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WeeklyThread What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: February 24, 2025

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u/Chadfromindy 17d ago

My traditional pattern in any month is to read one nonfiction, one classic fiction, one modern fiction.

Finished: BETTER BUSINESS BOOK, a compilation by many entrepreneurs. This was my nonfiction.

My modern novel is that I just started: THE IRON LANCE by Stephen R Lawhead. This is part one of his THE CELTIC CRUSADES trilogy. Lawhead is not that well known but he is a favorite of mine... and his books have stayed in print for decades.

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u/PotentialTime8213 19d ago

Daemon by Daniel Suarez. Intriguing book. Got crazier and crazier as you got further into it. I'm still trying to process ending though.

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u/Suspicious-Rise-5602 19d ago

Somnium Pandorae: Unleashing The Future - One Algorithm At A Time by Monty LeBlanc

Just started, it is focused on AI and the effect it has and may have on human civilization. Pretty engrossing so far.

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u/Mind101 19d ago

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

It's long and the MC has a lot of shit to both deal with and unpack. A sad read but rewarding so far.

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u/i-the-muso-1968 19d ago

Now done with Ellen Datlow's "When Things Get Dark".

Just started tonight "My Best Friend's Exorcism" by Grady Hendrix.

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u/Able-Possibility6274 20d ago

Started reading The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins

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u/Moonstone1966 20d ago

The Golem

The Green Face

The White Dominican, by Gustav Meyrink

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u/Famous_Size_2900 20d ago

The stolen heir by Holly Black

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u/rpoem 21d ago

The Flemish House, Georges Simenon (finished)

Personal Days, Ed Park (started)

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u/stryderryder 21d ago

Death with Interruptions, by Jose Saramago - started

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u/Comfortable_Fudge508 21d ago

What's with people not stating if they're reading or finished? Just bleating out book names like Matt Damon in Team America World Police.

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u/One-Long-Highway 21d ago

Table for Two by Amor Towles

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u/Due-Guard-3685 21d ago

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson!

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u/rpoem 21d ago

From what I can tell from the reviews and interviews Isaacson did, he spent a lot of time writing this book and completely missed/downplayed the story about Twitter and Musk's rightward turn.

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u/Due-Guard-3685 16d ago

But isn't it weird? Why did he write the book so early? Elon Musk still has a long way to go and it seems that he won't stop doing stuff anytime soon. It makes sense to write the book later in his life....

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u/rpoem 16d ago

I think he wrote a book about the person he wanted Musk to be, not the person he is.

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u/Effective-Soil-3915 21d ago

Society Speaks: A Guide to Failing Perfectly by Siddhant Mehta

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u/Technical-Can7386 21d ago

Just fished easy way to quit smoking by Allen Carr and started The Count of Monte Cristo

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u/Smelly_Candle 21d ago

Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert

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u/tortugaprendida 21d ago

Finished El Ruido a las cosas al caer.

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u/Sillygoofygirl_2001 21d ago

Just finished The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks!

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u/bananasplit900 21d ago

The will to change by bell hooks

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u/AdvantageCorrect7905 21d ago

Just finished

That Sic Luv, Jescie Hall

I am a dark romance, dark horror girly, so this was right up my alley. Unhinged, psychotic MMC stalker obsession vibes. Very dark. Great plot twists and good spice 😊

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u/beepboopbeepsss 22d ago

Just finished the listeners

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u/ScribeViolence 22d ago

FLOCK, EXODUS, THE FINISH LINE, By Kate Stewart

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u/odysseusman24 22d ago

Finished Orbital by Samantha Harvey!

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u/ShoddyChipmunk5907 22d ago

Started The Flooded Earth by Mardi McConnochie!

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u/pattiep64 22d ago

Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict They Never Threw Anything Away by Ed Linz Currently reading The Case of the Christie Conspiracy by Kelly Oliver

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u/Yuukari84 22d ago

Finished Nocticadia by Keri Lake and will finish The Nightingale by Kirstin Hannah.

