Still reading Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 3 of Rivers of London series.

Nothing much to talk about it yet.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    I’ve been re-reading The Owner trilogy by Neal Asher. I couldn’t pick out a new book last week, so I figured I’d re-read a series I know I liked and then pick out a new book in a week or so.

  • JaymesRS@piefed.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    Finishing up Super Powereds: Year One. I’ll still keep with the series, but it’s ending up about like I expected. Solid B tier.

  • pancake@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    3 个月前

    I finished The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett. This was one of his early works and it shows in the character work and the romance. The atmosphere, worldbuilding and plot were on point though.

    Now I’ve just started The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor. This is based on the true story of an evacuation boat during WWII that was sunk by the Nazis. It’s still early to really judge it, but so far I love how one of the main characters is written, so hoping it lands for me.

  • afb@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 个月前

    Currently reading Albert Camus’ The Stranger. Enjoying it so far, about a fifth of the way in.

    Recently finished Abducted – Patrick Barb. Fun fast-paced sci-fi horror. I’d recommend it.

  • Kitchel@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    3 个月前

    I am currently reading The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel and Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy.

    Stella Maris isn’t bad, but I am not so hooked as I was when I read The Road or when I struggled mentally to read the Blood Meridian (all that violence did go under my skin, but it was a valuable learning experience).

    Morgan Housel’s book seems a like a light read and it is giving me that excellent a confirmation bias on what I believe is the nature of money.

  • Henson@feddit.dk
    4·
    3 个月前

    Terra nova. Good enough to keep me entertained, but not to keep me up at night…

      • Leraje@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        Good! We have subscribers via the various distribution methods (website, rss, spotify, apple, youtube etc) in the low to mid hundreds (very difficult to be precise!) but to be honest, we’d all probably do it even if we just had 10. We don’t place ads or have sponsors and we don’t yell at everyone to subscribe, like etc. We do it because we love books and enjoy doing it - thats pretty much it :)

  • TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 个月前

    At Home: A short history of home life by Bill Bryson. A history of houses, and just history relating to houses.

    Most back cover reviews exaggerate, but it really has made me laugh out loud, at least most chapters.

    Even better, it gives me a constant stream of interesting facts to throw at my partner. Did you know they had locks on doors and underfloor heating back in the neolithic?

    • dresden@discuss.onlineOPMEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      Did you know they had locks on doors and underfloor heating back in the neolithic?

      They did?

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
    5·
    3 个月前

    I just read the graphic novel Morrison Hotel written by Leah Moore, about The Doors album with the same name.

    Next up is Hard to Be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. This one has been on my reading list for some time now, and I just stumbled upon it at the library, so that’s cool.

  • Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    3 个月前

    “For a New Novel: Essays on Fiction” by Alain Robbe-Grillet.

    I probably won’t read the entire thing. I’m just reading a handful of the essays.

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    10·
    3 个月前

    I have been reading Fahrenheit 451 and at the moment halfway. It’s an interesting read.

    Still a bit confused whether;

    Spoiler

    People themselves wanted the books gone and burned or that is forced by the government and that the government made people believe they wanted it. I also wonder whether McClellan is still alive or not. She suddenly vanished out of Montag’s life.