The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan.
The first two books flew by. Things are changing a bit. I'm still having fun but Im going to take a WoT breather after this one.
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The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan.
The first two books flew by. Things are changing a bit. I'm still having fun but Im going to take a WoT breather after this one.
Catch-22. The classic itself
Perdito station by China Meiville(hope I spelled it right) I just started a week ago and have only been able to read a bit because of time constraints but so far I'm pretty intrigued.
A lot. I lost count, really. I'm a professional 'middle of the book' reader. It's a way of living.
Just started “Yumi and The Nightmare Painter”
Stephen Kings IT. Also listening to Stephen King The Outsider in preparation of Holly coming out in September.
The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.
Seeing Like A State by James C Scott.
Almost done with Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World. It's enjoyable but nothing to write home about haha
"The Dawn of Everything"
It's a thick one but it's worth it because it gives you a whole different view on history
Just finished Ten Days that Shook the World. I really enjoyed it. It's one thing to read history from a large-scale top down perspective, another to see how a revolution was actually conducted on a minute by minute street by street basis. Looking for the next thing to read now
"Uncle Tom's Cabin". So far very powerful writing. Just finished reading "Tuesday's with Morrie" which is fantastic.
Endymion by Dan Simmons. Part of the Hyperion Cantos.
I just read Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion for the first time this year. When I got to the end of Hyperion I did something I rarely do. I usually buy all my books used as sort of a “thrill of the hunt” thing. I bought The Fall of Hyperion new… out of rage. I demanded to know what was going to happen next, because without knowing I couldn’t tell if I loved or hated the fucking book! I then read through The Fall of Hyperion as fast as I could manage.
Now I can say, without a doubt, it’s one of my favorite books I’ve ever read. And yet I’m still not sure I am willing to go forward with the Endymion books.
I'm halfway through the first Witcher book. After being disappointed with the Netflix show, I had to read the original source. I'm enjoying it so far. My goal is to read them all and play the games afterwards.
Everything is f*cked.
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle and The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić. I always go over two books at the same time where one has heavier material (philosophy/history) and the other lighter that I can read when I'm tired.
The Wastelands - Stephen King. It's kinda nearing the middle of the Dark Tower series and it's pretty damn good.
Minima Moralia by Theodor Adorno and Postmodernism by Frederick Jameson. Just finished Lacan’s lectures on the 4 fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis and understood about 10%. I’m playing catch-up with the serious people from the last century.
I'm just started reading Wool by Hugh Howey. I finished the first season of Silo and didn't want to wait a year to get more of the story. The book has been great so far. It seems like the show followed the book pretty well with a few changes.
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata. I'm on page 30 of 160.
Also procrastinating on these:
The Wheel of Time
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.
Escape from Billings Mall, by Chuck Tingle. It's a choose your own adventure book!
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson. It’s the third of his Kickstarter books and I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ve barely started it.
The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgård. Only read the first couple of chapters yet but I'm enjoying it so far.
Consider Phlebas
The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick.
It's fantasy, but feels pretty fresh to me with the focus being on the main characters trying to con a rich family and less of the more usual (but no less fun) adventuring, combat etc. (at least so far, I'm still very early in the book).
If you like that kind of story you might want to read The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
The Joy of Abstraction by Eugenia Cheng
Category theory is awesome!