Klara And The Sun by Ishiguro.
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I never knew about this book, even though I do have Never Let Me Go.
Guess I'll have to put it on my list!
Listening to the audiobook of Ursula K LeGuin’s The Farthest Shore with my partner and we’re really enjoying it!
I’m wrapping up Jane McAlevey’s A Collective Bargain, which is a great read especially if you have a vested interest in improving your working conditions. I am also trying desperately to catch up on my comics a little lol
On hold is Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace- I was super into it until I needed to instead read a book about workplace bargaining. Still super into it especially with the recent announcements about grav waves and neutrinos.
Up next, I’m itching to read Junji Ito’s adaptation of No Longer Human, a 1948 novel written by Osamu Dazai.
This probably won't be popular here, but I recently listened to the audiobook Spare, Prince Harry's autobiography. I'm not a fan of the monarchy, I think the whole thing is weird and awful.
However, there's no denying Prince Harry has lived a unique life so I was curious. I thought it was pretty good overall. We're only getting one side of the story but god his family is fucked up.
Their nicknames for him and his brother, growing up, were Heir and Spare. He was told from a young age that if his brother ever needed an organ or anything, he was expected to step up.
He also grappled with his mother's death for his whole life and missed her dearly. He made up different conspiracy theories that she was somehow still alive to deal with the trauma.
And the queen seemed kinda ok overall, which surprised me a bit. She had her stuffy downsides but she seemed much better than the fucked up messes that his father and brother were.
Also, being famous from the time you're born sounds terrible. He inherited a lot of amazing things, but not all sound great.
While it wasn't the best book ever, it was interesting and I'm glad I checked it out (literally from the library, lol).
Nothing wrong with expanding your reach. Part of what I love about going to the library is you never know what is going to grab your attention.
I just started re-reading Neuromancer by William Gibson, and I might start reading The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin alongside it.
I really loved the City series from her. If you like those and haven't read her other stuff, it's all very good. Especially the Broken Earth and Inheritance series.
Wool by Hugh Howey. The show has got me hooked.
Jack Reacher 3 - Tripwire by Child Lee. Solid book, 4/5.
That whole series is great.. perfect holiday reads
Out of the shadows (Timea Nagy)
The panama papers (Obermayer and Obermaier)
DIY hydroponics garden. how to design and build an inexpensive system for growing plants in water (Tyler Baras)
men and grief (Staudacher)
dune
I've been reading Chapterhouse: Dune in paperback when I have longer bouts of free time and the mental energy to get into the book's philosophy.
The rest of the time, I've been reading Dungeon Crawler Carl on my phone. It's pretty light and a bit campy, so it's perfect for an easy pick-up read.
I am thoroughly enjoying both and would happily recommend to interested readers.
Reaper's Gale
The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber. Absolutely fascinating read.
The Essential Rumi. It is the first time I've read poetry in a log time. I'm enjoying it more than I anticipated.
Rumi is brilliant! Good pick!
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames and The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Kings of the Wyld, I had never heard of it. Apparently it's part of a trilogy.
Might look into that.
I'm nearly at the end of it. It's very much a fun book, especially for people who like DnD. There's some great characterisations and fight scenes in particular.
That sounds great! I have so many things to read already, but I will put it on my (ever-growing) list. :)
Wanderers - Chuck Wendig
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. I was in a reading slump for two months when I didn't read anything at all. This has to be one of my fastest reads so far!
Recently I seem to have more time to discover books than to actually read them, so I'm near the beginning of Vladimir Nabokov - Pnin while also itching to start Fredric Jameson - The Political Unconscious and Thomas Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
I'm reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. The writing style is smart and absolutely enjoyable, it feels like it was written during the times it portrays.
I'm reading House of Suns by Alistair Reynolds! After that I have House of Leaves and theMaster and commander
Making my way through The Fifth Season by NK Jemison.
Have spent the summer going through popcorn stuff like this after a rigorous course of academic research over the last year (or, well, since last August).
Have gone through everything by Becky Chambers and then threw in Legends and Lattes by Thomas Baldree and Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aiko too.
As perhaps evidenced by having read far more of her than the others, Chambers comes out far ahead. But from each of these, I've gotten what I was looking for: something light, something fun, something to relax with that's not quite at Hollywood level of "turn your brain off".
As an endnote, of all of these, 5th Season is the worst of the lot, but it's not unbearably bad or anything. Just my least favorite so far.
The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
I just finished up my last history class for college and decided to read something historical. Theodore Roosevelt is my favorite president so when I saw this book I decided to give it a go.
So far it's been an excellent biography. It's going through TR's and Taft's lives as well as both thier wives annnnd the Muckrakers who wrote for Mcclure's magazine.
I'm learning a lot!
The Cradle series
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follet. He had me reading about the Cuban Missile Crisis and worrying that Cuba would nuke the US or that the US would nuke well anyone, despite knowing for a fact we are not currently living in a glowing radioactive wasteland.
Just finished Nightcrawling by Lelia Mottley which is a fictional retelling of the Oakland PD sex scandal. Man holy fuck it left me feeling empty inside.
Not sure what book to read next after this one. I'm sitting at over a hundred titles in my TBR shelf lol
The Kraken Gate by Phillip Dickinson. Not far in yet, but enjoying it so far!
I'm reading American Prometheus, getting hyped for Oppenheimer.