What the title says. What books are you reading? Or if not books, what are some interesting articles you’ve read lately?
I’ve been devouring Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series this past week (just started the last book yesterday). It adds so much to the Percy Jackson universe, and I plan on binging Trials of Apollo afterwards.
I got the Cyberpunk 2077 graphic novel ebooks from the library two days ago and have been reading them. They’re decent so far but I was hoping for something a bit more lore heavy.
Rereading Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!
I’ve just been getting burnt out on the literal insanity of the world and most notably of the people in positions of power, and needed a complete diversion. I had been reading Haruki Murakami 's 1Q84, but I just couldn’t stay with it - too many loathsome characters. So I set it aside and pondered what to read instead, and Discworld just seemed the obvious choice. I read the entire series over the last ten years or so, so it’d been long enough that I could at least reread the earlier ones. And this time through, I can skip the ones I didn’t like so much (like pretty much all of the Rincewind books). So I started with Equal Rites, then went on to Mort and Wyrd Sisters and am now on Guards! Guards! And it’s just as good as I’d remembered.
If you want some fresh air and something light try ‘In the Lives of Puppets’ by TJ Klune. I just finished and it left me feeling happy and good.
Spies by Calder Walton. History of spying between the USSR and US/UK going back to WW2 with how quickly Stalin got ahead of the West by spying on his allies whole the West thought that wasn’t “gentlemanly”.
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett reread when Spies is too heavy or dry for my current mood
I’m reading The Golden Compass for the first time. I’m enjoying it, but I’ve been going through it slower than other books, and I’m not sure why. After I finish it I might go back and re-read a Terry Pratchett book.
Pratchett books are so easy to read and so fun you can just burn through them.
I recently finished The Myth of Sisyphus by Camus. I’m going back and forth between Meditations by Aurelius or Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany by Schütte. I tend to take my time with books so I want to make it count. Meditations is shorter and been on my list for a while, but I’ve been on a serious thing for Kraftwerk lately.
I’m reading the penultimate book in The Expanse series - Tiamat’s Wrath. A Christmas present from my daughter
I’m currently reading Number the Stars with my children and The Great Hunt for myself. So far, I’m enjoying both. I especially appreciate the way Number the Stars tackles such a heavy topic without being too intense for children.
Riordan is a great writer.
I was reading The Catcher In The Rye by J D Salinger, but I haven’t picked it up since November.
If I don’t finish it, my next book will probably be either Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, The Martian Chronicles by Douglas Adams, or The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie.
I enjoyed this article quite a lot: Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems—Simple Cells Can Do It
Deliverance Lost by Gavin Thorpe.
Currently Reading:
- FICTION: Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey (first book of TheExpanse series)
- NON-FICTION: Outlive by Peter Attia, MD
I am reading Dostoievsky for the first time. “The double”. I was afraid this author was going to be super dense and difficult, but I was wrong. I’m enjoying it a lot!
