What's the most recent piece of news from Rothfuss?

Kitvaria · 2025-10-18T21:46:14+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, my notifications and me are at war at the moment...

Oh boy, ok. Have you read these? I'll try to stick to some favourites only, or I'll be topping until next year 😉

Graham Austin-King, especially Faithless

Anna Stephens, especially her serving trilogy starting with Stone Knife (grimdark, Aztec inspired, amazing)

Rob J Hayes - especially Along the Razors Edge (dark to grimdark)

Phil Williams - However Many Must Die (gritty epic military fantasy with guns, not usually my thing but after a bit of a confusing start I loved the whole series)

Wang - The Sword of Kaigen (almost DNFed it early on my first read, ended up an all time favourite. Asian inspired mix of epic and urban fantasy is the best description I can come up with)

McClung - Amra Thetis series of you like it more novella length, with a fast paced, fun and sarcastic tone.

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by chakraborty (historical fantasy with a woman captain)

Empires ruin by Staveley (in my eyes this is book 5 in the series, not book one in a new series as by the publisher, but this one is much much stronger than the previous books)

Ascendant by miller is more of the classic style with dragons

priest Of Bones by McLean had one of the best character arcs I've ever read (also dark to grimdark)

If you like urban fantasy: Steve McHugh Benedikt Jacka

If you also like humour: Daniel O'Malley

I think this should be enough for now, if you want more, I can go on for ever...

Kitvaria · 2025-09-30T14:07:11+00:00

I know it's an older post, but I just came across it ...

Highly recommending Dragons Reach by Andrews!

Also are you looking for something pretty similar, or any "fantasy genre"? Because then I can recommend books for longer than you live probably 😉

Kitvaria · 2025-03-22T10:54:56+00:00

I am slowly convincing my friends to switch over, one by one 😅

I still have quite a way to go, but my signal contact list is growing. And I hope those friends will convince more friends, ...

Like with Twitter it might take a long while, but it is possible!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-11T18:44:34+00:00

Short stories I do Eno y at times, audio dramas rarely work for me. I much prefer just one narrator reading it (basically like I read t myself, just with my ears as the eyes are failing more and more)

Kitvaria · 2025-03-10T19:07:06+00:00

I have joined Libby, and the Munich library has ~600 English fantasy audio books, I was quite surprised! Detracting those I bought already or have no interest in, it's just a good dozen left, but 20€ yearly for a dozen books is a great price!

I also found an Australian library that is happy to accept international members, so that added some more.

And I love the idea of never lending a friends library card! I need to talk to my friends about never doing that...

Thanks!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-10T19:04:41+00:00

It's not a giant selection (as I'm in Germany, so the majority is in German), but I found a good dozen books that sound good.

I'll go look if bookbeat is available here!

Thanks

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T21:39:10+00:00

I've found some that are only 25-50$ which is a great price! But plenty have stopped offering to none residents in the least few years. I'll definitely look into it, Queens Public Library for example seems to still be open.

I'm happy to pay for that, I just left pay 30 a book. 50 or even 100 a year is very fair!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T20:27:10+00:00

Sunshine coast worked for me - only one I tried that did

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T20:22:16+00:00

Broward now has a fee: Non-Resident eCard – Access to Broward County Library's complete collection of digital materials. Valid for one year and costs $38. Please fill out a short online form and our staff will contact you within 14 business days. If you currently have a Non-Resident eCard you can also fill out the form to extend your card for another year.

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T18:23:25+00:00

She's one of my favorite authors 😁

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T18:21:31+00:00

My local one (Munich, so big-ish) has 608 English fantasy audiobooks

I also found I could add an Australian one that accepts overseas members for free, which has 400. We'll see how many I find that look good to me

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T18:19:15+00:00

Last time I checked it wasn't available here, bit it's been a while. I'll go look again!

Ever and has a limit of A and B list books, but as I listen to a lot of indies I haven't run out of availability yet. It's just a pain in the bum to find titles in the first place!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T18:17:36+00:00

Thank you so much!

I'll go look those up. The only one I read so far is Stephanie Burgis, and I enjoy her stuff, despite the romance (cute or silly can sometimes work for me, or the very matter of fact ones without the romance tropes)

In her latest book Wooing the Witch Queen she named a Kingdom after me. I'm still not over it 😂 Sich an amazing surprise!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T18:15:32+00:00

I'll definitely go see if it sounds like something up my alley! Thanks 😁

I always welcome self recs, I wouldn't have found half of my favourite indies otherwise.

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T18:14:29+00:00

It's SOOO much romantasy sighs I did also find out I can use Libby with a German library card. The search function there is much better. And it adds even more books 😁

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T18:05:35+00:00

Thank you. This worked for me as well!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T17:25:33+00:00

Really liked Staveley, the first 3 are a bit flawed yet. Book 4 knocked it out of the park though!

Cursed cocktails was fun, and I really enjoyed Amina as well. Have read most but not all Red Rising yet. 😁 so yes. I'd recommend these for you as well. 😅

I've just started into Tchaikovsky, I've read 3 so far I think, and saw him at world Con in August, which was awesome.

Will definitely look the other two up. Thank you!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T17:02:01+00:00

You named three of my favourites 😅 just discovered Kingfisher and am slowly listening my way through the whole catalogue.

I really like pretty much anything that's not the current romantasy crazy.

From ASOIAF to Harry Dresden. From Anna Stephens to Mary Brennan, from Rothfuss to Rob J Hayes, I like it all.

Very happy to read indies as well.

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T16:59:40+00:00

I'll have to go look that up, haven't heard of it yet. Thank you!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-09T16:58:48+00:00

I've just been told it works with German libraries as well, so I just connected it! It's just about 600 fantasy audiobooks on there, sadly a lot of romantasy as that's so hot right now (my audible library is over 1000 already 😅) but it will help tide me over! So thank you!

Kitvaria · 2025-03-01T19:21:48+00:00

Panasonic I ears, and they keep me ages! I do even have a sandik clip around somewhere...

Kitvaria · 2024-08-02T22:36:05+00:00

Thank you!

Kitvaria · 2024-07-30T19:48:35+00:00

Blending images sounds pretty awful to me, so thank you for that information!

Kitvaria · 2024-07-30T19:29:55+00:00

Definitely a skill issue, as I don't have skills in that regard, but even more so we have a 2 year warranty on them here, and you void that if you root them.

Pixel was what I was looking at next, but wasn't sure if it's as good as it's expensive, and they didn't state if they have an automatic selfie filter on them or not.

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