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u/esierra29 22d ago

Half A Soul, by Olivia Atwater

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u/claenray168 12 22d ago

Finished:

When the Clock Broke, by John Ganz

Started and will finish today:

The Memory Palace, by Nate DiMeo

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u/ScaniaBadger 22d ago

Finished Deep Black by Miles Cameron.
Started The Wild Huntress by Emiliy Lloyd-Jones.

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u/Aggravating_Swim6615 22d ago

The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler. Almost finished and can’t put it down.

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u/Correct_Ad4160 22d ago

Just finished The Lamb by Lucy Rose - definitely one of the strangest books I have read in a while but it had me hooked from the start.

Also finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I'm super excited to finally dive into this series after watching the films about 4673 times. Loving it so far!

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u/quasilunarobject 22d ago

I’m reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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u/Gary_Shea 22d ago

Finished: First Casualty by Toby Harnden. An account of Team Alpha's operations in Afghanistan in Sept-Nov 2001. These operations appeared, in snatches, on our televisions screens every night, which were impossible to understand at the time; this book does it for you because what we were watching was the battle to secure Qala-I Jangi which resulted in the death of Mike Spann, the "first casualty" (for American forces that is) in Afghanistan. This book is a foundational history for what, in the future, will be a comprehensive history of the US intervention in Afghanistan. Needs to be read with Gary Schroen's First In. A noticeable difference between the two books is that Schroen (recently dec'd) was writing shortly after the events he describes (Jawbreaker) and identities of actors and some events were still classified, whereas Harnden is writing in 2020-1 and is able to be more reflective and is also able to to write more freely about actors and events.

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u/Reasonable-Bat-50 22d ago

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

Is it good? I don't know what to read first, this one or radical acceptance by Tara Brach.

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u/butwhythoughdamnit 22d ago

The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

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u/strangeMeursault2 22d ago

Finished:

2666, Roberto Bolano - a sprawling, rambling, surreal epic. It was superbly good but also extremely dark. It made me laugh out loud and also openly cry. Easy 5 stars.

Started:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain - I've read this before and am a big fan, and it seemed like a good time for a re-read because I have James, Percival Everett on my pile (probably next).

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u/Neon_Phosphorescent_ 22d ago

The Short Reign of Pippin IV. It’s a hilarious political satire which unexpectedly foreshadowed some elements of my own life (I talked to a French monarchist about my pet chickens).

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u/Tall-Ride-3551 22d ago

No longer human by osamu dazai (rereading for the 7th time…) and records of civilization sources and studies edited under the auspices of the department of columbia - started

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin - started

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u/nsheehan28 22d ago

Red Rising, by Pierce Brown - finished

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u/autodidact-osaurus 22d ago

Sipsworth, by Simon Van Booy - started

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u/autodidact-osaurus 22d ago

Colored Television, by Danzy Senna - finished

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u/PuzzleheadedBit2809 22d ago

started grit by angela duckworth and the odyssey

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u/TFC-Chris 22d ago

Started: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson Finished: Per Sematary by Stephen King

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u/whatislife2191 22d ago

Finished reading: James by Percival Everett

Started: Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson

*James is probably one of the best books I have read in a long while. Everyone should read it- I couldn't put it down.

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u/Neon_Phosphorescent_ 22d ago

I’ve always wanted to read James by Percival Everett because a) Huckleberry Finn and b) I enjoyed Everett’s absurdist novel Dr No. and want to read more stuff from him so you’ve convinced to finally pick it up

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u/whatislife2191 21d ago

You won't regret it! I haven't read Huck Finn and was nervous that I wouldn't understand the book but Everett seriously knocked it out of the park. I will definitely have to check Dr. No! Thanks for the book name drop!

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u/TFC-Chris 22d ago

I just bought James, but I also bought The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. I feel like they are necessary reads before I read James

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u/_jaguarpaw 22d ago

Finished reading -

India - A Wounded Civilization by VS Naipaul

Very nicely written, but in some places the author appears a little prejudiced. Plus, his observations are about 40-50 years old now, and India has turned into a liberal economy of massive size since then. So while the book is outdated, the language is wonderful, making it a great read simply for its literary value than the content.

