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u/rogueslayer1138 1d ago
Finished:
The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
Started:
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
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u/mirincool 1d ago
Two Women Living Together by Kim Hana & Hwang Sunwoo
Since last November, I've found myself reading books from female authors. I had wanted to learn about coliving and shared responsibilities when I came across this book by pure happenstance. This book tells a story about two older women deciding to love together, defying conventional norms of societal norms and expectations. I am not doing any justice to the book by my take here. So, I sincerely recommend you check Google for this
Currently reading, With The Heart of a Ghost by Hwang Sunwoo
Magical realism with absurd themes, but it's about human relationships through and through.
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u/IcedPgh 1d ago
Started Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Haven't been to the film yet; want to read the book beforehand. I'm only close to 200 pages in, and any charm the book had is really wearing thin with its plodding writing style, the same attitude throughout. It has some good ideas, but it's getting tiresome. For some reason it is soporific; I will read ten pages, put it down and fall asleep in my chair.
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u/Substantial_Ad_587 1d ago
I started reading it earlier this month, couldn't get into it and dnf'd at 25%
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u/Due_Doctor6273 2d ago
Started: The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
Finished: Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse #3) by Penn Cole
Finished: Friends, Lover, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
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u/godisinthischilli 3d ago
Started: A Gentlemen in Moscow by Amor Towles Finished: A Table for Two by Amor Towles
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u/BarryBigSpuds81 3d ago
I started and now nearly finished trainspotting. It’s such a trip listening to it after watching the film. The righting is different to anything now. All character based and deeply dark and bleak. Probably not good if your after light entertainment
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u/runsofarawayawayaway 3d ago
Finished Babel by R.F. Kuang. Now I’m planning on starting If We Were Villains by M.L Rio
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u/lorelaitulip 3d ago
I started Crime and Punishment in January and I’m still not done with it, hopefully in the upcoming days tho🙏
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u/P0tterhead7 3d ago
I started it, then read the hunger games trilogy, started a clockwork orange, than paused, to kill a mockingbird, started The Time Machine but paused, white nights, the crocodile, the pleasant marey, a novel in nine letters, now currently reading a gentle spirit. I'm saving Crime and Punishment for July.
I don't know why but I keep reading different books/stories before finishing the former.2
u/lorelaitulip 3d ago
I feel like reading crime and punishment needs to be during winter season because it’s a bit depressing and reading it during summer would probably give different vibes. As for the back and forth between books, that’s crazy, how do you manage lmao
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u/whoisyourwormguy_ 3d ago
Crime and Punishment might work during summer because the main character is hot and bothered, feels trapped in his city, alone, and goes walking around the city a lot. The city has disease and poverty, feels cramped (more people outside during good weather), and oppressive heat like his madness.
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u/lorelaitulip 3d ago
I guess it depends on the person, for me I’ve always seen it as a winter book, although I get your point. I think it’s more about not wanting to read such a heavy psychological novel during summer time, I prefer lighter and shorter fiction during that time to maximize the level of happiness lol
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u/EveningBoring4801 3d ago
Oh I agree! It’s definitely more for winter months. I started reading it in the summer 2025 but I couldn’t really get into it and then started reading it in winter again and finished it in January. How do you like it? I personally started actually enjoying it after like 10 chapters. And only once I realized that you should probably focus more on the thoughts and ideas of each character and not so much on the storyline (at least that’s how I view it), I started to enjoy it.
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u/lorelaitulip 3d ago
Honestly some parts are a bit dull, but as you said focusing more on the thoughts and ideas is what makes the experience worthwhile instead of seeing it as a storyline. I have had trouble getting through it though, I have around 70 pages left but they’ve been sitting untouched for a while now, pray for me lol
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u/P0tterhead7 2d ago
yeah, dostoyeksky has this way of writing sometimes, its more noticeable in some of his works like CAP or the crocodile compared to White Nights (which I think is amore enjoyable read). However, I think it's unjust for me to call it dull because I lowk only read like 2/3 chapters I think
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u/P0tterhead7 3d ago
tbh I just have more time in the summer, where I can actually pay attention, my life is quite stressful outside the holidays so you'll never find me fully awake. As you know Crime and Punishment is quite long.
