What book are you reading?

[KarateKen]

Going to start a new book tonight, just a question of which one.  When you want to read several books all at once, how do you decide what book to read next?

[Zaine]

Good question. I always struggle with that. Just roll a die?

[DarthPenguin]

On 6/6/2025 at 3:01 PM, Zaine said:

I've been in a reading slump, but I picked up Dragonlance Chronicles to reread. Dragonlance is the series that got me into fantasy. It's been a blast reading them again. I can't seem to put the books down.

That is going back a while! I used to have pretty much all the dragonlance novels (though no idea where they are now) - stopped collecting them when they got into the newest generation and they became hard to find. Think they relaunched a while ago too - saw one in a bookshop relatively recently!

Did you ever read any of the Forgotten Realms stuff? Some of that was good (at the same era)

[Zaine]

5 hours ago, DarthPenguin said:

That is going back a while! I used to have pretty much all the dragonlance novels (though no idea where they are now) - stopped collecting them when they got into the newest generation and they became hard to find. Think they relaunched a while ago too - saw one in a bookshop relatively recently!

Did you ever read any of the Forgotten Realms stuff? Some of that was good (at the same era)

I didn't really read any Forgotten Realms stuff. Not sure why Dragonlance was on my radar as a kid but FR wasn't.

[KarateKen]

On 6/25/2025 at 6:36 AM, Zaine said:

Good question. I always struggle with that. Just roll a die?

It is easier when it is two, just flip a coin, but for three rolling the dice sounds like a plan.  If the dice come up as 1 or 2, read book A, 3 or 4, book B, 5 or 6, book C.  

Sounds good to me! 

[DarthPenguin]

17 hours ago, Zaine said:

I didn't really read any Forgotten Realms stuff. Not sure why Dragonlance was on my radar as a kid but FR wasn't.

Dragonlance was a lot more 'focused'. It had the original 2 trilogies then branched off series with some of the characters and the backstory. Realms was a totally different thing with authors writing about totally different unconnected areas / characters often. Was probably harder to just pick up and get into.

Currently i am reading the Bladeborn saga, on book 6 at the minute and have been enjoying it. Once done i will read the latest book in the Bound and the Broken series - the series so far was fantastic

[Zaine]

4 hours ago, DarthPenguin said:

Dragonlance was a lot more 'focused'. It had the original 2 trilogies then branched off series with some of the characters and the backstory. Realms was a totally different thing with authors writing about totally different unconnected areas / characters often. Was probably harder to just pick up and get into.

Currently i am reading the Bladeborn saga, on book 6 at the minute and have been enjoying it. Once done i will read the latest book in the Bound and the Broken series - the series so far was fantastic

The breadth of Dragonlance is crazy. There are a lot of books just for this universe. I tend to stick to the main line, so Chronicles, Legends, etc. I'm not a huge fan of the 5th age stuff, and so far the Destinies trilogy (I'm on book 1) is underwhelming. That said, it's the series that got me into high fantasy. I loved dragons as a kid so a series called "Dragonlance" was always going to bring me in. Oddly enough, I had no idea that it had anything to do with D&D until much later. Perhaps that's why the FR stuff was unknown to me. My parents, at the time, were not welcoming to D&D. As an adult, I now collect the DL D&D modules and sourcebooks. I've given thought to collecting all the DL books, but with so many out of print I might see what this reprint/omnibus spree might give us.

Next I am going to read Sabriel by Garth Nix on the suggestion of a friend. I have been promised a very good time with the book, so I'm trying not to hype myself up too much.

[KarateKen]

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Edited Monday at 02:52 AM by KarateKen