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The Currently Reading Super Topic
Share your observations, reviews, and random thoughts about what you’re current reading!
Feel free to post anything related to your current read: images, quotes, discussions etc.
Just include spoiler brackets (using the gear icon in the response window) if you want to get all spoilery.
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I’m kicking this off! I’m currently (re)reading Interview With The Vampire based on our last #agbukbang episode where Catherine revealed she’d never even heard of it, let alone read it. So we’re planning on reading the first three books in the Vampire Chronicles for this month’s Bukbang.
Also, #mandelaeffect, I was 100% positive it was Interview With A Vampire, not THE Vampire.
Anne Rice – 1976 (!!!)
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Do you have any idea how many books I already have to read this month
Edit: It’s on hold at the library
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Yes.
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Ok my turn!! Currently reading Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo!
I’m about 200 pages in so far and even though I’m liking the story, I’m having a hard time getting super into it. I’m not sure if it’s the pacing or the jumping around between character perspectives, but it’s just feeling like a slower read to me. That said, I love that I’m getting to see a different, well-developed side of Bardugo’s world, having just finished the Shadow and Bone trilogy, and will definitely keep working my way through this and Crooked Kingdom so I can get to King of Scars!! Because let’s be real here I’m mostly just in it for Nikolai
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I absolutely loved this duology, and I agree that it is a little slow starting, but when you get to know the characters a little bit more you will probably enjoy the story more. I also personally enjoyed Crooked Kingdom more because she didn’t have to re introduce all the characters and you could just jump right into the plot.
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I haven’t gotten back to this series yet but now that I’m reminded of it I think I will!
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I just purchased Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo but I haven’t broken into it yet. I currently have 5(?) books in my TBR/unfinished pile before I get to it, those being
- Basque Gender Studies
- The War of Art
- The Witch’s Book of Self-Care
- Sigil Witchery
- Weave the Liminal
As you can see, none of these fall in the “fantasy” category but they’re all important to my plans and lifestyle. I’ll update you as I finish them with my thoughts! Two of these were recommendations from @OracleSage.
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I’ve got three reads going on right now that aren’t school assigned books! Weave the Liminal is an amazing book that has been really insightful for me already. I also am reading King of Scars right now, and as a MEGA Leigha Bardugo fan, I am absolutely in heaven with all the amazing characters and world building! The other is by far my favorite, and it is a dear friends manuscript. It’s a really compelling piece and I am excited to see it grow!
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The title alone has got me
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I’m also currently reading King of Scars! I’m about 2/3 of the way through, but have been coming up short on reading time in the last few weeks. On the one hand, I’m hoping to finish soon, but on the other, then I’ll have to wait for the sequel and I have so far only had to wait like, less than a month for a Leigh Bardugo book and I’m perhaps not emotionally prepared…
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Welcome to my world!
we are in this together
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This looks like such a good book! I’m excited to find myself a copy.
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my current reads
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In between like six different nonfiction books I’m working on, The Black Prism is my current fun, down-time audiobook. (Other people should def read this so we can talk about what color drafters we all are.)
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I’m going to have so many new books to read!!!
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This has been on my list! I’ll bump it up so we can discuss!
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OOOOOOOOOOOO, the night angel trilogy was great, been super curious
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THE NIGHT ANGEL TRILOGY WAS SUPER GOOD!! I got the anniversary edition of it for Christmas and it is such a pretty book. The pages are edged with black and it’s just a whole
lot of yes. It’s so nice to find people who have ever even heard of Brent Weeks.
But yes
Current reads
Currently rereading Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy, but I see he has already been mentioned. He is an incredible author that I have loads of respect for. The reread was prompted by (a) school killing my enjoyment of reading, and desperately needing a genre change (b) I finally own the third book and (c) it’s been some years since I’ve read them sooooo yeah. Good time.
If people want a change of pace a really good poetry book I’ve read recently is ‘Light Filters in: Poems’ by Caroline Kaufman. A shorter read, because poetry, but one of the super cool poetry books I’ve found where the collection of poems tells it’s own overarching narrative. Plus, some very important messages that I very much needed to hear. Page 66 is home too my favourite poem of that book.
If other people want a suggestion of a play, I’m currently studying The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde for a class, which is fun.
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Wait I love The Importance of Being Earnest so much!! I had to read it like three separate times for different classes I think but I didn’t even care because it’s just so fun
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Currently, I’m reading several books at the same time, some for the umptenth time. These books being:
- House of Night- The Beginning (Book 1 and 2 combined, reread)
- How to Treat Magical Creatures
- Ancient Magnus Bride- The Golden Yarn
- Beautiful Creatures (reread)
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
- The Warrior Heir (reread)
- The Merrick Veterinary Manual
- The Original Horse Bible
- Storey’s Guide to Training Horses (reread)
There’s a lot of them, mostly split between fantasy and my lifestyle. The ones I marked (reread) I most definitely recommend, except for 9. They’re parts of series, but at least to me, good enough that they stand on their own and don’t leave hanging endings.