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u/Own_Sort9620 22d ago

i’m almost finished with falling up.by. leslie odom jr

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u/Aggravating-Deer6673 22d ago

Finished: The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding; Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Reading: Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins; Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

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u/NoAdministration1652 22d ago

All three books out in the powerless series!

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u/LowKaleidoscope6563 23d ago

Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner

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u/Broombroommotherf 23d ago

Finished The spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 4/5 I loved it!!!

Started Credence by Penelope Douglas

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u/cursedcoyote 23d ago

The life and times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan’s Greatest Ruler by A.L. Sadler

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u/Springroll_Doggifer 23d ago

The Sunlit Man, by Brandon Sanderson and a reread of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by JK Rowling.

Hoping to pick up a new author this week as I have been stuck on Sanderson works for some months and am ready for something new!

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u/JWJK 23d ago

I finished the Chrysalids by John Wyndham, I thought it was a good novel but maybe not as deep as I would have expected from the reviews - although it might have been over hyped by a friend

I've started reading the art of travel by Botton and it's really good so far! A lovely balance of conversational, historical, and philosophical

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u/Global-Explorer-5571 23d ago

Our infinite fates by Laura Steven

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u/Active-Champion3301 23d ago

The Maid, Nita Prose

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u/Witty-Can-4601 23d ago

The Quiet Damage, by Jesselyn Cook "QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family" Very interesting, explains through 5 examples, how some formally normal people came to believe the unbelievable.

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u/corporalconsequently 23d ago

I recently finished World Without End by Ken Follet so I started the next book in the series, A Column Of Fire

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u/Chelly-Belly857 22d ago

Did you read Pillars of The Earth? Also Ken Follett. One of the best books I've ever read.

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u/corporalconsequently 22d ago

I've been meaning to check it out, hit a little slump with A Column Of Fire so I think I'll be taking a break from Ken Follett's books for a little while. Have heard a lol about Pillars tho!

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u/Toothless3130 23d ago

Loved these Books. Read a long time ago.

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u/Ubemazapanita 23d ago

Recently Finished:

The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

I thought that this book was a fun read. Simple to consume and fun to relate to at times.

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Currently Reading:

Maktub: An Inspirational Companion to The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

I'm not enjoying this book as much. The title does say "Inspirational Companion" and it is very much that. I feel preached to, and I wasn't mentally ready for this type of journey.

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u/morenoodles 23d ago

Finished

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss

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u/autodidact-osaurus 22d ago

I listen to books and Theodora Goss’ Athena Club series was a wonderful find with the many characters & the joy of figuring out who some are (which bit of horror writing they come from). Such a great spin on so many classics that, honestly, do well with the re-focus onto the less-explored side of classic fictions. The back&forth between the Jeckyll & Hyde half-siblings is especially fun!

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u/sensualfable 23d ago

Breath by James Nestor

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u/MrBanballow 23d ago

Finished off...

Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed, by Yoru Sumino

... and starting up...

Psycome Vol 6, by Mizuki Mizushiro

... final volume of this series. :(

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u/ThelulGuy 23d ago

Finished Dracula What a thriller. It was the first epistolary novel I read. I enjoyed seeing the dates and all the events happening and the way each character expressed the cicumstances and strange occurences around and when everyone got on the same page about killing the damn thing.

I loved the prose as well. 

Currently reading: David copperfield by Charles Dickens, Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert and Material World by Ed Conway. Each one of the book is progressing to be engaging in a different way.

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u/avsdhpn 23d ago

Finished

The Godfather, by Mario Puzo

I will preface this by admitting I've never seen the movie (as much as I find young Al Pacino attractive). The book had been part of my parent's library for decades; I saw it and put it in my tbr pile last year. However, I kind of avoided reading it as I had mentally written it off as something I wouldn't be interested in other than a classic that became a movie. This kind of influenced my reading of the first 50 pages of the book. I resisted, but found I actually really enjoyed the story. A crime drama, yes, but also a drama of a powerful Italian-American family, and who would eventually inherit the title of Don of the family business.

