Books: What have you been reading?

[weezer17]

Finished "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay, now moving on to "Pierre et Jean" by Guy de Maupassant

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I'm reading the first installment of the serial novel Two of Swords by the formerly pseudonymous K.J. Parker (AKA Tom Holt).

[John Ossie]

I'm currently reading ''Starcrossed'' by Josephine Angelini.

[saul_on_the_road_to_damascus]

Just finished Firefight, Brandon Sanderson's sequel to Steelheart.

so far this year I have read

The perfectionists by Sara Shephard ftr
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ftr
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult ftr
Golden Son by Pierce Brown ftr
The Next Always by Nora Roberts rr
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts rr
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts rr
Firefight ftr
Picture Perfect by Nora Roberts rr
Bed Of Roses by Nora Roberts rr
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts rr
Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts rr
The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins ftr
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han ftr
Starting At Square Two by Carren Lissner rr
Star Trek: Invasion: First Strike by Diane Carey rr
I Was Here by Gail Forman ftr

Ftr = first time read
rr = reread

Updated. I really need to step up with my reading and spend less time on netflix

[Malvolio]

I just finished reading Last Words by George Carlin. Now I'm reading The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk by Steven Lee Beeber.

[Deathstroke]

I finished the C.J. Box short story anthology Shots Fired - Stories From Joe Pickett Country the other day.

[Detox]

I'm currently reading The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle

[Bleu]

Women and Animals by Carol J Adams

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Seveneves by Neal Stephenson.

It's excellent science fiction. I liked Reamde, but it didn't have much to say. I'm still absorbing Seveneves, but it feels stronger.

It starts with the moon breaking up. Earth is doomed, with only two years before its remnants spiral into the atmosphere and obliterate everything. It's up to a small group of scientists, engineers, politicians, and billionaires to take the International Space Station and transform it into an ark, to take as many survivors as they can into orbit. The first third is the frantic push outward, the second third is the rise of the new community in space, and the third third (without spoilers) shows us the ultimate consequences.

It's full of strong characters, weighty themes, and some great twists. Really, it's the best thing I've read in a long time.

[quinnzel]

After buying it shortly after it came out more than 10 years ago and having it just sit on my shelf, I've finally got around to reading Eragon by Christopher Paolini. I had wanted to read it as a kid and I just... sort of forgot about it. Like... 10+ years forgot about it But I'm almost done with it now. I've enjoyed it so far but have heard the last two books aren't very good so I'm not sure if I'm going to grab the other two.

After I finish this I'm going to start Wonderland by Stacey Derasmo.

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Seveneves by Neal Stephenson.

It's excellent science fiction. I liked Reamde, but it didn't have much to say. I'm still absorbing Seveneves, but it feels stronger.

It starts with the moon breaking up. Earth is doomed, with only two years before its remnants spiral into the atmosphere and obliterate everything. It's up to a small group of scientists, engineers, politicians, and billionaires to take the International Space Station and transform it into an ark, to take as many survivors as they can into orbit. The first third is the frantic push outward, the second third is the rise of the new community in space, and the third third (without spoilers) shows us the ultimate consequences.

It's full of strong characters, weighty themes, and some great twists. Really, it's the best thing I've read in a long time.

I'm glad to see another positive review of this book. I've been debating on picking it up for the past few days, I think i'm gomna give it a shot.

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I'm glad to see another positive review of this book. I've been debating on picking it up for the past few days, I think i'm gomna give it a shot.

As I said, I really liked it. Seveneves definitely suffers from some of Stephenson's usual flaws (infodumps, endings, stock villains), but if you like his work or hard science fiction in general, it's pretty damn good.

Also, any novel that has a thinly-veiled Neil deGrasse Tyson as one of its main characters is all right by me.

[DebkoX]

A Cool Million, Nathanael West.

More of a short story, satirising the American Dream. Really enjoying it.

[WillieMorgan]

The Story Of The Jews (Finding The Words 1000BCE - 1492CE) - Simon Schama

[Deathstroke]

I finished the Robert K. Lewis thriller Critical Damage.