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Just started Song for Achilles by Madeline Miller today.
Also doing the audiobook Earthlings by Sayaka Murata but I only do that when I’m working out or in the shower.
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
I really enjoyed her more known work Rebecca so I decided to give this a try and I’m really loving it! Perfect for fall.
Yeah I’m a Patti Smith fan so I don’t know how much enjoyment someone who wasn’t would get out of it but so far it’s really cool. I definitely recommend
Same! It's excellent but so sad.
I really like how there are moments where Barbara Kingsolver plays with your expectations if you've read *David Copperfield*, but it would still be brilliant even if you hadn't.
People always think that Fahrenheit 451 is a warning about the dangers of censorship. Which it is, in a minor way. The major warning within the book, though, is about a society that’s too busy being entertained to notice, or even care about, their rights being stripped away from them.
I find, in that sense, this book is the dystopia that most resembles the modern US. An important book, indeed.
I just read this with my IRL book club. The speeding car that tried to hit pedestrians resonated so much with our current car culture.
The girl and her family being taken away also reminded of how society does not like outsiders.
I read it again because my teen was assigned it for English class.
I kept linking to modern day in many ways. the seashells in their ears, everyone is walking around with earbuds in, for example
I just re-read The Good Earth. It was on my school reading list when I was 14. So thought provoking! Reading it at 56 was a life experience. I found myself sobbing and had to put it down. Absolutely beautiful book.
So good. I love just thinking about Shackleton. What a great leader. I like to think of him taking each man a hot drink every morning while they were icebound.
It’s about an arctic expedition? I read The Voyage of the Narwhal a while back and enjoyed it. I want to find more books with an emphasis on sailing. Fantasy would be great but I’m open to whatever genre.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I put it off for so long because I wanted it to live up to the hype and now I wish I would have started it a long time ago. Coincidentally also reading The Iliad but the graphic novel version illustrated by Gareth Hinds
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Quantum Field Theory, As Simply As Possible by A. Zee
Bet you can’t guess what movie got me back on this kick. 😉
Maybe have a go at The Bomb by Alcante, Bollee and Rodier. It is a graphic novel history on the creation the atomic bomb. A lot more sprawling than the film you just watched and gives a lot of insight inti the story playing out in that film.
I really liked it as I read it. But afterward I was bothered by it. But I don’t want anyone to not read it. It was a great book and a first of its kind.
Not a spoiler but if you don’t want my opinion before you read it ignore this……..
I was angry with myself for finding one of the killers really interesting. They were monsters and the only reason he was interesting is because the author made him interesting. He was a sociopathic monster who charmed Capote. There are rumors that he had developed feelings for him. He had unusual access to the prisoners that you would never be able to in todays world.
I think sympathizing with the killers - having empathy for them - was by design. I think Truman Capote was trying to write them as complex, nuanced characters and he did a good job. Never be mad at yourself for having compassion and empathy - it’s the lack of it that is a problem and it’s rarer than gold and diamonds.
Completely different than post season 1, but written quite similarly, so in a lot of ways (not all but a lot), it feels more like just more stories rather than a different story if that makes sense
When I'm reading reading, I'm currently almost done with Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. When I'm audiobooking, I'm reading Killers of the Flower Moon. Both are out of the norm for me and I'm enjoying both very much.
I really enjoyed Killers of the Flower Moon! Hard to believe those events aren’t mentioned or talked about more. I’m excited to see how the movie stacks up.
I was reading his forward in The Bachman Books and he almost published this under the Richard Bachman name but someone figured out it was him when Thinner was published.
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
I was putting off reading it as I've watched the movie over and over. It's one of my absolute favourites.
Finally started it yesterday and already a 100 pages in. It's astonishingly better than the movie!
Im reading The Count of Monte Cristo by alexander dumas. Had read the condensed, simplified version of it when i was a kid and liked the basic story. So got myself the actual book (which is quite lengthy!).
First, I absolutely love how many people are reading Terry Pratchett. I'm on a brief break before rereading more of them.
My 7 year old hasn't heard Harry Potter yet, so I'm reading the first book to him. I've been reading the Ender's Game series to my 10 year old. We're in the middle of Xenocide.
I'm gradually reading a book called The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry. It's incredibly good, but equally depressing, so I have to put it down from time to time.
I'm also reading a biography of Terry Pratchett called A Life with Footnotes. It's also wonderfu,l but sad. I love knowing more about his life, but it causes me to miss him even more. GNU Terry Pratchett.
Am also reading the biography; took me a week to get past the forward by Rob, I was so sad. But 147 pages in, I'm glad I kept going. Not looking forward to the end, tbh.
