Literature Club

Oathbringer (The stormlight archive)

Although I actually don't read it, I do my books in audio form while commuting up and down to work.
Makes me not care about road conditions that much.

Instrumental by James Rhodes

resident evil : code veronica by s. d. perry

FAQ: About applying and GA comments - just a title (or quote) doesn't count, describe your impressions at least in a couple words

Just a little reminder, since people seem to be missing an important point from the thread rules ^^

It's nice to know what each person is reading, but an honest feedback is even more important as it may help others decide what their next reading will be. And that alone is a great responsibility!

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Recently read Jew Jitsu: The Hebrew Hands of Fury. A rather amusing read.

Just finished "Twenty Gold Falcons" by Amy Gordon this morning, it was a pretty interesting book about a treasure hunt, plus there were lots of really interesting characters to voice throughout. ^^ (I even got to give a character my favorite Italian/Boston accent, even though most of the character seem to be elderly or young children in it)

Recently I just finished reading Learn Better written by Ulrich Boser, which I consider an enlightenment that comes in handy as I am freelancing as a tutor and kind of confused about how to turn the potentials of my students into more outcomes.
The book cited many sociological and psychological studies and provided down-to-earth analysis to tackle problems a learner may encounter. And what I like most about the book is that it makes you re-think about notions and ideas which are too familiar to us to be taken seriously and dug into deeper. Actually, I've decided to re-read the book soon to make sure that I can benefit more as a tutor and a learner myself.
I have requested to join, hope my ratio would suffice.

I just finished Boone Shepard by Gabriel Bergmoser. It's a very enjoyable and fun read for the young at heart, but I'm a sucker for those Indiana Jones and Tintin like character archetypes. Its a bit hard to get a physical copy, but you can always listen to the free audiobook available on most podcast apps

i recently read "L'adversaire" in french because i'm french, it has been made by Emmanuel Carrère. It was a pretty nice book becaause we find some suspense and some descriptions to enjoying that. The book is about the murder Jean-Claude Romand, we see that he killed all of this family and we have the impression that we are in the book at some moments. I recommend this book but i found it a little bit annoying

I just finished Nova War by Gary Gibson, which as usual is another trilogy I'll never read the start or end of thanks to a thief raiding our library's sci-fi section on a regular basis. The story is contained enough you can have no prior knowledge of the other books to finish it just fine.

My main problem with it was how descriptive the author starts out, and how rushed the suitable but bland ending seemed. The paperback edition I had clocked in around 650 pages so a few more wouldn't have hurt. Later sections gloss over massive space battles involving dozens of capital ships as though they were minor skirmishes, and a millenias-old space station whose many ring sections are largely abandoned and overgrown is explored so quickly the reader feels like they missed most of it - annnd then someone blows it up. Way to not leave an opening for a series set on the station Gary. You silly, silly man.

I recently finished The Genius of Birds. It was a really eye opening book for me. I have always known animals are more intelligent than we give them credit for, but it was amazing to see how much alike we are. A lot of aspects that we used to think made us human's unique actually have their origin in animals and we and birds have especially a lot in common. Always been facinated by birds and after reading this I'm more than ever.

Hello, sorry for the off-topic, but have the rejoining rules been abolished? Some time ago I was kicked and I tried to appeal and the rule was that 1 month must pass before I attempt to rejoin. Anyway, I would love a second chance, since I love the idea behind this group.

Anyway, 2018 for me was the year when I tried to fill the gaps when it comes to reading and become a bit more well rounded as a reader and a fan. The last book I finished was "Women", by Charles Bukowski. I am not new to his work - a few years ago I read Post Office and Ham Or Rye and as a college aged young adult I found the books a little funny and a little off putting at the same time, but I couldn't deny Bukowski's skill at using words to make you "betray" yourself and laugh in spite of disgust. "Women" is a bit of a meditation on the sex of women and a bit of a divergence from Bukowski's usual manierre of storytelling. In this novel Chinaski (Bukowski's part autobiographical alter- ego) is not only a lowlife drunk, but he's also a celebrated poet and man of arts. He's still an exaggarated lech for artistic effect, but overall the book is a curious peep into the mind of an important figure of american literature and as a European this is a thing that has always fascinated me and books are a great way to bring yourself to understand others a bit more. In this case, Bukowski undoubtebly understood women quite well and through his frustrations perhaps I am also now a bit closer to this understanding of the world's most complex minds.

Old Man's War by John Scalzi.

John Perry, a 75-year-old man, joins the Colonial Defense Forces. Following a series of psychological and physical tests, Perry's mind is transferred to a new body. These recruits are now tasked with protecting Mankind's colony worlds from alien species.

I very much enjoyed this book and I plan to read other books in the series, unfortunately they are out of stock for months in my country. I must now wait for a reprint. Maybe soon because i heard about a netflix adaptation.

The last book I read was No Longer Human by Dazai, which left a huge impact on me. The internal monologue of the protagonist disqualifying himself from being human, that he is lacking something which every other person has, felt sometimes relatable. I also really liked that the story were diaries someone got from a bar owner, which can be interesting to think about while rereading it. Currently I'm reading Mishima's Temple of the Golden Pavillion and plan to read Ungar's The Maimed afterwards.

JUST finished Pyramid Schemes: A Tale of Sir Apropos of Nothing (Volume 4) by Peter David about 5 minutes ago. I LOVED the original trilogy and until a few weeks ago, had forgotten about it until I was looking up Peter David with my friend on the phone and saw he wrote one two years ago.

Book was awesome. And it still leaves room for at least one or two more to be written. I hope he continues.

Edit- I'm not looking for a group invite. Just wanted to share this book.

Not literature, but I'm nearly finished with Trouble Boys, the biography about the Replacements. One of the most important bands of all time, definitely one of my favorites, and it's a truly hilarious, tragic, disturbing read.

"The Almond Tree" for Michelle Cohen Corasanti
I recently read it and it left me emotional

btw, kindly consider my request to join the group
chears :D

I finished Vengeful by V.E. Schwab. A book about superhumans called EOs. There is a person that is hunting EOs and a group (EON) trying to stop/contain them. Its similar to Magneto's Brotherhood vs X-Men on a smaller scale.

It is book 2 in a series and recommended. This book also won the 2018 GoodReads Science fiction Award.

I thought I was already a member but apparently not, so I´ll apply again.
The last book I finished (a couple days ago) was Sleeping beauties, by Stephen and Owen King. It´s about what happens when all women on the world don´t wake up and get shrouded in a cocoon and when that cocoon is cut open they go homicidal. Pretty good, but the ending was kinda lame for my taste.

I just finnished the book The swarm of Frank Schätzing. It is an amazing eco thriller about how the humanity is thread of extinction by an unknown race

Im curretly doing World War 2 - Part 1 by Anthony Beevor

Currently I'm reading (well, it's better to say "enjoying") a poetry book from an Spanish rapper: Eternamente, from Pablo Pérez Rueda (a.k.a. Blon), if you like poetry and can understand Spanish, I'd recommend you to read it; if you can't understand it, I can try to translate some my favorite ones for you :)
Before that, I think the last one I read (for the second time) was Ready Player One, from Ernest Cline, which probably most of you know because of the movie. I have to recognize that first time I read it online, but it deserves to be bought, so I did it.