What are you reading?

[UglyMonsterFace]

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!

Wow that sounds like a very unique concept! I'll definitely give it a shot Thank you! I always love getting book recommendations!

 

[Alienfish]

On the Road - The Original Scroll

Bought this sometimes last year actually but haven't had the time to start properly on it til now. I really enjoy it and if you as me have read the altered/censored version numerous times this is just pure pleasure.

 

[eggie_]

right now i’m rereading Dune as i picked up the second book in the series, Dune Messiah, and immediately had to put it down since i remembered so little from the first book by the time i got it! Dune is one of my favorite books ever though and it’s really fun to reread. there’s so many little hints of all the plot twists even in just the first chapter, but they’re so subtle i didn’t pick up on anything my first time through.

i’m also reading howls moving castle as a light and easy read, and have been working my way through all of sherlock holmes for a while now. i have a big book that’s just a collection of all the og works (plus drawings by sidney paget!!) and it is thick lol.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

I’m sure a lot of you have been picking up reading as an extra form of entertainment over lockdown, so tell me what you’ve been reading!

for me, I’m working my way through Becoming by Michelle Obama, and I’m also reading How To Be Right in a world gone wrong by James O’Brien. The latter is probably one of the best books I’ve read - I’ve almost finished it in 3 days! He gives a (liberal) insight to feminism, brexit, political correctness and Donald trump among other things. Definitely recommend it!

I’ve also seen good things about the book “Girls & s*x” which I’m thinking of picking up!

Fanfics aha I actually enjoy them much more as opposed to most books, plus they are free

 

[Mr_Persona]

Nothing for this year....just hard to find a new interesting book now days.

 

[Lizbethhy]

Currently decided to buy the Avatar The Last Airbender novel series

I bought every single book of the series, not including Legend of Korra or Kyoshi sadly BUT I will get them soon,
and I'm pretty excited to get through them. I loved the series and own them on Blu-ray, so I'm happy to see the continuation of the series.
A few of them are Library editions, basically each book has three parts (parts 1, 2, 3, respectively) and library editions are all three parts of that book in one, at least that is what these books are.
Others of the series are just 1-3 and smaller, the library editions are HUGE but the illustrations are beautiful and I love it

I've also decided to reread a few books in my collection, right now I'm on Battle Royale. If you don't know what that is I won't spoil too much but it is essentially the more graphic, original Hunger Games. Instead of 24 kids knowingly preparing for the Games held in the Capitol, its 40~ students of a class, usually seeming to be grade 9 or such, in Asia admitted into the Battle Royale Act at random. The kids have no idea of the program, where they go for it, that it's happening, or what it entails. The book is really good and the movie adaptation by Kinji Fukasaku and Kitano Takeshi is phenomenal.

 

[AnonymousFish]

i've been reading a lot of stuff that's definitely fun for me, but not necessarily fun reads for other people lol
like... peer-reviewed journal articles and things about sharks! my capstone project is on shark evolution so i've been looking at papers about shark fossils a ton
also, current events have made me look into virology and the evolution of viruses more! it's really interesting to me, albeit confusing sometimes with all the science-ey jargon lol
sorry i don't have a ton of like, book recommendations though :')

 

[Romaki]

Currently reading Hold Tight is a Harlan Coben, I'm a quarter through the book. I like it so far, the changing perspective can be a little sudden but only because I don't want to stop reading that section of the story. It's my first crime/thriller and it was a random choice, so I'm very happy.

 

[Imbri]

I'm hunting around for something. I pulled up Ghost a la Mode, which is a fun, light mystery. It's quick, though, so I'll have to find something to read after that.

 

[LadyDestani]

I finished Soul of the Sword yesterday and started Night of the Dragon, the final book in the trilogy, today.

 

[Belle T]

Alongside hefty amounts of manga and comic books, I've been diving into classic literature a lot lately. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't take my literature courses very seriously in primary school, so while I did read a lot of books then, I didn't really take the time to analyze and appreciate them as I do now. So being in quarantine has given me plenty of time to catch up and re-visit some old books from middle and high school, as well as some new ones that I hadn't read. I just finished reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and it's quite interesting how adaptations and pop cultural representations of the novella seem to.... blatantly miss the point of the book?

Anyway, it's been fun.

 

[frogslime]

I'm currently "in the middle" of Little Woman. I got it for Christmas but accidentally left it at school for a majority of quarantine. Plus, I've been distracted a lot so I haven't gotten far. Right now I think it's where Joe has a bunch of kittens and it's snowy or something.

 

[followthepath]

I recently finished reading 1984, currently reading Animal Farm for my essay. I also asked help to https://writingcheap.com/ for my essay, but still need to read them for making the part of my job. Anyway I really enjoyed 1984 and Animal Farm is also nice, they are really awesome books, but I believe they are not for everyone. There are meanings behind the lines which you need to understand, I don't recommend this book for the youngest people, but when you're grown, you really need to read them!

 

[Knopekin]

i'm reading maybe you should talk to someone by lori gottlieb, a memoir about her experiences both as a therapist and a therapy patient - if anyone's having/considering therapy i'd really recommend it, it's really insightful and helped me understand the process a lot more and get more out of my sessions

 

[Mimi Cheems]

Trying to re-read the Divergent series. If all else fails, I'll re-read The Hobbit. It's one of my favorite books.

Manga wise, I'm trying to catch up on Shokugeki no Souma... something I've been putting off for soooo long ; A ;​

 

[Belle T]

I'm now reading The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. It's quite a delightful little story that I haven't read in awhile, but I remember when I was quite young I went to see a theatrical play of it. I don't remember a thing about it, though.

All the while, I'm waiting for my copies of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park novels to arrive from Amazon. A few weeks ago, I binged on the movies, and I thoroughly enjoyed... well, the first one, and that's about it. So some friends suggested I try the books, despite not really being my usual reading. I'm pretty excited. Even if I don't end up enjoying them, they'll make good shelf pieces.

 

[Peter]

Just getting into a book on Greek Mythology. I've always been interested in the myths but never had a drive to look into them as I've always heard they can be a long slog . hopefully this will change my mind.

 

[Cherry Tree]

Currently I'm reading Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer and Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas. Midnight Sun is taking me a long time as it's very full on.

 

[mangoseason]

Reading Pride and Prejudice with a friend. It’s weird reading this particular novel as an adult since all that satirical stuff is now actually funny

 

[Pintuition]

Right now I'm reading the Anne of Green Gables series. I'll probably abandon them though for my 10000000th reading of LOTR in the next week or two!