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Finished Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 2 of Rivers of London series. Our PC is getting better with the magic, and yet is still very new to this. We get a peek at the bigger magic world. Would be interesting to see how it develops further.

Reading Artemis by Andy Weir. Have read his other books and loved them, but this is supposedly different then his other work. Let's see.

Also, I think I should start working on Book Bingo, if I wait till the end of Bingo year, I would've forgotten half of what I have read. If any of you are working your Book Bingo, how far have you reached?

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


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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Just started, premise is interesting, i hope Marcos becomes a bit more than our depressed tour guide for this bleak world.

Berserk by Kentarō Miura Mangas count, don't they?

Just got the second volume of the english deluxe edition, and so far the drawings alone where worth the price.

The first Volume was basically an action packed rush through a grim dark world fighting demons, but the second volume seems to be a flashback to Guts youth and seems to focus more on Guts inner demons and how growing up as part of a mercenary band shaped and damaged the black swordsman we got to know in volume 1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Especially Berserk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Started reading The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan as my new fiction book. Surprised that it seems pretty good for vampire fiction (though admittedly I have limited experience with the genre), at least the first 50'sh pages.

As my non fiction I just finished reading Schools and styles of Anthropological Theory, ed. Matei Candea. Good enough brief overview of the development and larger discourses affecting anthropology as a discipline.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Infinite Jest, which I WILL SOMEDAY FINISH (this is probably incorrect)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Heh. Slow and steady wins the race!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I swear I’ve spent more time in the back of the book reading footnotes than actually reading the book at the point. I have three bookmarks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Heh. Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The wife upstairs - Freida McFadden I've been trying to read more fiction lately, just for a change ya know. Not bad.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm.. a modern retelling of Jane Eyre. The reviews are pretty varied on it, from "best thriller I've ever read", to "this isn't a thriller, it feels like romantic comedy".

How are you liking it so far?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I finished it. It was good. I've come to know Freida's style now. She has great twists at the end, but her writing can drag for too long before she gets to the good stuff. I have started on "The Count of Monte Cristo"(in Arabic), and at the same time I'm reading another book called "Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies"(Also in Arabic). I split my reading ~~to~~ into my fiction part in the morning and the non-fiction in the evening.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cool. I wish I had that much time to read 😀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My times to read are 4 am to about 6. Then before bed around 9 to 11. I have a full time job, two kids (one is special needs) and I have to go to the gym, too. I just cut off TV and video games out of my weekdays and moved them to the weekend. Also, I've been putting the phone down and replacing it with my Kobo sage e-reader. It's hard to do, but I force myself. Making progress. I find reading very calming and I love how it isolates me from the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ah, that early morning is my gaming time, if I sleep on time, otherwise that's just sleeping time. Other than that, don't really use a smart phone, just read a book for few mins here and there whenever I have some time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

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