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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, a collection of essays by Slavenka Drakulic about the end of communism and the following cultural effects within the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. Some of the essays are deeply personal and relate strongly to my personal views of the upcoming realities of our time, others are entirely foreign to someone of my background and give a greater sense of perspective and appreciation for the world around me. It's definitely one of my favorite reads of 2025.
this looks like a great read! Its gonna go high up on my books to read.
Im nearly done with Blood meridian and honestly I cant wait to finish it. Its heavy reading and im not really in the right headspace for it. So i'm breaking it up with some icelandic folk tales and scottish folk tales. I also managed to pick up Anthony Bourdains "the nasty bits" at a 2nd hand book shop which I was really stoked about. I had heard its not that great but it was £4 and its more of his writing which I am a sucker for.
*edit: Sorry ColorUserPro I didnt mean for all of this as a reply to you but figured id just get a bit more in there.
You're good lol
Blood Meridian is a lot, I also treat it like an episodical to be broken up with lighter reading.
I haven't read The Nasty Bits yet, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it when you've finished it!
I finally got back into reading after decades. I used to read while riding the bus, and the habit spread to become my favourite hobby after gaming. After school became a lot harder during university, I stopped reading for fun... being forced to read like 5 books in 2 months is just not fun at all. I started reading my first two semesters and then... I just never read again until this year.
One of my friend had told me about this book that he read for a full year: The Name of The Wind. So when I wanted to read again, I picked up that book. Oh, it was so wonderful. I'm almost done with the second book, The Wise Man's Fear and I'm kinda sad about it. I hadn't loved being deep inside a story like that for fifteen years. I'm really glad to be reading again.
I'm kinda looking for some fantasy suggestions, now!
Fantasy I've read recently:
Gogmagog (first of two)
Sharp teeth (urban fantasy)
Half way through Starving Saints.
Some of my favorite fantasy: The Deed of Paksenarrion and Surrender None by Elizabeth Moon, The Dragon and the George and sequels by Gordon Dickson, The Spear Cuts Through Water, Lions of Al Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay, The Once and Future King by T H White, Piranesi, A Deadly Education and sequels, Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
I'm going to add some adventurous historical fiction and classics, The Long Ships by Bengtsson, The Physician by Noah Gordon, The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, Master and Commander and sequels by Patrick O'Brian,