As many of you know, every so often, I like to pop in and ask what everyone’s reading (cuz I love getting book recommendations from the community) and now that summer is officially in full swing, it feels like the perfect time to do it again!
Whether you’re lounging in a hammock, escaping to the seaside, or just trying to stay cool indoors, a good book always makes summer better. So, what’s everyone reading?
Bonus points if it’s available as an eBook, since I’m already testing out some summer reading sessions on the Mudita Kompakt in FULL SUN!
just finished “The Three Body Problem” by Cixin Liu and am continuing the series. It’s a mind trip, and there are a lot of different cultural attitudes in it, and I feel like I’m learning a lot. Complicated but a good read.
I had tried to read the first part of this series, upon recommendation of a friend who knew I was into sci-fi. But I agree with you, it’s a hard read.
On my side, I am mostly into classics. Especially 19th century/early 20th. Which means I am currently reading Sherlock Holmes and basically any book from this era from Doyle, Stoker, Brontë… I also wish to read classics from my country: France! So there might be some Hugo or De Maupassant in there. Also reading some theological essays or recent Encyclicals to try and understand better the position of today’s Church.
Blood Meridian is one of my favorite novels… silly violent, imaginative, introspective, and then there’s the Judge… what a character.
As for me, I’m reading Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former director of public policy at Facebook.
If you’re not particularly interested in FB and you’ve already read about how wild some of the Silicon Valley tech’ companies operate, this is probably a pass. If not, it’s a wild story that Mark Z. doesn’t want you to read.
What did you think of Stoker? I think it’s aged badly, don’t you? The characters sound fake.
As for the French classics, I don’t know if you’re already a fan of Hugo and Maupassant or not, but if not, I’d recommend Diderot, La Bruyère or Rabelais. It’s certainly partly a matter of taste, but I find Hugo off-putting and Maupassant merely entertaining.
As for me, I’ll wait until I’m on vacation to start Jade City.
So far I’ve only read Dracula. And I liked it. But sometimes the action was a bit slow to my taste. And I don’t really like novels based on letters.
I wouldn’t say I’m a fan, just that they obviously left some memory of school, while we had to study them… but I do agree with you that Maupassant is quite a bizarre genre. A bit depressing, often haunting (Le Horla…) and sometimes bitter. Hugo is a huge classic, but quite specific too.
I have heard of Diderot and Rabelais, but never read them, so thank you for your input. Never heard of La Bruyère, so I will take a look!
Currently I have half a million books marked to read lol but my current reads are:
The Book of Elswhere – Keanu Reeves and China Miéville
Ancillary Justice – Ann Leckie
Goal books are:
The Anomaly – Hervé Le Tellier
Sleeping Giants – Sylvian Neuvel
Elder Race – Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Science of Revenge – James Kimmel Jr.