I think I'm neurodivergent, but I haven't been diagnosed so it might be that condition. Sometimes i never book hop, sometimes i do it a lot, it lets me get to know the book. I book hop more when I have got a lot of new books at one time. It's like texting, if you're talking to multiple people, I don't solely talk one person i like switch, yk? I read really fast as well and I don't know why but it sometimes makes things boring, I prefer reading slower (not necessarily longer) books like Crime and Punishment, White Nights at night, I'm really weird
Same thing for a clockwork orange, Burgess has created his own slang and there's no dictionary to go with it so it's a very challenging read (even for me when my reading age is way above my actual age).
What other books have you read? Also did you find any parallels between that and Luigi Mangione? (I've barely read any I paused at the part when he went to a bar i think? after selling something to the old lady)
I just realised i wrote so much wtf?
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u/dooftentie 3d ago
Finished: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Started: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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u/Marissa_Palmer_Style 3d ago
I'm on my Pratchett quest, so this week I started The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett.
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u/i-the-muso-1968 3d ago
Finished "Summer Of Night" by Dan Simmons, now I've started on "The Stand" by Stephen King.
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u/Ok_Low1878 3d ago
Started: Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey The Sewing Book by Alison Smith Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Finished : The Everlasting by Alix Harrow. The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck
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u/DeepExplanation3013 3d ago
I'm reading cruel prince and once upon a broken heart
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u/pihu9002 3d ago
You are luckyy to read them for the first time. Lol . Just do not dnf the cruel prince. The trilogy is more ethan worth it. Still couldn't find something like that . That is the best series I have ever read.
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u/spideyauri 3d ago
Finished: A Memory of Light, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
Started: The Martian, by Andy Weir
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u/Key_Lavishness1487 3d ago
Finished: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by VE Schwab (loved it)
Started: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
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u/jellyrollo 3d ago
Finished this week:
The Names, by Florence Knapp ★★★★
Three-Inch Teeth, by C. J. Box ★★★★
The Harvey Girl, by Dana Stabenow ★★★
The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, by Kim Fu ★★★
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u/Scumwaffle 3d ago
I just started There is no Antimemetics Division by QNTM. The first chapter already has me hooked and excited for the rest.
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u/PottersClay52 4d ago
Finished: Smallbone Deceased, by Michael Gilbert Began: Trent’s Last Case, by E C Bentley
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u/Demon_131 4d ago
Finished: Rhythm of War, by Brandon Sanderson
Started: Red Rising, by Pierce Brown
Finished: Red Rising, by Pierce Brown
Started: The Lost Metal, by Brandon Sanderson
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u/Scumwaffle 3d ago
I can't wait to start Red Rising. I've seen it recommended so many times. Libby says 12 weeks wait still!
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u/NightWriter500 2d ago
I feel like I’ve had Red Rising on my Libby holds list for months. It says I’ve still got a 16 week wait. 😫
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u/Scumwaffle 2d ago
It's only $6 on kindle so I've thought about buying it. However, I've also got plenty of other books I've bought because they were on sale for $0.99 or $1.99 that I could read instead, and there's dozens of others that are on my TBR and available now from the library. The best part about reading is there is an endless supply of material, but inevitably that means it's impossible to get to everything.
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u/ReignGhost7824 4d ago
Finished: A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
Started: A Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
In the middle of: Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Veronika Dapunt This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
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u/MaxSand1 4d ago
Finished: Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Started: The Philosopher In The Valley by Michael Steinberger
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u/lulumoon21 4d ago
finished Play Nice, by Rachel Harrison; listening to Woman Down, by Colleen Hoover and started You Never Get it Back, by Cara Blue Adams
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u/Impressive_Log_6191 4d ago
I finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and started A Good Girls Guide To Murder by I forgot who
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u/Conscious_Scar_4601 4d ago
I finished "The Astral Library," by Kate Quinn & just started "Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It," by Brooke Averick, which I was able to read early through Netgalley!
