I'm reading a book of short stories by John Sayles, called The Anarchists' Convention. There have been some absolute bangers so far.
Re-reading Kaiju Preservation Society because I needed something light and fun. It still delivers on that promise !
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, a
Taking me back!
A Clockwork Orange!
If you haven't read The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, you gotta.
I'm reading The Bible for Dummies now lol. I wasn't raised religiously, but I do find it important to have knowledge about other people's beliefs. It analyses the bible, but before that it gives you a very good idea of the origin of Christianity and how it's linked to other Abrahamistic religions. Would recommend if you're interested in learning about religion.
Currently Reading The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Also trying to get a Lovecraft book club off the ground over at !lovecraft@ka.tet42.org
Reading through Attached by Amir Levine, recommended to me by my therapist. It talks about different types of people's ability to form attachments and relationships with others. I've definitely learned a lot about myself so far and I'm only halfway through.
Started book #9 of Malazan this morning on a flight. It's been a long ride, and I'm looking forward to a climax. That's literature, right? ;)
Last night I started reading Children of Time out loud to my GF as we fell asleep. It triggered an excellent conversation about biological imperatives and evolution. Plus, Portia is cool ;)
I'm just now finishing Gardens of the Moon. I usually read sci fi instead of fantasy. Not sure how I feel about the book yet. I'll give the 2nd one a try for sure.
I hope you enjoy Children of Time. It's an excellent book IMO.
I'm reading count zero by Willson Gibson. Its the sequel to neuromancer and so far it's pretty different. A whole different vibe, I'm not sure if I like it yet.
I'm currently reading Oblomov by Goncharov, after it I might jump to "Ears of corn under your sickle" by Karatkievič
Currently reading "Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West," by Calder Walton.
Notes from a Dead House by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Very interesting so far. I'm about a third of the way through it.
I'm working my way through Thinking, Fast and Slow at a chapter a day. It took me a minute to get his point (well near the 30% mark, that is) but it's illuminating about how people think.
What a great book. Keep going - worth it
Want to learn more about the team who did this work? The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis is a great read about how Kahneman and Amos Tversky collaborated on it.
Oh that sounds good. Thanks for the rec!
Dune: Messiah, second one in the series. Way better than I thought, and honestly don't get the criticism
I'm currently working my way through The Infinite and The Divine by Robert Rath. I think it could be enjoyable without knowledge of Warhammer 40k, but it is set in that universe. One of the better extended universe type stories I have read so far.
I also want to start in on some of the programming books sitting on my shelf, and maybe finally start on American Psycho, but so far I've been busier reading comics and stuff on Lemmy.
I'm reading the savage detectives by Bolaño. I read it about 6 months ago and haven't stopped thinking about it. Re-reading it now in Spanish to help practice the language and it's great. He writes pretty simply and i can't put it down!
I usually keep a couple books going so I can switch between them. I'm currently reading The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland and Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig.
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. Great read so far.
Currently Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
I'm reading The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris. It's non-fiction. Morris' books have a good narrative, but they are scholarly works. I haven't gotten very far into The Anglo-Saxons yet, but one bit I greatly enjoyed was the author drawing parallels between Beowulf and Tolkien's Rohirrim, all while discussing the archaeological evidence for feasting halls and the zeitgeist of the people who'd built those halls.
Nothing right now but I have Foundryside coming tomorrow which I am looking forward to
Finally almost finished with Neuromancer.
Then I'll be flipping to work mode and reading "The Grammar of Systems: From Order to Chaos & Back".
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s the third in a really awesome, incredibly well thought-out sci-fi series.
I read the Elder Race by him a few weeks back and it was great. Perhaps I need to look into his other works.
Finished reading The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow (4.5 stars), and now am juggling between Upgrade by Blake Crouch, and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.
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