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Finished 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King—my first novel of his. It starts off pretty slow, spending a lot of time introducing the town and its many residents. In the end, though, it didn’t feel all that rewarding to finish. The final confrontation with the big bad felt pretty anti-climactic and it wasn't very spooky overall. Not sure where this one ranks in his overall career, but it didn’t exactly sell me on him.
Rating: 2.5/5
Rating: 2.5/5
| @iceeglo I have heard that Salem's Lot is very similar to this Japanese book. https://myanimelist.net/manga/114260/Shiki |
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| Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence by Rafał Kosik Pretty good so far, though it does jump around a little too abruptly. I guess that's what needs to be done with so many characters. It does imply you know about the world & it's lingo going into it which is understandable, otherwise the novel would be about as long as the source material for just Cyberpunk 2077 in general. |
| “Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel: You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it. If aware that another is wicked, say so: Make no truce or treaty with foes.” - Havamal 127 |
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@iceeglo
I have heard that Salem's Lot is very similar to this Japanese book.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/114260/Shiki
I have heard that Salem's Lot is very similar to this Japanese book.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/114260/Shiki
| @Lucifrost Yeah I think I remember starting the anime adaptation several years ago but wasn't a fan of the art at the time so I dropped it. Will keep in mind when I'm back in the mood for a vampire tale so thanks! |
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| ...finished Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.. and, wow :) The book is about a man, who lives in a huuuuuuge labyrinthic house, with many halls - most of them with statues, and an ocean sweeping in the lower area of the house.. he has a friend, who is just called "the Other", and they meet twice a week.. this man, who is called "Pranesi" by the "Other", spends his days cataloguing the statues in the house, catching fish and making food, writing his journals... so, this book is entirely narrated by him, as we are reading his journals on his daily activities, musings, observations.. This book is written with a sense of wonder.. Piranesi is an innocent, gullible man, with a very honest/sincere heart or mind .. his child-like innocence has a lot of intelligence, and some of his musings or observations are really wise.. I love this book very much, the way it begins and is so cozy, comforting in an other-worldly sense, evokes a sense of wonder and awe.. feels so pure until initial 60-70 pages, and then, a "darkness" of what the "reality" may be sets in.. so slowly, it just swallowed me :D ...as you read, like Piranesi, you ponder upon self, home, memory, your relation with nature... The way Piranesi relates to his self, the world around him, the people - dead or living or imagined, the things, the birds, the stars, the fishes, the weather, everything... every sentence is just beautiful.. I love it very very much.. |
| Earlier today I was doing a word search puzzle book. Not sure if that counts but yeah. XD |
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| Finished The Face of Another by Kobo Abe. It's a surreal, disturbing, and sometimes funny meditation on the purpose and value of faces from the perspective of a scientist whose face became permanently scarred in a work accident, leading him to construct and wear a mask resembling a face, Leatherface style but with less gore and chainsaws. His relationship with his mask is complex as it seemingly becomes sentient, leading to this line that cracked me up, "I was being cuckolded by my own self...". Rating: 4/5 |
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| I finished The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis. What a read :D It is just.. it is so cinematic from the beginning to finish, and, I had seen American Psycho the movie (which I love very much), and was constantly playing out the novel like American Psycho's directorial tone.. especially since this novel is set in a super-rich LA scene, consisting of an embellished version of Bret himself, and his friends in the final serior year of high school at Buckley, ...there is a parallel story of a mysterious serial killer that slowly starts poisoning these bunch of high schoolers. Initially, since I started this immediately after finishing Piranesi, it took me a couple of pages to "adjust" to Bret's style of writing.. his sentences are longer, and he has a way of conveying two or three things in a single