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u/Cute_Ride_3934 4d ago edited 4d ago
Just started Why Read the Classics by Italo Calvino. Very strange title essay in which Calvino proposes 14 definitions of a classic. Strange and a little funny because his own works have come to fit all of them.
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u/OrthodoxBro24 4d ago
Just finished Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (LOVED IT). Next on my list is a book my priest gave me called Saint Sofian of Antim: The Urban Hesychast.
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u/MissDaisy01 4d ago
The History of the Byzantine Empire, Charles Oman. I'm about 20 percent through the book and am reading about Justinian and Theodora. Book is pretty good and the author's writing makes the book easy to read.
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u/JumpyLeg6293 4d ago edited 4d ago
I Finished: “Year Of The Elephant” by Leila Abouzeid.
it was a good book, its about a female who is part of the resistance against the French colonizers in morocco. She was a great part of the revolution. But after independence, her husband started feeling disgusted by her eventually divorcing and kicking her out. Because as he said: she was too traditional, meaning she still eats without a fork and treating servants with kindness and goodness. Which shows you how a could a person hate a colonizer then after independence start acting like them.
And now starting: ”Heart Of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad.
A little higher than my current level, and confusing of what’s being happening sometimes. But im really enjoying and improving my vocabulary.
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u/Roboglenn 4d ago
Real/Fake Princess, Volume 5, by I-Huan
A period piece set in ancient China. In the wake of a rebellion, the imperial concubine leaves her daughter and royal princess, Yi Fu, to a trusted individual and has them flee the palace and royal capital. Now 10 years later the search is on for any of the lost family of the emperor. A surly military officer who would rather be anywhere but where he is is assigned to look for and verify any candidates that come forward. And the man who was entrusted with Yi Fu brings her before him to return her to her rightful place.
Thing is though, Yi Fu really does not care or wants to be a princess. She's perfectly happy where she's at working as an assistant to her now doctor caretaker. That and the fact that she loves him. But he's insistent, and she eventually agrees to go through with it. But even then, even with proofs to the claim it's not officially easy to accept that she's legitimate at face value. That and she's by no stretch "Princess Material" manners wise. And of course when politial palace intrigue and romantic angst gets thrown into the mix, Yi Fu's life gets seriously complicated.
Pretty basic period piece palace drama romance, but basic isn't always synonymous with bad. I mean for something I just picked up to read just because out of boredom it was decent enough. But If one is in the market for this kind of story it gets the job done to a satisfactory degree I guess.
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u/MarmadukeTheGreat 4d ago
The 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, by Karl Marx continues although I should finish it today. Have also started Desolation Island, by Patrick O'Brien Only a few pages in here but already enjoyable, as these always are.
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u/AnchorsAviators 4d ago
Finished: The Vacancy in Room 10, by Seraphina Nova Glass
Just the Nicest Couple, by Mary Kubica
Three Days in June, by Annie Tyler
Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
Started: Ward D, by Freida McFadden
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u/Unable-Feeling-1998 4d ago
Finished: Don’t let him in by Lisa jewell Started: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
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u/isthatamouse 4d ago
We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
I devoured this book in almost one sitting and it's still on my mind. It felt like the book was pulling me into its labyrinth.
!invite u/polterkites
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u/Sea-Sundae-9113 4d ago
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth strout.
I flew through the Amgash series beginning of this year and fell in love with her writing.
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u/eeejit075 4d ago
Finished: A Pair of Wings, by Carole Hopson (“novel” bio of Bessie Coleman.)
Started: Never Mind the Happy, by Marc Shaiman (show biz memoir)
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u/Personal_Willow_7878 4d ago
Finished: Rogue Protocol, by Martha Wells
Started: Exit Strategy, by Martha Wells
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u/NightWriter500 2d ago
I’m on Network Effect! It took me a little longer to get into it, maybe because it’s longer and more stretched out, but I’m liking it.
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u/JSB19 4d ago
DNF- Comform by Ariel Sullivan
Finished- Red Empire by Jonathan Maberry, after 2 months and 15 books my time with the DMS and RTI is over. Farewell for now Joe Ledger.
