Like, I understand listening to them while driving to work, exercising, doing chores, etc!

But sometimes you're in a moment and you don't want to stop listening, but you're done with your chores or something.

I currently just sit and twiddle my thumbs but I feel like I could be doing other things. Sorry if this was a dumb question I took an edie 😅

I am looking forward to this novel. I love this character and look forward to reading another case with her as the lead.

I am a little frustrated when I noticed that Will Patton will not be the voice for the audiobook, but I will adjust because I will at least have a physical copy.

Who else is excited for this novel?

I've recently gotten a small obsession with the idea of a single African currency or a single BRICS currency forming as a fuck you to NATO and the west. As a result i've spent far to much time this week reading wikipedia articles on the history of currency in colonial and post colonial Africa.

Would love to read an actually good source that discusses the history and possible strategies of anti-colonial monetary theory.

I am reading Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined and i was wondering if there are other books that have a similar love story/development of their relationship, I don't care if the story is about vampires, i am just interested in the romance but I prefer a fantasy background if possible

I’m heavily debating which of the two, I should purchase.

I love cats and both are about cats but can only afford one unfortunately.

If anyone here have read one or both of them - which of the two do you recommend?

What the title says, I'm tired of the trope where humans are the least advanced in the universe.

I'd like to read something different where we're the more advanced ones (not necessarily the most advanced). As an example I quite enjoyed the Ender's Game sequels and the angle of us being the more advanced ones was quite interesting.

Do you have any recommendations?

Can Anyone Recommend me Magic/Superhero School or Guild Stories?

Here's what I've read so far.

1. Worm by Wildbow (Superhero "guild")

2. Mage Errant (Magic School)

3. Harry Potter Series (Magic School)

4. Vita Nostra (Magic School)

5. Super Powereds (Superhero School)

6. The Circle Series by Sara Elfgren (Magic within normal School)

I've also read The Magician but I didn't liked it.

I may have forgotten some other books but hopefully this narrows it down.

This book is definitely more enjoyable than the previous one (Fortune's Favorites) probably because the plot is more streamlined and well paced. The focus of the narrative is more on political intrigue rather than military campaigns, making it more interesting than previous books, in my opinion. Caesar comes across as ferociously intelligent, highly capable, self - centred, manipulative, unscrupulous and ruthless, but makes for interesting reading. Cicero's section in the first half was immensely enjoyable, especially how he tried to root out the Catilina conspiracy. However, flirting with the boni (the ultraconservatives, i. e., Caesar's opponents) ultimately gets him in deep trouble. Looking forward to getting back to the Cicero Trilogy after finishing this series. Reading about the eccentric, relentless and bull headed Cato was very entertaining. He is totally immune to corruption, coercion, intimidation and probably slightly unstable. He would bull headedly advocate what he believed to be the right and would inevitably be outwitted by his more astute political opponents. Can't help but grudgingly admire the transparent directness of his intentions and motivations, especially when surrounded by his peers with shifting loyalties and hidden agendas. In the latter half of the book he becomes the leader of the boni. Politically, his biggest drawback is his lack of vision and political acumen when pitted against Caesar. However, the whole boni vs Caesar does get annoying after a while. The constant boni assault also changes Ceasar over the course of the book, making him less easygoing, intolerant and more autocratic. Servilia is as monstrous as ever. At one point, I actually felt sorry for her, something I didn't think was possible. Clodius (and Fulvia) are detestable and absolutely loathsome. Clodius is definitely unstable. Compared to him even Cato comes out to be highly sane and stable. I shudder to think what shenanigans he'll be up to next!

I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (P&V translation). About 20% through. It's starting to get interesting as the characters start to take shape. Till now I have read and enjoyed the P&V translations of both Crime and Punishment and Demons. This is a huge book and I am looking forward to enjoying this for a while! I am just excited and wanted to read other people's thoughts.

Hi all! I just finished "The Three Body Problem" by Liu Cixin and enjoyed it a lot. It's got me curious about sci-fi written elsewhere in the world and what cultural differences may appear in sci-fi written from a non-US perspective.

Does anyone have recommendations for what I should check out next? I only speak English and (sort of) French so I'm reliant on translations to one of those languages. Thanks!

Did many of you even have much nonfiction?

When someone grows nostalgic about childhood books, they generally talk about fiction, but my fiction reading nearly all came from the library and had to go back, so I don’t remember it as clearly as the nonfiction in the bookcase that I’d flip through and look at the pictures and read some here and there.

The adventure starts at the fringes of society.

It is the story of rural life in Paris with a wanderer who’s also a thinker. Indeed special case. It makes its way through the highs and lows of an unemployed person in Paris and later in London. The friendships, the conversations, and the conditions - It’s all there.

The memoir of experiences in the saddening (and sometimes exciting) environment of poverty.

I highly recommend this special book!

Bambi

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/22/bambi-for-the-serious-reader/
@books

A friend recommended me this book, pretty satisfying reading since book is written in an easy and understandable language. Also found online version https://redstarpublishers.org/cornforth1953.pdf

PS still reading

Question to the physical book readers here, what do you use as bookmark?

I currently got a paper bookmark but don’t like it to be honest.

What non-fiction book could you just not put down? Was it a biography? Some obscure textbook? A collection of papers or speeches? Share your suggestions below!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7269459

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7269398

Writer George Penney (who also writes wonderful posts about house-sitting adventures with feline overlords in various countries and is an entertaining follow) just posted this on Mastodon:

"If you like the idea of a romcom centered around a geek bar featuring dnd, goths, furries, munches and drag queens, with a message that's even more relevant now than when I wrote it. My alter-ego Evie Snow has a book--"This Is Not A F*cking Romance"--out today for FREE in all stores (Yay!)"

https://books2read.com/u/mZKeQe

Preferably something with a social aspect too where you can see the books others have read. Something like MyAnimeList but for books

Is there any book app on iOS that allows Face ID or Passlock?

It genuinely bothers me that Apple doesn’t allow this.

I finally read "Old Man and the Sea". I have tried to start it many times, but the beginning was just so slow. Has anyone here read it? What are your thoughts on this Ernest Hemingway classic?

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/where-oaken-hearts-do-gather/

#shortstory #shortstories @books@lemmy.ml @books@kbin.social

I always say to myself that it is not worth to force books through. I do like 1/5th then I drop it if it did not catch me. Now I'm reading Pandora's star which is a great scifi book and sandwitched inbetween the great scfi chapters there is this uninteresting detective storyline with zero scifi, people talking to eachother about uninteresting stuff. I found myself forcing the book and questioned multiple times if I should continue. Then again a great chapter comes with interesting stuff I get hooked and within an eyeglance I'm back into this people talking each other for 30 pages. I will decide if I keep going or not, maybe I try to force it throgh the base storyline is keeping me hooked. Did you had any similar experience? What did you do?