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.
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.
Book 4 of the Wheel of Time (about half way through). Series has been something I've started on and off for 20 years, but picked up the first book after my Dad died a couple of months back and finding it a lot easier to stick with it this time around.
Just started “Yumi and The Nightmare Painter”
Catch-22. The classic itself
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.
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.
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.
"The Dawn of Everything"
It's a thick one but it's worth it because it gives you a whole different view on history
Almost done with Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World. It's enjoyable but nothing to write home about haha
It's definitely a classic that everyone should read at least once
Blood Meridian by Cormac Mcarthy. Book is outright brutal but written in such a compelling way you can't help be want more. Fantastic writer.
Consider Phlebas
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
The Wheel of Time
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata. I'm on page 30 of 160.
Also procrastinating on these:
Call to Arms, by Lu Xun
It's a short story collection. I'm actually at the beginning, I've only read two stories so far. Kong Yiji is really good!!
The Wastelands - Stephen King. It's kinda nearing the middle of the Dark Tower series and it's pretty damn good.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin". So far very powerful writing. Just finished reading "Tuesday's with Morrie" which is fantastic.
The Joy of Abstraction by Eugenia Cheng
Category theory is awesome!
The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgård. Only read the first couple of chapters yet but I'm enjoying it so far.
Escape from Billings Mall, by Chuck Tingle. It's a choose your own adventure book!
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).
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.
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.
Everything is f*cked.
Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith (project gutenberg)
It's slow going because of the archaic style, but will be a revelation to anyone who thinks Smith doesn't care about humanity.
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.