Currently reading Thinking Fast And Slow. Have been wanting to read something like it for a while now but my motivation just doesn't kick for me. I aimed to finish this book at some point this year
Neuromancer. It's okay so far.
I just finished Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle. I LOVED it.
Dracula and Treasure Island. I do so love Project Gutenberg and my Kobo
Cool thing about Dracula is that, because it is in the public domain, and because it is told through journal entries, it can be read in the real time of the entries. https://draculadaily.substack.com/ is a newsletter that sends you emails of the particular day's entries if you're into that. It's already well underway though, but could be fun for a reread next year
An author whose newsletter I am on, Joshua James, serialized HG Wells' "The War of the Worlds" in the run-up to the release of the first book in his tWotW-inspired alien invasion SF series. A chapter of tWotW was emailed each day. It was fun, especially since the chapters weren't overly long.
I thought that would be a fun substack to set up, sending out a public-domain classic one chapter at a time.
I am in the middle of reading Men at Arms, one of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchet. Very much recommend!
Just started House of Leaves! Been super interesting so far, I love when books, movies, or games break tradition and do something truly unique
Keep an eye out for the secret messages you have to decode!
In cold blood - Truman capote
Vonnegut's Galapagos, and Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds.
working my way through Discworld again. currently at Unseen Academicals.
I will read Shepherd's Crown this time.
The Count of Monte Cristo! Liking it so far and I've heard good things
Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland.
So far, it is intriguing and enjoyable! Got a ways to go, but I think it'll hold up.
Memories of Ice - Malazan Book of the Fallen I am really enjoying this series so far. I get absorbed right in even with how dense it is at times.
Hello, first post here. :D I'm reading A Favourite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford.
Welcome!
I finished A Favourite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford, feel like it was an interesting snapshot of the life and mannerisms of rich European nobility ~WW1, but Bedford was part of that group and doesn't seem to realize her intensely spoiled characters might not be so sympathetic to people outside of it. I read A Compass Error, the sequel, first, which includes a lengthy chapter summarizing the plot of A Favourite of the Gods.
Also finished Translation State by Ann Leckie - if I could go back in time and DNF'd this at ~75% I would, I had a really great time with the first part but did not think the ending was well thought out and it irritated me. This is the newest book in her Radch series but they seem to be advertising it as a standalone.
Also reading Dare to Go A-Hunting by Andre Norton, Palimpsest by Catherynne M Valente, and End of Watch by Stephen King.
Currently reading Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte, and in tandem I'm also going through HBR Project Management by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez.
I'm restructuring my whole organization structure around PARA and CODE as described in BASB (It resonated with me because I realized I was already doing a form of PARA with my work files), and with that using Project Management as a primer for establishing how to complete my personal projects (I've always been bad at this because somehow I never registered personal stuff as projects in the way that I register my work projects). I'm an engineer so I have some project management experience, but I know I'm missing knowledge here and there so this is a twofer in educating myself on managing both my projects at work and my projects at home.
I'm re-reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. I had forgotten how funny it is in places, and what a wry and surprisingly modern voice she has (once you get used to the 19th Century writing style).
Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison. I've been reading the series since 2004, and I do a little happy dance every time a new book comes out.
I'm reading The Stranger, by Albert Camus. It's a short read and I'm already focusing on some of The Atlantic's recommendations in the Summer Reading Guide.
Killing Comendatore by Murakami. It's late here and I always like reading his stuff at night.
I'm reading Elektra by Jennifer Saint. After reading Circe and The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller I wanted to keep reading retellings of Greek mythology but I'm kinda struggling to get through this one. The story is really sad so maybe that's part of it.
To sleep in a sea of stars.
A very interesting sci-fi book that was a little slow for the first 50 or so pages but then really took off after that. It's honestly caused meany sleepless nights as I stay up far too late reading because I just can't put it down.
Currently reading The Wandering Inn: Volume 7 by Pirateaba.
I have 2 going right now:
Snow Crash is good, but IDK. It just isn't pulling me in the way I expected it to, so it's taking me too long to get through.
Then I have some Jack Reacher novel on my bedside table waiting to be started, and I was just eyeballing a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories on my shelf.
Snow crash was great back in the days! I recall 14 years old-me being upset at the "wrong acronym* but I remember it as great fun. I was coming from the darker novels and short stories by Gibson and Sterling and the lighter touch by Neal Stephenson (and others, like ... Rudy Rucker if I am not mistaken) felt nice, while at the same time did not drop the expectations on being engaged on the same kind of reflections/analyses on the human nature like the previous cyberpunk novels.
Those were the times! Plus, I was playing a lot of Cyberpunk 2020 (the tabletop rpg)... :-)
I just started reading the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. I am loving the dry humour and the perfect snapshot of London. It took me entirely too long to get to these due to going through an urban fantasy burnout, so I'm pleased I have so much to look forward to.
I’m rereading Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje. I read it when it came out and was deeply moved by it. Even though it was a huge success when it was released it feels like it feel off a cliff of people’s consciousness a year or two later.
Not a Beehaw member, but still gotta answer it, lol.
Been enjoying post-modernist books right now, and just straight philosophy. It's all so intriguing.
Reading the classic White Noise by Don Delillo, in the middle of Discipline and Punish: The Birth of The Prison by Michel Foucault. Finished Shibumi by Trevanian a month or two ago, one of the most funny and badass reads I've been through. Looking forward to picking up some Byung Chul Han books after reading a PDF of his book The Burnout Society.
I am reading "Maskiner som tenker: Algoritmenes hemmeligheter og veien til kunstig intelligens" (Machines that think: The algorithms' secrets and the way to artificial intelligence) by Inga Strümke. I have learned many new terms, as well as artificial intelligence's history and fundamental concepts.
Currently listening to Red Rising by Pierce Brown on Storytel. Only 3h into it yet but enjoying it so far at least :)
I finally managed to read through Gardens of the Moon recently which I really liked, so now I'm on to Deadhouse Gates.
I just completed The Terror by Dan Simmons and I am currently reading the second book in the Malazan series by Erikson, Deadhouse Gates.
Malazan is amazing.
I found quite difficult to assess the Terror. It was quite a long read for the first 700 pages, then I really enjoyed the last 2 hundreds. But in retrospect I appreciate this slow pace so ... I am not sure about my judgement. In the end I am glad to have read it. I also learned a lot about people and cultures of the Artic circle.
After the Malazan novel I will probably follow upon the third one, but I could also switch back to (re) reading Iain M. Banks or reading Peake's Ghormenghast for the first time.
I am 3/4 with the books you mentioned so you appear to be a kindred spirit. Haven’t read Iain M Banks.
I’ll be interested to hear what you think on how Deadhouse Gates comes together. Have fun!
Hi! Nice to hear that :-) Malazan is capturing me so much that I am worried of rushing it! I deliberately take the time to enjoy it at as many levels as I am capable of (e.g. writing style, choice of words etc).
For Iain M. Banks, you can't go wrong. Use of weapons is an incredible book, but maybe I would think it's better to start from Consider Phlebas. UoW punches... And punches hard.
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