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Hey Beehaw, whatcha reading right now?

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[-] Brisktheaardwolf@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

The eyes of the dragon by Stephen King

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[-] altz3r0@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Pattern Recognition, William Gibson.

Gibson is tough to get into, personally, but his stories are very cool!

[-] argentcorvid@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Just started Howl's Moving Castle. Liking it so far!

Not exactly like the movie, but it's pretty close.

[-] Infinitybiscuit@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I legitimately did not know there is a book. It’s my favorite movie so I might pick this up.

[-] Kamirose@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

A lot of Miyazaki's films are based on books! Kiki's Delivery Services is a book as well, and Secret Life of Arietty is based on The Borrowers.

[-] argentcorvid@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yes the book was first, and adapted for the movie. It's a trilogy. They did a good job on the adaptation, though there are some differences, as there always are. I'm reading it through my Library on Libby.

[-] fishy_2_0@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Currently reading Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy really fun reads though it got weird in some places

[-] HooGoesThere@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Not bad so far. I just finished The Dark Tower series (loved it) so it is definitely an adjustment.

[-] fievel@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] scoobford@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

The Murderbot Diaries.

I've been enjoying it, it has a surprising amount of heart for a series about an emotionally damaged not-robot.

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[-] agonizingnose@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

1356 by Bernard Cornwell. Its cheesey typical damsel in destress stuff set in a bloody french chevauchée, but I'll be damned if it aint a whole lof of fun. Think the expanse, but with horses as worse charachters.

[-] ethanolparty@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I loved his Warlord Chronicles trilogy, and I'm onto reading the Sharpe series now. In terms of story he definitely has a formula that he sticks to, but it's a really entertaining formula so I can't really fault him for it.

[-] Creepykitty11@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I started ‘watching the English’ by Kate Fox, it’s very interesting! Maybe it will help me blend in in the crowd a bit more.

[-] DJDarren@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

My current read is Abarat by Clive Barker.

I'd not heard of it until last week, when folks on r/books were singing its praises in a thread, so figured I'd give it a shot. Yeah, it's enjoyable. Definitely aimed squarely at the middle of the YA crowd, but it's an easy read at a time when my brain isn't letting me really get into any books.

[-] Frenchpress_Hellyes@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Barker has a fascinating imagination. I finished Coldheart canyon recently. I almost walked away repulsed many times but there was good story under all his signature flair. After Imajica I will try to read anything he writes.

[-] ozoned@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Currently reading "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley. Next up Isaac Asimov's Foundation.

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[-] Witch@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Currently reading Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. Is it particularly good? Honestly, no. I think all the characters except for the protagonist are frustrating, and if she ends up in a relationship with any one of them I'll be greatly disappointed. Am I having fun? Kinda. I won't pick up the second book unless they introduce a great sequel hook, though.

[-] davefischer@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Claudius The God, which I'm enjoying. (I watched the BBC adaption years ago, but only got around to reading the two books recently.)

[-] basidialtiger@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just finished Custer Died for Your Sins, and am about half way through Killers of the Flower Moon. So far it's definitely been worth the read.

[-] altz3r0@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Finally finished with Pattern Recognition, William Gibson. It was... nice, it definitely felt like Gibson was uncomfortable writing in the present tense.

Next up is a Brazillian book, As águas-vivas não sabem de si by Aline Valek

[-] GreyShuck@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

My 'big read' this year is Finnegans Wake - which I am (or have been) reading week by week along with the TrueLit sub on reddit. It would be a profoundly different experience to read it without the analysis and discussion going on there, so that is something...

Otherwise, I am reading The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher, which is engaging and entertaining, as was her The Hollow Places which I read immediately before. I am also dipping into a collection of the Para Handy tales by Neil Munro, which are a cosy - if stereotypical and patronising - glimpse into another time and pace of life.

I have just returned from a couple of weeks away during which I finished an anthology of Clarke Ashton Smith short fantasy tales (all about the atmosphere: story and worldbuilding are very much secondary and character scarcely features); Haldor Laxness's The Atom Station (a sparse look at the clash of modern - written in 1948 - and traditional Icelandic values); and Blackwood's The Willows (an extrapolation of the original idea of "panic" - as several of this other tales are).

[-] Duchess@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago

do comic books count? i just started reading DCeased. otherwise i've finally cracked open Lolita, it's an interesting but disgusting read.

[-] lynn_literary@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hi! I'm not on Beehaw (hope my responding anyway isn't problem) but want to see if I can comment.

I'm reading In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang today.

[-] Kamirose@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Of course you responding isn't a problem! We're happy to have you as long as you're willing to follow the only rule here, which is be(e) kind.

[-] GooseDwarf@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm currently reading through Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I'm a fan of SciFi, and cyberpunk especially. This book was on my reading list, and I decided to pick it up while in the bookstore the other day.

So far I'm really enjoying it. It feels a bit more pulpy than some of the other cyberpunk classics such as Neuromancer and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, but that's not a bad thing. It certainly doesn't take away from the entertainment in my opinion. Not every book needs to have a grand philosophy behind it.

[-] drownedPhoenician@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I guess I should finally read Snow Crash, but other books keep getting in the way. I just finished Neuromancer which surprised me with how well written it was. No idea why, but I expected the classics to be more … exhausting.

[-] useless_modern_god@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

The Shards by Brett Easton Ellis

Booooring. Can’t finish it lol.

[-] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'm currently re-reading Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg, for Pride Month!

[-] mainfrog@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Expeditionary Force: Match Game

[-] owl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The Trouble With Peace, by Joe Abercrombie. Glad to be in a mood where I enjoy his cheerful cynicism again. Curious to see if any good deed in the whole long tale (this is book 7, depending on how you count) will remain unpunished though.

[-] acaleyn@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I've been reading through the Anne of Green Gables series (L.M. Montgomery). It's one of my comfort reads, and I've been needing it.

I also just finished the Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood. I would have read more of them, but she hasn't written any more yet.

[-] Qaad@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I highly recommend the focus on the family Radio Theatre dramatization of Anne of Green Gables! Obviously focus on the family is highly problematic and this is no endorsement, but you can find the CD version used. The score and sound production is high quality, and Anne is played by Mae Whitman, who voices Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

[-] unnamedartist@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Just over half way on The Justice Of Kings by Richard Shaw. Liking it so far.

[-] elessar@fosstodon.org 2 points 1 year ago

@Kamirose I am currently reading the hobbit

[-] scevola44@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I’m halfway into “Guards! Guards!” by Pratchett. My first story of his, and I’m having so much fun!

[-] followthewhiterabbit@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

You'll love these books!

Jealous you get to read them all for the first time.

[-] DJDarren@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Once you've read that, get a copy of Nightwatch. Much the same cast of characters, but it's widely considered to be Terry's magnum opus. That book is a damn work of art.

#GNUTerryPratchett

[-] scevola44@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I already have planned to read the whole night watch saga. Then I’ll see what other side of the Discworld to move on to

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[-] lunasloth@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I usually have a print/ebook and an audio book (for the car) going at the same time.

For print book, currently reading Crooked Kingdom, one of the books in the Grishaverse series/world. I, uh, got a little obsessed after watching the first season of Shadow and Bone a year or two ago.

For audiobook, currently listening to Children of Ruin. Not too far into it yet, but I loved loved loved Children of Time (also listened to the audiobook version), so I'm excited to see where this one goes.

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[-] IndeterminateName@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Currently working my way through the Three Body Problem series. They are very good but I'm not sure how much I'm enjoying them, they are pretty bleak in places.

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