What book(s) are you reading right now?

[El_Duderino_14]

Currently reading through The Autumn of Life by Bernhard Schlink (guess that would be the English translation). It's an interesting read about an old man given a few weeks to live due to an aggressive cancer as he tries to navigate his life with his much younger wife and their child. He begins writing a letter for his son to read when he turns 16, and I'm currently in part two of the work, where he finds that his wife is cheating on him (a little cheesy yes), but it works within the story I feel.

Recently, I finished Letter to a Priest by Simone Weil, and prior to that Numero Zero by Umberto Eco, and Big Sur by Jack Kerouac.

After I finish my current read I will be moving on to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, and my favorite comics Dylan Dog and Dampyr by Bonelli comics.

[pepper]

my library didn't have Seveneves but I did pick up Zodiac. I really enjoy Stephenson's smary-ass protagonists, I can see how the protag of this one influenced how he wrote Hiro in Snow Crash. Only nearing the end of the first act-ish but it's an enjoyable little paperback so far

[chaoticgoode]

I'm currently finishing the first book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and just started Fourth Wing.

[WaybackGuy]

The Sea of Fertility Cycle...
Book 3... The Temple of Dawn
By Yukio Mishima

[vampiredazai]

I just finished The Great When by Alan Moore. I had read some of his comics--Swamp Thing, Watchmen, V for Vendetta -- and am a huge fan of that eccentric genius. I wanted to read one of his novels and the description of the Great When was too intriguing to resist. It's set in London just around after WWII and is about an orphan who stumbles into the occult and learns of a parallel London--the London that exists and has existed in people's minds. It's full of real historical characters who I'd never heard of like Austin Osman Spare--look up his art and be prepared for some SURREAL images. I really enjoyed it and can't wait for the next novel in the series--it's part of a planned quintet with each novel set in a different decade of the 20th century. It's a strange, strange novel but in a good way though maybe not for everyone. His dialogue in his comics always stands-out and this novel is no different. Because it's set in the less "respectable" part of London, the character's speak with intense color.
I tend to read multiple things at once--balancing one hard book with lighter fair. Today I checked from my local library Herald of a Restless World by Emily Herring. It's about the French philosopher Henri Bergson. I have an interest in the philosophy of math and science--I'm studying math education. I'm interested in different approaches. Despite being a math prodigy, Bergson was often on the receiving end of some harsh criticism from others for "being bad at math and science." It's really fascinating to see how rivalries can determine what gets promoted as good math and science, and what as bad math and science. DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU MATH IS JUST ACCOUNTING!!! It's more like art and literature!!!
I'm also getting into light novels and am reading through My Young Romantic Comedy is Wrong as Expected series.
I like all books--hard, easy, good, bad and everything in-between!
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