What are you currently reading?
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I am currently alternating between two books:
The Terror by Dan Simmons. A fictional horror retelling of the very real Lost Franklin Expedition, this is a fantastic read and it is so easy to get sucked into the prose. It's like a celebration of humanity's tenacity while also scolding it for its hubris.
It is, however, a doorstepper of a book (over 700 pages), so I am also reading Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses by Katie Spalding. It is a nonfiction humor book that is exactly what it says on the tin. Much more lighthearted reading in between, personally. :)
Current read is When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him. It's a memoir about how the author and her family survived life in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. Thought I'd start with the book I'm most likely to feel lukewarm about reading so it can only go up from here.
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In light of new Dragon Age: The Veilguard news, I thought I'd read through the novels that I still haven't read, right now blasting through Last Flight. A solid, fast read tbh.
I will be reading The Doomsday Show by Mark Alpert next. Not really sure what to expect from this one, it just happened to catch my eye while I was perusing the new books at the library. It's some sort of mystery thriller revolving around climate disaster. Seemed just the right kind of weird that I could enjoy, hopefully I'm right about it.
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I'm taking it back to1997 and reading Polgara the Sorceress by David & Leigh Eddings. Found a 1st edition print at a used book store and couldn't pass it up. Someone suggested it to me well over a decade ago and I figured it was a sign it was time to read it.
Does fanfiction count? I've been reading a LOT of fanfic lately lol. As for books, I just started The Chain by Adrian McKinty.
Just started Billy Summers by Stephen King. I'm sure this one won't let me down. (Also, this is how I get around dumb romance novels to fill the "has 'summer' in the title" space. I thought it was a stroke of genius, honestly.)
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I love Nordic Noir, and the best writer of that genre is Camilla Lackberg. I just fiinished "The Stonecutter" and now I am buying all her books. So good!
Taking a small detour after finishing the first half of the Doctrine of Labyrinths series to read Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera.
Next up will be The Mirador and then Corambis to finish out Doctrine of Labyrinths.
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Volumes two and three of Monstress are up next. Despite how long it has taken me to get to them, I've really been looking forward to reading these.
EDIT (7/15): I forgot to look for the next volumes of Monstress while I was at the library, I could cry. ;w; I meant to look, I'm really into the story, but there were actual people in the kids/YA area today, and they were noisy and stressed me out and it was hard enough remembering how to function, let alone all the things I meant to hunt the shelves for.
What I DID get was the last few books I need to finish my reading challenge. Which includes my current read, The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure. I spent a stupid amount of time just trying to track this book down (the only copy my library has of it is a large type version, but it wasn't shelved with the other large type books), so I REALLY hope it was worth the effort. The summary I read seemed interesting enough, at least. (Basically, a bunch of people die in what is deemed an architectural failure, but turns out the architect's design wasn't to blame, which leaves the mystery of what really happened to be uncovered.)
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I just started What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans I'm loving it so far. It has a supernatural mystery to it. The author's style is different than other books I've read in that they use more specific details on things, but it really grips your attention and brings you to the settings being described. Edit: Just finished it. Absolutely loved it. Highly recommend
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Dune! Well, I was reading it then stopped because I forgot about it, but I will be picking it back up soon
Originally started reading it after watching the movies and found it quite enjoyable. A lot of people originally said it was a really difficult read so I was a bit worried but actually it's not too bad at all, but I think watching the movies first helps solidifies the names and lore
I'm reading the four kingdoms series I'm on the 2nd series which is "Beyond the four kingdoms" by Melanie Cellier I've read 34 out 45 books this year. 45 is my reading goal for this year. I try and set one for each year.
The series that most affected me(that I read this year) (in a good way) "The Broadmoor Legacy" by Tracie Peterson I don't know how to explain it.. but the love between the 3 cousins and what all of them experience in this series.. I just have no words..
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Currently reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. The version with all twenty-one chapters, instead of the original version published in the US that dropped the last chapter.
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Odin's Escape: A Norse Mythology Contemporary Fantasy (Loki Redeemed) by Bruce Nesmith, who was the lead designer of Skyrim. The first book was half decent, it's very much influenced by Marvel with a dash of the actual mythology, it's an intriguing take especially since it's set in modern times without Covid.
Finished Count Zero by William Gibson (reread). What a book, I have so many thoughts about this man's work.
Just started Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler.
Just started Tris's Book by Tamora Pierce. It's the second book in The Circle of Magic series, and a sure winner since I love everything I've ever read by Pierce. Took some doing to actually find this book in particular, though. Strangely, my library has Tamora Pierce's books shelved in at least three different places with, at most, two books of this series in the same place. Most of her other series have suffered the same fate of separation, it's terribly confusing.
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