Ancient Magnus Bride and How a Realist Hero are both Japanese works; first is a manga, last is a light novel.
On a side note, anyone have any good fantasy recommendations they are currently reading?
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I love House of Night, I’ve been meaning to re-read them too, but they’re at my mum’s place T-T
I’m currently reading a few books;
Shinsekai Yori gekan – Kishi Yuusuke
This is the third and final book in a dystopian/fantasy series which is really interesting, though all three of these books had amazing 5 star parts and really slow boring 1 star parts, which make them kind of hard to get through… Whenever I’m stuck in a 1 star part it just takes me forever to get through it, especially because these are quite difficult, and my Japanese reading skills need improvement. I do recommend the anime series a lot, it’s one of my favourites.
Herbal Alchemist’s Handbook: A Grimoire of Philtres, Elixirs, Oils, Incense, and Formulas for Ritual Use – Karen Harrison
I’ve been trying to read more about herbs and their healing properties, and so far I’m enjoying this book.
Brother’s Conflict 3 – Takashi Mizuno
A light novel, very simple read. Wouldn’t really recommend. I bought these novels years again when I was really into this series, but couldn’t read them because I couldn’t read Japanese. Now I can read them but I don’t enjoy the series as much as I once did.
Vilette – Charlotte Bronte
I really enjoy this novel so far. I love reading classics from that time period, like the Brontes and Austen, so this is right up my alley. It’s my first book by Charlotte Bronte, so I’m looking forward to finding out if I enjoy her books as much as I enjoy her sisters books.
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Vilette is my favorite thing ever written by a Bronte, and I took a seminar course in college on Jane Austen and the Brontes, so I’ve read a lot. People seem to really love Jane Eyre for some reason, but I much prefer Vilette. Then again, I enjoy Wuthering Heights precisely because every character is horrible, so take all of this opining with a healthy pinch of salt.
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I’ve been wanting to read Vilette! I didn’t love Jane Eyre but I also enjoyed everybody’s equal terribleness in Wuthering Heights, so Vilette is next on my Bronte list!
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I would have loved to take a course on Austen and the Brontes!
I really loved Wuthering Heights as well, like you, because everyone was horrible (and because it shows the effects of child abuse, I don’t really see it as a romance novel at all). So then there’s a large chance I’ll keep loving Vilette. I’ve only just started it, but I’m excited to read more! What’s your favourite Jane Austen book?
Vilette looked more interesting to me than Jane Eyre, which is why I ended up picking that one first. Other than that I’ve read Wuthering Heigts and the The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which I both really enjoyed.
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(I realize this question wasn’t directed toward me but as I’m drinking tea out of my Jane Austen mug right now I can’t help myself
)My favorite books of Austen’s are Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, and Persuasion!! Persuasion I love because it’s not as popular as the first two and because the love story doesn’t quite follow the same format (it basically takes place after the love story for the two main characters) but still manages to be surprising and charming and heartwarming and everything I love about Austen.
Sense & Sensibility, I’ll be honest, I love so much because I grew up watching the movie with my mom on like every lazy Sunday and I just absolutely adore everything about it. I think it’s so clever and lovely.
Pride & Prejudice is Pride & Prejudice, there’s a reason everybody loves it and that reason is because it is simply wonderful, end of story.
Now I want to re-read all of Austen again…ugh so many books, so little time
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Thanks @annabloem! I love Austen’s books, so I’m going to have to look at Colette.And the Herbal Grimore sounds awesome!
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Oh! I’m also still technically reading 10% Happier by Dan Harris because I was listening to the audiobook on overdrive and it was due (and therefore auto-returned itself) when i had about 1.5 hours left. So I still want to finish it, but I haven’t decided if I should try to get on the overdrive queue again or get a hardcopy…
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This is what I’m reading right now. It takes a look at some of the bloodiest murders committed by women and frames them as people, which doesn’t sound like much when I say it like that, but so often female murderers are seen as sexy vampire types, or “driven by sex”, when really they have all the same motives that men do. It’s macabre, witty, and feminist, and proves the quote “there are no female serial killers” totally wrong. All the good things.
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This looks AWESOME. I am definitely adding this to my TBR. Don’t know what it says about me that I can’t get enough of serial killers but here we are
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My grandmother and I literally bond over our favourite serial killers. No judgment here!
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I think Jane Eyre is my only Bronte to far. I also haven’t read it since I was 12. I bet I’ll have different perspectives on it now. I really should reread that.
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I may have a weakness for Pride and prejudice. I know it’s the one everyone likes, but the character development!
Darcy is kind of awful at the beginning, but he realizes he’s wrong, works to change his point of view, and then helps the Bennetts with no expectation of getting a reward or “points” toward making women like him. Only after that does Lizzy start to return his feelings, because for once the girl is attracted to good people, and not just whatever hot but awful man happens to be in front of her. Idk I have a lot of feelings about that one.
