What book(s) are you reading right now?

[candycanearter07]

At the time of writing, I'm halfway through both The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (which I started a bit after I finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

Hitchhikers Guide is legitimately one of my favorite series ever!! I have the More than complete collection on hand and frequently go and read some of it. It's absolutely influenced my humor and stuff and even if the fourth book is very confusing, it still has a similar energy to the rest of the series which is fun

[Dynaknights]

@Dynaknights I genuinely would love to know ur thoughts on this book, everyone keeps on talking about how dark it is and stuff.

I really don't know what the hell to make of it thus far, but I'll write a post about it when I finish.

[skye]

I'm listening to the Pride and Prejudice audiobook narrated by Kate Kellgren. My library has it on Libby! I have become an audiobook convert now. Mr. Bennet, what is going on with you??? I haven't really bought into Darcy yet, either, but I think I'll get there.

I'm reading multiple Kindle Unlimited romances as well. Always gotta get my indie fiction fix  . One thing I do want to read from a mainstream publisher is Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's not on sale until 6/23, though. It's a noir detective story but the main characters are animals that live underneath the humans!? ugh I love noir, noir you are my beloved. I'm going to try and find it at a library.

[rnottelovesowls]

i hope graphic novels count, because i've been reading Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur. starting life as a webtoon before being redrawn into a graphic novel format, this is a fantasy comedy-drama about 2 twin witch siblings who miss their first day of magic school, and after some mishaps with their new magic tutor in town, end up caught in the middle of a war between evil witches, good witches, humans who want peace, and humans who want witch-burning to be legal again. (it's outlawed, but people keep doing it unlawfully. arghh!) all the while, they're conflicted on which side to support, because... the evil witches' side includes their own family. uh-oh...

i read the first volume, thought "seriously, that's how it ends? what a downer!" ...before realizing there are 2 more volumes. and yeah, i really enjoyed the whole series, and i'm re-reading it now. if you're a fan of magic school comedies, and want one that's a graphic novel, Hooky will scratch that itch very much

EDIT: oh yeah, one more! i'm also re-reading Shugo Chara! by Peach-Pit. kodansha is releasing a 20th anniversary edition omnibus collection this year, with a MUCH better english translation than the previous one. (seriously, it's, to paraphrase a character's verbal tic, su good.) it's a magical girl series about a standoffish, cynical girl who's actually really shy and girly on the inside, and wants the courage to truly be herself, whatever that means. the magical girl mascot are the titular guardian characters, which are manifestations of a person's true self... and they come out of eggs! meanwhile, a sinister corporation called "easter" is purposefully corrupting children's "heart's eggs", and our heroine and her friends need to stop them

it's a fun all-ages series from the mid-2000s, yet one that i feel isn't talked about much among other iconic magical girl titles like Sailor Moon, Pretty Cure, or Cardcaptor Sakura. but i still think it's earned its stripes, and i will happily call myself a fan. and now that the 20th anniversary edition is here, if you've ever wanted to get into the series, now's the time

[seallover]

i'm (trying) to read "idol, burning" by rin usami!! my inability to read doesn't have anything to do with her writing, my brain is just too used to quick dopamine that it makes reading practically impossible :') BUT i persist!

it is about a high school girl who is in fandom spaces, and it reminds me so much of my younger self. i basically grew up on the internet, obsessing about one direction, and reading a book that tells a similar story is so interesting for me!

[larvapuppy]

I'm reading Dawn by Octavia E. Butler. It was on my to-read list for awhile, but I was reminded to check it out from the library after reading a short story collection by the same author (Blood Child) a few weeks ago.

It's a sci-fi novel in which the Earth has been made uninhabitable by nuclear war. An alien species previously unknown to humankind gathers up (kidnaps?) all of the remaining living humans and confines them in stasis until the Earth has healed, saving humanity from extinction. There's a catch, though: in exchange, the humans' future children will not be fully human. They will have blended human and alien genes. This how the alien species evolves and propagates itself. The novel follows a woman named Lilith who acts as an intermediary between the alien species and a group of humans. It's great so far; I highly recommend it.

On the side, I'm also a few pages into Neuromancer by William Gibson (a cyberpunk novel), and in the middle of reading A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (a collection of fairy tale-style short stories written for adults).

[citizenalex]

So what books are you reading right now? What do you think of them so far?

I'm reading Platform Decay by Martha Wells, part of the Murderbot series.   I'm very much enjoying the sarcastic humor. I'm also reading Economics by Ha-Joon Chang and The Federalist Papers. The Federalist Papers are annoying me because it's quite evident that the Founding Fathers intended to limit democracy.   <sigh>

[AY38910]

Currently I'm reading 1984. Can't say much yet though, I'm literally on page 4.

[Metropolis]

Currently I'm reading 1984. Can't say much yet though, I'm literally on page 4.

literally 1984