I finished the first two books in the Red Rising Saga and have just begun the third.

Really enjoying the series as a whole - fun concept, interesting characters, and lots of action!

I finished Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. It was pretty enjoyable, each short story was well-contained and lasted only long enough to tell the story without being drawn out too much.

I am now reading Red Rising by Pierce Brown. It reminds me a bit of Hunger Games in the initial setup, but I’m hooked!

but I couldn’t put it down for the last dozen chapters.

Welcome to the Sanderlanche :)

Since last time, I finished Severance by Ling Ma. I thought it was a good read - sorta reminded me of Catcher in the Rye due to its bleak tone & main character’s… unwillingness to take responsibility / control of their life? Overall, I’d recommend it; it’s pretty short.

I’m now reading Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. These are a collection of short stories that have been really fun!

Ha kind of? There’s another book in the series written by a different author as a fanfic I believe that was “blessed” by the actual author and published as a 4th book.

I finally finished Death’s End (book 3 of the Three Body Problem series). I have to admit, I was pretty tired of this series by the end. I don’t think I’ll read the 4th? Overall, I like the ideas presented, but found the story to be underwhelming and sometimes boring.

I just started Severance by Ling Ma. I’ll try to remember to post an update in a future thread when I finish!

Thank you very much!

I have been considering playing these… is there an actual recommendation on play order listed somewhere? I’m sure I could reverse engineer it from your tongue-in-cheek comment, but figured I’d ask since you seem familiar :)

I’ve been working my way through the Remembrance of Earth’s Past series (Three Body Problem books). I’m on Death’s End now.

Overall, I love the ideas explored by the series. I think the writing style isn’t really my jam. It’s a bit boring/slow in parts, almost “matter-of-fact” in its prose. I tend to prefer more descriptive, flowery writing. Granted, maybe some of that is due to being translated / cultural differences in writing style.

I read those recently! If you like his writing style I would recommend his Divine Cities series as well. Personally, I enjoyed Divine Cities more :)

My wife and I had the same issue when we started out. We’ve solved it two different ways.

Option 1: Use 3 parts pecorino romano, 1 part parmesano, mix in a bowl and then slowly add to pasta while vigorously stirring (pasta should be very hot still to melt cheese)

Option 2 (my personal preference): Combine a bit of cacio y pepe recipe with a bit of carbonara recipe :)

Mix your cheese with egg (we use 3 eggs + 1 yolk, 3oz pecorino romano, 1oz parm) until it’s a slurry. Add pepper to the mixture. Then add to pasta and stir vigorously.