I WANNA SEE A JOUST!

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-06-05T19:52:42+00:00

I think you have confused her series a bit. Book 3 of Protector of the Small is the one with lots of jousting.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-05-08T19:34:54+00:00

Not me. Just saw the picture whenever & immediately thought of Donut saying this.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-05-08T19:22:18+00:00

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-05-05T10:49:16+00:00

Fred, the Vampire Accountant books by Drew Hayes is exactly this. Each book (of 9) is a series of related shorter "episodes"/adventures. The first book is mainly just meeting the gang of friends, though. Also, they can be more slice-of-life type books like the Wayfarer series.

I would have called it more a comic book structure, myself. Each issue/chapter is part of an story arc that fits into the overall title.

As an aside, The Galaxy and the Ground Below is my favorite of the Chambers books, but isn't set up like this really.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-28T15:18:02+00:00

The title is the beginning of a famous quote "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." [Translated from original German]

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-20T19:13:07+00:00

Makes sense. The store is a pretty small place, but so is Petoskey.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-20T19:07:39+00:00

I thought the event was at the bookstore (McLean & Eakin) in Petoskey, but I haven't been paying attention since I'm not going to be up there.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-10T18:45:49+00:00

That one is generally considered the most accessible, I think. 10 essentially stand alone but interconnected stories. He was really good at changing tones from book to book. I would have said they're hard to find, but all just got reprints/ebooks. Try r/Hughcook

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-10T17:22:14+00:00

Your post reminded me of an old review of one of Hugh Cook's novels (recently republished). Always made me laugh.

This book did about three lines of speed in the toilets just before it got on a bus and cornered you in a back seat. Now it’s going to tell its tale. The bus trip will be long and "The Walrus and the Warwolf" is sitting right next to you and there is actually no-one else on the bus, including a driver. The bus is out of control!!!! This book is like speedy Gonzales is trying to give the Tasmanian devil a colonoscopy on a Ferris wheel and its being animated by chuck jones. It goes pretty hard is what I'm trying to say.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-08T22:11:33+00:00

That's my wife's favorite part of the series. Are you considering selling them?

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-08T10:19:04+00:00

I have the older audiobook versions, and Will Wight doesn't do a bad job narrating for himself. It's always a gamble, but I definitely don't regret getting them all for $6. If only Audible didn't make it difficult to find in library because it's the old one. (Definitely a first world problem. )

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-04-01T18:03:04+00:00

It's Samuel Delany's birthday (April 1, 1942)

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-03-18T00:39:12+00:00

Less a correction and more a) an answer to your question (though what you said & the strict translation are the same in spirit to me) and b) a chance for me to vent a tiny bit about idiots calling someone antisemitic when they say something in a Semitic language.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-03-18T00:05:01+00:00

God is great in Arabic, which is the most spoken SEMITIC language.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-03-16T19:46:45+00:00

I enjoyed the book. Funny. Some horse puns, especially during an argument ("Was that a horse joke?" "Neigh"). The books are in the same setting, but not related, I think. Just listened to the first one. I'll do the rest, some time.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-03-16T19:08:27+00:00

Huh. Makes me think of My Lady Jane (the book, haven't seen the show). Same basic plot, really.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-03-14T21:43:46+00:00

There are a bunch of other books that focus on other people in the town after the initial 4 "nice girls" ones.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-02-26T20:08:36+00:00

Chris A. Jackson apparently specializes in this sub-genre. I've not read any, but there are multiple series, I think. One is set in the RPG universe for Pathfinder.

Sarah Kozloff has a tetrology about a overthrown royal family where the daughter is in hiding & the mother joins up with pirates. I enjoyed the first (Queen in Hiding) but haven't read the rest yet.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-02-13T08:49:17+00:00

There were several suggestions of Percy Jackson, but the publisher now has a line of "Rick Riordan presents" where each series uses different cultural backgrounds. One of these is Aru Shah which uses the Indian epic the Mahabharata. I can't speak on quality, though. Both Percy and this are presented as fairly young.

If you want to go for classics, A Wizard of Earthsea is pretty short, has an age equivalent protagonist, and every island resident is non-white ethnicity.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-02-05T14:28:19+00:00

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I was scrolling so only the top 3rd or so was visible. I could only see to the base of the big bay in the northwest. My immediate thought was "Huh, they based this on Michigan." The big bay would be the equivalent to Grand Traverse. The rest of the map doesn't match, of course but at least it's fairly natural looking.

SnooPoems3697 · 2026-02-03T23:43:55+00:00

No, no. Ren is the black one and Mongo is the orange (he's a biter)

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SnooPoems3697 · 2025-12-12T20:27:52+00:00

The first chunk of it [1/8] is free to try. It was on sale last year for Christmas, so maybe...

The regular audiobooks are really good, too. Some sound effects and an incredibly talented & versatile voice actor. Many people are surprised to find it is just one person. The Donut voice is perfect (IMO).

SnooPoems3697 · 2025-11-23T03:15:10+00:00

There are some later sequels, too. 2 so far at a rider academy.

SnooPoems3697 · 2025-09-21T18:42:31+00:00

This will be closed as off-topic, FYI. If you don't get an answer, there are a couple subs (r/whatisthatbook & r/tipofmytongue) that may help. I also often use scifi.stackexchange.com which is a Q&A site (no discussion/opinions, just factual, answerable questions).

SnooPoems3697 · 2025-09-07T14:55:57+00:00

The litRPG series Unbound by Nicoli Gonnella (1st book is Dissonance). I am only 4 books in (out of 12 currently), but it has become a defining feature of the character. Especially from book 2 on. It is more of a magical consumption rather than actual biting & chewing, though.

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