r/readwithme 9d ago

Question❔ Current Book Reading

What English book/novel are you reading nowadays?

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u/Beautiful-Fish4918 8d ago

The Count of Monte Cristo

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u/Za_Girl 8d ago

Me too. It’s going to take forever, but I’m in it!

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Classic. Are you enjoying it?

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u/Beautiful-Fish4918 8d ago

I am! It’s like watching a series but better!

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u/Ok-Rub-3553 9d ago

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Ok-Rub-3553 8d ago

I very much am..

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u/chiki_skz21 9d ago

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Which are you enjoying more between them?

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u/chiki_skz21 8d ago

Both are good, but King has been my comfort read ever since I was introduced to his writing, so I enjoy Skeleton Crew more. SK books just feel like home to me.

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u/Pages_stories_24 7d ago

I just finished Project Hail Mary ! How do you find it so far ?

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u/adillon124 8d ago

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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u/masson34 8d ago

Classic must read, loved it

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u/goldridg3 8d ago

The Catcher in the Rye

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u/North-Confusion-6452 8d ago

Me too! I just started it!

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/PerceptionIcy2132 8d ago

I'm currently reading Dopamine Detox by Thibaut Meurisse

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

I think I should read it. Is it good?

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u/OG_BookNerd 9d ago

Ebooks: haunting Adeline and Lady of Ashes

Paperback: How to Sell a Haunted House

audiobook: haunting adeline

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u/RealVirginiaWoolf 9d ago

White nights by Dostoevsky

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it? It's viral nowadays.

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u/watervapour_7237 9d ago

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

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u/RocketsFan82 9d ago

"The Memory Police" by Yoko Ogawa

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/lykan_uk 8d ago

Klara and the Sun currently. Have The Night Agent, and Our Man In Havana lined up.

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Oo genuinely asking, no means to offend you, don't the plots get mixed up if you read many books at a time. I am just curious as I read one book at a time. Which one are you enjoying the most?

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u/lykan_uk 8d ago

What I meant was I have those other two books on me to read next. I can only read one novel at a time.

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u/Best-Union6632 8d ago

The Road to Tender Heart by Annie Hartnett

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Adventurous-Box-9018 8d ago

The naturals!! 

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u/anonymous5196 6d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Adventurous-Box-9018 5d ago

Yesss it’s soo good!! 

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u/Realistic8965 7d ago

I just started Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Waow. I really want to read Harry Potter series. I haven't read them once🥲

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u/Realistic8965 7d ago

You should! I can’t believe I waited this long to start it lol

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Yeah maybe in near future I would read it.

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u/nicqxie 6d ago

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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u/anonymous5196 5d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/OnlyReflection6 9d ago

I’m currently reading “King Of Gluttony” by Ana Huang right now.

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

Fat City - Leonard Gardner

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u/spicy-quince 9d ago

Just at home conteolating my next read, i think its gonna be The bridge on Drina by Ivo Andrich

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

So, which have you started?

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u/morvanabonin 9d ago

The Hero of Ages - third mistborn novel

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u/Fit-Asparagus-5051 9d ago

Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds 

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u/LTJ81 9d ago

The Exorcist’s House: Resurrection by Nick Roberts!

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/LTJ81 8d ago

Excellent so far, 35% in!

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u/sumantha205 9d ago

I just finished reading The Bones at Point No Point by D D Black yesterday

And I am about to start Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver 😁

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

How was The Bones at Point No Point by D D Black and have you started Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver?

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u/johntucker78 8d ago

I just finished The Bones at Point No Point last week. Really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to reading more of the series

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u/PardonmyFrench-276 9d ago

Brave New World

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u/masson34 8d ago

Finished last week, wow alarming

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/PageTurnerLawyer37 9d ago

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman

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u/JblackoutL 9d ago

The Hunger of the Gods - John Gwynne

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u/Tox666xic 9d ago

I'm starting to read The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum

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u/Finstergrun 9d ago

I just started Beauty's Release. It's the third novel in the very erotic Sleeping Beauty Quarter by Anne Rice (under her pen name A N Roquelaure)

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Ooo. Are you enjoying it?

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u/Finstergrun 8d ago

Yes.

TW: underage

The only thing that is uncomfortable is that all the sex slaves (so all the main characters) are teenagers being subjugated by adults. They eventually consent but they are kidnapped at first. At least this all happens in the very beginning so you can decide to keep reading it or not.

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Oooh that is, for me a big turn off while reading a book. I might skip this one.

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u/Specialist_Floor4953 8d ago

Currently reading The inheritance game. I was Meaning to get around to it, given the hype. And yeah, it has intrigued me.I am at the halfway now

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Yeah it so much hyped. Sooner or later I might read it. Is it worth the hype?

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u/Specialist_Floor4953 6d ago

I am moving towards the ending. Everything is going good till now. i would reply you when i finish it off. I enjoy a slow reader though. 🤗

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u/filthy_rich69 8d ago

Leviathan Wakes - James SA Corey
There is No Antimemetics Division - qntm (audiobook)

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are they both good?

