What are you reading?

rereading the fellowship of the ring! it is slightly less painful reading it for the second time haha.
 
The only books I read are math textbooks! I've been bouncing between three since the semester ended in May.
 
A collection of memoirs by David Sedaris. He has a very dry sense of humor which I relate to and honestly it’s inspired me to jot down funny/interesting daily happenings in my own life.
 
Final Fantasy XV: The Dawn of the Future by Jun Eishima. Never thrown money at a book so fast.
 
Pride and Prejudice. I find the characters very charming and witty. I'll certainly be reading more of Austen's work after this.
 
I have to read a book for my honors English class. It’s a classic book called Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. It’s a really good book and it’s super well written!
 
I just couldn't find anything that hit me, so I ended up borrowing a book. I'm reading Black Kitten Magic by Sara Bourgeois. It's the first in a series and seems to be a cozy mystery.

Not sure I'll continue the series, but this is cute, light, and doesn't require too many brain cells to read, which is where I'm at right now.

Edit: And just finding out that it appears to be a sequel series, focusing on the daughter of another witch. That might explain why I was a little lost getting started.
 
I just finished the horror novel 'Thinner' by Stephan King under his pseudonym Richard Bachman, and the graphic novel 'Through the Woods' by Emily Carroll. Three stars for the first, two for the second.
 
The Heart of Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh
The Vegetarian - Han Kang (re-reading for the second time)
 
I've been stuck reading "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong since early Feburary...it's beautiful but also painful...I also just want to savor the moment b/c I tend to read too fast...but now I'm reading too slow, haha. It's about letters that a Vietnamese American writes to his mother, knowing that she will never read it because of the language barrier and explores war violence/trauma, domestic abuse, and healing.

I've also been wanting to read the following works
  • Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn: its about residents of a town writing letters to each other but each letter drops a letter. I thought the concept is so cool and have been wanting to read it since!
  • The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Tsing: it's an anthropological work that traces the matsutake mushroom's global chain from its production to its consumption in global markets
 
I've been reading The Picture of Dorian Grey, and I'm contemplating picking up Frankenstein. Ironically, I've never read it, but I've read the manga version by Junji Ito. The premise of the story is fascinating to me.
 
I haven't read for a while, although I should really finish Watchmen.. I'm halfway through but got distracted with video games 😅 After I finished that, I'll be reading the Hunger Games prequel novel, although I'm not expecting it to be great lol.
 
What's it about? I'm curious now! I tend to like reading sad books
It's quite an old book so just a warning about some of the language used, although definitely a must read! It's a short book, I managed to get through it in about 2 days but if you're a fast reader you could do it in a few hours c:

It's written in first person about a man that has a low IQ (written from his perspective in diary entries) and he undergoes an operation to increase his IQ, it just shows you his progress from the beginning and you get to experience everything with him. Definitely worth a read, let me know what you think if you do decide to read it!
 
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