Not sure if this counts, but I've been reading a lot of manga lately. I recently finished reading "Judge" by Yoshiki Tonogai and I started reading "Fire Punch" by Tatsuki Fujimoto, tbh, I'm still not quite sure how I feel about it. I've also been reading a few other titles, but I don't wanna bore with so much manga.
As far as novels go, I just started reading Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King. I wanted to pick up Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo over the weekend, but it was nowhere to be found at my local B&N even though it showed as being in-stock (not even the employees could seem to find it).
I finished The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters and I loved it! This book was a little more in your face with the supernatural elements than some of her other books, but once I adjusted to that aspect I thoroughly enjoyed it. Being a huge Edgar Allen Poe geek myself, it was cool to see the way she worked in some of his rhymes and phrasings throughout the book. The final chapter was even written as a poem in the same style as The Raven. It was very well done.
Next, my mom loaned me The Woman in the Window so I'll start reading that. She watched the movie on Netflix too, but said the book was so much better. I don't plan on watching the movie, but I'll give the book a try.
I finished Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss. Easy to read, though a good majority of insights did not resonate with me as strongly as they likely would have if I had read this book in university. A couple of interviews definitely stood out, while I liberally skipped others that I didn't find wholly applicable to me.
Moving onto Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck! Heard great things about this book from a previous high school English teacher, so I hope I'll get some quality perspective out of it.
About to finish The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. I have about 100 pages left and I am not ready for the emotional turmoil I know it will put me through, so I've been putting it off. I may finish it off tonight, though. So far I've loved it, which I expected because I read Circe by the same author first and loved that one.
Up next will be Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by her, so I'm very excited for this one.
i haven’t technically started yet but i have to read “sunkissed” by Katie West for my english class’ summer reading assignment. despite the title, it has nothing to do with tanning.
not going to lie the plot sounds kinda typical from what i heard, the main girl got cheated on and met a new boy at summer camp, but i usually eat stuff like that up (especially on webtoon), so i’ll try to give it a chance
A short-story collection by Per Wahlöö called No Roses Grow on Odenplan. Really good so far, tbh I'd recommend any of his 'solo' books apart from the Martin Beck series.
I'm not actually reading anything right now...which is a shame. I tend to read more in the fall and winter than I do in the summer. I think I'm going to order a bunch of Junji Ito books to read around fall. My mind is already very much oriented towards Halloween. Lol.
I'm currently re-reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I'm also reading book 3 of The Sharpest Kiss series ("Yesterday's Demon") by Elizabeth Myles
I also bought a book today that I'm looking forward to reading; Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
I finished The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn. I thought it was a very enjoyable read. It does fall into some tropes, but it's also clearly an homage to old black-and-white thriller films, so that makes it more fun to catch the references.
I know this was just released as a movie on Netflix, but I can already tell it's not a book that will translate well to the screen. The vast majority of the book comes from the internal monologue of the main character. While this is a thriller and a mystery, there is very little activity going on in the main character's life. The best parts of the book were her revelations about herself and her mental state. The story builds through the world inside her head and I could tell each word was carefully selected to create the right atmosphere. You would lose all of that in a movie, so I have no interest in watching it.
Not bad. I'm currently going through it once more. I do wish the story could have taken a different direction at some points, but that is quite common for me with fiction. The book is sci-fi genre, but also has a fantasy genre feeling to it.
Aside from story, I feel the book was hard to get through at some points due to the author's writing style and choice of vocabulary.
Currently reading a book of how to take care of a baby.. it's written and illustrated like a instruction booklet for let's say a machine. So funny and informative.
The Wind and Rain by Per Wahlöö. Found a bunch of his books recently so going through them and I intend to re-read The Assignment as well cause the English translation was bit stuttering in the language/phrasing sometimes.
