Literature

• Silver Age Green Lantern Omnibus -- always a favorite, if you get my screen name
• Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, The Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day -- because everyone should know these things
• MAD's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs: Five Decades of His Greatest Works -- lots of poetry and musical satires, plus a good number of sight gags

I'm currently reading through Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I'm a fan of SciFi, and cyberpunk especially. This book was on my reading list, and I decided to pick it up while in the bookstore the other day.

So far I'm really enjoying it. It feels a bit more pulpy than some of the other cyberpunk classics such as Neuromancer and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, but that's not a bad thing. It certainly doesn't take away from the entertainment in my opinion. Not every book needs to have a grand philosophy behind it.

I started ‘watching the English’ by Kate Fox, it’s very interesting! Maybe it will help me blend in in the crowd a bit more.

Currently reading Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. Is it particularly good? Honestly, no. I think all the characters except for the protagonist are frustrating, and if she ends up in a relationship with any one of them I'll be greatly disappointed. Am I having fun? Kinda. I won't pick up the second book unless they introduce a great sequel hook, though.

The Trouble With Peace, by Joe Abercrombie. Glad to be in a mood where I enjoy his cheerful cynicism again. Curious to see if any good deed in the whole long tale (this is book 7, depending on how you count) will remain unpunished though.

I've been reading through the Anne of Green Gables series (L.M. Montgomery). It's one of my comfort reads, and I've been needing it.

I also just finished the Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood. I would have read more of them, but she hasn't written any more yet.

I finally managed to read through Gardens of the Moon recently which I really liked, so now I'm on to Deadhouse Gates.

Black House, by Stephen King and Peter Straub

My current read is Abarat by Clive Barker.

I'd not heard of it until last week, when folks on r/books were singing its praises in a thread, so figured I'd give it a shot. Yeah, it's enjoyable. Definitely aimed squarely at the middle of the YA crowd, but it's an easy read at a time when my brain isn't letting me really get into any books.

I usually listen to an audiobook at work, and read at home. Listening to Pebble in the Sk by Isaac Asimov, about to move into the Foundation series, and am reading The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. The more sci fi the better!

Haven't read anything in a while now as I'm just collecting material on Blinkist. It's an app service that summarizes popular books in a few bullet points or short audio covers and it's brilliant!

Oh I'm flipping through "What If ? 2" on my coffee table and still have few scenarios left. Such a fun read and it's surprisingly educational despite being completely unrealistic.

Finally finished with Pattern Recognition, William Gibson. It was... nice, it definitely felt like Gibson was uncomfortable writing in the present tense.

Next up is a Brazillian book, As águas-vivas não sabem de si by Aline Valek

I’m in between books. Just finished “The Change” by Kirsten Miller a few days ago (which was great, btw) and now I’m passively looking for my next book.

My 'big read' this year is Finnegans Wake - which I am (or have been) reading week by week along with the TrueLit sub on reddit. It would be a profoundly different experience to read it without the analysis and discussion going on there, so that is something...

Otherwise, I am reading The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher, which is engaging and entertaining, as was her The Hollow Places which I read immediately before. I am also dipping into a collection of the Para Handy tales by Neil Munro, which are a cosy - if stereotypical and patronising - glimpse into another time and pace of life.

I have just returned from a couple of weeks away during which I finished an anthology of Clarke Ashton Smith short fantasy tales (all about the atmosphere: story and worldbuilding are very much secondary and character scarcely features); Haldor Laxness's The Atom Station (a sparse look at the clash of modern - written in 1948 - and traditional Icelandic values); and Blackwood's The Willows (an extrapolation of the original idea of "panic" - as several of this other tales are).

Just started House of Leaves! Been super interesting so far, I love when books, movies, or games break tradition and do something truly unique

Not a Beehaw member, but still gotta answer it, lol.

Been enjoying post-modernist books right now, and just straight philosophy. It's all so intriguing.

Reading the classic White Noise by Don Delillo, in the middle of Discipline and Punish: The Birth of The Prison by Michel Foucault. Finished Shibumi by Trevanian a month or two ago, one of the most funny and badass reads I've been through. Looking forward to picking up some Byung Chul Han books after reading a PDF of his book The Burnout Society.

Just over half way on The Justice Of Kings by Richard Shaw. Liking it so far.

The Shards by Brett Easton Ellis

Booooring. Can’t finish it lol.

I just finished Custer Died for Your Sins, and am about half way through Killers of the Flower Moon.

Hi! I'm not on Beehaw (hope my responding anyway isn't problem) but want to see if I can comment.

I'm reading In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang today.

Claudius The God, which I'm enjoying. (I watched the BBC adaption years ago, but only got around to reading the two books recently.)