I'm reading Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé (an Israeli academic), it's pretty interesting so far. I think it's supposed to be an introduction to Israel and Palestine and aimed at people who don't know anything about it, so if anyone's curious, I might recommend it (I haven't finished it yet so I can't say if it's good or not).

I've been having a hard time reading and this is technically not a book, but I've been reading a speculative evolution project called Serina: A Natural History of the World of Birds

It's fascinating and has great illustrations, I recommend it

I decided that the best way to motivate myself to read again is to read something short, so I just read Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills. It's very good and I wasn't expecting the history aspect of it, which I also loved!

Ahhh, I get it. I read fanfiction for the exact same reason. Sometimes I feel lazy and I want to read but turn my brain off, so I'll open up AO3

Also (back in my sad cringe era) I did read a couple "gamer" fics which are like the fanfiction version of LitRPGs but worse. The problem with those was (other than the terrible writing and the sexism) the lack of a clear ending, so they go on forever and eventually fizzle out

Do you read a lot of LitRPGs? Earlier this year I tried to read "Oh Great! I was Reincarnated as a Farmer" but I couldn't really get into it and I had to DNF it. Maybe I just read the wrong one for me though

Definitely true!

After I finish this book I'm going to pick up some novellas, that'll at least give me the satisfaction of finishing something

I've been struggling to motivate myself to read lately, so I'm still reading The Bright Ages