sentence... or maybe I just felt this way because of a hangover from Piranesi. I loved the how gripping it is... in everything.. there was not one moment where I was slowed down or felt like putting the book down for a break. Bret really takes the reader into his world with the description of locations, music (he mentions many songs from those days, and the way he and/or his friends related to the music, it was just touching), the theatres, the movies, the clothing, the little things like the restaurants they visited, the toiletry they used, ofcourse, the clothes they wore, the houses they lived in... everything is so detailed and the casual tone of it really pulls you into the scene.. and is reminiscent of Bateman's narration in American Psycho, which I relished very much. I may have projected the "tone" of the narrator from American Psycho into The Shards... I couldn't help it, it anyway made me enjoy the story. I also had a lot of fun googling a lot of things from the clothes to the restaurants (they are real), housing parts, listening to some songs Bret talks about, looking up some movies he mentions, even a brand of ice-cream.. it gave me a closer feel of the by-gone world Bret and his posh friends inhabited in 1980-81 LA. I loved Bret's mind, or the character and his "struggles".. he is very honest although flawed.. enjoyed his commentary or observations on everything... the fakeness or ridiculousness of the society he lives in, but he can't help it, he is comfortable in it as well.. I loved how he keeps trying to achieve "numbness-as-a-feeling" aesthetic but keeps cracking under the reality/s of his life, more and more as the novel progresses and somewhere by the last 100 pages of the novel it is clear that he is losing his sense of reality, and even morality. BUT, towards the end, the unreliability of the narration is so much so, that you are pushed in many directions, trying to get a grip - onto - what is real... although, I have my own theory of what happened.. It is shocking how blatantly evil Bret himself becomes by the end of the book, but also very confusing as well.. I was let down by how evil Bret becomes.. it doesn't matter if he can't grasp reality, if he is deluded, but I did not like what that psychosis prompted him to do to Robert.. it was tragic.. and I couldn't believe how numb he is to it later.. I can understand his psychopathy but... hmmm... I have so much to say about this book :D |
| Finished The Neverending story, by Michael Ende. It was delicious. Let me go through it briefly I always thought Rayearth drinked a lot on it, but now I see it more similar to Full Metal Alchemist. |
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| Against Nature by JK Huysmans. ..wow.. what a book.. This is a novel, that doesn't have a well-defined plot, but is about a rich man named Des Esseintes, an aesthete, who is sick and tired of the "insipid", and makes a decision to settle and seclude himself in a house, away from all the ..sea of mediocrity and stupidity of the society around him in Paris. And, he creates an entirely new world in his house and seeks refuge in his inner world. And, what a passionate inner world he has! He has elaborate and "fine" (elite may be more appropriate here) tastes and sensibilities, goes into depth on his thoughts from history of Latin literature, Latin literature in post-Christian era, French literature, paintings, flowers, exotic plants, fragrances, music (I am in love with Des Madchens Klage and Christus Factus Est), jewels/gemstones, fabrics, religion, depravity, and so on.. he has thoughts about everything.. how he wants his interiors, his bookshelves, the edition of books he likes to collect, the food he eats, the liqueur he collects, sexuality, women, prostitution.. everything.. It was an incredible read for me.. I took so much, so much notes as it's loaded with references.. and they all are educational, while offering a critical eye for them.. I learnt so much from this book, though I know that I couldn't appreciate a lot of it as much as a person from "those times" could've.. This novel was written at a time when "decadence" movement was taking place in France in the fin-de-siecle, and Des Esseintes, our hero of the novel, very much harbors a taste of decadent and symbolist works of art.. he is utterly taken by Gustave Moreau's paintings of Salome, The Apparition, Jupiter and Semele; Bresdin's Comedy of Death, his love for Odilon Redon is mirrored in his love for Charles Baudelaire... he makes a beautiful comparison between Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe, which made me very curious about both of them. Interestingly, he finds Charles Dickens' novels to be really soothing.. this depth of his passion for such art is contrasted by his appreciation for artifice... he somehow finds beauty in artificiality which was interesting to me.. he gets his pet tortoise (that he bought, to enhance the aesthetics of his carpet) bejewelled, and has a taste for make-up and artificial flowers.. And, this is not to say that Des Esseintes didn't have any real life experiences.. his rich inner world does make up (does it, really?) for the void he feels in the society around him, but he did try to be active.. in his past, before the solitary life we see him leading through the novel, he did try hard to assimilate in various circles, among "men of letters", among his relatives, plenty of women, prostitutes, but he is just bored with them.. he finds no one interesting enough or intelligent enough or sometimes, depraved enough.. He also gives glimpses into his sexuality, where due to his rising impotence he tries different things... sometimes weird.. There is a dichotomy.. we notice in Des Esseintes.. he (being brought up in Jesuit school), loves the "paternal" tones of some of the literary works of certain Fathers, but also loves and extols the rebellious writers like Marquis de Sade or Barbey d'Aurevilly (this writer has two major works - one where he sings high praises to Christ, and another, where he sings high praises to Satan)...he explains that "Sadism" is the bastard of Catholicism. Coming to Catholicism, this book ends in Des Esseintes groping his way to possibly wondering to find comfort or solace in Catholicism, in Church... although, it was not clear, it's not a "aha!" type of realisation but just some musings.. he makes an interesting observation that it was the Church that gave a home to art during medieval ages... He also makes a comparison between the Church and the pessimism of the philosopher Schopenhauer ...this part blew my mind really. All through the book, we can see Des Esseintes being caught between salvation and damnation, and it is with so much thought, after a very deep indulgence in all that is art. There is so much in this book, so much about everything related to art.. I'm already writing too much.. and will try to wrap it up saying, that ultimately, despite adorning his "inner world" with art, sensuality, beauty, depravity... his neurosis worsens as the novel draws close. This neurosis is also portrayed so well, I really wonder to what extent the novel is mirrored in Huysman's own life.. Yes, a lot of references did fall flat on my mind, flew over my head.. but, it was so interesting to read Des Esseintes' feelings/thoughts/impressions on every thing.. every thing, no matter how hard it was for me to imagine it or sometimes, even if I didn't think he was right.. I might've enjoyed it to the fullest extent one could, if I was a European living in the fin-de-siecle, but sadly.. I couldn't be farther away. All through the novel, I kept wondering what Des Esseintes (actually, Huysmans) would have to say about our present-day society.. :p ...I feel like I want to continue talking about it, because there's just really so much in this book. |
| Some of Franz Kafka's short stories. A lot of them are the protagonist running afoul of some unwritten rule, which is the most relatable thing ever. |
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| The Flounder by Gunter Grass I finally finished this German literary classic. While it’s not especially long at 547 pages, it’s incredibly dense and spans an immense time period—from the Stone Age to the modern era, with a strong emphasis on food and cooking. The story centers on a talking, presumably immortal flounder who has advised men throughout history, helping them establish the patriarchy. Eventually, he concludes that the male cause is doomed and not worth his effort, so he turns to advising women. Rather than seeking his counsel, however, the women put him on trial for his role in crimes against them. It’s a fascinating exploration of gender dynamics over time, particularly how women’s achievements have often been ignored or attributed to men. That said, the book can be a bit of a slog, especially if (like me) you’re not all that interested in its culinary themes. Grass also has a habit of writing long, winding sentences that sometimes stretch for half a page or more, which makes for some challenging reading. He frequently repeats certain details and descriptions, occasionally within just a few pages of each other, which can feel redundant. Still, I found the trial itself engaging, and the Flounder is surprisingly funny and charismatic. Rating: 7/10 |
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| Recently went back to reading some of the uncanny X-Men comics from my childhood. Boyd as it bring me back. |
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Currently reading Sovereign by C.J. Sansom.
I've been meaning to start Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, but I keep getting distracted.
I've been meaning to start Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, but I keep getting distracted.
