mega thread What book are you reading?

[PCutter 127]

I suppose simply reading even Harry Potter and the SS makes someone a Rowling apologist doesn't it?

[Sonic Shimmer 4,116]

Currently continuing my Ancient Greece binge by reading the Argonautica.

[Steve Piranha 28,745]

Harry Potter: And the Chamber of Secrets

[Tao 6,706]

I started up on 

The Mask of Mirrors

 

by

Carrick, M. A.,

[King of Canterlot 9,588]

I'M READING ALL OF THEM 

[Sunset Rose 250]

I finally gave in and started reading the Hobbit and LOTR series. Always late to the party... I'm only a few chapters into The Hobbit but it's actually very charming so far, Tolkien does a great job of making the Hobbits' lifestyle seem like a true fantasy.

[Tao 6,706]

Hmm I got a few things:

Wild Things (Chicagoland Vampires #9) by  Chloe Neill 

Sailor Moon Manga

Celtic Lore & Spellcraft of the Dark Goddess: Invoking the Morrigan by Stephanie Woodfield 

Mage & Demon Queen (its a webtoon but I highly like it so im rereading it)

[Sonic Shimmer 4,116]

Currently reading a book called Beyond. It’s about Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and it’s really good.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,116]

I just finished reading this book on Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. I’d highly recommend it to anyone interested in space travel.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52716724-beyond

[Sir Hugsalot 8,619]

Lately I've begun reading plenty of fantasy books. At the moment I am going through 16 books long Realm of The Elderlings by Robin Hobb. I am on the last book, Assassin's fate and honestly, if someone is in for a slow, but very emotional ride these series are perfect. Certain events left me literally in tears, the world while seems to be relatively small in first trilogy quickly gains in size and Fitz and The Fool are ultimate soulmates.

Next in line already is Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson. I've read polish translation before, but since I wasn't fan of it I got all the books in english for rereading :3 

 

[Sunset Rose 250]

Skaistās (The Beautiful Ones), Inga Gaile

Not all the way through, but not particularly appropriate to discuss on this site anyway. Baltic literature is typically too dark in nature for a lot of Western people anyway, but for us it's basically our entire cultural niche.

[Early Sunsets 2,106]

Wings of Fire: Darkness of Dragons

I just kind of re-read that series over and over.

[Oleks 1,983]

If It Bleeds by Stephen King. Started the second story. So far it feels like King's own mystical version of Black Mirror.

Edited July 14, 2021 by Oleks

[CoconutCake 360]

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre. A little over halfway through.

[Luna the Great of all the Russias 2,686]

I am currently reading Socialism as a Secular Creed: A Modern Global History by Andrei Znamenski.

It covers the ideological origins of Socialism, its development, and practice in various parts of the world. There are two main emphases. The first is Socialism as a surrogate religion claiming to be scientific and replacing God of the Bible with people as the new gods. Second is how adherence to Socialism can quite quickly change the appeal to internationalism to ethno-nationalism.

Edited July 20, 2021 by Luna the Great of all the Russias

[ZiggWheelsManning 7,290]

Cheated by Andy Martino.  If there's a way to learn a new angle on those stupid Houston Astros and their trashcan banging on printed paper, ho boy it's all in here  

[piefly12 0]

Finally reading Crime and Punishment. It's giving me a good idea of why Russian novelists like Dostoyevsky are considered the greatest ever. I'm enjoying it but I'm not sure that it's a style I'll actively search for more of.

[ZiggWheelsManning 7,290]

While it's not out yet, the book itself is titled It's Better to Be Feared:  The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness

New England Patriots book goes inside secretive and controversial franchise and Robert Kraft, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick (espn.com)

Patriots book details decline of Tom Brady-Bill Belichick relationship (usatoday.com)

A Revealing New Book on Patriots Details Brady-Belichick-Kraft Relationship | FOX Sports Radio (iheart.com)

Wow!  This is so interesting.  (grabs credit card with a filthy pretty hoof)  I am so going to buy this book  I want to know every bad-minded secret from this  

[Dreambiscuit 8,021]

Story of a Soul, The Autobiography of Ste. Terese of Lisieux. This is a game-changer. I wasn’t truly aware of Ste. Terese until recently, but the more I learned, the more I wanted and needed to know. This book is a fascinating account of her life and her doctrine of the ‘Little Way.’ It’s changed the way I look at life and the approach to living it. Extaordinary! 

[Sunset Rose 250]

The Real and the Unreal, Ursula K. LeGuin

[Miss 6,211]

Currently reading "LIttle Women" 

I know this book is regarded as legendary. I'm not particularly enjoying it. 

Also reading "Revolutionary Girl Utena" manga and I love it! Kind of preferring it to the anime already. 

[Steve Piranha 28,745]

12 Rules for Life, by Jordan Peterson. Man, kinda needed to rad a book after so long. I’m probably reading pastel horse manga next 

[Tao 6,706]

 

Magic Triumphs

by Ilona Andrews

I've read their books several times through!

[ChrysalisM 261]

The knight and knave of swords by fritz leiber. The lankhmar books are AWESOME!!!!

[Luna the Great of all the Russias 2,686]

I have been reading Hitler: The Policies of Seduction. Zitelmann explains the worldview of the National Socialists and then how various aspects of it has been used to justify this or that policy the National Socialists have or have attempted to implement. In order to understand Hitler, Zitelmann notes how one must know the few axioms upon which Hitler's worldview is based: the notion of the eternal fight (a perpetual selection process), and another is the centrality of the Volksgemeinschaft (instead of the individual nor mankind as a whole). Zitelmann quotes Hitler extensively, from his speeches, books, articles and private conversations to explain his worldview (it is less the case that one can take Hitler's statements at face value if it was made for the public).

The following are the main sections of the book.

• Hitler and the Revolution.
• Hitler's Social Objectives and His Assessment of the Major Classes of Modern Society.
• Hitler's Central Objective: The Revolutionizing of Politics and Economics and the Restructuring of the Economic System.
• Hitler: An Opponent of Modern Industrial Society? Modernistic and Anti-Modernistic Elements in Hitler's Weltanschauung.
• Hitler's Concepts and Objectives in His Domestic Policies.
• Hitler's Self-Assessment in the Political Spectrum.

I am happy to have acquired the book. It has been interesting to read. And, from what I am aware, the book is quite rare.

Edited January 2, 2022 by Luna the Great of all the Russias