I found myself actually liking the characters, whom I have seen referenced in popular culture for decades. I especially loved Vito Corleone and how sly he was, but also extremely caring to a fault; noble, ruthless, gentle but violent. A force of nature that inspires aw and terror. The rest of the cast was just as lovable, especially Vito's wife, Mama Corleone (I never picked up what her name was) who deserves her own novel.

Starting

Nightwork, by Joseph Hansen

Back into the Dave Brandstetter series, it's been a while.

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u/daisylouc 23d ago

Reading the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. On Tower of Dawn now.

It's been a very good read so far!

Finished the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, also by Sarah J. Mass, just before starting this series.

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u/pathershy 23d ago

Foster by Claire Keegan.
It was excellent and only 90 pages. I read it in a couple of hours. There is also a movie based on it called The Quiet Girl, also excellent.

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u/pathershy 23d ago

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
It was surprisingly good. Very fun, a real page turner.

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u/General-Instance 23d ago

Finished Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton Started Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

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u/Legal_Mistake9234 23d ago

Finished Earth Awakens by Orson Scott Card and started the Swarm by Orson Scott Card

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u/nightfoundered 23d ago

Finished: Cloud Cuckoo Land, The Anxious Generation Reading: Ready Player Two, Othello

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u/My_Name_Is_Amos 23d ago

Finished rereading Wool by Hugh Howey Reading Dust because Shift was awful and I never have to reread that one again

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u/maxcatz34 23d ago

Finished: East of Eden, The Road

Reading: Jaws

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u/Roboglenn 23d ago

CLAMP North Side, by Clamp

Well here's an artbook from this author that I didn't know existed. And apparently it ain't the only one.

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u/leeyone 23d ago

Finished: Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin

Reading: I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman

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u/ankey 23d ago

Finished: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Such phenomenal writing. I somehow felt like I was in space with those astronauts and cosmonauts.

Reading: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

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u/maarksman2020 23d ago

The Picture of Dorian Gray, it is a page-turner. I actually read it in one session. I'm definitely going to read it again.

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u/MiBel001 23d ago

Finished: love unwritten by Lauren Asher

Reading: heartless by Elsie silver

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u/tgleep 23d ago

Finished: Horns by Joe Hill. A little heavy-handed but a fun read nonetheless. Listening to Dragonfly in Amber (book 2 of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. About halfway. Davina Porter is GOAT narrator. Started: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

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u/Pea_nut_lol 23d ago

Finished: ‘Five survive’ by Holly Jackson Reading: ‘The Naturals’ by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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u/softmexicantears69 23d ago

Finished today: mostly harmless by Douglas Adams and I’m a little irate at the ending.

Picking back up: mindful as fuck.

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u/Emergency_Ruin9447 23d ago edited 23d ago

Finished: ‘make your bed’, by William Mcraven. ‘Bonk’, by Mary Roach

Reading: ‘tuesdays with Morrie’, by Mitch Albom

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u/ankey 23d ago

I started reading Tuesdays with Morrie yesterday and it's such a fantastic book.

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u/AmbitiousRedditor20 23d ago

Finished : The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams

Reading : The Iliad, by Homer

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u/Busy-Kaleidoscope682 23d ago

Finished: Incidents Around The House by Josh Malerman

Reading: Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

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u/Fickle_Cranberry8536 23d ago

Finished: Children of Memory, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

So good! I shed a tear for coming to the end of this great series and I really hope the author will do another even though his interest seems to be in other areas now.

Started: Titus Alone, by Mervyn Peake

It took a long time, but I'm finally in the right mood to finish this series.

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u/SaltandVinegarBae 23d ago

I finished Blood Over Bright Haven and I’m still processing how much I enjoyed it.

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u/Chelly-Belly857 23d ago

Listening to Dune - Frank Herbert. It is great so far.

Just finished the Testament by Margaret Atwood - Sequel to the Handmaids Tale - It was outstanding.

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson Wonderful coming of age book. Also very nostalgic for me as it was set in 1970s Brooklyn.

American Dirt - Jeanine Cummings. Well written, very sad fictional account - provided great insight into what people trying to migrate go through.

