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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? January 06 (discuss.online)
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Welcome to year's first weekly thread! How are you all doing? And what are you book / reading related resolutions for this year?

I started Ultra-processed Food by Chris van Tulleken

Just started it, but looks like an interesting read. It's about the ultra-processed food we eat these days.

Also skimming through Ryder Caroll's The Bullet Journal Method. Read this last year (or was that year before that?) and wanted to check something but decided to skim through most of it.

Still reading The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson, 3rd book in the 2nd era of Mistborn. It was going great but didn't get to read much last week or so, should be getting back to it now.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] blueduck@piefed.social 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Just finished:

  • How to Be Both by Ali Smith. Interesting concept (two stories, read them in any order, each story recontextualizes the other) that I think I’ll need to read again in the other order.
  • Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico. Great satire, really enjoyed it

Haven’t picked my next one yet, but probably from this list:

  • Spread Me by Sarah Gailey. Looks like a fun take on The Thing
  • Sunward by William Alexander. Don’t know much about it, other than it was well reviewed
  • The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine. Was well reviewed
[–] ghost@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago

Oh I loved How to Be Both. I've read most of Ali Smith's novels and I'll continue until I've read them all. How to Be Both might be my favorite so far.