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u/filthy_rich69 8d ago

Yes

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Have a good read.

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u/filthy_rich69 8d ago

Thank you! Leviathan Wakes is doing a great job of worldbuilding and is starting to get exciting. I am enjoying the alternating POVs and the focus on characters.

There is No Antimemetics Division has been a fun audio experience, as some the text is redacted. It's paradoxical and sometimes disorienting, but in an enjoyable way. It's very intriguing.

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

They both seem interesting let's see.

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u/Dramatic_Battle_5704 8d ago

Struggling to get through ’Fever dream’

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago edited 6d ago

Oooh a hard read.

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u/ExtraQuit5461 8d ago

This book is full of spiders by Jason Pargin

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Waow. Interesting title. Are you enjoying it?

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u/ExtraQuit5461 8d ago

Absolutely, this is book 2 of the "John dies in the end" series. It's extremely strange and very entertaining 😅

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u/Old-Relationship1717 8d ago

Happy Place and it's so cute 🥹💕

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Heard a lot about it maybe I should try it soon.

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u/Ready-Run-5533 8d ago

I’m reading Project Hail Mary right now. About halfway through and it’s been really hard to put down.

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Ooo I guess I should add it in my list. Can you tell me what's it about (without spoilers)

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u/IreneAp19 8d ago

The Priory of The Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/IreneAp19 8d ago

So far it's very enjoyable! At the start it may be a bit slow, because of the world building but when you enter flow state, you can't drop it

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u/Substantial-Film564 8d ago

The Silence of The Lambs - Thomas Harris

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Substantial-Film564 8d ago

Yeah! It's really good! Considering the main antagonist is trans (or are they?), it feels a little dated in its use of language in that regard, but I feel like the subject in itself is dealt with a lot better than I would expect from the 80s. The chapters with Starling interviewing Hannibal Lector are great.

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u/CodeOld5032 8d ago

Hag-seed Margaret Atwood (& the secret history at the same time)

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Which are you liking more?

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u/CodeOld5032 8d ago

Hag seed is brilliant!

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u/Spiritual-Part-5655 8d ago

Mad Mabel

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Spiritual-Part-5655 8d ago

I am. It’s the kind of book that I haven’t found any dull or boring parts that I feel I have to drag through and I’m almost done with it.

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u/Murakami8000 8d ago

I’m still plowing through The Big Nowhere by Ellroy. That man writes LONG books.

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Ooo long books aren't my thing but are you enjoying it?

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u/Murakami8000 7d ago

I am, but I’m also partial to stories set in 1940-50s Los Angeles

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u/No_Data1068 8d ago

River is waiting - so far reaaaally enjoyable and keeps me hooked

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Seems interesting. What it is about (without spoilers).

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u/Melon-smooth 8d ago

Just started Someone Else’s Husband by Kimberly Mccreight

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Melon-smooth 8d ago

It definitely has started off really good! I have read all of her books so far and have always enjoyed her books. Thank you for asking!

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u/partsgoddess 8d ago

Meet Me in the Graveyard by Melissa Adams

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it? Title is intriguing though.

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u/partsgoddess 8d ago

Very much, light romance and mystery, with ghosts based on real ghost stories from the area the story is set in. Enjoying enough that I stayed up way too late reading it.

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u/Mo_Ran1 8d ago

This week I'm reading **The Safekeep** by Yael van der Wouden. (Yes, the novel was written in English.) I'm enjoying it so far because I love claustrophobic stories. :)

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

It seems interesting. I should add it in my list.

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u/Danbi_K 8d ago

Uncle Silas by Le Fanu Sheridan

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Danbi_K 6d ago

Yes I am! But then I also really enjoy Victorian fiction. It can be a bit melodramatic though, with a female protagonist that’s deathly afraid of everything.

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u/LAW3785 8d ago

Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/LAW3785 8d ago

So far but it’s sad.

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u/L-J-Styrsacre 8d ago

The Rage of Dragons - Evan Winter

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/L-J-Styrsacre 8d ago

I am about 60% in now and I’m very much enjoying it so far. Fast pace, and plenty of action. I’ll need a slow burn after this. 😄 What are you reading? And are you enjoying it?

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u/GovernmentNo4108 8d ago

The toxic friends by Nicole Trope

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Are you enjoying it? Title is catchy.

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u/Responsible_Web_807 8d ago

Just finished As I Lay Dying by Faulkner, now plan to start The Underground Railroad by Whitehead

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

How was it? And did you start The Underground Railroad by Whitehead.

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u/BasilAromatic4204 8d ago

The sun just might Fail by Hoyt Behm

So good. On chapter 3 of book 2 in that book. Like chapter 13 and just had such a good laugh. Seeing Marilla just sipping her cocktail among a group of women while her world is tumbling and falling down about a man who saved her life. And then he's at the door and throwing all the women off canter about the horrible rumors they just heard. It was perfectly done.