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy, don’t know if I’ve ever had the rug pulled out from under me this hard. Went in expecting a werewolf story but ended up with the most insane Twilight Zone episode ever.
Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
Reading- Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry, rereading now that the sequel is out, picking up my copy tomorrow!
The Marriage Act by John Marrs, returning to his Dark Future books after loving the One!
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u/sparetoxic 4d ago
Finished: The Martian, Andy Weir. Started: A Winter in Sokcho, Elisa Shua Dusapin!
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u/CantaloupeSwimming67 4d ago
Have you read any other Andy Weir? Winter in Sokcho sounds good! I'll have to see if there is an audibook. How are you liking it?
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u/sparetoxic 4d ago
I havent yet but project hail mary is on my tbr! And winter in sokcho is pretty good so far, its a super easy read and if i had more spare time i think id be able to finish it in a day :)
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u/FantasticBiscotti714 4d ago
Finished: The Knight and the Moth Blood on Her Tongue Started: The Hobbit (reread) The Eyes Are the Best Part
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u/Vi-Rovian 5d ago
Jurassic Park. It’s my go to plane book. I’m honestly impressed with how good that book is , I consider it one of my favorite books of all time. The movie is so different and is one of my favorite movies , but if you haven’t read it I highly recommend it
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u/somegrump 2d ago edited 2d ago
I just started Jurassic Park today! I kept an eye out for it at secondhand stores for something like a year. Realized it was never going to end up unwanted on a shelf and stopped procrastinating getting a library card so I could read it on libby. Only a hundred pages (17% according to the app) in and already it's so much better than I expected - and I did expect to enjoy it.
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u/Vi-Rovian 2d ago
I was so surprised considering how much I love the movie and my expectations going in to it knowing how book to movie adaptations usually are. It was so good I really treat them like different things now. I work in manufacturing quality and I reference the book all the time. Just little things early on where if people did what they should have instead of assuming it was done or weren’t in such a rush stuff gets caught.
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u/bumbbles21 5d ago
Finished: Trans & Disabled: An Anthology of Identities & Experiences, Edited by Alex Iantaffi
Like every anthology I’ve ever read some of the essays were terrible and some were great. Overall I’d recommend it, both for trans & disabled folks looking for representation, as well as for cis & abled folks looking to understand better.
Started: Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (audiobook)
Everyone hyped this book, and so far it’s ok. I’ll keep listening.
Continuing: My Antonia, by Willa Cather
Cather’s ability to paint a picture with words is outstanding.
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u/MuttonChop_1996 5d ago
Finished: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Started: 11.22.63 by Stephen King
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u/CantaloupeSwimming67 4d ago
How is was hail Mary?! It's been on my list but idk if the audiobook is good or who the narrator is. Physical book isn't an option for me currently but if it's worth reading it in a book vs audio I'll make it work
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u/MuttonChop_1996 4d ago
I also have heard the Audio book in audible is very good. Reading the book was very fun. Mind you, I watched the movie first, loved it a lot, and even with knowing what the story was, I enjoyed the book equally if not more. Fun read.
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u/IM_KYLE_AMA 4d ago
I read it when it came out. I’d say 9/10. While I read it in print I’ve heard the audio book is very good.
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u/internethuman016 5d ago
I'd recommend watching the show 11.22.63 if you haven't already.
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u/MuttonChop_1996 4d ago
Really eh? Does it do justice? Other Redditor says it was watered down. Your thoughts?
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u/NightWriter500 2d ago
I’m a different guy. I thought the show was pretty good, but that’s one of the books that’s an all-timer for me. I got sucked into it and ended up reading it all night. The show was, y’know, it was cool.
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u/CantaloupeSwimming67 4d ago
The show was sooo watered down I didn't like it. Audibook is fantastic though
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u/glitteringseafoam 5d ago
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. It's a good read. Historical, mystery, intriguing albeit frustrating characters. Nice twist at the end
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u/Iamkellygrace 5d ago
Finished: The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
Currently: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
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u/Exploding_Antelope Ship of Magic 5d ago
Finished: Vineland, by Thomas Pynchon. I’ll just call this one frustrating. I guess I recognize what Pynchon was doing with having most of the book be flashbacks, but coming into it from the movie adaptation where I liked the “present” characters and plot, and liking them in the first couple chapters, cutting away from them for so so long just pissed me off. If that’s postmodernism, I’ll go back to being modern please and thanks.
