Been reading the third book in the Malazan book of the fallen series - 'Memories of ICE' It is the best book in the series by far for me and i am enjoying every bit of it. has anyone here read that series/reading that series?
I read the first one sometime in 2015 and stopped around halfway into Deadhouse Gates. I really wanted to enjoy the hell out of it, but... it just didn't work for me at the time (neither did GRRM whom I also tried shortly before). Not sure why, really, perhaps fantasy worlds just aren't for me.
I have not read a ton of epic fantasy, sadly, other than the LotR (as well as other works of Tolkien). I find that in fantasy, my preferences lie more with the worlds like Terry Pratchett's Discworld and LeGuin's Earthsea rather than the huge stories with dozens of main characters and thick political plots. Outside of fantasy, lately I've been enjoying some autobiographies (or are they considered fiction?) of Knausgärd and Ferrante. Saw the latest translated Knausgärd book ("Some Rain Must Fall", I believe), in a bookshop near me a couple of days back, and I'll pick it up as soon as I finish Book 4 of Min Kamp. What about you?
It's my filler series! Whenever I've finished a book before choosing a new one, I'll read malazan until I find something else. Bit of a shit choice in retrospect, seeing as how it takes ages to get back into the myriad characters, but the series is pretty awesome.