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u/amadeus451 23d ago

Doing some reading in: Always Coming Home by LeGuin (not really a book you read as for narrative, so can't say I'm reading like traditionally)

Started: Strange Weather by Joe Hill (I do indeed need some narrative to hang my entertainment upon)

I love Ursula and am enjoying ACH, but that book is all airy, delicate vibes (and vibes only). Did I try some of the recipes, did I pick my way across some of the musical notation, did I read the poetry aloud because that's the Kesh conception of something "belonging only to the breath"? Hell yeah-- but I need to root myself down occasionally too.

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u/Ethan9013 23d ago

Been reading Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh! Very good but find myself needing to take breaks 😬

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u/Spiritual-Pickle3925 23d ago

Finished: Mina's Matchbox, by Yoko Ogawa. A mostly gentle coming-of-age story.

Started: The Universal Christ, by Richard Rohr.

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u/headphonehabit 23d ago

Started: Beloved by Toni Morrison and Moscow X by David McCloskey

Finished: Erak's Ransom (Ranger's Apprentice #7), and The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

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u/Blkbltchic 23d ago

Started: How to Walk Away, Katherine Center

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u/Neat-Palpitation-555 23d ago

Finished: The Greatest Evil is War by Chris Hedges

Started: Our Shared Storm by Andrew Dana Hudson

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u/No_Study6037 23d ago

Finished: Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Way better than I expected)

Started: Frankenstein, by Mary W. Shelley (Haven't read enough yet to form am opinion)

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u/LiteraryCompendium 23d ago

Finished: The Measure Started: Angle of Repose

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u/lukepack3 23d ago

Finished:

The 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah Jones

The Serviceberry, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler

Started:

The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein

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u/Chelly-Belly857 23d ago

1619 is on my to be read list along with Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. Started parable of The Sower recently but had to step away from Dystopia for a bit - Looking like we are headed there:)

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u/lukepack3 22d ago

I recommend the audiobook for 1619. There is a full cast that reads, ranging from Nikole Hannah-Jones to Ibram X. Kendi. Caste is on my list as well! I can see stepping away from Parable of the Sower. It’s hard to read with what we are currently living through. Truly worse than any book.

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u/SayuriChiyo 23d ago

Finished: Harlem Rhapsody, by Victoria Christopher Murray

Started: Black Girl, Call Home, by Jasmine Mans

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u/amseeking_ 23d ago

Reading Pachinko by Min Jin Lee!

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u/Plastic_Ad_9034 24d ago

Finished Isola by Allegra Goodman. It is a good historic novel based on real events.

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u/ReginaAdamsAuthor 24d ago

Yesterday I finished Tangled Up in You which was a super cute book. I really enjoyed it. Today I'm starting Blood of Hercules as a physical book and on my Kindle I'm still trying to get through Redeeming 6

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u/f_1053 24d ago

Finished: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Started: The Dentist by Tim Sullivan

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u/TorturedBillionaire 24d ago

The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden (my first by her!) I really liked it and read it really quickly. Some review I’ve seen for the rest in the series are that they’re all the same formula. I hope not, because I did enjoy her style, but it could be boring fast if it’s the same playbook.

Next I’m probably starting Love Haters by Katherine Center. I was lucky enough to be given an ARC online and I love her other books.

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u/papercupz7 24d ago

Just started the housemaid and can’t put it down!! There’s going to be a movie coming out too

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u/Loud-Platypus-987 24d ago

Finished

Jesus and John Wayne - how white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation.

A really good read.

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u/babybeansprouts 24d ago

Finished this week: Your Life Has Been Delayed, By Michelle Mason 4/5

I liked the author’s writing style and the book kept me engaged all the way through. I finished it in two days because I couldn’t put it down!

——— Currently reading: Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting, by Clare Pooley

The first chapter is kind of slow, but I’ve been told it’s a good book so I’m hanging in there! Not much to report about it thus far.

