What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 22 April

Reading Three Days to Never by Tim Powers. The premise is pretty interesting, can’t wait to see where he takes it.


As mentioned last week, @JaymesRS and @misericordiae are working on something related to Bingo card for books.

Keep your eyes peeled, just one week (or so) to go.

Also, welcome @JaymesRS as a newly minted mod of this community!


Now to topic at hand, what have you been reading or listening lately?

zfr,

Reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Already read Pride and Prejudice and loved it, feeling good about this one.

sissi,

Just finished Annie Bot by Sierra Greer and liked it! I love how reading fiction males certain concepts click for me, this book worked that way and das still entertaining

clockwork_octopus,

Moon of the Turning Leaves. It’s the second in a post-apocalyptic, and picks up 10 years after the first. I’ve only just started it, but I have high hopes

AtariDump,

Jurassic Park (the book) - first time reading it after watching the movie multiple times.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

Interesting. How are you liking it so far?

AtariDump,

Very interesting and different in some ways than the movie.

hardaysknight,

Listening to Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey (book 3 of The Expanse). I gotta say, the narrator sucks pretty bad. He pronounced the spice cumin as “Come In”.

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

<span style="color:#323232;">PHYSICAL AND EBOOKS
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">1. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">2. Parasite by Mira Grant*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">3. Symbiont by Mira Grant*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">4. Chimera by Mira Grant*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">5. How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them by Barbara P Walter.*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">6. Animal Farm by George Orwell*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">7. Just After Sunset by Stephen King*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">8. The Murder At The Vicarage by Agatha Christie
</span><span style="color:#323232;">9. Feed by Mira Grant
</span><span style="color:#323232;">10. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
</span><span style="color:#323232;">11. In The Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">12. Deadline by Mira Grant
</span><span style="color:#323232;">13. Countdown by Mira Grant
</span><span style="color:#323232;">14. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
</span><span style="color:#323232;">15. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
</span><span style="color:#323232;">16. Blackout by Mira Grant
</span><span style="color:#323232;">17. Elevation by Stephen King
</span><span style="color:#323232;">18. The Woman In Me by Britney Spears*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">19. It's Ok To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">20. Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">21. The Firm by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">22. Sitting Pretty The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">23. It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
</span><span style="color:#323232;">24. The Last Stand Of The California Browncoats by Mira Grant
</span><span style="color:#323232;">25. In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">26. My French Whore by Gene Wilder*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">27. The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">28. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
</span><span style="color:#323232;">29. The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
</span><span style="color:#323232;">30. Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">31. The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
</span><span style="color:#323232;">32. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">33. Verity by Colleen Hoover
</span><span style="color:#323232;">34. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">35. The Exchange by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">36. Double Homicide: Santa Fe, Boston by Jonathan & Faye Kellerman*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">37. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">38. No Time Like The Future by Michale J. Fox
</span><span style="color:#323232;">39. The Death Cure by James Dashner
</span><span style="color:#323232;">40. The Kill Order by James Dashner
</span><span style="color:#323232;">41. The Fever Code by James Dashner
</span><span style="color:#323232;">42. Dolly Parton Songteller by Dolly Parton with Robert K. Dermann
</span><span style="color:#323232;">43. Mean Baby by Selma Blair
</span><span style="color:#323232;">44. 1984 by George Orwell
</span><span style="color:#323232;">45. The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley
</span><span style="color:#323232;">46. A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Future by Michael J. Fox
</span><span style="color:#323232;">47. Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
</span><span style="color:#323232;">48. The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
</span><span style="color:#323232;">49. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
</span><span style="color:#323232;">50. Throttle by Joe Hill and Stephen King
</span><span style="color:#323232;">51. The Fold by Peter Clines
</span><span style="color:#323232;">52. Full Throttle by Joe Hill
</span><span style="color:#323232;">53. Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
</span><span style="color:#323232;">54. The Hollow Places b y T. KingFisher
</span><span style="color:#323232;">55. Something Wicked This Way Come by Ray Bradbury*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">56. Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan
</span><span style="color:#323232;">57. The Fireman by Joe Hill
</span><span style="color:#323232;">58. The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert
</span><span style="color:#323232;">59. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
</span><span style="color:#323232;">60. Theodore Boone:Kid Lawyer by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">61. Theodore Boone:The Abduction by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">62. Yes Man by Danny Wallace*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">63. Theodore Boone:The Accused by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">64.Theodore Boone:The Activist by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">65.The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">66.Theodore Boone:The Fugitive by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">67.Theodore Boone:The Scandal by John Grisham*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">68.The Assault On Reason by Al Gore*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">69.Theodore Boone:The Accomplice*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">AUDIOBOOKS
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">1. Lords Of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky
</span><span style="color:#323232;">2. Guns by Stephen King
</span><span style="color:#323232;">3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
</span><span style="color:#323232;">4. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
</span><span style="color:#323232;">5. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
</span><span style="color:#323232;">6. The Guardians by John Grisham
</span><span style="color:#323232;">7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
</span><span style="color:#323232;">8. Thank you For Smoking by Christopher Bukley
</span><span style="color:#323232;">9. Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
</span><span style="color:#323232;">10. I'll Be Gone in The Dark by Michelle McNamara
</span><span style="color:#323232;">11. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
</span><span style="color:#323232;">12.The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
</span>
hardaysknight,

What’s with the asterisks? Also what has been your favorite from that list?

