What Are You Currently Reading?

Louize said:
Hit me with your current reads!

I might be aiming too high here thinking more than about 5 of us know what a book is πŸ™ˆπŸ˜‡

I'll start: Liane Moriarty - Apples Never Fall
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I was reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, and it was good, but then I started procrastinating again. This was like 2 months ago, so I'll probably have to start it over. It's not a long book, though.
 
Chomby said:
I was reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, and it was good, but then I started procrastinating again. This was like 2 months ago, so I'll probably have to start it over. It's not a long book, though.
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Have you read any of his other novels? Amazing reads!
 
joking obviously ... Ive been reading a couple of true stories and memoirs of SAS people, this week.
non-fiction.

@Chomby have you read any Raymond Chandler novels?
 
Chomby said:
I haven't, but The Big Sleep sounds interesting.
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Chandler created the genre of american detective fiction. The Big sleep is good.

Some of his novels seem derivative and tropey, but thats only because he invented the whole genre of American hard-bitten crime/detective fiction x
I recommend his books, they are fun to read
 
RandomGuyUK said:
not an easy read lol
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The version I'm currently reading is a graphic novel, focusing more on art rather than text throughout the pages. I did, however, read the original version for an English course I took quite some time ago. I agree that it wasn't an easy read, but we discussed the story extensively as a group so the meaning became decipherable. It really boils down to this quote:

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“ π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’†,
π’Šπ’‡ 𝑰 𝒃𝒆 π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‚π’Žπ’†,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆?
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 π’˜π’† 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆!
𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 π’“π’†π’Šπ’ˆπ’ π’Šπ’ 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 π’Šπ’ 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏."

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that one chick said:
The version I'm currently reading is a graphic novel, focusing more on art rather than text throughout the pages. I did, however, read the original version for an English course I took quite some time ago. I agree that it wasn't an easy read, but we discussed the story extensively as a group so the meaning became decipherable. It really boils down to this quote:

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“ π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’†,
π’Šπ’‡ 𝑰 𝒃𝒆 π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‚π’Žπ’†,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆?
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 π’˜π’† 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆!
𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 π’“π’†π’Šπ’ˆπ’ π’Šπ’ 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 π’Šπ’ 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏."

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graphic novel sounds interesting.
That's the classic quote, mhm.

i also recommend Edward Gibbon - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
That's pretty hard going too. I've listened to the audio-book version a few times, but the book is damn hard.

On a lighter note ...
Mervyn Peake - Titus Groan
 
RandomGuyUK said:
graphic novel sounds interesting.
That's the classic quote, mhm.

i also recommend Edward Gibbon - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
That's pretty hard going too. I've listened to the audio-book version a few times, but the book is damn hard.

On a lighter note ...
Mervyn Peake - Titus Groan
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Awesome, thanks for the recommending "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire!" I'll keep that title in mind. πŸ‘

Anytime you find a book that's hard to read but want to understand it more thoroughly, there are typically other versions (especially for classics) that are abbreviated and summarized in shorter form. If you're lucky, you can even find one as a graphic novel!
 
that one chick said:
Awesome, thanks for the recommending "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire!" I'll keep that title in mind. πŸ‘

Anytime you find a book that's hard to read but want to understand it more thoroughly, there are typically other versions (especially for classics) that are abbreviated and summarized in shorter form. If you're lucky, you can even find one as a graphic novel!
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I'm sure you're right in general, but I don't think it's possible to summarise Gibbon. Half of the charm is the way he uses language. although it's very complicated and 18th century language lol.

If we want to know about that era in history there are many more modern and accessible books to be honest
 
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