My mom just died and I need an escape. Some of my favorite books/trilogies to disappear into have been: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood The Stand by Stephen King The Passage by Justin Cronin Wanderers by Chuck Wendig Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison Wool by Hugh Howey His Dark…
I read a fair bit of fantasy, and it seems as though quite a few fantasy authors fancy themselves as poets as well. I don't have an intrinsic problem with poetry -- I have several favorites that I find are wonderful. However, when they are inserted into books, I pretty much universally hate them.…
I really love this genre but i can barely empathize with the protagonist when they're 17 I feel I wasn't that "mature" at their age and it just feel weird idk if you know about fantasy books with characters +20 years
Siddhartha was a difficult read for me as I would put the book down after reading a few pages. There are pages that really strike you but I felt dumb as I think I wasn't grasping the real message that was being conveyed (Another read is on the cards) The Egg by Andy Weir is a great summary of sorts…
Just read The Shining by Stephen King and I gotta say, wow! Haven’t had a book keep me that engaged for a very long time. I love how in the book Jack actually cared about his family, versus the movie where he looked like he wanted to kill them in the first scene lol. Loved seeing the slow…
Going through a full life upheaval, uncertainty everywhere, broke up with someone I thought I’d share a future with, and things feel pretty dark and hopeless. I’m looking for something to cheer me up and make me feel hopeful and take my mind off reality. Preferably engaging fiction, WITHOUT any…
“There are just some kind of men who—who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” After reading this line, it’s easily been my favorite book. What’s that specific line or quote that made you say, “Yup.…
While the old adage that “the book is always better” is usually true I’ve interestingly come off two reads recently where I thought the movie was done better: The Life of Pi and, The Prestige Granted I watched the movies first and didn’t get the true book experience, however with the prestige in…
For me it is when the (typically) fantasy protagonists has to face more than three enemies at once in some kind of a fight for life. One of the most repetitive playouts of this kind of scene is that the protagonist is said to know better than to believe he could get alive out of this and a few…
I'm about 200 pages in, and enjoying the straightforward, concise writing. Its word use is artful without being overly flowery, and its efficiency in setting scenes, establishing motivations, carrying the plot forward while hooking the reader with intrigues for the future is almost unbelievable.…
I know that a lot of different jobs technically give you enough time to read books, but I am interested in an anecdotal and completely unscientific poll of what jobs/careers you have as avid readers. Occupations which don't stress you out in the evenings and allow you to maximse your reading…
Having read all 4, it seems to me that there the digressions on Waterloo & Abbeys in Les Miserables and the Cetology of Moby Dick were essentially the equivalent of world building that we would see in a lot of 20th century genre fiction such as Lord of the Rings with the descriptive songs and lore…
I’ve read a lot of books, but here are some of ones that have done this for me: * The Book Thief * The Stormlight Archive * Princess Bride * Red Rising * Project Hail Mary * It * Frankenstein * The Catcher In the Rye * The Forever War * The King in Yellow * Beneath a Scarlet…
Looking to build my library. I have extremely enjoyed the works of frank Herbert (dune series) as well as "the name of the wind" by Patrick rothfuss. I also plan to read the "briar king and "art of ice and fire" series. I am looking for higher reading level books that are either sci-fi or fantasy, I…
And do you think it reflects more about you and the values you actually already had while you were reading it? For me, i read brothers karamazov and in the gajillion words it contain, the sentence i automatically remember from it was ivan's line: i respectfully return the ticket. When i read it i…
So, I read the book "No Language but a Cry" by Dr.Richard D'Ambrosio. The name of "Laura" was supposedly used in the game "Fatal Frame" as inspirartion from the book. I don't think the memoir is read a lot. It just left a huge impact on me about the struggles of human nature but also the inner…
I feel like the Dark Tower series should be known by all and I feel like if it came out later with the internet in every house and better effects for the movies to be made earlier it might have but you never know. It’s big in its own right but not like Harry Potter. What series do you think should…
what are book that changed your life that aren’t like self help books
I want to read novels with a character like Hannibal Lecter but, make it female. Basically, if you know any female characters that are literally the female version of Hannibal(yes, the cannibalism and everything), please suggest the book! Thank you in advance!!
My uncle in Japan gave me this book last time I saw him over 3 years ago, and told me that he read it while he was learning English. I’ve never been into books so I only recently got around to reading it. The nonlinear storytelling was a little disorienting at first but eventually it became…
So many books are enjoyable along the way with good characters but leave me feeling like the ending was mediocre. I love Stephen King but he is especially guilty of this. Can you recommend a book that felt like it really wrapped up well? I’m open minded genre wise.
