What are you reading?
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Book 3 is madness. It seems to get mixed reviews because of the floor set up but I enjoy it. But for me, the series just keeps getting better from there.
I could see why it gets mixed reviews because it’s pretty chaotic (I was a bit confused at times) but I still loved it.
I’m on book 6, Bedlam Bride. Also listening to the Wheel of Time. I’m on book 5, Fires of Heaven. I have started collecting the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks also.
Just finished Paradais.
The language and the sentence structure are not accidental, as it shows exactly how the two teenagers think and act. But it's intense. The length of the book (112 pages) is perfect.
I'd be interested to read it in its original Spanish but for now, I think I'll move on to something a little lighter!
The language and the sentence structure are not accidental, as it shows exactly how the two teenagers think and act. But it's intense. The length of the book (112 pages) is perfect.
I'd be interested to read it in its original Spanish but for now, I think I'll move on to something a little lighter!
Very intense, but it keeps you riveted. You feel like you know what is going to happen in the end, but its the other slower reveals that keep you going, like who the father of the cousin's baby is.
Agreed. I liked it; not sure if my previous post suggested otherwise. When all was said and done, though, I just said, "Wow" and took another sip of my drink haha.
Henry and I are now starting some local history. Looking forward to reading all the stories. One of my friends has spoken highly of the editor, a Rutgers Newark professor.
Just finished this. A relatively quick/easy read, the book explores how, in a country with over 7000 princes and a bureaucracy intentionally built to move slowly and spread responsibilities to many different actors so no one person could become too powerful, MBS was able to consolidate power and rise to become one of the most influential leaders in the world.
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Have you started reading Hurricane Season yet? I am having a hard time with the no paragraph format. It is fatiguing without breaks.
I decided to read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas before getting to Oscar Zeta Acosta’s send book, since F&L takes place before Revolt of the Cockroach People. Anyway, F&L is a short read and I’m more than a third of the way through but this paragraph early on is just ridiculous and really sets the tone.
If you’ve seen the movie, HST is talking to hitchhiker kid on the highway to Vegas.
The book is hilarious. So far, the movie seems pretty spot on, though not everything from the book made it on screen.
If you’ve seen the movie, HST is talking to hitchhiker kid on the highway to Vegas.
The book is hilarious. So far, the movie seems pretty spot on, though not everything from the book made it on screen.
boogercrack
🦧 Rowdy Chowder
I finished it in about 10 days. I originally tried to do a chapter/character per week, but yeah the Norma, Brando and Munra chapters I had to break up some. It was very intense and yeah the structure felt dizzying at times but really made it feel more involving in a way.
A 200 page book has never taken me that long, lol.
Wild book. Alarmingly disturbing.
After slamming two Melchor books I'm cleansing the palate on some horny fantasy bullshit my wife suggested as quick filler.
furley
Super Sports Nerd
just wrapped John Williams book Stoner
holy shit. if there was a benchmark for stoicism in the modern era, this is it. incredibly well written. you feel every word. every gut wrenching event. every page is more rending than the last without there being any explosive or unnecessarily added dramatics. especially hard hitting i'd say for men in middle age. just an absolute gutshot.
just under 300 pages that nails you to the story without flashy action. a steamroller of emotion.
i felt drained after finishing this one.
holy shit. if there was a benchmark for stoicism in the modern era, this is it. incredibly well written. you feel every word. every gut wrenching event. every page is more rending than the last without there being any explosive or unnecessarily added dramatics. especially hard hitting i'd say for men in middle age. just an absolute gutshot.
just under 300 pages that nails you to the story without flashy action. a steamroller of emotion.
i felt drained after finishing this one.
this has been on my list for a long time. should finally queue it up.
BigFrank
Forbidden Chicharron
If you liked revenant the movie, revenant the book is absolutely out of this world. So much detail and background. I am loving it.
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Love this book. Used it in class 2 semesters ago. I agree a few parts can drag on, but the writing, as you said, is phenomenal and heartbreaking.
I just finished Book 4 The Gate of the Feral Gods, and it wasn't my favorite. I felt like there too many quests and not all the action sequences seemed to make sense. The ending will keep me reading though.
I really enjoyed that one but I know it’s not everyone’s favorite. But yeah, the last part of that one is great.
Butcher’s Masquerade is a more straightforward concept so hopefully it’s more to your speed. It seems like it’s the consensus favorite of the entire series but I think Inevitable Ruin is my fave.