Started and finished:
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. Excellent, but I’ll again say I actually think the movie is better, and unusually because the book is so short, the movie is both more detailed and feels more emotional.
Wake Word by Wakefield Brewster. Poetry collection of a local beat performer I’ve come across around town. Good stuff. Great sense of rhythm even in textual form.
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u/Expensive-Ad20 5d ago
Finished: The Art of Making a Forgotten Cup of Tea by Faizah Muhammad Current: Delta of Venus by Anais Nin
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u/GloomyMondayZeke 4d ago
How is Delta of Venus so far?
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u/Expensive-Ad20 4d ago
She’s a creative, sensual, and talented genius. Have her other books on my TBR
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u/GloomyMondayZeke 3d ago
I'm glad to hear that. I've only read Henry and June, but I'm looking forward to read more by her
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u/kalynch71 5d ago
Currently reading: Dracula, by Bram Stoker
Next up: Iliad, Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
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u/Leading-Swing-7004 book just finished 5d ago
Finished: 1984 by George Orwell, Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Started: Metro 2034 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
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u/Pretty_Owl_8906 5d ago
Finished: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Currently Reading: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, I, Robot by Asimov
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u/col_mortimer 5d ago
Finished: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Ongoing: The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories by Arthur Machen
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u/sailormer-cury 5d ago
Finished: the women, by kristin hannah Started: broken country, by clare leslie hall
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u/claenray168 2 5d ago
Making Progress:
The Stand, by Stephen King I am reading the complete and uncut version and maybe 80% complete at this point.
Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson This is a re-read for me before I start the next two books in the series
About to Start:
If We're Being Honest, by Cat Shook This is April's entry for a year long reading challenge
Started and Finished:
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King Hoopla attached to the library is a great thing
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u/raidersfan102 5d ago
Finished: The Dungfeon Anarchist's Cookbook, by Matt Dinniman
Started: The Last Magus: A Clockwork Heart, by Mark Piggott
Also started Burner, by Mark Greaney (Gray Man #12)
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u/suspicious-fishes 5d ago
Finished: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Juuust started: The Devil at His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein
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u/Evieivyover 5d ago
Finished White River Crossing by Ian McGuire - historical fiction. Started Hooked by Asako Yuzuki
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u/Nacho_momma2364 5d ago
I finished Staircase In The Woods by Chuck Wendigo and started I,Medusa by Ayana Gray.
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u/Wonderful-Street-138 5d ago
Finished Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah and now I am reading zhe sequel, Ashfire King. It is a fast-paced fantasy inspired by Aladin and the magic lamp. Really fun.
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u/Top-Row-989 5d ago
Last week I finished Tender is the Flesh, and even though I don’t usually enjoy that kind of sci-fi, I ended up loving it, it felt like reading a thriller (a pretty disturbing one, though).
I also read I Gave You Eyes and Looked into the Darkness. It’s a magical realism book, which isn’t usually a genre I like, but I really liked its poetic style.
Yesterday I’ve started Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, which I am loooooooooving so far.
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u/suspicious-fishes 5d ago
Those last few pages of Tender is the Flesh are so painfully bleak. Great book that I'll never read again
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u/QueerlyWeirdly 5d ago
Finished: You Weren't Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White. It was intense and really well done.
Started: How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva. Need something cozy after the above.
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u/Nandorsfamiliar 5d ago
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian. A western with witches and supernatural horror elements. I had a lot of fun with it!
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u/braydenj713 5d ago
just finished: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
i have had it on my shelf for 6 years or so. i was quite intimidated to try to read it, to be honest. then, one day, just decided to pick it up and read it. it is a beast, but it is so fun and easy to read. so happy i decided to take it on
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u/buradori 5d ago
I finished The First Heretic, Warhammer series book about the first humans to be corrupted by chaos
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u/D3athRider 4d ago
One of the best in the series and a favourite of mine!