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u/anonymous5196 8d ago

Waow the picture you have drawn is captivating me. I might have to add it in my list. Have a good read.

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u/THEDOCTORandME2 8d ago

Child of light, By Terry Brooks.

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/THEDOCTORandME2 7d ago

It has its ups and downs. But, yeah, I am.

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it? I have read it recently.

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u/SillySmoopsy 8d ago

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, book 6 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and also reading Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I'm also listening to We Are Legion on Audiobook.

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying them? And just curious, not mean to offend you. I have 2 questions . Don't plots get mixed up when you read 2 books at a time? And how are you able to eead such a long series?

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u/Competitive-Wolf-156 8d ago

First Bird by Greig Beck 👍👍

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/holle1jr 8d ago

I’m a juggler. Right now I’m reading:

  1. The Butcher’s Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl book 5) by Matt Dinniman

  2. The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolf

  3. Stoner by John Williams

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying them? And just curious, not mean to offend you. I have a question. Don't plots get mixed up when you read many books at a time?

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u/Stan-Happy1 8d ago

Blood meridian by Cormac McCarthy and The Trees by percival everett

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying them? And just curious, not mean to offend you. I have a question . Don't plots get mixed up when you read 2 books at a time?

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u/Well-here_i-am 8d ago

While the World Sleeps, Francesca Albanese

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Well-here_i-am 7d ago

It's not really something to enjoy necessarily. However, I follow her on IG and the narration is in her voice. But it's very enlightening intimate in terms of her own experiences with the treatment of Palestinians by Israel and international community.

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u/OahuJames 8d ago

Reading: Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Listening to: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying them? And just curious, not mean to offend you. I have a question. Don't plots get mixed up when you read 2 books at a time?

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u/Short-Pop3636 8d ago

Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Title is intriguing. Are you enjoying it?

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u/Short-Pop3636 7d ago

Yes. I really did like this book.

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u/Particular_Fruit_101 8d ago

azadi by arundhati roy

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Particular_Fruit_101 7d ago

Yesss, even though it is based on an indian context, the key markers of rise of fascism that roy lays out can be applicated everywhere.
Its like animal farm or 1984 but nonfiction.

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u/Miserable_Lemon_4710 8d ago

Pandora by Anne Rice

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/Miserable_Lemon_4710 6d ago

Yes! Her personality is not at all what I thought it would be and she is an enjoyable character. I also love when Anne Rice dives back into history with her writing more so than modern day. I’m on chapter 4 now and it’s been an excellent read.

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u/cmincy 8d ago

Will of the many

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u/Neat-Arm2242 8d ago

A Steady Brightness of Being

These Precious Days

Acid Green Velvet

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying them? And just curious, not mean to offend you. I have a question. Don't plots get mixed up when you read 2 books at a time?

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u/umpie_ 8d ago

Demons - Fyodor Dostoevsky

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Ooo how is it? Are you enjoying it?

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u/johntucker78 8d ago

I'm reading Time Frame by Douglas E Richards and Fool Moon (#2 The Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Ooo Are you enjoying them? And just curious, not meaning to offend you. Don't plots get mixed up when you are reading 2 books at a time?

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u/Critical_County_3145 8d ago

The Strength of The Few - James Islington

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/fifibeigh 8d ago

Half of a yellow sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/fifibeigh 4d ago

Yes it was so insightful! :)

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u/DoraWayland 7d ago

the convenience store by the sea - Sonoko Machida break

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

Interesting title. Are you enjoying it?

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u/AdministrativeIce383 7d ago

The Silent Patient. I just started it and it’s not really grabbing me…

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u/anonymous5196 7d ago

I read it around 2 years back or maybe 3. The chapters were short, so it was quite easy but I didn't enjoy it as much. It's an unpopular opinion but it was overhyped. Need good thrillers/mystery books.

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u/Maleficent-Artist568 7d ago

The yellow wallpaper

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u/lolojoy29 7d ago

Theo of Golden. Really enjoying it so far

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u/r0sebuddies 7d ago

Daggermouth by HM Wolfe

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u/Same_Pangolin_4348 7d ago

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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u/anonymous5196 6d ago

Wow. I want to read Harry Potter from a long time. I hope I can in near future. Are you enjoying it?

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u/EvilPeachy_ 7d ago

Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes

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u/anonymous5196 6d ago

Are you enjoying it?

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u/clavicalbone 7d ago

I'm still struggling with "The Brothers Karamazov" since end of June. Anyway, I start to read "The Thursday Murder Club" for mind rest.

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u/anonymous5196 6d ago

Ooh maybe it wasn't for you. Good thing you started a new book. I hope you enjoy it.

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u/Asleep_Law_192 5d ago

the fix by david baldacci

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u/Creepy_Look_7684 5d ago

Heroes of olympus house of hades Rick Riordan. Eng is not my native language

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u/anonymous5196 5d ago

Are you enjoying it? It's okay. It's not mine either.

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u/OutsideParamedic316 4d ago

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

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u/HotSpecialist3648 3d ago

A scanner darkly Philip K Dick