Currently reading through Lord of the Rings with my wife. We're on book two. I've been pretty scattered between books lately otherwise, reading Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Erikson's Midnight Tides from his Malazan Book of the Fallen series, and a book of art made by survivors and witnesses of the atom bombs in WWII Japan called Unforgettable Fire. Haven't had the mental willpower lately to sit down and get a good read in, so I've been jumping between snippets of these books.
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I have been reading the Wheel of Time series for the first time (by Robert Jordan). Currently starting Crown of Swords, book 7.
Recently placed a request in my library for the following, hopefully they'll be coming in within the next week:
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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
I really enjoyed Yellowface, it's a great read and a bit of a black comedy in places!
Swastika Night. It’s like 1984 if the nazis had won. Published in 1937. Enjoying so far.
Working my way through Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels again. Read them first as a child and it's lovely being back in that world again
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I only noticed this comment now, I've been reading the Culture series too - I enjoyed the world building in Consider Phlebas a lot but after a while I just wanted it to finish. So I skipped on and read a few others in the series then came back to finish it.
The Player Of Games was brilliant, enjoy!
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond.
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