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Not yet but I’ve read other Kingsolver books and she’s usually great.

 

The library is recalling War and Peace. I've set my schedule for 40 pages of panic reading a day.

 

I have always heard good things. The reviews for it have all been great.

Anyone pick up the new Stephen Graham Jones?

 

Just ordered a Kindle so I can try to read more before bed instead of watching TV. I can't tell you the last time I read a book (that wasn't a graphic novel). I did Whalefall by Daniel Kraus last year, but before that? Probably Harry Potter books.

That said, I don't know my genre or author or anything (although it'd probably be horror/thriller). I downloaded Horror Movie based on a rec a page or two back. Also got This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, and The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.

Hoping to read some 'quick reads' to spark my interest and get in a flow of things and then take it from there.

 

Stephen King's "The Long Walk" and "The Running Man" are great quick reads that combine the horror/thriller genre.

In a few other genres for quick reads, Sylvain Neuvel's "Sleeping Giants" (scifi), Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary" (scifi), Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn: The Final Empire" (fantasy), Emily St. John Mandel's "Station Eleven" (specfic), and like an obvious one in Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One" or Suzanne Collins' "Hunger Games" are all ones that could easily spark a love for reading.

In the not quick read department but coming highly recommended, Stephen Chobsky's "Imaginary Friend" is one of my favorite horrors I've read in the last ten years.

 

Thank you! I do want to read some King novels, thanks for the quick ones. Also really want to read Jurassic Park! Thanks for the other recs as well, making a new list in my Notes app.

 

You should make a GoodReads account. It helps me keep track of the stuff I see and eventually want to read and I get tons of recommendations from seeing what friends are reading. You’ll definitely find stuff that way too.

 

T-Shirt Swim Club by comedian Ian Karmel and his sister Alisa is great. I recommend to anyone who has ever struggled with their weight or is obese.

The beauty of the book is that it doesn’t try to tell you HOW to lose weight. It unflinchingly tells you what it’s like to be fat, how it affects your emotions and what drives the decisions we make every day. Part comedic anecdotes, part clinical psychology, it tackles a sensitive subject with love and care in a world where fat people that are constantly seen as less than.

 

I need to add this to my TBR. I’m down 130 pounds after gastric sleeve surgery in January. It’s been a whirlwind of emotions. Even with the lost weight, body dysmorphia and self confidence is such an issue.

 

I think you’re gonna love the book!

EDIT: and congrats, @brokenparachute !

 

Thank you! The description on GoodReads just made me emotional by itself, haha.

 

Your post made me remember it was out while my wife and I were running errands. I just picked up I Was A Teenage Slasher. I’m a huge SGJ fan.

 

What is your GoodReads?

 

John

 

Added you!

 

Added you too! Here's mine

Jordan Smith

 

Awesome. Can't wait to stalk your booklists later

 

on chapter 3 of The Man in the High Castle

really enjoying it so far

 

Just dropping in to recommend this short story because it’s very good:

Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather - Uncanny Magazine

 

Here’s my GoodReads! Feel free to add me :)

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/84585951

 

Just starting The Deluge by Stephen Markley. Has anyone here read it? It’s a big commitment so I hope it’s good.

 

Yes! It’s so good. One of my favorites from last year. Markley is one of my favorite authors.

Met him last year while promoting The Deluge. Got him to sign that and my copy of Ohio. Which you should after if you haven’t already.

 

Get ready for a lot of grizzled detective novels!


https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/118253337

 

Anyone here read this before? Looking forward to diving in.

 

I read both The Iliad and The Odyssey in the early pandemic days. I enjoyed both (maybe The Iliad a bit more except for the one section that just lists all the ships and the people on them) and found them much more readable than I expected.