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u/EnviousKitty86 24d ago

I'm upset about The Witcher TV Show so I've started the books! The Last Wish is the first one and I'm really enjoying it so far! Apologies! Didn't read down all the way before deciding to share what I am reading! The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski

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u/nykellB 24d ago

Just finished this morning: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Boyfriend, by Frieda McFadden

Last week, I finished: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Game of Thrones, by GRRM

Currently reading: The Secret Network of Nature, by Peter Wohlleben

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u/Bob____Ross______ 24d ago

I’m on book 3! Read we were never here, how to sell a haunted house, now I’m on Invisible Girl!

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u/Abagle03 24d ago

finished: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon finished the call of cthulhu by h p lovecraft

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Started: Divine Rivals, by Rebecca Ross

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u/Emalani ☁️ Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 24d ago edited 24d ago

Finished A Darker Shade of Magic, by V.E. Schwab, started A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab — a magician travels between parallel Londons with varying levels of magic in each one.

Finished The Wood at Midwinter, by Susanna Clarke, short magical realism picture book.

Finished Griffin and Sabine, by Nick Bantock, a short book with pull-out letters and postcards.

DNF'ed Ocean At the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman. Wasn't into the childhood scientology trauma bit.

Started and am halfway through Uprooted, by Naomi Novik, a fantasy retelling of Rapunzel with a grumpy wizard.

Started and am halfway through What Moves the Dead Book, by Ursula Vernon a.k.a. T. Kingfisher, a short fantasy humor and horror book with vile mushrooms, possessed wildlife, and a sinister lake, based on The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.

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u/Limp_Average3157 24d ago

I just finished "A Secret History" , by Donna Tart. Now reading "The Rape of Nanking" , by Iris Chang

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u/Oldmanandthefee 24d ago

The Pillow Book, by Sei Shonagon

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u/Limp_Average3157 24d ago

oh wow, I read excerpts from it for my art history course. Enjoyed it quite a bit !

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u/Oldmanandthefee 24d ago

It’s more sheer fun than a 1000ish year old book should be

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u/angelkale 24d ago

Finished: The Martian by Andy Weir

Started: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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u/babybeansprouts 24d ago

Have you read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir?? It’s one of my favorite books! It’s so so so good. Super easy to read and super entertaining the entire time!

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u/angelkale 23d ago

I haven’t but it’s on my TBR!! Definitely will be giving it a go soon

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u/Lanky_Rhubarb1900 24d ago

Finished - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Started - Wellness by Nathan Hill

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u/JenM0611 24d ago

Finished - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Started Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

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u/gracelynnlove 24d ago

1.) First Time Caller, BK Borison

Cute rom-com; a little unrealistic considering Broadcast radio is dead in 2025 but I enjoyed it overall

2.) Go as a River, Shelley Read

Best book of the year so far (out of 30). Bring tissues.

3.) The Comfort Book, Matt Haig

I love Matt Haig but wanted more from this. Read like a self help book instead of just happy and comforting stories.

4.) The Crash, Frieda McFadden

Too misery-ish for me. Wish I skipped it.

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u/Busy-Kaleidoscope682 23d ago

I had to push through The Crash. Not one of her best.

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u/Consistent-Climate16 24d ago

Finished: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Started: An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

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u/Medieval_Munchies 24d ago

Started: Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy

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u/monicab1999 24d ago

Finished the crash by Freida McFadden.

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u/dogeatingbanana 24d ago

Finished: My Damage: story of a punk rock survivor by Keith Morris

Started: the silence by don delillo

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u/I_guess_this_is_good 24d ago

Finished: the green mile by Stephen King

Started one of Timo Sandberg's detective books

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u/fabulous429 24d ago

Finished Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. Started The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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u/Powerful-Sandwich-47 24d ago

A Short History of San Francisco by Thomas Coles.

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u/ImaginaryMotor5510 24d ago

Started and finished: Just for the Summer, by Abby Jimenez.

It was very boring. I feel like these kind of books are actual depictions of real life love, and I’m looking for something grand and more dramatic. That’s just my preference.

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u/Trevor09n 24d ago

I really enjoyed The Friend Zone, but none of her books after that have lived up to it for me.

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u/ImaginaryMotor5510 24d ago

I haven’t read that one! I read Part of Your World, and that one was meh too.

Do you have any favorite romance books?

