What are you currently reading?
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i'm currently reading harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban it's my 5th time reading it and it's my favourite out of the harry potter book series <3
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I really enjoyed it. Couldn't put it down!
"My house. My chair. My woman."
I ended up deferring my Atlas Complex loan because the Kindle version wasn't available right away (intolerable), so I decided to read Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy while I wait for it. Currently on book 2, The Ask and the Answer
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Currently reading Thirst No. 1 by Christopher Pike. This is basically an omnibus edition of the first three novels in The Last Vampire series. I don't really know much about it, other than it follows a vampire woman as the main character. I just kind of spied it at the library and read the first twenty or so pages to gauge my interest in it. I can say one thing for certain so far, though; it's a heck of a lot better than Twilight.
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology - Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
I actually picked this up a while back but am only just getting back to it to finish it. There are some truly wonderful, twisty stories in it and I'm thoroughly enjoying it!
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami. Slowly going through my tbr-list
Next book is The Man Who Loved Books Too Much written by Allison Hoover Bartlett. It's a piece of narrative nonfiction about a thief who stole a fortune in rare books simply because he loved books. Not something I'd normally read, but a criminal who's in it for the love of the written word? I could get behind that.
I also have an audio book I'm going to start soon; Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman. I won't lie, I am NOT a fan of audio books (I can read print faster than someone can read to me aloud), but I need one for the reading challenge I participate in every year at my local library. So, I trawled the shelves for probably an hour hunting for something that wouldn't make me want to commit acts of violence. Finally, FINALLY, my search came to an end when I found an audio book for a collection of short stories by Gaiman that I don't already own, and as an added bonus, is voiced by Gaiman himself! (Really wished I could have found the audio book version of Stephen King's Langoliers, though; Willem Dafoe narrated a version of it!)
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Finished the first three Murderbot Diaries in a few days, decided I should read something else in between the next one and picked up Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. An interesting read so far
My boyfriend got me into The Dresden Files and i have gotten to i think the 7th book in about 2 months. Im kinda cheating as i am listening to them on Audible, but they are fantastic books!
just finished reading Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim and it knocked me clear on my ass
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Trigger Warning was also fun! It includes a story involving Shadow from American Gods, which was a lovely surprise when it came up. And a Doctor Who story; Gaiman's Amy Pond impression is HIGHLY entertaining. All in all, if you happen to enjoy short stories with creepy vibes, I would definitely recommend this book. I enjoyed it so much I'm hoping to hunt down a physical copy of my own at some point.
Next up is Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo. Most of you probably know it better as "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame." One of the items for my reading challenge is "a book set in France," so of course my first thoughts were of tracking down something by Dumas or Hugo, even though any one of their novels is quite the undertaking on average. What can I say, I'm a sucker for classics.
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I just finished Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle. I don't normally read horror-ish stuff, but I'm really glad I read this one, because it was excellent. Very compelling.
Just started Robert Jackson Bennett's new release, The Tainted Cup.
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For some reason I decided to read R.A. Salvatore's Timeless series (abt dnd drow), and .... yeah this is not really for me despite loving all things dnd. Also started Kat Dunn's Bitterthorn and it's.. also a little too YA for me, idk why I picked it up without first looking up a synopsis
Hello! My favorite series is currently the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I'm cheating as i am listening to them but they are amazing!
I know a lot of people don't consider audiobooks "reading" but honestly? you're still getting the information, you're still getting the story. I personally love audiobooks, I used to love reading as a teen, but as an adult audiobooks have become my go-to form of literature because I can listen to a book while I work (as a baker, so it's mostly mechanical and not something that requires active thought on my part). Audiobooks can be the only form of literature for some folks and it's no less a book than a physical copy, it is simply text in a different form, still the same content :D
Anyway, rereading Silmarillion for the nth time, I love this silly book.
A book I wanted to get from the library today had been checked out just a day or two earlier, so I consoled myself with something from the new graphic novels; The Out Side. It's a collection of short comics written by trans and nonbinary artists about some of their personal experiences with gender identity. It didn't take long to finish, but it was LOVELY. The art is beautiful, and it's just incredibly positive, affirming. I'd definitely recommend it!
And next up is The Seven Moons of Naali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. Which is written in second person! I thought it seemed fun, so I'm giving it a shot.
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I just finished (for the 3rd time) "Tell it to the Bees" which is a fantastic story about 2 women who love one another and how they make a life for themselves and their little son. The writing is lyrical and the characters are completely sympathetic and lovely. You really should read it.