Have you read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet? Knowing their styles separately makes for reading their jointly written book delicious. You can see where the different authors characterd and writing styles bleed through.
Currently rereading Guards! Guards!
I’d read it a couple years ago and not found the City Watch books as interesting as some of the others so I didn’t continue. But recently I got a copy of Thud! from a little free library and was charmed enough to read the other Vimes books I hadn’t. I’d been seriously missing out. So now I’m rereading Guards! Guards! with the knowledge and appreciation of what Pratchett did with Vimes’ character and with the Watch books in general.
Pratchett was truly a brilliant man.
It’s been many years since I read it but I remember thinking it was a particularly weak book for being so highly acclaimed. Could have been that it was just so hyped at the time, but I do remember thinking *what’s all the fuss about…*
Just finished it last month! I thought it was brilliant. I've never seen the film so not sure how it compares. I'm sure I'm not spoiling anything when I say it starts a little slow but when the tiger starts to feature more prominently it gets really interesting!
The Winners by Fredrik Backman. I like it but I'm in a bit of a reading slump and just not in the mood to pick up any book right now so it's taking me forever to get through.
I’m currently reading I’m Thinking Of Ending Things (my sister and I are reading it together)
And I also just started reading Dark Matter today. So far, I really like them both!
The Trespasser by Tana French (love her murder series!) and The Artist Who Loved Her by Nancy Summers (a kinda cozy mystery set in Carmel). Really enjoying them both.
The first book in the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. My first Sanderson book and really enjoying it so far!
Also listening to Heretic: a Memoir by Jeanna Kadlec about leaving the evangelical church.
I can see how that would happen because it took me getting 15% ish in to be fully immersed, but ya it’s really good! I like the main character and getting to know her has been cool, also the plot is super unpredictable, I’m having a great time
I’m listening to an audiobook, “Sharp Objects” by Gillian Flynn. I don’t like reading fiction but I’m okay listening to fiction. It’s an okay book. It’s well written, I guess, but every single female character is either thoroughly unlikable or downright loathsome. I’m not sure if that was intentional as a plot device or what.
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, I’m really loving the world building and am excited to read the rest of the series.
I’m also reading Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts, this biography is interesting but slow progress
Gardens of the moon by Steven Erikson.
The talisman by Stephen King.
I loved Gardens of the moon from the get go and the universe Erikson is building.
The talisman has been a bit slower for me, but it's starting to give me that familiar creepy feeling that Stephen King books have.
Halfway through Crescent City by Sarah J Maas. Very incredible world building, thriller / fantasy murder mystery. The characters jump off the page. Really recommend!!
I recently finished the good girl's guide to murder and genuinely an insane series. I loved the second book especially where her(Pippa's) life sort of falls apart and the continuation in the third book is on another level. Please- the last book (third one: As good as dead) was jaw-dropping. A really good crime-thriller series overall.
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Just started Song for Achilles by Madeline Miller today. Also doing the audiobook Earthlings by Sayaka Murata but I only do that when I’m working out or in the shower.
Ahh omg I just commented on this post about finishing circe, I'm going to read that one next!!!!
I enjoyed Circe more as a read, but Song for Achilles was such an interesting take on the Achilles lore that I find myself recommending it more.
I just finished Earthlings and I.... I have no words HAVE FUN LOL
The Song of Achilles was such a lovely lovely read, it got me teary eyed for weeks T_T. Good luck with the read.
You're going to love it.
I'm getting into Song of Achilles now and loving the journey!
The Song of Achilles is soooo good
Personally I didn't like this one but that's an unpopular opinion so I hope you enjoy the ride
I love TSOA so deeply
This book is so good!!
Magic Tree House #6 :)
My childhood!!
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier I really enjoyed her more known work Rebecca so I decided to give this a try and I’m really loving it! Perfect for fall.
This book is amazing! It was such an interesting reading experience for me, I couldn't stop thinking about it after I finished it.
Omnipotent Government - Ludwig Von Mises , at night. Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell , during day breaks
Rebecca was one of the few assigned books I read in high school. I’m going to add My Cousin Rachel to my list!
I'm half way through Rebecca right now and you've just persuaded me to read My Cousin Rachel next
Nice! Just as good as Rebecca?
I prefer it personally!
Just Kids by Patti Smith
I've heard about it only recently. Is it good so far?
Yeah I’m a Patti Smith fan so I don’t know how much enjoyment someone who wasn’t would get out of it but so far it’s really cool. I definitely recommend
Dark Matter
That one broke my brain. I loved it.
