What Are You Reading?

[Serene Queen 4,786]

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[callmedecember 2,319]

I just finished "For Everyone" by Jason Reynolds, I don't know how to describe it but it is like... a poem? But divided in four chapters? idk, but I totally recomend it, ugh, it's so good (and also pretty short).

[Jazzmin 302]

"Cam Girl" by Elliot Wake.

 

I liked "Unteachable" quite a lot (found it well-composed on the whole, despite the weaker, abrupt ending; I saw potential there) but Wake's newer works... IDK, most of the time, the plot seems lackluster and chaotic, while the characters come off one-dimensional. Such a pity, since I can see it's written by a very talented author and the writing style, oh, it's sometimes even prettier than in his debut novel, but the story itself... I definitely can see some cool ideas break through that all and I've been enjoying the second half of the book so much more than the first one - but the author could have done a hell of a lot better, IMHO. Don't get the hype.

 

There is actually some plot (as opposed to "Black Iris"), especially later on in the novel, however, I wish the writer had devoted some more attention to the way he wrote it out in practice.

 

Don't get me wrong, despite all my criticism, I was pleasantly surprised, having read "Black Iris" - if only because of my low expectations. It is readable, at least when the protagonist is not bitching about everything and everyone (which initially happens nearly all the time). And well, I am not the target audience for YA novels anyway; I used to read them once in a blue moon and the only reason my reading habits changed a bit in that regard is that I've been having trouble staying focused. Confronted with a more complex text, I usually end up not understanding it at all, mindlessly staring at the letters like a fucking zombie.

[callmedecember 2,319]

I read "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by Yeats today (in class) and I really liked it, so go read it, is a really short (and very easy to read) poem.

[four leaf clover 395]

interiew with the vampire - anne rice (was reading, took a break)

me talk pretty one day - david sedaris (reading)

dress your family in corduroy and denim - david sedaris (going to read after)

[baddisease 17,938]

I'm reading a bunch of stuff:

 

A World To Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx by Sven-Eric Liedman

Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel

Up and Out of Poverty by Xi Jinping

Black Bolshevik: Autobiography of an Afro-American Communist

[Beautiful Loser 48,845]

I began reading The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee last week and since I'm so bad with reading lately, I'll probably take me a year to finish it. So far it's pretty good though!

 

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[callmedecember 2,319]

I just read How to Be an Alien by George Mikes, not much of a very interesting read but pretty funny, perfect to spend a bored afternoon as I did.

[fl0ridakil0s 3,959]

just finished this and I'm speechless..... A must read for all women and men too

[callmedecember 2,319]

i'm currently reading Pájaro Azul by Clara Cortés and Crush by Richard Siken I also have to read the York Cycle Mistery Plays for my english theatre subject

[Serene Queen 4,786]

Currently reading The Golden Tresses Of The Dead by Alan Bradley, the latest book in my fav book series ever, and just finished Lily Allen’s wonderful memoir My Thoughts Exactly. Other recent reads include Sounds Like Me by Sara Bareilles, Ava: My Story by Ava Gardner, and The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (I love the movie also)

[fl0ridakil0s 3,959]

Just finished this today and my house looks brand new. I'm so excited about her method, I really recommend this book + her tv show on Netflix. She's so cute and inteligent

[fl0ridakil0s 3,959]

talk to me about books, guys   

 

I just finished this collection of short stories from Dostoievsky, it was so good   He's really one the best writers of all the times. My final thesis on college will be about him and I'm excited

 

[bummersummer 2,218]

just started Twentynine Palms by Deanne Stillman (non fiction abt 2 girls murdered in the Mojave by a marine), but these 2 are in my immediate to-read list:

- The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon (diary of a 11th century japanese courtesan)

- Animals Eat Each Other by Elle Nash (fiction abt a girl who starts an obsessive poly relationship with a m/f couple)

 

[bummersummer 2,218]

Have you guys heard of The Girls by Emma Cline? I impulsively bought it because it reminded me of the stories Lana told about being in a cult and stuff and apparently the book is inspired by the Manson family. I'm gonna read it listening to Ultraviolence to set the mood 

 

late af but this book is like my obsession so i just have to reply lol. idk if you've read it since, but i loved it so. much. i know it was a critical success, but a lot of people who read it were disappointed because it wasn't the mansonesque thriller it was marketed as but a coming-of-age introspective story abt a not-always-likeable main character who becomes fascinated with another girl and kinda stumbles into a cult bc of it. emma cline is such a good writer, her descriptions of what is is to be a teen girl were sf accurate and beautiful. anyway, if i ever meet lana irl i'm gonna ask her if she's read this book bc i'm 95% sure she has & i wanna bond, lol.

[PrettyReckless 479]

Bert Kreischer- Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Manchild.

 

It reads like Tucker Max. Entitled and tone deaf with decent comedic timing. 

[Cacciatore 19,347]

late af but this book is like my obsession so i just have to reply lol. idk if you've read it since, but i loved it so. much. i know it was a critical success, but a lot of people who read it were disappointed because it wasn't the mansonesque thriller it was marketed as but a coming-of-age introspective story abt a not-always-likeable main character who becomes fascinated with another girl and kinda stumbles into a cult bc of it. emma cline is such a good writer, her descriptions of what is is to be a teen girl were sf accurate and beautiful. anyway, if i ever meet lana irl i'm gonna ask her if she's read this book bc i'm 95% sure she has & i wanna bond, lol.

 

i haven't read it yet, but reading this makes me happy and excited to read it soon 

[bummersummer 2,218]

 

just finished this & omfg i can't stop thinking abt it! it's a pretty dark novel about a girl who embarks in a poly s&m relationship with a m/f couple with a baby (they're all in their early to mid 20s) and she gets totally obsessed with the guy, who's a wannabe tattoo artist and also a satanist (in the church of satan sense, not in the sacrificing small children & drinking the blood of virgins one). she story is set in the early 2000s and she lives in a trailer park with her widowed mother; she has a drinking & pill addiction and even though it's never specifically mentioned, p sure she has bpd. the prose is STUNNING and it's been 3 days and i'm still reeling.

[Moon Driver 226]

Salem by Stephen King

[fl0ridakil0s 3,959]

just finished this & omfg i can't stop thinking abt it! it's a pretty dark novel about a girl who embarks in a poly s&m relationship with a m/f couple with a baby (they're all in their early to mid 20s) and she gets totally obsessed with the guy, who's a wannabe tattoo artist and also a satanist (in the church of satan sense, not in the sacrificing small children & drinking the blood of virgins one). she story is set in the early 2000s and she lives in a trailer park with her widowed mother; she has a drinking & pill addiction and even though it's never specifically mentioned, p sure she has bpd. the prose is STUNNING and it's been 3 days and i'm still reeling.

 

I wanna read this so badly but can't find a pdf and it's not avaible on my country D: you guys are making me curious