What book(s) are you reading right now?

[IndigoGolem]

I bought a used copy of Don Quixote a couple months ago, but didn't notice until later that it's abridged. So i might read that or i might wait and find an unabridged translation.

I finally got my hands on a copy of Dragonflight on monday, for the Lazy River Book Club guild.

And i'm still making my way thru The Count of Monte Cristo, Frankenstein, The Journey to the West, and A Tale of Two Cities.

I've read the first three Earthsea books, but not recently. I remember enjoying them.

[schlime9k]

I've been reading up on the History of Middle Earth books by Christopher Tolkien, son of J. R. R. Tolkien, about the ways in which his father wrote the Lord of the Rings books, how the drafts changed over time, leading to the final, published stories.

They're very interesting, especially for budding writers, because it shows the process of change and edits and rewrites, and how next to nothing stays the same from the first writing session to what is being printed and put on bookstore shelves.

There's 12 books in the full series, I only have 5 of them, I've been reading through Book 8, I believe, The War of the Ring at the moment, very good and comprehensive.

[WaybackGuy]

Quinn's Book by William Kennedy
part of Kennedy's Albany cycle

[cyberdreamz]

Finished Project Hail Mary earlier this week! I'd say I enjoyed it a lot more than the movie adaptation, even if I couldn't understand most of the science talk (never been good at physics...). Rocky's my favorite character ^__^
Started reading The Humans by Matt Heig yesterday. It's been on my "check out later" list for a while. It's about a professor that made some kind of incredible, world-altering discovery and suddenly went missing, later to be found wandering the streets acting like he's an alien that doesn't know anything about humans and their society and that he's been tasked with destroying his own work ...or something like that
The premise seemed interesting to me, buuuut I'm not that far into it to form any solid opinion right now.

[memento]

right now i'm reading jane eyre! i like classics. i read part of wuthering heights earlier this year before having to give up on it because i didn't have much time to read. i'll pick it up again someday, though so far i think i like charlotte's writing better than emily's 

[Watanabe_1994]

From curiosity I've been reading a few of the cyberpunk 2020 sourcebooks, currently reading the bartmoss guide to the net.

[demiurgeQuantified]

currently, I'm reading Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence. I'm also off-and-on reading Neuromancer and Nona the Ninth.

[zj]

I'm Currently reading A Map Of Days by Ransom Riggs. It´s the fourth book in the series, the first was "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children". I love this series, it's so fun to read! the author wrote the story around vintage photos, often ones with "magical" or peculiar people, like floating children, invisible people, etc.. these photos are collected from real thrift shops, vintage stores, family photo albums and the like, and there are so many that accompany the story throughout the books. I love them, they make the story more immersive! the story centers around children with supernatural powers, a lot of time travel which I love reading about, and the way these people are persecuted and deal with the world around them. Not a great summary, but I'd highly recommend them!!

I wish I could enjoy the movie, they changed so much.. if you read the book it feels like the 2000s Percy Jackson movie, IYKYK like, if you haven't read the book(s) it's enjoyable, but otherwise it's just so different that it makes you a bit sad :') like I love the sequels and know there is no way they'd be able to be movies with how many changes were made to the original story, for reasons we may never know..

[WaybackGuy]

Continuing my quest to read biographies of all POTUS...
by Peter A. Wallner...
Volume 1: Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son
Volume 2: Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union

[Seechain]

I am starting Tales of Earthsea, the penultimate book in the Earthsea cycle. The prologue is quite special, the author warns us that neither wizards nor writers are trustworthy and that this book brings some changes to the world we already knew in the saga. She also takes a few lines to make a quite sharp critique of what the mainstream does to fantasy, pointing, between the lines, to Star Wars. Already from the prologue I am enjoying it very much.

[WaybackGuy]

Septology by Jon Fosse

[xolta]

I  just read the book, "The things we cannot say" for a local book club I am apart of. The books is a look into to women lives as it goes back in fourth in perspectives form world war 2 Poland to modern day American. Over all a decent read but the ending you can see a mile away in my opinion.

[ilikedragons400]

   im currently reading the library of souls by ransom riggs. its the third book in the miss peregrine series and im almost done with it

[maecom]

currently reading through the 1989 English translation of The Stranger by Albert Camus - you can tell what translation it is depending on whether MOTHER or MAMAN is used -, started recently so i just made it to the end of Chapter 1, so far i find myself relating to Meursault a decent amount - been told that's concerning but whatever - and i enjoy the character of Perez, he's funny.

i do have a rather growing backlog of books, for my list has done nothing but grow significantly.