more enjoyable for me than Augustas. I also read Red Rising and stopped there. I will be interested in your take on the next one.

Inverted World is great! Dark Tower is epic and awesome! Unlike you i fell in lpve with it from book 1 when i first read it when i was a youngster. I'm about due a re-read, and i have half a mind to do a video on why Dark Tower is sci fi! Glad to hear you're enjoying A Time of Changes. Good luck with your reading in April!

A Time of Changes is my next Silverberg read. Inverted World is great, will be interested to see what you and Robin think of it. Cheers Bart.

I also stopped with Gunslinger and didn't feel compelled to read further. However, I do hope to revisit the series one day for the same reasons as you. Will be interested to hear your thoughts on Oathbringer. It's my personal favorite in the series, because of the story arc of my favorite character in the series: Dalinar. Golden Son is quite an improvement over Red Rising, so hopefully you'll have a great time with it.

Inverted World has been on my TBR for a bit so I’m curious to hear your thoughts on that one.

I really enjoyed The Gunslinger novels and read the series one after the other. I didn't enjoy Red Rising, but if the next two books are better, I'll be giving them a try.

I loved Inverted World all the way... until the ending disappointed me. It seems like Priest was caught by surprise that he actually needs to wrap it up. The explanation for the premise of this book was entirely deus ex machina and just doesn't logically fit the events. I did consider that maybe I missed something, but I'm not alone on that, just in the minority. Please share your thoughts when you get there. I'm genuinely curious and would love to love that book. As for Dark Tower, I enjoyed the first book and only dropped out at the beginning of book 4. Who knows, maybe I'll decide to continue one day.

Btw, i really loved the first couple of Stormlight books but I got bogged down in book 4 and DNFd it. 👎