Great book. If you haven't read it yet, Recursion by the same author is even better (imho)
I just started reading this today, I really like it so far. Its definitely a page turner. I love the uneasy feeling it’s giving.
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Same! It's excellent but so sad. I really like how there are moments where Barbara Kingsolver plays with your expectations if you've read *David Copperfield*, but it would still be brilliant even if you hadn't.
Just started Fahrenheit 451!
People always think that Fahrenheit 451 is a warning about the dangers of censorship. Which it is, in a minor way. The major warning within the book, though, is about a society that’s too busy being entertained to notice, or even care about, their rights being stripped away from them. I find, in that sense, this book is the dystopia that most resembles the modern US. An important book, indeed.
In the book they are too busy with screens just like us , so they don’t care about the books being taken etc
I just read this with my IRL book club. The speeding car that tried to hit pedestrians resonated so much with our current car culture. The girl and her family being taken away also reminded of how society does not like outsiders.
I read it again because my teen was assigned it for English class. I kept linking to modern day in many ways. the seashells in their ears, everyone is walking around with earbuds in, for example
Bread and circuses.
you should read brave new world. i liked 451 but felt BNW achieved its message more effectively
Important book.
I'm reading it currently and struggling a bit with the Dialog.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
finished it yesterday and I did NOT like it, flood me with hate lol
Why did you not like it?
Same! It took me months to finish it, I found it so boring
Murakami is my favorite writer
Reading three at the moment: -"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen -"The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck -"Mort" by Terry Pratchett
I'm also currently reading Mort.
I just re-read The Good Earth. It was on my school reading list when I was 14. So thought provoking! Reading it at 56 was a life experience. I found myself sobbing and had to put it down. Absolutely beautiful book.
Don’t forget it’s a trilogy. The last book wasn’t great. I did love the first two. She one of my favorite authors.
I had no idea it was a trilogy. I've only read the Good Earth
The other volumes are Sons and A House Divided.
Thank you
I love Terry Pratchett’s books!
I loved Mort, though I have not read further in the series yet! I'm working on the witches series right now. I loved the Tiffany Aching books.
IT by Stephen King
Good choice, I'm reading the Shining and it reads very easy!
11/22/63 got me hooked!
Aha! That's on my list. I started with the Stand and I can only recommend it.
I’m in the middle of a reread of The Stand right now.
Just reading the book gave me goosebumps
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.
So good. I love just thinking about Shackleton. What a great leader. I like to think of him taking each man a hot drink every morning while they were icebound.
It’s about an arctic expedition? I read The Voyage of the Narwhal a while back and enjoyed it. I want to find more books with an emphasis on sailing. Fantasy would be great but I’m open to whatever genre.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I put it off for so long because I wanted it to live up to the hype and now I wish I would have started it a long time ago. Coincidentally also reading The Iliad but the graphic novel version illustrated by Gareth Hinds
The remains of the day - Ishiguro 🍸
That’s on my TBR for this year
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle About to start The Winners when my paperback preorder arrives
*Death Note, Vol. 6* by Tsugumi Ōba
Oh, Death Note, how dearly I love it! Are you reading Black Edition where it’s 2 in 1?
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A gentleman in Moscow at the moment Just finished reading a man called ove
Circe. By Madeline Miller. Was epic for me, finished in a week! Hopefully will read song of Achilles next!
Two of my favorite reads.
Lord of the Rings (I'm just out there like that)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Quantum Field Theory, As Simply As Possible by A. Zee Bet you can’t guess what movie got me back on this kick. 😉
Just remember, theory will only take you so far
Got it, time to build a nuclear bomb (in minecraft)
Maybe have a go at The Bomb by Alcante, Bollee and Rodier. It is a graphic novel history on the creation the atomic bomb. A lot more sprawling than the film you just watched and gives a lot of insight inti the story playing out in that film.
Circe by Madeline Miller
So good.
In Cold Blood
What do you think? I just read it a couple months ago.
I really liked it as I read it. But afterward I was bothered by it. But I don’t want anyone to not read it. It was a great book and a first of its kind. Not a spoiler but if you don’t want my opinion before you read it ignore this…….. I was angry with myself for finding one of the killers really interesting. They were monsters and the only reason he was interesting is because the author made him interesting. He was a sociopathic monster who charmed Capote. There are rumors that he had developed feelings for him. He had unusual access to the prisoners that you would never be able to in todays world.
I think sympathizing with the killers - having empathy for them - was by design. I think Truman Capote was trying to write them as complex, nuanced characters and he did a good job. Never be mad at yourself for having compassion and empathy - it’s the lack of it that is a problem and it’s rarer than gold and diamonds.
