What are you reading right now?

[Marceline]

Sade - Justine

I just started on Justine! The version I have has some essays on Sade, as well as a few of Sade's other writings, at the beginning so I'm still reading through that and haven't gotten to the actual Justine story yet. I'm pretty excited to get to it, though.

 

[lil_purrmaiden]

Im currently reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Trying to read all the sci-fi classics!

 

[VanessaSantos]

I have discovered the bizarre "Apocalypse culture" read on dark sides of society. It's eccentric and misanthropic at times. I love it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276477.Apocalypse_Culture

 

[VanessaSantos]

"The Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by Caitlin Doughty. Tells gruesome stories about being a mortician, but gives it a funny twist. She's also really informative about how different cultures celebrate death.

I loved Doughty's new book "From here to eternity" on funerary rites around the world. It was a fascinating read.

 

[NatalieP]

I am wanting to start the Game of Thrones series!

I loved the books (1-3 and hated the next 2), but it's a huge downer that he didn't complete them and doesn't look like he'll start writing any time soon... sigh.

I'm very intrigued by Elizabeth Moon recommended above by JerryboBerry - the Nebula is always a good indicator for a good book... I think that whole series will be my next big gig as soon as I'm done knocking off The Dresden Files - have 3 books to go. These were good. Not specifically super incredibly good, but some good wisdom and lots of quality humor, along with good adventures. It's been a fun ride and I'm almost sad to be reaching the end of the series.

 

[Privacy]

I've been trying to challenge myself to reread some of the books that I didn't like or fully appreciate back when I was a big reader and even some that I just adored at the time. I really like how reading the same words after time has passed and with new experiences just changes the book for you. Just finished up re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird and for the first time appreciated Calpurnia as a character, living tightly within the class, race, and gender expectations of the time and not getting the privilege of being herself, instead always living a double life both at work and with her community.
Amazing book, it was good the first time I read it but now I can see it from a different angle and enjoy it even more

 

[CorieCastles]

I've been working on Trainspotting for a while now and my insane ADHD, microscopic attention span brain loves the vignettes lmao. But that Irish slang translation is a killer sometimes. ;~; I'm trying to force myself not to watch the movie before I finish up though.

On a slightly unrelated side note, I'm like, praying Gillian Flynn releases something new soon. I've read Gone Girl, Dark Places, and Sharp Objects (my faaaave, that ending gives me crazy chills) and became addicted to her "unlikeable" female protagonists and her writing style is just unmatched amongst modern authors imo. I really need something new of hers to abuse with my highlighter! Lmfao.

 

[Mintx]

A Wife's Revenge by Eric Francis. It's about Susan Wright stabbing her husband over two hundred times while he was tied down and unable to move then claiming self defense. (The count of stab wounds was around one hundred and ninety, but they think it was over two hundred with just how much overlap there was.) Some wounds included groin stab wounds, a stab through her husband's eye, the tip of the knife was even found in his skull, and there was cuts on his penis.

I think it is pretty fucking interesting to read that her defense is claiming battered wife/self defense, as in she had to either kill or be killed (and still had time to tie her husband up to where he couldn't move, and pour candle wax on his thighs). I mean, the guy sounded like a drug abusing, cheating, piece of shit who hit his kids, but his cause of death was blood loss. Meaning none of the two hundred plus stab wounds was fatal- ending it asap.

So interesting. :3

 

[Lexi Lovegood]

I've been trying to challenge myself to reread some of the books that I didn't like or fully appreciate back when I was a big reader and even some that I just adored at the time. I really like how reading the same words after time has passed and with new experiences just changes the book for you. Just finished up re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird and for the first time appreciated Calpurnia as a character, living tightly within the class, race, and gender expectations of the time and not getting the privilege of being herself, instead always living a double life both at work and with her community.
Amazing book, it was good the first time I read it but now I can see it from a different angle and enjoy it even more

All of those school-assigned books get better with age I've found. There's only so much you can absorb and understand as a teenager, even if you're a smart one. I never even finished To Kill a Mockingbird in high school because it was hard for me to get into realistic fiction back then (I've always been more of a sci-fi/fantasy kind of girl), but it blew me away as an adult. Other books that are better when you're older: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick. I like how books seem different every time you read them, but really it's you who's different.

 

[Lexi Lovegood]

I'm reading The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman. It's a sister series to His Dark Materials. It's taking me forever to get through though. I'm busy with school and also have been having a hard time getting absorbed in novels lately, which makes me super sad.

 

[Poker_Babe]

OMG I'm so glad this thread exists, because I'm in the middle of reading this book I recently checked out from the library, and ever since I started reading, it's been all I've been talking about. I've been recommending this book to EVERYONE. Now, please don't judge me when I tell you what book I'm talking about. The title of the book of which I speak is... wait for it...

Spoiler

Manson: in His Own Words
It's the autobiography of Charles Manson. I'm only halfway through it, but this book is so mind blowing in so many ways, and if you asked me how, I wouldn't know where to begin. I think I'll do a review on the book after I finish it. It's is very VERY graphic. Downright pornographic in quite a few places.