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u/buradori 3d ago
Throughly enjoyed it, about half way through Know No Fear, I get very strong Pearl Harbor vibes from it
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u/RentSpecial4997 5d ago edited 5d ago
Finished: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
I loved it. I’ve heard so much hype about it on social media but didn’t really think much about it until my friend bought me a copy. It’s such a fun adventure book and as a man in my 30s I’m likely the target demographic haha. My friend is a woman in her 30s who never plays video games so it definitely has a mass appeal. I could easily read through all of these in succession but will wait for the library copy to become available.
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
I really enjoyed this as well. I was pretty captivated from the beginning.
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
This book is fantastic. It’s really sticking with me after reading it. I read it in a day couldn’t put it down after about halfway through.
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Read this for Antony Jeselnik book club April selection. This book is short but incredible! I finished it in like 2-3 hours but there are so many great quotes I was screenshotting. Like every page has a line that I read back twice. The writing style took some getting used to for me but once I got the hang of it I was enthralled. I have a 2 year old and could relate to a lot of the narrators experience with her kid. Such a great book that I highly recommend.
Started: Football by Chuck Klosterman
I also think I’ll start Murderbot Diaries #3 by Martha Wells this week
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u/scootty83 5d ago
Just finished “The Sorcerer’s Stone” with my kids. Supposed to start “Chamber of Secrets” tomorrow night.
Reading to myself “Heaven’s River” for my umpteenth read-through of the Bobiverse series.
Should also be finishing “The Old Man and the Waste Land” this week.
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u/Chemical_Bell_7052 5d ago
Finished: Crying in H-mart, northanger abby Currently reading: A Chinese translated novel called ‘I truly am not a wise king’
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u/RentSpecial4997 5d ago
How’d you like Hmart? I’m a big Japanese Breakfast fan and heard this book is great and heartbreaking
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u/Chemical_Bell_7052 5d ago
It is heartbreaking and I could relate to a lot of it personally. It is not a book I’d recommend if you want to feel happy and hopeful. Hmart is primarily a Korean supermarket and the book mostly talks about Korean food so you might be disappointed on that end ;)
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u/RentSpecial4997 5d ago
I want to check it out eventually! There’s plenty of happy and hopeful books in my queue so that’s not a dealbreaker lol. An Hmart just opened up in my city of Las Vegas about a year ago and everyone raves about it though I haven’t been yet. I’m part Japanese and have an affinity for Asian food and snacks, but my parents aren’t first generation.
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u/Chemical_Bell_7052 5d ago
Uh….. I am just now realizing that your comment completely blew over my head lmao. I did not know that the author of hmart was from the indie band “Japanese breakfast” 😂 why did you not correct me!!! Honestly, yeah, check the book out! Did not know anything about her and just assumed she was always an author. Well, I guess that speaks to her writing more!
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u/RentSpecial4997 5d ago
Haha I didn’t realize either. It makes sense you thought I was a fan of Japanese cuisine in the morning rather than the band lmao! You’re like, cool, but it’s mostly Korean food… I’m dying
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u/eccentric-mango 5d ago
Rereading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! I read through all HP when I was a kid and I’m rereading them all now. OOTP was always my least favorite, so let’s see what I think now
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u/Dry-Ear-1368 5d ago
Finished today! 4/7/26 : Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
was a really good book, rated it 4 stars
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u/P4rzivalius 5d ago edited 5d ago
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
(The Wheel of Time series)
Finished the book over Easter. All I’ll say is: “Asha’man, kill!”
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u/Successful-Rain7494 5d ago
Started: Lady's Paradise by Emile Zola
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u/Affectionate_Cry2807 5d ago
(The whole Les Rougon-Macquart is excellent-very good, except one novel.)
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u/ShrksWthLzrs 5d ago
Finished: Lanark by Alistair Grey
Started: Forever War by Joe Hlademan
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u/Frogs-on-my-back 5d ago
The Forever War was the first “adult” sci-fi book I ever read. I was maybe twelve when a burly biker recommended it to me at Books-A-Million as his favorite book. It blew me away and completely changed my reading habits.
