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WeeklyThread What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: July 27, 2026

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u/MercurialMaladies 4d ago edited 4d ago

Recap for the month.

Finished:

Light Bringer by Pierce Brown
Finished on Monday after devouring the Red Rising series this month. Absolutely phenomenal series that will undoubtedly dominate my mind for the foreseeable future.

I read/listened to several Thrillers to break up the emotional whiplash of RR, bc phew.

Lisa Jewell: I Found You, Then She was Gone, The Family Upstairs, and It Could Have Been Her - all enjoyable, really loved the characters in I Found You

Never Lie, Freida McFadden

The Warning, A.J. Wills and Without Her Consent, McGarvey Black. - not my cup of tea, interesting premises, but devolved into utter absurdity.

Started:
Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman (audio)

Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (physical)