Book reader community.
I'm finally reading The Martian by Andy Weir, picked it up on a whim when I brought the kids to the library on Saturday and I'm almost finished it now. I've actually had it on my Kindle for a while but never got around to starting it. I'm enjoying it, looking forward to reading his other books soon.
I read mostly on my Kindle, but I prefer (and miss) reading actual books. But most of my reading is done when its dark and not always able to turn on a light.
I'm 40 pages away from finishing "Annals of the Former World," an entertaining and eye-opening, if at times technical, read about geology and the forces that shaped and continue to shape the planet. It's a great read. Also explains my username.
I'm reading 2 and have stalled out on both: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid A path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
Maybe I just need a break from reading?
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz. Swedish kid ends up in California during the gold rush and is trying to find his brother who is in New York City. He travels east through the country against the current of settlers heading west. Very fun take on the western genre.
Manly P Hall, The Secret Teachings of all Ages Ted Kaczynski, Industrial Society and its Future
I tend to read 2-3 books in parallel and randomly continue reading based on mood. I love Hall's writing style and the amount of knowledge he put into the work and considering that he wasn't even 30 when it was first published, it's an incredible read for someone who recently had a spiritual awakening.
Rereading Ted's Manifesto after reading of his death yesterday. Its impressive how he foresaw what technology would do to our society and how disruptive the industrial-capitalist-technocratic trifecta would be for humans.
I'm currently reading Thomas C. Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict. So far, it seems to be presenting a wide range of mechanisms as actual possible strategies, when I would have expected these mechanisms to be cataloged solely for establishing common knowledge of possible counterfactuals best avoided. I'm beginning to be concerned that I'll get more positive examples of how one ought to actually comport themselves in this domain from BDSM Decision Theory D&D Fanfic than from this historical, venerable, seminal work on the subject.
I'm reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King. It has been a fun read so far.
Does that book jump between points of view quickly, the way The Stand does?
No, it's all from the point of view of one character (so far, anyway).
I'm re-reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Its been many years since I read it last, so its nice to revisit.
My 'big read' this year is Finnegans Wake which I am reading weekly along with the reddit TrueLit sub. It would be a very different experience without the comments and interpretation from there, so that's something that I will be thinking about...
Otherwise, The Twisted Ones by T Kingfisher, which is engaging and well paced, a Doctor Who novel from the '90s and am listening to Ron Hutton's Queens of the Wild. This books are always authoritative and entertaining but I have only just started this one so can't say a lot so far.
Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher.
Wonderfully captivating book. I only just started it (on chapter 4) but it brightens my day whenever I pick it up.
I loved "the hollow places", is this in a similar vein or something completely different?
I'm currently reading Stephen King's The Shining for the second time. It was the first the book that I read for the sake of actually reading, not because school made me do it.
I can't really remember the first time reading it but for now it's an amazing read.
This is one of my favorite books. I’ve read it probably 4 or 5 times, and every time I come back to it, depending on where I am in my life, I get something different from it—as a son, as a father, as a man struggling personally, it just speaks to me on so many different levels.