Pro tip to save money on ebooks/audiobooks by more effectively using Libby: Queue up a bunch of books that you’re interested in. You can set a hold as inactive and say to not check it out until 30 days later, change your settings to not auto checkout so that you can choose to “Deliver later” even if…
I read a lot of classics. In fact, I'd say that it's my favorite "genre" (using the term loosely as obviously classics are of all different genres), but it always seems as though the introductions are aimed at people who are rereading and picking up a new edition or translation, rather than first…
Germany faces a paper shortage so acute one of the country’s largest publishers has warned Christmas shoppers to buy books now in case they run out over the coming weeks A perfect storm of turbulence in global supply chains has led to the shortage. The price of wood, which is pulped for printing…
Honestly man, this book, I've only read one of his other books, heart shaped box (which was amazing) but man oh man, nos4a2 has me fucking hooked!!! I'm about 3/4 through the book and I've never been more gripped on any other book (I haven't read a lot, only hunger games, hobbit and lotr) but guys…
Does anybody else have the issue where they can never really /visualise/ a character? Like they can tell me that the nose is tall and his eyes turn downwards and I just won’t be able to create a face in my mind. I feel like it has never been an issue bc I am more in tune with the vibe of the…
I would love to read books set in a book store or library please let me know if you have any good suggestions thank you! I have read : Midnight library and Mr penumbra 24 hour bookstore
I live in New Zealand (hence op shop) and at uni I studied Wednesday's Children by New Zealand author Robin Hyde. The book is no longer in print and in order to study it we had to purchase an A4 sized photocopy of the entire book (obviously done legally for study purposes). I had always looked out…
You know when you read a really good book or series and you just feel like you’re life is over once you’ve finished… and you’d give anything to relive it again as if it’s the first time. Maybe it’s the twists or the emotions or the character interactions. What’s a book you wish you could experience…
This was my first book written by Stephen King and my first horror book in general. I really liked this book. It really creeped me out and I had a perpetual sense of unease while reading it. I felt like I was being watched for a long time after I was done reading the book. The characters were great.…
OR a book you accidentally stayed up all night reading. I just read An American Marriage by Tayari Jones and Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune and couldn't put either of them down. I'm open to anything - just suggest me the last (or any) book you read that you couldn't put down!
I just want to know how many of you all have read that book. I read it couple of months ago and every now and then I smile to myself when I remember the plot. The plot is so simple yet so fun. Use of vocabulary is amazing and dialogues are beautifully written. Its truly a fun read with a…
So I just finished reading silmarillion and it was definitely a book which gave me mixed emotions.. There were parts that made me want to stop reading it, I nearly fell asleep during the first few chapters. It was a difficult read at times if I'm honest. BUT there were parts where I was like oh…
Just curious which titles everyone comes across while browsing for secondhand books. Dan Brown novels in general can be found there, but Angels and Demons in particular seems available anywhere books are sold for a dollar, at least in my area. I also regularly see copies of The Pillars of the Earth…
They present a character, I get a rough idea of what he might look like and then 40 pages later they describe him in detail and it's nothing like the person I've built in my head. Now I have to consciously try to change the character's appearance when it's too late and the unfitting visual I've…
Hi! I used to read a lot more than I do, books that I would hide under my desk and read through class. I’m looking to find that feeling again of being really invested in a book so I turn to it instead of my phone when I have downtime. Some things I like (generally) - strong female leads - tame…
Some pirate-y fun stuff like that. Not the Gentlemen Bastards tho. That one was okay to me. Anything else :)
Lots of people are discouraged by the Russian setting and hard topic of this classic, but I must admit it's actually genius. It is ambitious and hard to read at times, but it really pays off. The themes through the book, which cover not only the titular problem of evil and punishment, but also our…
Books that drop real life celebrity names or brands or pop culture completely take me out of the moment. I can’t even explain why, you would think these things would make the story feel more grounded in reality, but for me I just lose interest. Maybe it’s because it has the potential of becoming…
Growing up in the global south, a lot of my exposure to literature was either commercial fiction or required reading in school. I never really delved deep into world literature until I was grown. So that's when I started finding all these conspiracies like Shakespeare not having written his own…
Read it as a 28 year-old Swede, I've heard it's very common in American schools. Checked it out due to living (almost) in the wilderness myself. I also read somewhere that it inspired Ellie’s chapter in The Last of Us. Got through it in two nights and really enjoyed it. Sympathetic main character…
…and no I’m not referring to different POVs like ASoIaF. Those are bearable. Currently reading King’s The Stand and for those who have read the book, I think you get the picture here. As I move from chapter to chapter, my mind was like "Okay, now who’s this?" "Are you the preggy girl?" etc. and…
I ran out of data so I started reading again on my morning commute and I figured I might as well read 1984 so I can have my own opinion. It's a really horrible world. I don't really see much hope for humanity, although there's obviously a lot we don't know. The fact it gave such a visceral reaction…
And y'all, I'm not going to lie, it was hard to finish. I liked the overall concept of her story, but and I didn't mind the first part (Italy). Well, the first half of the first part. After that, I found her to be incredibly annoying and entitled- like when she wanted to be level 2 of her Italian…
I don’t really read books so it’s so hard for me to gift a book. She is a historian at the library, British humour, like shows like: mrs browns boys, doc Martin, outlander/Harry Potter (read the books too)
Something that has really jolted me is the realization that how similar our world is to the dystopia Bradley has created, it's almost prophetic. We don't have firemen burning books sure, but don't we all spend so much of our leisure time simply scrolling down a screen, with no apparent motivation,…