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I'm very non-committal when I don't know what to read next. So right now I'm sampling chapters of both The Essential Keynes and Arab Spring Dreams. One is a 500+ page book on one man's economic philosophy and theory. The other, personal accounts from people who lived through the Arab Spring, which is super important to me.
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I just finished Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. Starting on The Shotgun Arcana by R. S. Belcher.
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I'm currently reading A Clash of Kings but I really want to buy Flowers in the Attic and read that soon too.
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Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein. It's her memoir about being in a band that was part of the Riot Grrrl punk movement in Olympia & Seattle. I'm gonna end up with a whole bookcase of music biographies and memoirs at this rate.
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I'm between books right now. Can't seem to find one that I want to read so I'm reading an old political science book called The Wretched of the Earth about decolonization in the 1960s. FUN TIMES. |
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Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
I've heard many good things about this book. I thought it would be a good read, and I'm really liking it so far. I'm also hoping it will teach me some things about social anxiety as well. ^^ |
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I just got the Divergent book series at Walmart today. So, because I'm excited, I have to say that I'm reading Divergent by Veronica Roth. I'll totally get Fangirl on Amazon and read it when I have more time (it's currently borrowed from the library).
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Recently finished Chapter One by Dan Flynn. It's the story of Thankyou, an amazing social enterprise, and has heaps of great tips about being a gamechanger. Plus all profits have gone towards the launch of a new product range/launch of Thankyou NZ. CHECK IT OUT YO.
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I have been currently reading one of the Xanth books by Piers Anthony. To be specific, the book is Up In A Heaval.
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I'm picking up an old nemesis, The Count of Monte Cristo. I made it halfway through once upon a time, but it's been too long to pick up where I left off and I'm now starting it from the beginning. It's not like I was planning on doing anything this month, or this year.
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I've heard that the Count of Monte Cristo is well worth the trouble to get through it.
As for me, I'm reading Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston. It's the second book in the First Formic Wars series, and now we're getting to where things are explained. It's rather fun reading about things that I know pop up in later earlier other books. |
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Pyramids - Terry Pratchett
Love his brilliant humour :D |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
I'm doing my first re-read in years. I just finished the first book a couple of days ago. Ideally, I'd like to complete my re-read by time summer rolls around. We'll see how that goes. I want to knock out the first 3 books by the end of the month. |
After mostly reading fantasy for some time, I decided to get back to detectives by re-reading Evil under the Sun by Agatha Christie. Finished it this morning.
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Currently reading two books which I'll swing straight back into now I don't have other distractions. However I feel there's better books waiting for me on my shelf..
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Brilliant book on socialism but it goes into far too much detail about many things and repeats itself too much. Maybe if a modern version was created I'd able to appreciate it but this book is 300 pages too long for a 500+ page epic and I'd rather they left most of stuff to our imaginations. Painful at times! Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist Gives a revealing insight into one of the greatest minds of our times. Niall Ferguson, the author of this book is by far one of the best writers I've ever had the privilege to read. I can't wait to get back stuck into this one :) |
Okay so to put this in perspective, the last book I was reading on a dedicated basis was this novel by Clive Barker called The Damnation Game. It's not a bad novel by any means, and I quite enjoyed it even though it was a bit slow to develop. Anyway, it was probably one of the longest novels I had read, save for the longer Harry Potter novels. The problem I had was that by reading only it, I had a hard time pushing through in a reasonable amount of time, essentially leading me to spend several months reading just one book. I didn't like this very much.
As a result, I decided I would make for myself a reading schedule of sorts, putting me on a different book each day of the week. I found this method to be much more conducive to my personality and so far it has allowed me to read a lot more than I was before. My weekly structure looks a bit like this: 1. Short Story Collections 2. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels 3. Horror/Thriller Novels 4. Non Fiction 5. Classic Literature 6. Asimov Magazine 7. Free Day I recently wrapped up two books in my rotation: the Sci-Fi novel Foundation by Isaac Asimov, which has been replaced by Stephen King's 11/22/63; and Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison, which will shortly be replaced by Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things. Both of these are authors I have never read before so it is pretty exciting. Foundation was absolutely fantastic and I recommend it to everyone, even if you aren't a sci-fi person. It deals a lot more with the human factor than with the technology. It was actually my first Asimov novel as well which was a great journey, I can't wait to read more (I have the Robot novels on my shelf for the future). Harlan Ellison on the other hand is one of my favorite authors of all time; I just adore reading his short stories, and Deathbird Stories was no exception! The titular story "The Deathbird" absolutely blew my mind with its experimental non linear structure than has to be seen to be believed. 11/22/63 is pretty enjoyable so far, though I am only two chapters in I can already tell I like the writing style and wit of the main character, who happens to be an English teacher. Those that are close to wrap-up include my horror selection for this cycle, Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes, and my non-fiction book Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez. The former I only recommend to fans of the series, and even then only the die hards. There is some material that, while the book is in its own timeline, does shed some light on details of the story that I hadn't considered. However it does take a very long time for any significant supernatural happenings to occur, but when the horror does start up it is pretty friggin great! The chapters are twice as long as they need to be though, which has made the novel a bit of a chore to read since I like to complete one on each day it comes up. The latter is a great book to read for you aspiring film makers out there and is a greatly inspiring piece about the production of El Mariachi for a grand total of $7,000. These will be replaced by Sociopaths in Love by Anderson Prunty which my Mom tells me is super deranged and that I'll love it, and Gods and Monsters by Peter Biskind, more writing about movies, and a book that my Video Production teacher in High School recommended. Finally, the piece of classic literature I am reading right now is none other than that grand piece of poetry known as Commedia by Dante, better known as The Divine Comedy. I am currently in the "Hell" portion of it reading the Harvard Classics printing of it which contains the Henry Francis Cary translation. It is a rather difficult read but one I feel must be completed as it is an integral part of literary history. Asimov Magazine is a pretty good publication for anyone interested in some good sci-fi stories by writers you've probably never heard of. It's a good pallet cleanser after going through all the familiar affair. On my free day I tend not to read much at all, but if I do it is either picked from among my schedule to help boost my progress or is H.P. Lovecraft, my favorite author of all time. Boy, this came out to a long ass post didn't it! tl;dr 1. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman 2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King 3. FNAF: The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthon 4. Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez 5. The Divine Comedy by Dante |
I am currently reading Snakewood by Adrian Selby. I heard good reviews about it, so I'm hoping it won't disappoint.~
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I am reading another one of the Xanth books by Piers Anthony. The one I am reading is Luck of the Draw
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Moved right on to Earth Awakens by Card and Johnston. It's the last book in the First Formic Wars series, and I'm getting to the point where I'm ready for the actual war to begin. There's a lot of set-up in this book...and the previous two books.
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I just finished Lois Lowry's Gathering Blue. Curse you annoying cliffhangers!
My library has a bingo-like thing, where I have to read four different books, and I just learned about yesterday, so I have to read three books by Monday. ;) So, with that being said, I'm currently starting to re-read The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. |
I'm reading Dragonquest by Anne Mccaffrey at the moment
It's book two in the classic Chronicles Of Pern fantasy series - I love my fantasy! :P |
My goal was to read the first 3 books by the end of this month, but I'm happy to report I got through 4 (I highly doubt I'll finish the 5th by May 1st).
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
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