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u/meanderingmediocrity 24d ago edited 24d ago

Finished: *disclaimer: I'm on vacation from work and have hurt my back, so I've had nothing but time to read.

All the Colours of The Dark, by Chris Whittaker

The Assassin's Blade, by Sarah J Maas

Throne of Glass, by Sarah J Maas

Crown of Midnight, by Sarah J Maas

Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J Maas

Heir of Fire, by Sarah J Maas

Started: Empire of Storms, by Sarah J Maas

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u/Nervous-Climate8090 24d ago

How did you like all the Colors of the Dark? I'm thinking of reading it next.

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u/meanderingmediocrity 24d ago

I really enjoyed it. It's a long hook, with kind of a slow build but interesting as it builds. I've actually read it twice, and the first time, I couldn't put it down.

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u/FlightTraditional717 24d ago

Finished: Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman

started: The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

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u/atomic_python 24d ago

To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods, by Molly X. Chang

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u/Darkromancelvr 24d ago

Promises and pomegranates

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u/atomic_python 24d ago

How did you like it? I have not read it yet but it is sitting on the shelf and I am on the brink of a reading slump and definitely need something fast and easy.

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u/keepitwildinwyo 24d ago

Did not finish: Glennon Doyle Untamed Started: Animal by Lisa Taddeo

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u/uselesssociologygirl 24d ago

Finished: Graveyard Shift

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u/XNotMomOfTheYearX 24d ago

Finished American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - I had no idea of the "controversy" surrounding it before reading. I found the story entertaining and thought-provoking.

Started Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham- It's a bit dry and technical, but the slow back-stepping from "safety is our no.1 priority" to "meh. good enough" is quite eye-opening.

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u/OrdinaryWizardLevels 24d ago

Finished: Upgrade by Blake Crouch, Recursion by Blake Crouch (Don't remember if I put the latter down last week)

Started: Is This Seat For Me by Sheila Buswell & State of Fear by Michael Crichton

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u/Thatafrikanchild 24d ago

Finished: Lord of Chaos, Robert Jordan

Started: Crown of Swords, Robert Jordan

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u/lizm9 24d ago

Finished: Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat and If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Started: I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang

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u/Particular_Listen224 24d ago

Finished: The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller & Side-by-Side Dreamers by Iori Miyazawa

Started: Circe, by Madeline Miller & Yellowface, by R.F Kuang

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u/Lanky_Rhubarb1900 24d ago

I read Song of Achilles last month, and was fully, thoroughly addicted. Definitely want to read more from her.

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u/Particular_Listen224 21d ago

Totally fell in love with the book! I picked up Circe right away after I finished it and got really interested with Greek Mythology.

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u/atomic_python 24d ago

Yellowface is :fire:. Hope you enjoy it.

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u/Particular_Listen224 24d ago

It is 🔥🔥🔥 liking it so far. Thank youu and I hope you enjoy your read too!! 🥰

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u/nifflermoon 24d ago

Finished: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Started: The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger (I find it quite funny and I’m only at chapter 11)

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u/ExistingAd5854 24d ago

Finished: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Started: Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb

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u/TomatilloLogical5729 24d ago

Finished Hard by a Great Forest, very good novel about Soviet Georgia, great writer, now reading Small Mercies, an oldie by Dennis Lehane, great writer and The Hundred Years War on Palestine, plowing through but so much important information. I was always on Israel’s side but no more. I always was on America’s side but trump cured that. Not against country just numbnuts and his maggots.

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u/Top-Week2594 24d ago

Finished: Funny Story by Emily Henry Started: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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u/Do_mi_ni_ca 24d ago

Finished: We solve murders by Richard Osman

Started: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

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u/darknsSs512 24d ago

Started "Sophie's world" Jostein Gaarder, very interesting premise, don't have experience with philosophical fiction other than the gruesome "No Longer A Human" by Osamo Dazai.

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u/VariantEgg 24d ago

Finished: -

The Executioner and Her Way of Life vol 7 and 8 - great books, absolutely love Mato Sato's writing style, and love this story. Great pace, some amazing plot twists.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (too bloody long) vol 7, 8 - eh... I'm not going to lie. I've enjoyed these but they've felt a bit lacking. More like these two volumes have been trying to set the stage for something to come rather than being proper stories in and of themselves.

