Still hyped for book 5 of Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archives. Might have to reread book 4 when that released though, I’ve started to forgot what happened in it.
I was not aware Scott Lynch is writing a novella! Now I’m looking forward to that too.
Honestly I’ve never really had any technical issues with Goodreads. I’m planning on moving to Bookwyrm at some point, but haven’t had the time to do that.
Hello! I go by PseudoMon on the internet. I’m a game programmer from Southeast Asia. Honestly I was just exploring places on the fediverse and somehow stumbled my way here. This place seems pretty nifty! Reading and writing has been a lifelong passion of mine, though I haven’t written more than the sporadic short stories and I have been reading way fewer books than I like recently, aha.
I usually read science fiction and fantasy with some dabbling into “literary” fiction and biography/history books. When not reading I also (predictably) play video games and also mess around with web development. Here’s my (rarely-updated) Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12174984
We got public libraries in major cities, but only if you’re lucky. If the library is well-maintained, well-stocked, and generally a good place to be? You either live in the capital (which has one public library of note), or REALLY lucky. Otherwise, it’s probably musty and understaffed.
Otherwise, uhh, schools and universities have libraries. They can be decent, but only accessible if you’re a student there. There are a few privately-owned library/cafe thing in major cities, and I’ve heard of philanthropists making small libraries in smaller towns. That’s pretty much it.
Reading is just not a national past time here, and the government sure isn’t trying to make it one.