What book(s) are you reading right now and recommend for others?
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If you like science fiction, I just finished reading Semiosis by Sue Burke.
A story about colonists starting a new life on the planet Pax and their alliances with sentient indigenous plant species.
A really great read !
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Ah, gotcha. What type of cheese did it turn into, out of curiosity?
I think that might be too much of a spoiler
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Re-reading Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" because its the best haunted house novel ever written.
I just put this one into my reader, after several quotes from Stephen king reminded me i have it pending...
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For the past, idk, one or two decades I have only read books very sparingly and if I did, it was fantasy. Right now I am devouring The Expanse books and having a great time. I watched the tv series first (awesome) but was somewhat bummed by the ending.
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Not reading it right now, but I'll take this opportunity to recommend people read Project Hail Mary before watching the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation which spoils major plot twists.
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I'm reading how to blow up a pipeline by Andreas Malm, I'd recommend it.
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Trocken (Sober) by Daniel Wagner. Written in german, I don't know if there's an english translation. It's about himself struggling with heavy alcoholism and his way out of the addiction.
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Rereading Le Guin’s Earthsea saga.
Personally, I think she might be on par with Tolkien and actually surpasses him in a few ways. The 4th book (about a tired mom just trying to get by and care for people in a fantasy world) is the best one, but you need to work your way there.
My experience was that the first book was fine, say 6,5/10. Just enough to move on to the the second, which I absolutely loved 9,5/10. Started reading the third with high expectations but it just didn't engage me at all. Didn't get through more than perhaps 25% of it.
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"Seeing like a state". It could be half the length without losing anything, but it's a very interesting perspective on states and central planning that I haven't thought about before and am enjoying.
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I'm reading the Percy Jackson books with my kid right now and I have to say, they're very well written. For kid/teen literature, i'd say there's a lot to like in the series, fun dialogue, characters with a lot of personality a fascinating and magical, yet recognizable fantasy world. I'm certainly enjoying it much more than I did the Harry Potter series.
Also the percy Jackson TV series is great too. The movies are hot trash though, wouldn't recommend them.
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I just finished Oryx and Crake the first of a trilogy by Margaret Atwood, I quite enjoyed it. It's a short of dystopian sci-fi. I was put off by her at first because I was forced to read her in high school but I'm glad I gave her another chance.
I'm starting Les Misérables in French in the hopes of improving my written French.
Also working my way through Weapons of the weak which is about forms of peasant resistance.
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I've got "Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians" to read next but I'm not sure if that is a cosmere based novel or not. Either way I'm sure it'll be good though!
From what I know, it's not Cosmere based. It's also targeted to a younger audience, so the writing might feel different.
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Moon of the Crusted Snow and the sequel Moon of the Turning Leaves. Post apocalyptic novel following an Anisinaabe community. Well written and captivating stories.
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From what I know, it's not Cosmere based. It's also targeted to a younger audience, so the writing might feel different.
Ah thanks for the info. I'll still give it a try though
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The Wild Robot Protects
Not quite as good as The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes, but the entire series is an excellent set of children’s novels.
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Kangaroo apocrypts.
Yes. They are fun. BUY THE KANGAROOS! JOIN THE A-SOCIAL NETWORK! Spread the Jo-jos!
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Rereading Berserk Manga(it's a book
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I'm reading Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series. They fit modern fantasy into a British police procedural framework. What makes them exceptional are the characterizations, plus the wit and snark of the dialog. They are both good stories and a lot of fun to read.
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I'm currently reading Anthony Beevors 'D-Day'... But I'm also in Normandy, so I just read that book whilst sitting on Omaha Beach, which is pretty special.
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For the past, idk, one or two decades I have only read books very sparingly and if I did, it was fantasy. Right now I am devouring The Expanse books and having a great time. I watched the tv series first (awesome) but was somewhat bummed by the ending.
Love those books. Extremely easy to read and reread and set the standard for modern hard sci fi.