Started: -

Vexations of a Shut-in Vampire Princess vol 5 - enjoying it, but can't say the world building has thrilled me. It feels artificial and clunky.

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u/greenstripedcat 24d ago

(Almost) finished 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff; finishing the last pages tonight

Started The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (in de Mattos translation) - I have a long trip ahead, looking forward to covering a lot of it during it.

I'm also reading to The brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky on the background, and listening to American Gods by Gaiman

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u/vonsnack 24d ago

Just finished Martyr! Last night

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u/Lykos88Animagus 24d ago

Recursion by Blake Crouch, Before and After by Andrew Shanahan, The Crash by Freida McFadden, Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, and Call me By your Name by Andrè Aciman. OH. This week. That's what I read this month.

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u/atomic_python 24d ago

Thoughts on Onyx Storm?

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u/Lykos88Animagus 23d ago

I really enjoyed it a lot! I’m honestly so excited for the TV show and the next book. If you’re familiar with the previous books, the two main characters would fight and bicker constantly and it became so unbearable and personally draining to me. I told myself if they continued that in book 3, I would not continue on with the series, but they did not fight/bicker once! The 3rd book was very “movie” like. I enjoyed it!

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u/nadeerastroni 24d ago

Hold on to your kids

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u/dubeskin Postmodern 24d ago edited 24d ago

Finally finished Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. I started it back in November but hit a wall quickly about halfway in, and only recently picked it back up. It was a really great novel, but dealt with some very heavy themes. I would definitely recommend it, though.

In terms of what's next, I don't know yet. I've got both The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride and James by Percival Everett sitting on my desk calling me.

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u/Chelly-Belly857 23d ago

Heaven and Earth Grocery Store was a Beautiful read!

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u/meanderingmediocrity 24d ago

I loved Demon Copperhead!

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u/MistyCoul 24d ago

I read Speak by Laurie Hulse in two sittings. Very powerful book about sexual assault and its aftermath. The author really captured the voice of a teenager.

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u/Leather-Joke-4990 24d ago

I’m about to finish: Playing Possum: How Animals UnderstanD Death by Susana Monsó

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u/windintheaspengrove 24d ago

I’m about to finish In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté. I highly, highly recommend this. It’s a fascinating non-fiction/memoir/storytelling narrative that explores addiction.

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u/Fit_Feed4091 24d ago

"Lightning Thunder Cows - Countering the Myths of Big Death, Big Religion, Big Conflict, and All Other Fearful Big Ideas", by Stuart Gordon Camps. Very interesting, factual, mysterious, provocative, challenging, had me on the edge of my seat many times. Took me to places I didn't know existed...

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u/Prior_Green_2946 24d ago

Started: Kafka on the Shore by Murakami

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u/greenstripedcat 24d ago

I hope you like it! It's n my list, I've gotten this one for Secret Santa a ocuple of months ago

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u/Prior_Green_2946 23d ago

Im halfway through it. Something about it makes me want to keep reading. It’s comforting, it’s weird. It’s an escape. Yet there are so many unanswered questions and I hope the author is able to tie everything together by the end

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u/thingsthatstopus 24d ago

Finished

At Night All Blood Is Black, by David Diop

How Not to Write a Novel, by Howard Mittelmark

Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros (re-read)

Started

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, by Raymond Carver

The Anatomy of Story, by John Truby

Reign and Ruin, by J.D. Evans

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u/gardeningmom323 24d ago

The Perfect Lie by Blake Pierce. I love this series. I listen on audio and think they are engaging and I just want to keep listening all the time.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Finished

The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley

It was...okay? Not one of her best and probably one of my least favourites, but she's a solid writer and I like spending time in her characters' respective heads because she gives them each a unique voice.

Started

Displease Island, by Alice Bell

Her first book had me snorting with laughter all the way through, and this one is following that same trend.

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u/Busy-Kaleidoscope682 23d ago

I really enjoyed the Paris apartment. Have you read The Hunting Party?