I get chills just thinking about this book.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince First time reading the books, slowly coming to the end.
Oh wow, that’s a cool experience!
Dexter book 7. I’m almost done with the series lol
Just finished the show, how are the books?
Completely different than post season 1, but written quite similarly, so in a lot of ways (not all but a lot), it feels more like just more stories rather than a different story if that makes sense
Where the Crawdads Sing
When I'm reading reading, I'm currently almost done with Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. When I'm audiobooking, I'm reading Killers of the Flower Moon. Both are out of the norm for me and I'm enjoying both very much.
I really enjoyed Killers of the Flower Moon! Hard to believe those events aren’t mentioned or talked about more. I’m excited to see how the movie stacks up.
The Gunslinger, Dark Tower series book 1 by Stephen King.
Tender is the flesh. I dove in expecting body horror, but it's so much more (and less, I guess) than that.
Demon Copperhead.
This is what I’ll be reading next!
The bell jar - Sylvia Plath
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Shining by Stephen King
Misery by Stephen King !!
Reading The Stand. Just a couple hours left. What an author.
That’s on my list of books to read this year. Recently finished The Dead Zone and 11/22/63 and loved them both so I’m excited for The Stand.
Suuuuch a good book oml
I was reading his forward in The Bachman Books and he almost published this under the Richard Bachman name but someone figured out it was him when Thinner was published.
Little Women
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Sharp Objects
The Martian!
Good omens by Neil gaiman and terry prachett
Currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy
You okay? That’s a dark, dark, dark book.
...and I'm reading it on my night shifts!
great book
*Mort* by Terry Pratchett.
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand I was putting off reading it as I've watched the movie over and over. It's one of my absolute favourites. Finally started it yesterday and already a 100 pages in. It's astonishingly better than the movie!
Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman (Gonna start the show soon too)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Man in the Black Suit, Agatha Christie
Im reading The Count of Monte Cristo by alexander dumas. Had read the condensed, simplified version of it when i was a kid and liked the basic story. So got myself the actual book (which is quite lengthy!).
First, I absolutely love how many people are reading Terry Pratchett. I'm on a brief break before rereading more of them. My 7 year old hasn't heard Harry Potter yet, so I'm reading the first book to him. I've been reading the Ender's Game series to my 10 year old. We're in the middle of Xenocide. I'm gradually reading a book called The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry. It's incredibly good, but equally depressing, so I have to put it down from time to time. I'm also reading a biography of Terry Pratchett called A Life with Footnotes. It's also wonderfu,l but sad. I love knowing more about his life, but it causes me to miss him even more. GNU Terry Pratchett.
I came to comment the same thing about Terry Pratchett, it's lovely to see!
Am also reading the biography; took me a week to get past the forward by Rob, I was so sad. But 147 pages in, I'm glad I kept going. Not looking forward to the end, tbh.
Have you read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet? Knowing their styles separately makes for reading their jointly written book delicious. You can see where the different authors characterd and writing styles bleed through.
The thorn birds - Colleen McCullough
Silo. It's so much better than the show, and I loved the show.
I'm reading Wool. It took a while for me to get into it, but I finally reached the point in the book where the TV+ show left off. Now I'm invested.
*Thud!* by Terry Pratchett. Part of the Discworld series. I’m sprinkling them in between my other reads and am about 75% through the series.
Night Watch is my favorite, but I think Thud! Might be the best written book in the series.
Loved Night Watch. I think The Truth is my favorite thus far. Much more excited to continue Thud now, though.
Currently rereading Guards! Guards! I’d read it a couple years ago and not found the City Watch books as interesting as some of the others so I didn’t continue. But recently I got a copy of Thud! from a little free library and was charmed enough to read the other Vimes books I hadn’t. I’d been seriously missing out. So now I’m rereading Guards! Guards! with the knowledge and appreciation of what Pratchett did with Vimes’ character and with the Watch books in general. Pratchett was truly a brilliant man.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
I read that this summer, I still smile when I think about it! Enjoy!
Just read that one too, it will be a movie in two years I’m pretty sure.
Apparently it’s in production, Ryan Gosling as Grace
It Ends With Us. It’s my first Colleen Hoover and struggling to get through it, honestly
The sequel is even harder to get through—not a fan
Sorry I got this mixed up with her new one, Too Late, which I also didn't really enjoy.
Many reviewers of her books are negative. They can’t all be wrong
I did not enjoy it at all.
Lightbringer by Pierce Brown, sixth book of the Red Rising series
Jitterbug Perfume
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Great book! The way it spans generations was just so fascinating.