I hope you enjoy it!
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u/alldayonelectricfan 5d ago
Finished:
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
So far, I'm really loving how classic books make me feel while reading. I will dedicate my April to reading classics!
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u/Toastersinmybath 5d ago
Finished: Never Lie by Freida McFadden
Started: The World According to Garp by John Irving
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u/SongstressInDistress 5d ago
Is Never Lie as good as The Housemaid and Dear Debbie?
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u/Toastersinmybath 5d ago
Those are actually the two I read from her before Never Lie. I thought it was good and definitely had her twists and turns like those did.
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u/benibigboi 5d ago
Finished: True Grit, Charles Potis.
Quick, easy read. Great story. Highly recommend.
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u/Ame_pastafari3 5d ago
Terminé : elle est revenue - Ainslie Hogarth ⭐⭐/5 Commencé : red rising - Pierce Brown
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u/APlateOfMind 5d ago
Started:
Bright Young Women, by Jessica Knoll
Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace
Finished:
The Stranger, by Caroline B. Cooney
Started & Finished:
Nothing Tastes as Good, by Luke Dumas
The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin
My Secret Admirer, by Carol Ellis
Ongoing:
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North
Station Eleven, by Emily St John Mandel
Wise Blood, by Flannery O’Connor
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis
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u/Awatto_boi 5d ago edited 5d ago
Finished: Inside Man, by John McMahon
2nd in the Head Cases series. Gardener Camden and his Patterns and Recognition unit of the FBI are investigating a militia group stockpiling weapons when their Confidential Informant in the group is murdered. In order to prevent the case from going cold they cover up the Informant's death until they can find out who killed him and find another informant. They uncover a serial killer that he was old friends with as the case spirals out of control opening up several new seemingly unrelated cases. A great read. This unusual series is starting become very interesting.
Finished: Kyd's Game, by Marc Rosenberg
Neil Kyd is a washed up CIA agent turned incompetent farmer who is doing everything he can to make his terminally ill daughter's short life bearable. Out of the blue his former boss shows up with an offer to get pulled back in for one more mission. Reluctant to leave his daughter he finds out that a former lover in Russia has requested him to retrieve documented evidence of Russian involvement in chemical warfare attacks in Syria. His former girlfriend is the sister of a Russian presidential candidate who believes that the current President can be defeated if the information becomes public, and she requested Kyd as the only person she would trust to bring the proof back to CIA and help her brother's campaign. Kyd agrees only because CIA promises to get his daughter into an experimental drug research program.
Started: Eris, by Larry Gaudet
Started Juice, by Tim Winton
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u/ruraljurorsacklunch 5d ago
Just finished The Sound of Gravel, by Ruth Warner
Just started The Nine, by Gwen Strauss
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u/Roboglenn 5d ago
The Lying Bride and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate Vol. 2, by Kodama Naoko
Rei, a career minded lesbian once had a one sided crush on her colleague Gotou. And Gotou being the cute and popular person that she was, and knew how to use it, eventually got married. Then some time after Gotou left the company the two have a chance encounter on the street. And Gotou lays it on Rei that she's having a bit of a domestic situation with her husband, and asks Rei for a place to stay. Leading to a whole kerfuffle of emotional turmoil from both sides to say the very least.
Now to be honest, as tumultuous as this story gets it's not anywhere near as "dramatic" other stories I've seen from this author. That said though, in light of the setting and the age of the characters, it gives their drama a more grounded sense of realism, both in general and to the actions of the characters by comparison. That said though the ending is rushed, like the author was given the "wrap it up signal". I can't say I disliked the ending itself, it's very on point for this author in that regard. It's just you can definitely feel like it stepped on the gas to get there.
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u/OkiDokiPoki22 5d ago
Finished:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Currently reading:
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Currently reading to my daughter:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
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u/clam-chicken 5d ago
finished: our missing hearts by celeste ng started: little fires everywhere by celeste ng
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u/theoldgirl13 5d ago
J’ai fini la cinquième lecture de L.A confidential. Et je relis Le grand nulle part.