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

How I keep track of the physical books I have read. End of year I pull them all out and take a pic of them all. Also so far I loved In The Lives of Puppets. Also enjoyed The Fireman of course swear he channeled his dads Stand with that novel.

Also the Theodore Boone novels are pretty good.

And just finished a novel that part of series of books accidentally started with the middle novel but called Witch Upon a Star.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

Wow, that’s a lot of books. How long did it take to read all these?

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

I read between 150 to 200 pages a day on average. Started January 2nd to present time. Today reading Gerald’s Game by Stephen King. Book I read before but been a long time. Also some of those were short stories I either bought on kindle our got from Libby.

My goal is 100 but believe I will surpass that. I do hope to listen to 25 audiobooks as well before end of year.

But since I don’t drive a delivery truck anymore it might not happen. Only listen when commuting or working on Lego.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

150 to 200 pages a day is a very good amount. Respect!

Good luck with your audiobook goal!

blubton,

Reading “A tale of two cities” by Charles Dickens. I am not too far into it, but so far it’s been really enjoyable! The English accents are really hard to follow for someone whose native language isn’t English, but I’m getting used to it.

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

Listen to audiobook it’s a interesting story. Does OP want a complete list? Because just finished my 69th book for the year so far and 12 audiobooks. Goal is over 100 stories read by end of year which probably accomplish before the end of June.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

Ah, just replied to your other post.

The idea is generally to share what you are reading since the last time you posted in one of these thread (which are posted weekly), or just what you are reading lately.

Also, 69 books and it’s just April, that’s really cool. With this speed, you can have around 200 books by the year end. Would love to see how your journey progresses.

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah decided to keep a detail list. I am reading between 150 to 250 pages a day. Keep in mind some on my list are short stories but my wife says they count. Having a library card and a Libby account been great for that.

And on what reading now hard to clarify. The last book on my list I started and finished yesterday and was 80 pages into Gerald’s Game by Stephen King.

Probably finish it today our tomorrow depending on how busy we get a work.

That be neat to do 200 but for now just trying reach 100 mark. I keep three books on hand at a time so we will see. I post a big pic of all the physical books at the beginning of next year and screen shot of the ebook reading list.

blubton,

I should really start listening to audiobooks more often. I just looked and the book is freely available on Librivox, so I may switch back and forth between reading and listening from now on. Thanks for the tip!

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

You’re welcome. I use Libby sure beats having pay Audible every month.

misericordiae,

Finished Southern Gods from last week on Sunday (it was ok), and spent last night picking out something new. Ended up with Stargazy Pie by Victoria Goddard, which seems pleasantly light and cozy so far; should be just about long enough to last a week.

Also, grats Jaymes!

VanHalbgott,

Still reading the Alphabet series by Sue Grafton.

Currently on B is for Burglar and making progress; soon I’ll read the next one as well.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

How are you liking the series?

I have A, B, F and L. Thinking about starting reading A is for Alibi soon, and if I like it, start collecting the rest of the series.

VanHalbgott,

I like it. I just won’t spoil the series.

Bebo,

Reading English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee and listening to Jane Eyre.

slazer2au,

Currently listening to Star Wars Outbound Flight. The reader/speaker isn’t a good one.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

I am not familiar with Star Wars novels. What is this about?

slazer2au,

A Jedi master is like, we should expand outside of the current galaxy and into other galaxies. Political and military kerfuffles ensue.

It is now classified as Legends and no longer canon since the Disney purchase of Lucas. It took place between Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones films.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

Yeah, heard about “Legends” stuff when Disney bought it. Ignoring the narrator / speaker, how’s the book?

slazer2au,

It’s been alright so far.

ModernRisk,
@ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Still trying to finish:

  • Slewfoot (book)
  • Eleanor is completely fine (book)
  • Haite Kudasai (manga)

But university/ thesis is wrecking my time and in the weekends feel a bit to tired to read.

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

University / thesis are important. Don’t worry about the other stuff, it will be here when you are finished with those.

sharkfucker420,
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

State and revolution by Vladimir Lenin (its his birthday)

Society of the spectacle by Guy Debord (not his birthday 😔)

dresden,
@dresden@discuss.online avatar

Not mine either. 😞

FatLegTed,
@FatLegTed@piefed.social avatar

Act Of Oblivion by Robert Harris.

dogslayeggs,

Just about finished with Emperor of Ruin by Django Wexler. It’s fun, escapist fantasy. Decent characters and decent story, even if it is the over-troped “only this small band of ragtag individuals can save the entire world from a supremely powerful magician.” It’s the 4th and final book in the series, so there is no sitting around waiting for the next one.

TotallyNotSpez,

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