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There's a thread about how people find new books, and one of my favorite ways to find things to read was browsing comments from the weekly 'What are you reading' threads in r/truelit and r/books. So what is Lemmy reading?

I'm finishing The Passenger, and about to jump into John Williams' Stoner. Excited to see what is next!

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[–] trebond@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm finally reading The Expanse series, currently on book 2 and really loving it!

While I was waiting for book 2 to become available on Libby I read The Spare Man which I also enjoyed. It was a pretty goofy but fun light read (solving a murder on a cruise to Mars).

[–] Audalin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nabokov's Ada, or Ardor. As usual, I'm also slowly making my way through Joyce's Finnegans Wake in parallel to whatever else I'm reading.

A random question: is anybody aware of active modern writers with mastery of style comparable to Nabokov's?

[–] Firefox@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just picked up a copy of house of leaves. Saw it referenced a few times in some other media I liked and figured I may as well check out the book itself.

[–] Maerman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my favourite books of all time. Do you have the full colour edition?

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[–] postscarce@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't even know if "reading" is the right verb for engaging with that book. It's practically a different kind of activity.

[–] kCNrnHcEkvqdtLCQoQbK@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] derek@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now I'm reading Wheel Of Time, stuck on the 4th book.

[–] hybridhavoc@darkfriend.social 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] perso@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I forced myself to finish book 10 which is said to be the most boring one. Lost motivation to finish the series and still stuck at book 11. Still hoping to pick it up and finish the series one day.

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[–] iddqd@fedia.io 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am reading Discworld again. Just started Lords & Ladies and enjoying every minute of it

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