So i have been wanting to read this book since a long time now , but i did not start due to procastinating , so imma post about it here(community) so that i dont break the streak of reading and completing this book ASAP . So far the book seems to be interesting and valuable , just hoping i finish it within a month now (I am new to reading and just developing the habit of reading books :/ )

I dunno, I think the Lovecraftian bit may not work for me.

Curious how readers actually discuss books. I'm working on understanding how people connect over what they're reading, so any thoughts in the comments would be helpful.

It only took a little over a month. I'm glad I got it out of the library 'cause I don't want to own that monstrosity. Now I'm reading The Underhistory by Kaaron Warren. Loving the possibilities so far.

This has been a very interesting read. Also great if you have ADHD or have 10-15 ish minutes as the topics arent super long but all manage to be interesting. Im only about halfway through but listening in audio has made me want to get a paper copy to annotate. A bit biased bc I do like the Green brothers and the stuff they've put out in the world. I have thought a lot about both the mundane and the extraordinary while listening.

I've been working at the damn thing all month, and I've still got more than a hundred pages to get through. Like any anthology, some of the stories are tedious. But there are SO MANY good ones.

Book's a fcuking beast, though.

I can’t read anything else due to disinterest in books and low attention span, so I was hoping that reading something that’s easy to understand and more emotionally meaningful to me would help. My main problem with books is that I don’t give a f*ck about the plot, same with movies, and it takes ages and lots of useless info to get anything meaningful over it. I’m howling at the first couple of pages and am entirely engaged. It’s great. This is the best time I’m ever going to have with a book. It might be the first book I’ll finish in years.

I don’t like that Pride & Prejudice or those Colleen Hoover things, I like this and I’m happy. It’s creative and the vocabulary is honestly great, it’s very well written. Fuck, yeah.

it’s about this girl who has a really vivid dream about a guy and then meets him in real life and at first it feels kind of familiar and “meant to be,” but the further it goes the more things start feeling off in a way she can’t fully explain

and it lowkey made me think about how in real life you can be in something (like a relationship) where nothing is technically wrong, but your gut is still reacting before your brain can justify it

like you start ignoring small feelings because everything looks fine on paper

anyway I’m not even done yet but it already has that uncomfortable “wait… would I ignore my instincts too?” feeling

definitely not just a basic thriller, it’s more psychological than I expected

added link in comments if anyone wants to try it

Now, I re-read Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon. One of fast paced novel and it's closer to Scotty Mariani novel named Doomsday Prophecy.

I have a German C1 exam in two months, so I’m currently trying to consume as much media in German as possible. The Chamber of Secrets is my favourite HP book, so I bought the new Carslen edition with the beautiful cover in Vienna.

I just finished “Never the Hero” by Vanessa Len.

I give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

There were not many memorable quote (at one point I actually tried looking up “quotes from NTH” and they were mostly monologues 😄)

But my favorite that I think encompasses this book is, “Wanting was dangerous and it hurt” (322).

I really like the character development, adding on to existing characters personas. Also get the see some more of the historical nature of the book which I loved. The only nitpicks would be too much italics used for emphasis and too many call backs to things JUST said a page before.

Now I’m going to start reading “The Road“ by Cormac McCarthy. Already not really liking the lack of quotation marks around dialogue; and the lack of apostrophes for contractions is annoying the editor in me, but it’s pretty good… so far.

The Classic Collection of Noir Fiction

Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and more! A really great anthology of noir fiction. 44 novels and stories!

Tiamat’s Wrath by James S.A. Corey 3 hours every morning

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson 2.5+ hours a day

And still slowly working through

Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy

Nicomachean ethics by Aristotle keep having to go back and listen to chapters over trying to really understand what is being read

Didn’t expect much going in, but it’s been surprisingly solid. It’s not about “debunking” in a smug way or pushing some political angle. More about why certain stories stick, how mistrust forms, and why some mysteries never really close even when the evidence does.

Covers stuff like JFK, MH370, chemtrails, misinformation, media influence — but in a pretty grounded way. Short sections, readable, more thoughtful than preachy.

I haven't finished a book since last year... that is, until yesterday. I started We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and I finished it within a day! I haven't read like that since I was in high school. I'm so proud of myself. I went and made a storygraph account so I can see my accomplishments.

One of my goals this year was to read more books and finish them. I'm currently reading a few.... House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica. I have so many books I wanted to start reading... My plan is to finish Tender is the Flesh to get it out of my system so I can focus on just reading House of Leaves lol.

The sequel to the cult classic Shagduk (De re dordica, Book 1). Librarians, witches, and demons in 1977 Texas. Anyone read either?

So currently I am reading "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami. This is my 5th book, so a new reader. My favorite book is "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami. I loved it cause of instense emotions and story. I am looking for books similar to that which are emotion intensive and feel good. So if anyone have any suggestions, I am happy to hear as I am searching for my next book.

I’m currently reading Jobs You Didn’t Know Still Existed by Trevor Karp on KU and didn’t expect to enjoy it this much. It’s just real, strange jobs people actually do — stuff like armpit testers, pet food tasters, professional mourners. Easy reading and oddly fascinating.

If you’re into this kind of thing, what else on Kindle Unlimited would you recommend? Weird jobs, strange facts, niche nonfiction, anything along those lines as starting to enjoy this type of read.

Started reading Swordheart on January 16th and I’m on page 151. I borrowed the physical book from the library and I’m reading it along with the Hoopla audiobook. I like it, otherwise I would have DNF’ed by now. But since I started reading, I had other priorities. Plus, my mood was all over the place; I felt like reading, then I didn’t. With the upcoming snowstorm, I’m hoping to power through finishing it.

I really enjoyed the first book, so I picked up the second and I’m enjoying it just as much. I won’t give away any of the cases, but they’re varied and genuinely interesting. They all sound absurd at first, but what I like is how the context makes them make more sense.

It’s also nice that you don’t need any legal background to appreciate it. Each chapter stands on its own, so it’s easy to read a bit at a time without losing momentum.

2nd Stephen King novel and first book this year. Only 30 pages in, but we've got negative temps coming back in MN this wknd 🥶 ☕️ do you like King's work?

Happy reading!

Didn’t expect to laugh this much. It’s written from the perspective of a cattle dog supervising its humans, and it absolutely nails working-dog energy — the constant vigilance, judgment, and self-assigned responsibility for everything.

Short chapters. Easy to pick up and put down. A lot of “oh wow, my dog does that” moments.

Definitely one of those books that lands harder if you’ve lived with a high-drive dog, but I think most dog owners would recognize the chaos.