| @Nosferatu I started Good Omens last week, 85 pages in currently. Sadly been too busy with work to read more. It is interesting. A bit confusing for me at first, maybe because I'm not used to neither Pratchett's, nor Gaiman's writing styles. So far though, I'm recommending it. |
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| Guys I’m trying to read gullivers travels and Anne of green gables but I keep procrastinating (I haven’t even STARTED the former, AOGG is pretty good so far) |
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| Just finished "The Runaway Jury" and it's definitely John Grishamy Alr but in all seriousness I've read like 5 John Grisham books so far (bc I'm currently obsessed with anything lawyer-related rn) and this book was honestly a pretty good John Grisham book!!!! I think it'll probably be my 2nd favourite book I've read of them so far just behind "The Firm"!! |
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| A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara :( I loved the first 100-ish pages.. and then, the description of the main character's childhood abuse was enough for me.. So, I looked up on wikipedia to see if what I was reading was all, or if there was more - and, I ended up reading the entire plot summary, and it was very upsetting.. I just stopped reading the book. I feel like I am turning away from hard realities of life.. like, I do know these kinds of things (and even worse things) happen in the world, but, I cannot bring myself to read it.. A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor This is a love story told in two parts.. In part 1, two teens fall in love, but don't really express it to each other.. part 2, is them reconnecting, after it's too late.. I loved it. It took me some time to get used to the narration style.. the author jumps onto next scene with a very light conclusion to previous one, that I missed a few times initially.. and I loved that about this type of narration.. The novel is mostly a collection of brief (it is anything but brief though) scenes somehow linked to the main link - that is, the love story.. it's very simply told, on the face of it, it is a story told perhaps quite a few many times, but there is so much sincerity and depth of feeling in the love one feels for "the one". I was actually hesitant to pick this up thinking it might be "fluff", but there isn't any.. there is an originality to the writing. I loved it very much, this book did something to me.. |
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| I'm reading one of the Garfield fat pack comic books, volume five I believe. They take me back. |
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| Finished Pachinko by Min Jin Lee a couple of days ago. It follows four generations of a Korean family, from the time of Japan’s occupation through to the late 1980s. While the story features a wide cast of characters, the heart of the narrative is Sunja, whom we first meet as a teenager and follow into her old age. It is her choices made as a teen that set the story in motion. The book paints a stark portrait of the immigrant experience in Japan, highlighting the racism and nationalism faced by Koreans that left them unable to find employment and safe, clean housing, while at the same time rendering them unable to return to their homes in Korea. Some events do unfold quite suddenly, but that feels understandable given the broad time span the novel covers, otherwise, it could easily have exceeded 1,000 pages. 4.5/5 |
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| Just finished A Tik Tuk for Two by Adam Fletcher, the 3rd book of a travelogue series I've been enjoying. The author broke up with his gf of 10 years and he is kinda drifting around, not sure what to do. One time he finds himself in a bar, and he starts talking to a random woman. They seem to get on and exchange numbers. A day or so later, she phones him saying that she desperately needs someone to go with her to India to race in a Tuk Tuk race across the country, as her friend she planned to go with broke her arm in an accident. And, so he accepts. Along their journey, the author overcomes his driving phobia in India's always horrendous traffic, and develops feelings for his new companion - who is also trying to overcome some struggles of her own, mainly previous bad relationships and not having a break from work. Stuff goes wrong as it always seems to, and one of those things is a love rival for the author's companion in the form of a fellow competitor in the Tuk Tuk race. The author and his companion complete the race and go there separate ways, but later meet up back home and they seem to be very much in love and a couple now. Unlike the previous books, this was more focused on the people involved rather than the travel side of this travel book. I liked it, but not as much as the previous 2. 3/5 |
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| I finished the Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis. I dislike "Perelandra," the 2nd book. I like "That Hideous Strength," the final book. |
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| Finished Fire by George R. Stewart. It is a classic man vs nature story about a fictional fire, the Spitcat, that ravages the Sierra Nevada region of California. I really liked the characterization of the fire as it grows in size and intensity, as well as the habitats and wildlife it threatens. 4/5 Started The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, the famous political treatise that serves as a how-to for leaders to acquire and maintain power. It's short but full of historical anecdotes and figures to support Machiavelli's advice, serving as a nice reference for its time. |