 

[JennyFae]

I am currently reading Anne of Green Gables and Red Sparrow. I want to check ou tthat book though @Poker_Babe seems really interesting.

 

[AwesomeKate]

Currently reading Permutation City.

Saw someone mention House of Leaves. I bought that years ago, read the first page, and then LITERALLY threw the book across the room cause I was so terrified. Haven't opened it since.

 

[Mila_]

Saw someone mention House of Leaves. I bought that years ago, read the first page, and then LITERALLY threw the book across the room cause I was so terrified. Haven't opened it since.

I read it, I loved it..

I am now reading "The Authenticity Hoax" it's a little bit dated but still insightful.

 

[mynameisbob84]

Re-reading Ready Player One, innit.

 

[Audrey Moreno]

Thriving in Sex Work by Lola Divina is an amazing book and I would recommend it for anyone in the business. She recently came out with the workbook for it so you can also get that all off of amazon.

 

[Lehman]

ohhh, this is my kind of topic. I always have a few books going, I'm a bit of a nerd xD
Currently:
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
The Last Lion by William Manchester
and The Future of Humanity:Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by Michio Kaku

 

[Amalnia]

Recently reread "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts. Glad to see after all these years it is finally coming to the small screen as a series. Amazing read.

 

[Fatquack]

Currently rereading my Jack Vance, right now the Tschai books.

 

[Gen]

I’m reading Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.

 

[Deleted member 43650]

The Internet of Money by Andreas Antonopolous

Incredible series of edited-for-text lectures Andreas has given across the globe on Bitcoin and blockchain technology. I absolutely recommend this book for anyone who is curious about cryptocurrencies - especially the beginner/self-professed 'clueless'. Andreas is an incredible speaker and makes so many poignant, thoughtful points about the history of money as a system of communicating value and renders a convincing case for why blockchain is the next step in the evolution of money.

I warn you though...after reading this you will despise the banking system (unless you do already, that is). It's not a book about Bitcoin as a currency, but as a technological platform, a series of protocols, hence 'the internet of money'. The book is absolutely brilliant. Short, laconic, informative speeches make it a total page-turner.

Last, as someone studying finance and blockchain technology, I feel almost a responsibility to recommend this book. I recommend watching one of Andreas' talks on YT to get an idea of how awesome this text is. It's like 100 mind-blowing TED Talks compiled into a single book.

Read this if:
• You want to understand currencies and money on an abstract level
• Bitcoin/blockchain tech interests you and you want to better understand it
• You're interested in the history of disruptive technologies e.g. the internet
• You want to learn more about the consolidation power in stagnant infrastructures (like modern banking)
• You want to learn about fascinating economic principles such as infrastructure inversion e.g. How did we adopt the automobile in a world designed for horses?
• You want to learn about the history of money and exchange-of-value
• You want to better understand just what money is

OK, back to reading. Later, gators!

 

[AlanaTaylor]

I've just started The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse but I'm really struggling to get into it!

 

[VanessaSantos]

"The memoirs of Hadrian" by Marguerite Yourcenar. I love reading about the scenery and the way of life in the ancient Rome.

 

[Goblin]

Not reading I'm afraid, audiobook

Forever relistening to A Song Of Ice and Fire

 

[OddiBlu]

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. Not bad if you're into urban fantasy!

 

[Aria Nox]

I'm slowly reading Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. It's kind of difficult to read in some parts. I get pretty bored quickly, but the story is still good enough to keep going for now.

I really want to read Legendary by Stephanie Garber, since Caraval was one of my favorite books I read in 2017!

 

[Gen]

I really want to read Legendary by Stephanie Garber, since Caraval was one of my favorite books I read in 2017!

I read Caraval for my book club recently, and I enjoyed it more than I expected to! I’m preordering Legendary; I think the new protagonist will be more to my liking than the one in Caraval.

 

[Aria Nox]

I read Caraval for my book club recently, and I enjoyed it more than I expected to! I’m preordering Legendary; I think the new protagonist will be more to my liking than the one in Caraval.

That's what I'm thinking too. The reviews I've read have definitely elevated my expectations for it!

 

[DFT]

I usually am found with either classic sci-fi or some new sci pulp series. April seems to be my fantasy month as I blew through The Dresden Files this time last year and followed that with Christopher Nuttall's "Schooled in Magic" series this year. Tried Chris' sci-fi offerings and found them weak, but I thought I'd give him another chance. Glad I did.

"Schooled in Magic" follows a normal earth girl who is kidnapped by a necromancer into an alternate world. It's a series, so you already figured she escaped, but now here she is with 21st century earth knowledge in a 12th century society (with magic). Creates interesting friction as she brings forth new ideas - Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court meets Harry Potter. Author knows his story is derivative and has fun with references to many earlier stories - Trek, StarWars, Potter, Asimov, etc. In that he creates a compelling narrative that never takes itself too seriously.

 

[DFT]

Boce reminded me life turns on a dime - 11/22/63 is my go to when I'm between books and dip in for the comfort of a familiar story.

Do you have a book like that?