Hey Beehaw, whatcha reading right now?

  • altz3r0@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    Pattern Recognition, William Gibson.

    Gibson is tough to get into, personally, but his stories are very cool!

      • Kamirose@beehaw.orgOPM
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        1 year ago

        A lot of Miyazaki’s films are based on books! Kiki’s Delivery Services is a book as well, and Secret Life of Arietty is based on The Borrowers.

  • IndeterminateName@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    Currently working my way through the Three Body Problem series. They are very good but I’m not sure how much I’m enjoying them, they are pretty bleak in places.

    • GooseDwarf@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I listened to the first two on audio book. I’m in the same boat as you, where I thought they were good, and pretty thought provoking, but very bleak, and almost propagandistic, I can’t really explain it though

  • DJDarren@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    My current read is Abarat by Clive Barker.

    I’d not heard of it until last week, when folks on r/books were singing its praises in a thread, so figured I’d give it a shot. Yeah, it’s enjoyable. Definitely aimed squarely at the middle of the YA crowd, but it’s an easy read at a time when my brain isn’t letting me really get into any books.

    • Frenchpress_Hellyes@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Barker has a fascinating imagination. I finished Coldheart canyon recently. I almost walked away repulsed many times but there was good story under all his signature flair. After Imajica I will try to read anything he writes.

  • scoobford@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    The Murderbot Diaries.

    I’ve been enjoying it, it has a surprising amount of heart for a series about an emotionally damaged not-robot.

    • IndeterminateName@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I was put off by the pricing on these. Full price for novella length. I really enjoyed the first one, I’ll grab the rest if they go on sale

    • Silence@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I finished A Favourite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford, feel like it was an interesting snapshot of the life and mannerisms of rich European nobility ~WW1, but Bedford was part of that group and doesn’t seem to realize her intensely spoiled characters might not be so sympathetic to people outside of it. I read A Compass Error, the sequel, first, which includes a lengthy chapter summarizing the plot of A Favourite of the Gods.

      Also finished Translation State by Ann Leckie - if I could go back in time and DNF’d this at ~75% I would, I had a really great time with the first part but did not think the ending was well thought out and irritated me. This is the newest book in her Radch series but they seem to be advertising it as a standalone.

      Also reading Dare to Go A-Hunting by Andre Norton, Palimpsest by Catherynne M Valente, and End of Watch by Stephen King.

  • lunasloth@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    I usually have a print/ebook and an audio book (for the car) going at the same time.

    For print book, currently reading Crooked Kingdom, one of the books in the Grishaverse series/world. I, uh, got a little obsessed after watching the first season of Shadow and Bone a year or two ago.

    For audiobook, currently listening to Children of Ruin. Not too far into it yet, but I loved loved loved Children of Time (also listened to the audiobook version), so I’m excited to see where this one goes.

    • lamentforicarus@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      I really want to read Children of Time. I actually did start it and got half way through, but I have such an intense arachnophobia that I had to give up because I kept dreaming of spiders and waking up terrified. I enjoyed his writing style, though, and am curious about his new trilogy coming out.

      • flea@hive.atlanten.se
        1·
        1 year ago

        You should try getting through it. Arachnophobia is a big part of resolving the plot A beautiful end.

        • lamentforicarus@beehaw.org
          2·
          1 year ago

          I figured. I got to the part where they captured a woman and she sort of starved to death. They weren’t doing anything evil intentionally; she was completely foreign to their way of life. I assumed the ending would revolve around learning from each other or cohabitation - some type of mutual respect. Maybe not. I’ll get back into it. I have the audiobook on my waitlist for the library.

  • Empyrean@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    I just started reading the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. I am loving the dry humour and the perfect snapshot of London. It took me entirely too long to get to these due to going through an urban fantasy burnout, so I’m pleased I have so much to look forward to.

  • Duchess@yiffit.net
    2·
    1 year ago

    do comic books count? i just started reading DCeased. otherwise i’ve finally cracked open Lolita, it’s an interesting but disgusting read.

  • Scevola@beehaw.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m halfway into “Guards! Guards!” by Pratchett. My first story of his, and I’m having so much fun!

    • DJDarren@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Once you’ve read that, get a copy of Nightwatch. Much the same cast of characters, but it’s widely considered to be Terry’s magnum opus. That book is a damn work of art.

      #GNUTerryPratchett

      • Scevola@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I already have planned to read the whole night watch saga. Then I’ll see what other side of the Discworld to move on to