Finished The Passage by Justin Cronin. First book in The Passage trilogy. Overall, liked the book. The start was slow, giving me Stephen King vibes, but it picked up the pace as it went along. It was too long though, and can't get myself to start next one right away.

Read couple of son's books to change pace. The Ghoul in the School by Marcus Rashford and Alex Falase-Koya, the second book in The Breakfast Club Adventures. And Unexpected Super Spy by Zanib Mian, second book in Planet Omar series.

Also read, and just finished 5 mins before this post, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson, book 3 of his secret projects, and part of Cosmere, but a standalone book, which can be read without any knowledge of his other work. I loved this book. Like most of his "secret projects" books, couldn't put it down once I picked it up.

Currently Reading... nothing. Just finished the previous book and haven't decided what to start next... leaning towards next Dresden Files novel though... let's see.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

How to argue with a racist by Rutherford.

The title is a bit sensational, it's mostly pop-science about genetics.

[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just finished The dark forest, by Cixin Liu. As far as I read this sci-fi trilogy, I think I enjoy it very much. Now starting the last novel in the series, Death's End, by Cixin Liu.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Have you watched the show? How would you compare it with the book?

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[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Currently Reading:

The Passage - Justin Cronin, just as I feared. Just like the first time (over a decade ago), I felt myself losing interest as time skip hits. The new characters were many and ... uninteresting. Many are killed off before even fully developed, which dulled the effect. Currently chapter 46, bit eager to finish it up.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Well, the book just might not be for you, no point in forcing yourself when there is so much else to read. Though if you have reached chapter 46, might as well finish the first book at least.

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[–] Roggebrood@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At the moment I'm reading Dead Souls by Gogol. I've been at it for a while. It's a bit heavy for a summer read, but I'm enjoying it somewhat. It's fun to see all the colorful characters that come across, but I have the idea a lot is going over my head as I'm not that familiar with the Russia of that time. It's sad quite a bit is missing of the second part.

Only about 70 pages left. The next book will definitely be something lighter...

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have heard it mentioned before, but yeah, seems a bit heavy. Apparently the people the protagonist meet "typify the Russian middle aristocracy of the time", so yeah, not knowing much about the Russia of that time may diminish the book.

[–] Roggebrood@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, and of course the superficial stuff is easy to grasp, like one character is lazy, or the other more of a dreamer who achieves nothing. But you feel like there are things going over your head.

[–] kusttra@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I'm about done with Winter, the last book in the primary Lunar Chronicles quartet. It's been a really great read thus far, like the rest of the series. I'm excited to see just how the big bad gets their comeuppance, as well as what becomes of the cast of characters. Then I'll be on to the two addendum books to the series - the first is a series of short stories, but I didn't know how they relate yet. The second is a novela about the backstory of said big bad, which should be intriguing.

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