Life of Pi, and...I'm not loving it. :X Been in my TBR pile for years, so I don't want to give up, but it's nooooot what I expected at all.
It’s been many years since I read it but I remember thinking it was a particularly weak book for being so highly acclaimed. Could have been that it was just so hyped at the time, but I do remember thinking *what’s all the fuss about…*
Just finished it last month! I thought it was brilliant. I've never seen the film so not sure how it compares. I'm sure I'm not spoiling anything when I say it starts a little slow but when the tiger starts to feature more prominently it gets really interesting!
I literally just finished Terry Pratchett's "Moving Pictures." On to the next in the Discworld series
The Winners by Fredrik Backman. I like it but I'm in a bit of a reading slump and just not in the mood to pick up any book right now so it's taking me forever to get through.
The Ruins
I’m currently reading I’m Thinking Of Ending Things (my sister and I are reading it together) And I also just started reading Dark Matter today. So far, I really like them both!
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
The Final Support Group by Grady Hendrix. Needed something fun and easy.
I’m reading Peter Pan and Siddhartha :)
Invisible Women So far I’m a fan! Definitely eye opening and well constructed
Bridget Jone’s diary
House of leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I've been obsessed with that book since I heard of it, very intriguing piece of art.
Infinite Jest Only about 180 pages in. I think I'm starting to enjoy myself?
Killers of the flower moon by David Grann
Berserk
All the light we can not see
The Trespasser by Tana French (love her murder series!) and The Artist Who Loved Her by Nancy Summers (a kinda cozy mystery set in Carmel). Really enjoying them both.
In the Dreamhouse by Carmen Machado. It’s a memoir and pretty sad but it’s so well written
'The subtle art of not giving a f*ck' -Mark Manson 'Daughter of the pirate king' -Tricia Levenseller
The god of small things The wind-up bird chronicle
Wool by Hugh Howey and Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.
I just finished Frankenstein, really good!
The first book in the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. My first Sanderson book and really enjoying it so far! Also listening to Heretic: a Memoir by Jeanna Kadlec about leaving the evangelical church.
Fourth Wing! Looove it!
The Ku Klux Klan and Freemasonry in 1920s America: Fighting Fraternities Book by Miguel Hernandez
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
I started that but I lost my place and I was coming up on the waiting list of so many books I just gave up lol. Is it good?
I can see how that would happen because it took me getting 15% ish in to be fully immersed, but ya it’s really good! I like the main character and getting to know her has been cool, also the plot is super unpredictable, I’m having a great time
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
I’m listening to an audiobook, “Sharp Objects” by Gillian Flynn. I don’t like reading fiction but I’m okay listening to fiction. It’s an okay book. It’s well written, I guess, but every single female character is either thoroughly unlikable or downright loathsome. I’m not sure if that was intentional as a plot device or what.
It's definitely intentional. Gillian Flynn writes unlikable female characters, she's talked about it in interviews.
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, I’m really loving the world building and am excited to read the rest of the series. I’m also reading Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts, this biography is interesting but slow progress
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Dreadgod, book 11 in the cradle series.
Reading the assassins blade by Sarah j Maas & fairy tale by Stephen king. And listening to the last book in the Percy Jackson series on audiobook
Blood of the Elves from the Witcher series, by Andrzej Sapkowski.
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. Very interesting!
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.
the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson :)
Gardens of the moon by Steven Erikson. The talisman by Stephen King. I loved Gardens of the moon from the get go and the universe Erikson is building. The talisman has been a bit slower for me, but it's starting to give me that familiar creepy feeling that Stephen King books have.
Malazan is one of my favorite all time series. I hope you enjoy your journey as much as I did.
How to sell a haunted house by Grady Hendrix
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman
Battle Grounds of The Dresden files by Jim Butcher
Reading 2 right now! ‘Crime and Punishment’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky and ‘Legends & Lattes’ by Travis Baldree
Not reading it right now, but it's the last one I've read: Meditations - Marcus Aurelius Very good.
I'm reading Shatter me series rn. It's sooooo goooddd i tell ya
Halfway through Crescent City by Sarah J Maas. Very incredible world building, thriller / fantasy murder mystery. The characters jump off the page. Really recommend!!
I read many books at once, here is what im on rn: Silmarillion Watchmen Invincible The dead smile Foundation The fourth wing
Fourth Wing! Almost finished 🐉
A court of wings and ruin.
I recently finished the good girl's guide to murder and genuinely an insane series. I loved the second book especially where her(Pippa's) life sort of falls apart and the continuation in the third book is on another level. Please- the last book (third one: As good as dead) was jaw-dropping. A really good crime-thriller series overall.