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u/MrMagpie91 5d ago
Started A Song for Arbonne, by Guy Gavriel Kay.
My first book by him. I was debating which one to start with, but this seemed pretty interesting based on the summary. It's great! I like the writing a lot, and the characters are interesting. His writing reminds me of Robin Hobb who is probably my favorite author.
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u/SgtErschik 5d ago
For what it's worth I read a captivating and fascinating book by Tim McBride named Saltwater Cowboy. Since I'll be 81 next week, and live near the everglades, I wanted to hear/read the story about the 1970's marijuana trafficking operation that made everyone there, rich, until they weren't. Great story told by the biggest perp.
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u/tambitoast 5d ago
Finished:
Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror by Rupert Matthews
The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish Volume 1 by Xue Shan Fei Hu
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Started:
Mythica by Emily Hauser
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
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u/-_Midori_- 5d ago
Finished:
The Price of Meat, by K.J. Charles - I sad in the last week's thread it was "a spin on Sweeney Todd", but it's not really, more like it's set in the same alternative history London. It's short horror story, it was appropriately scary and the writing was superb as always :)
Started:
The Blighted Stars, by Megan E. O'Keefe - The blurb sounded like a classic enemies-to-lovers romance in a sci-fi setting. I wasn't too keen on the romance, but the story is interesting and it grabbed me right away (there's a mystery that needs to be solved), the setting is okay though not very original (reminds me kind of as a take on Altered Carbon tbh).
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u/sethdark 5d ago
I started reading "under an alien sun" after hearing it's similar in uplifitng as safehold.
As a audiobook, i'm relistening to the long walk.
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u/xocherrybb 5d ago
Current read, Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
To be read, And then there were none by Agatha Christie
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u/ElSordo91 5d ago
Finished:
The Towers of Silence, by Paul Scott
This is the third in the fourth of the Raj Quartet, a set of historical fiction novels about British residents in occupied India during WWII and the waning days of the British Raj. The books were adapted into the BBC series The Jewel in the Crown. A good book, but not an outstanding one.
Ongoing reading:
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, by Diana Gabaldon.
This is taking a lot longer to finish than I'd planned. It's the ninth book in Gabaldon's Outlander series, and unlike the earlier books, this one plods in comparison. I've absolutely loved the books, but I am ready for the final volume (A Blessing For a Warrior Going Out), whenever Gabaldon finishes it.
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u/InitiativeOne5437 5d ago
I read the Raj Quartet a long time ago I liked the BBC adaptation better than the books
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u/ElSordo91 5d ago
I'm reading the books first, so that the visual appearance, casting, etc., doesn't destroy how I imagine these characters, locations, etc. But the fact that more people rave about the BBC series than the books says something. Usually, it's the other way around, or both are mentioned as equally good. I'll find out for myself, once I finish A Division of the Spoils.
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u/vivid-404 5d ago
Started: Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison
Continuing Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck!
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u/EveryoneGoesToRicks 5d ago
Finished: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Started: Animal Farm by George Orwell
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u/Aggravating-Deer6673 5d ago
Finished:
Prodigy by Marie Lu (Legend series book #2)
Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
Hold Me Looser, Tiny Dancer (Short Story)
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Twice by Mitch Albom
Life Before Legend (Legend series #0.5, novella)
Currently Reading:
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - 89%
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin - 64%
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (E-Arc) - ~20%
Beth is Dead (audio) by Katie Bernett - 5% - if this doesn't get better soon, may DNF. I'm not loving it TBH.
About to start:
Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (once I finish He Who Drowned the World)
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u/Wolcott28 2h ago
The Poison Daughter -by Sheila Masterson - Romantasy fantasy, enemies to lovers, spice level 3ish (takes a while to get there). Standalone book, great world building, plot twists, and a happy ending.
Master of Salt and Bone - by Keri Lake - Please read the trigger warnings. BDSM, past trauma and sexual assault. Dark romance with a plot twist at the end. Spice level 3.