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| About halfway through Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones. It's a very comedic/parody Sci-fi novel, basically Titanic in Space. This new grand spaceship is about to launch, although it's not quite finished, the inventor on board finds out. He's killed by a rival and a bomb is planted on the ship. The ship launches and randomly teleports to modern day Earth, destroying a Church, but offers to pick up our main cast of characters. So pretty much them and an alien journalist on board are trying to work out what's happening and disable the bomb. I'm up to the part where their delaying the detonation of the bomb by talking to it, tripping it up so it begins it's counting all over again. I usually like parodies, but this one is a bit too much even for me. It reminds me so much of National Lampoon's Doon, and I didn't like that much either. I think now I'm further into the book I'm liking it a bit more, but I don't love it. 2/5 maybe? |
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| Currently have a book now in my house called Tormented. I heard it's actually a decent drama story. Not usually my wheelhouse but thought I'd take a chance on it. |
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| Finished The Secret History by Donna Tartt, a book popularly labelled as dark academia. It takes place in a quiet college in Vermont where the protagonist and his newly-made friends study the Greek classics under an odd yet charming professor. Out of the gate, the protagonist relates to the reader how he had a hand in killing one of his new friends, nicknamed Bunny. The rest of the novel is a recounting of the events leading up to and following Bunny’s death, with tensions among the friend group gradually escalating until they reach a boiling point. I’ve always enjoyed the trope of a narrator confessing to a crime and then unraveling the often messy, complex path that led them there, so this book was right up my alley. The writing drew me in immediately and managed to make me genuinely anxious during several key moments. The ending was also a shock, and it was quite sad seeing the friends in the state they ended up in, even if they weren't the best of people. 4.5/5 |
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| The first Magic the Gathering novel: Arena. One thing I find fascinating about the book is how it adapts a turn based card game into a story, the magic spells operate just as slow as you would imagine and I really like that. Also adapts other concepts including the absolutely ancient ante system which is hilarious. Also it's fun how the magic houses in the city are multi colored. Planeswalkers as a concept also appear here but in a different way, a prototype idea in a sense. Thematically I am surprised. I was expecting one dimensional everything but so far a little over 1/3 in the discussion about sports itself is brought up, that the magic tournament exists to funnel money from the poor upward causing them to fear the future and refuse to acknowledge anything meaningfully long term thus perpetuating this parasitic cycle. It's a fun book so far but not what I would consider "great". I just really like tie in novels, like alot, so as my preferred form of reading I obviously love this shit. |
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| North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. The story follows the proud Margaret Hale and her immediate family as they very abruptly move from the small, forested village of Helstone to the industrious and sooty town of Milton. Margaret becomes acquainted with various Milton residents, from poor factory workers to millowners. She and her family have to adapt to the fast pace of life in a rising town where the masters and workers are constantly at odds with each other. While I really enjoyed the interactions Margaret and her father had with a poor family they befriend, I didn't care much for the romance, despite it being a major driving force in the plot and development of Margaret. The final arc of the novel is also very rushed, with everything falling in line too perfectly for our cast of characters It was still a fun read that provides a human view of the Industrial Revolution in England. 3.5/5 |
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Finished 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King—my first novel of his. It starts off pretty slow, spending a lot of time introducing the town and its many residents. In the end, though, it didn’t feel all that rewarding to finish. The final confrontation with the big bad felt pretty anti-climactic and it wasn't very spooky overall. Not sure where this one ranks in his overall career, but it didn’t exactly sell me on him.
Rating: 2.5/5
Rating: 2.5/5
| @iceeglo Last year I tried reading Salem's Lot and got about halfway through before dropping it. Like you said it really lacked that atmosphere I want out of a horror story. I also didn't find the characters interesting at all. I've tried a few times but I struggle to get into Stephen King, in spite of being a big horror fan. I'm currently reading The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming. It doesn't seem to be a very popular Bond book, but I'm enjoying it so far. The section where they break down why they theorize the main antagonist is gay is crazy. |
| Recently started reading "Olav Audunssøn" by Sigrid Undset, haven't got far into it yet. I really like the setting in 13th century Norway, the landscape and the surroundings are described beautifully, the set up is interesting, Steinfinn Toressøn wants vengance for the shame caused to him and Olav, his foster son who is promised to marry his daughter Ingunn wants to help him. I had a great time with Undset's other book "Kristin Lavransdatter" and it seems like "Olav Audunssøn" will be on the same level of enjoyment |
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@iceeglo Last year I tried reading Salem's Lot and got about halfway through before dropping it. Like you said it really lacked that atmosphere I want out of a horror story. I also didn't find the characters interesting at all. I've tried a few times but I struggle to get into Stephen King, in spite of being a big horror fan.
I'm currently reading The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming. It doesn't seem to be a very popular Bond book, but I'm enjoying it so far. The section where they break down why they theorize the main antagonist is gay is crazy.
