So What Are You Reading?

[SublimeDonut]

i've gotta read more lol. right now i'm reading the mysterious island by jules verne. it's nice but i'm not sure i have the motivation to go through all the 500 pages... i tend to prefer stories about... you know, human stuff, or fantastical new lands. but verne has the hots for technical stuff. he writes these big adventures but keeps the characters archetypical and somewhat bland in favor of properly explaining and developing the apparatus they'll use, how it functions, and how one can realistically get the adventure done. of course that's undermining the writer a bit, i think that's limited to his adventure books. and some of them have quite memorable characters. maybe it's just this book that's getting on to me.

 

[Dawnpiplup]

Teen Eating Disorders.

...And just yesterday, I started reading the manga of Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations.

 

[Fey]

If the question were "What should I be reading but won't?" the answer would be The Crucible ^^

 

[minisam]

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (his first novel).

 

[Imbri]

The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan. It's the 2nd in the Memoirs of Lady Trent series.

 

[Alienfish]

gonna start on extremely loud and incredibly close for class.. heard good stuff about it so looking forward

so finished it today... it was... meh bit ambivalent bc i hate the main character but part are really beautiful when it's not only abt him so. yeah

 

[Bcat]

Bram Stoker - Dracula

Same! Also nearly done with the first book of The Witcher series

 

[visibleghost]

currently reading Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson for a university class. it's a bit odd but good enough.

 

[KazooSquirrel]

I'm reading the Harry Potter series to my daughter. It's been a blast seeing her facial expressions and her reactions to hearing the story for the first time.

 

[Bcat]

I'm reading the Harry Potter series to my daughter. It's been a blast seeing her facial expressions and her reactions to hearing the story for the first time.

aww that's so sweet!! My mom wouldn't let me read those when I was younger so I missed out on them until I was an adult. I'd kill to go back and read those to a baby me. How old is she, if you don't mind my asking?

 

[Dawnpiplup]

The Tortured Mind: The Many Faces of Manic Depression. I think it's quite interesting.

 

[Mayor Monday]

The Dangers of a Shallow Faith by A.W. Tozer.

 

[TheRealWC]

I had to read The Stranger by Albert Camus for school. I'm not a huge reader, but I loved this book. I found the protagonist's view on life fascinating.

 

[KeatAlex]

Scary Stories: A Tribute to Terror. It's not quite as riveting as the original Scary Stories books from the 80's but it's a great tribute so far.

 

[watercolorwish]

The Broken Mirror by Katharine A Phillips. Its about body dysmorphic disorder. Im reading it for class but also myself. Its honestly really difficult to read because of how real and sad it is

 

[carackobama]

volume 4 of One Piece!

 

[Alienfish]

gonna have to read a doll's house (and a another text around it) for class.. i like dramas but i hate analyzing them because they never say what they actually mean and u have to sit n figure **** for hours lol

 

[KazooSquirrel]

aww that's so sweet!! My mom wouldn't let me read those when I was younger so I missed out on them until I was an adult. I'd kill to go back and read those to a baby me. How old is she, if you don't mind my asking?

She's 10.

She doesn't know it but on her birthday this year I'm going to make her a Hogwarts letter. I'm also going to knit her a Hufflepuff scarf and a Weasley sweater.

My neighbor does cakes professionally and she is going to do a sorting hat cake with layers of the house colors inside, and her BIG gift is we are going to order her an Olivander replica wand. This Ravenclaw mom is Proud of her Hufflepuff kid.

Fun party gane idea just now too: Pin the tail on the Patronus! XD

 

[Bcat]

Just finished "Wheel of the Infinite" by Martha Wells. Loved it! Wordbuilding was amazing and unique, characters were all well-rounded and interesting, romance was adorable and steamy. My only complaint was that it ended a little abruptly with a few too many loose ends for my taste. Otherwise it was solid an totally awesome!

 

[Alienfish]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Enjoying it so far and definitely more interesting than some other stuff we had lol