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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? April 28 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] ghost@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse. About 3/4 of the way through and the density of clever lines has eased up to make room for plot, which is good, because I want to see how it all works out (or doesn't).

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Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse beginning on @tomes@phantasmal.work (phantasmal.work)
 

Starting today and going for 34 days, @tomes@phantasmal.work will be posting Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse.

I made this bot to get novels into my Mastodon feed. The last one was Summer by Edith Wharton. I needed something lighter this time.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? March 31 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] ghost@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Still on Summer by Edith Wharton and All Quiet on the Western Front.

I am nearly finished with Summer and I am a bit stressed for Charity.

Trying for something lighter next, Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? March 24 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] ghost@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I've got two novels going for the first time in a while.

Summer by Edith Wharton in the mornings.

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (translated by Brian Murdoch) in the evenings.

Not sure if that's the correct way to organize my day.

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Summer, by Edith Wharton on @tomes@phantasmal.work (phantasmal.work)
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The next book posted from this account will be Edith Wharton's Summer.

Per Wikipedia:

Summer is a novel by Edith Wharton, which was published in 1917 by Charles Scribner's Sons. While most novels by Edith Wharton dealt with New York's upper-class society, this is one of two novels by Wharton with rural settings. Its themes include social class, the role of women in society, destructive relationships, sexual awakening and the desire of its protagonist, named Charity Royall. The novel was controversial at the time of its publication and is one of the less famous among her novels because of its subject matter.

This will happen over 37 days, starting tomorrow at 8am US Eastern (1300 UTC).

Read along! #tomesclub

I created the bot that does this because I was having a hard time setting aside time for reading novels, feeling like I had to make the time "special". But I was happy enough to read articles and long threads that came across my feed. This bot (inspired, too, by the old DailyLit service) is a way to get that reading in where I already am.

It posts around 1,600 words a day, given a 10,000 character limit and trying to honor chapter and section breaks.

If you want to read along, follow @tomes@phantasmal.work

I just finished Mrs Dalloway, if you'd like to see what posts look like in practice, here's its thread .

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 24 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] ghost@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

I'm nearly done with Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, and it's really working for me.

I had been planning on reading As I Lay Dying next, but maybe I'll pick something with a more straightforward POV before jumping to Faulkner.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? January 06 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] ghost@piefed.social 5 points 4 months ago

Currently: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. I picked it up somewhat randomly and feeling good about my luck. Sort of has a less depressing Thomas Hardy vibe, though still definitely about people trapped by society and circumstance.

I'm probably going to continue to read reach into the past for novels this year. Not sure what's next, though.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? January 06 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] ghost@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago

Oh I loved How to Be Both. I've read most of Ali Smith's novels and I'll continue until I've read them all. How to Be Both might be my favorite so far.

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