I'm currently reading The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming. It doesn't seem to be a very popular Bond book, but I'm enjoying it so far. The section where they break down why they theorize the main antagonist is gay is crazy.
| @MattyMcDuck My sister has a bit of a growing collection of his books that I may borrow a book from when I'm in the mood for horror again, but if that doesn't work out, I'll probably just move on from his works. Recently finished Under Tower Peak by Bart Paul, a western action thriller set in the Sierra Nevada region. It's a very fast-paced story of an ex-military sniper and his pal finding the crashed plane of a missing billionaire in the mountains, and their failed attempt at trying to get a big payday from his family for information about his whereabouts. Their little scheme brings a lot of chaos to their small town and their unassuming friends and family. It was nice to read something light and fun like this after having read mostly long literary fiction or classics this summer. 3.5/5 |
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| Very nearly done reading A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri, a fairly short book following the daily life of a 10 year-old child visiting family in Calcutta while on holiday. There isn't much of a story as it's mostly a string of observations and consciousness, the former of which are described very vividly and beautifully. The imagery and lyrical quality alone have made this a very nice read so far. 4/5 |
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| Almost finished reading Railway to the Grave (book #7 of the The Railway Detective series) by Edward Marston Thought I'd best try making a dent in my Railway Detective books, as I've got dozens I've yet to read, but I read one whilst on holiday already, and started this one on it also. The series is period fiction crime series always featuring something to do with the railways. Basic plot in this one is a corporal accusing of murdering his wife (as she's disappeared) apparently offs himself by walking Infront of an oncoming train, so it's up to MCs Colbeck & Leeming to figure out what really happened. This one isn't so gripping as others in the series I've read. Seems more straightforward and there's not many surprises or twists. I'm kinda sleepwalking my way through, not particularly enjoying it. Probably rate it at 2/5 |
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| I finished The Coloring Book by Colin Quinn and Happy Endings: The Tales of a Fat-Titted Nothing by Jim Norton. Decent books, although I ended up more interested in their lives in the past which they were talking about with such distance from themselves, but it was nice to learn about how people acted back then is still the same as it is now. |
| Finished up Dr. No by Ian Fleming. I love how Fleming paints his exotic locations and the action can be shockingly brutal. The section of James Bond going through Dr. No's "obstacle course" was downright claustrophobic and painful to read, but it kept me on the edge of my seat. The Man With the Golden Gun was my first Bond, and I enjoyed it a lot in spite of claims of being unfinished and a lesser work. I still like it, but after seeing Fleming in full force I can see how Golden Gun was incomplete. For my next Bond I think I'll go to the beginning with Casino Royale and try to go in order. I already had enough familiarity with the material to not be lost, but the books follow up each other and I think I'll get full appreciation following them as Fleming wrote them. |
| i have no mouth and i must scream solid 6.5/10 might read teh comic too but for now i m trying my best to read crime and punishment |
| I'm reading Lazarus and it's one of the best comic books I've ever read in my life. Looking forward to reading indie cyberpunk comics and East of West like next year. |
| I'm reading Fourth Wing, even though I took a break for a few weeks. I've already read 90% of the book. I started this break because I didn't want to finish the first book in the saga (which they say is the best), but I lost control because I bought a PS5 and I'm currently addicted to games. But Fourth Wing is AMAZING. I love fantasy books with romance as a subgenre. I love books about dragons. I love protagonists who start the book weak and show their evolution throughout the story. And I love a BIG, dark, and sarcastic guy who is obsessed with her. And, I admit, I love hot scenes. And this book has everything. The only thing that annoyed me a little is that at the beginning of the book, Violet (the protagonist) seems to have a "pick me girl" syndrome. "Oh, I'm so tiny and weak..." kind of like Ariana Grande these days. Fortunately, the frequency of this decreased, and the book becomes so good that you can ignore the small traces of "pick me girl." |
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| Just finished Around the World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh It's a travelogue, the author riding on exactly 80 different trains around the world, even visiting such places as North Korea and Tibet along the way. I massively enjoyed this book, and am actually very jealous of this lady lol, as I'd love to do something like this myself. Loved the author's humour and storytelling, I think easily one of my most favourite books I've read, certainly by travel book standards. 5/5 |
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| I read The Royal Book of Oz. It's bad and racist. I then read the author's next book, said to be more entertaining. It's not. I will not be reading any more Oz fan fiction by Ruth Plumly Thompson. |
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