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AGREED. And I love that Lizzy is completely not afraid to call him out on being absolutely awful. Still one of the hands-down best literary heroines of all time.
That’s what I love most about Austen, is how complex all of her female characters are, which is refreshing even today considering how many terrible ones still exist. I love all the various sisterly dynamics, love to hate on Mrs. Bennet’s ridiculousness because it makes me love Mr. Bennet more, and Lady Catherine? Deliciously awful. The nice men like Bingley and (eventually) Darcy are almost overshadowed by the prominence of all the wonderful craziness that is the life of Austen’s women, which is as
it should be
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Yes. Just yes. To all of that.
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This is my new favorite place on the forum.
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@Catherine we are clearly on the same page here. Persuasion is my favorite Austen novel, for sure. It has a lot of the same charm and comedy of manners elements, but you can feel in the story a sort of tame maturity that makes the romance feel simultaneously deeper and more feasible. If you jump from something like Emma right into Persuasion, you can sort of sense how Austen herself has grown in the intervening time.
My runner-up for joy of reading in the Austen corpus is Northanger Abbey. It’s a delightful, pseudo-Gothic bit where the reader gets to enjoy young Jane’s frustrations with girls who think Gothic novels are real. Mansfield Park was the most interesting to analyze, but I don’t think I’d read it again just for fun.
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Northanger Abbey is probably my favourite Jane Austen, because it was just so much fun to read.
Like most of you I also love Pride and Prejudice, it’s what got me into Austen/ classics in general in the first place. My mum loved the book as well as the tv series, and I have watched the series with her a bunch of times.
I liked Persuasion a lot as well. I have to admit that I didn’t get into it as much right away, but about halfway through I started really loving it. I really want to re-read this one, because I feel like I will love it more on a second read.
I recently read Lady Susan, which had an interesting format as well, in that the whole story is told through letters. I enjoyed that one as well.
I totally agree on Austen’s female characters. They are all so different and complex and I LOVE it.
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Gulliver’s Travels is what got me into classics. We own two copies so Mum and I read it at the same time. I don’t know where Mum’s copy went but this is mine. I wish I could find out how old this edition is. It smells quite old and the pages are more brown than yellow.It’s a little fragile now so I’m afraid to read it again.
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Wow what a gorgeous copy
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I just want to say y’all are super impressive in how prolific you are as readers. The only thing I’m reading at the moment is An Italian Straw Hat. Having a hard time finding a good fiction novel to sink my teeth into… I’ve really been craving queer horror and there’s not a lot.
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Oh thanks for reminding me, I meant to mention earlier: all types of readers are welcome here!!! Whether you read a book a day or a book a year, in any kind of genre, your input is encouraged and valuable!
@Revenir have you read Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado? I’ve only skimmed a couple pages in the bookstore, but it’s a collection of stories that is supposed to be super freaky (in a good way) by a really great queer author. Might be worth checking out!
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I have not, but I always dig a recommendation!
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Oops this was meant to be a current reads thread but I used it as a “look how pretty this book is”
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Also acceptable!!! PLEASE show off your pretty books. We love them. We need them.
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Ooooo, there are so many interesting and good books that people are turning through right now!
I’m currently getting prepped for Cosmos & Times’ book club run, but I’ve also been working on the first volume of Lumberjanes (it’s one of the funniest comic books that I’ve read so far, though that’s limited by the fact I haven’t read a lot of funny or happy comics
). I’m also listening you the audiobook for Turtles All the Way Down, which is great and had really added to my experience of the book in a way that I don’t think would have been as impactful if I’d just read it to myself. -
I have a spare copy of Lady Killers that I’m looking to pass on if anyone is interested
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I’m 32% in according to my kindle app.
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I actually jumpstarted because I’m a slow reader, finished Interview, and am rereading The Vampire Lestat now!
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In addition to Cosmos and Time, I’m going to start working on The Belly of the Atlantic this week since that is what I need to read next for my study abroad program! I’m also hoping to get a hold of a few more free graphic novels (I have been reading them with the help of Amazon Prime reading, so far, so if there are any on there that you suggest, please let me know)!
Oh, and I finished up both Lumberjanes and Turtles All the Way Down, and they were both great (though for very, very different reasons).
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I’m about 75% done with The Power by Naomi Alderman. It’s…interesting. Definitely a thinking book, and I’m very much in the mood for something lighter next.
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oh MAN I have a lot of thoughts on that book lmk when you finish
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So I just finished and I have many thoughts and feelings. omg.
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RIGHT. I read it with a book club, which was interesting because I came out of it thinking it was like the best book I had read in a long time, and then the group pointed out a lot of “flaws” in things like plausibility and pacing, but I thought even just as a thought experiment it was so interesting the way it ends up completely reversing gender roles etc
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Man, I wish I read this with a book club. I know for a fact my roommate will not read this book so I’ve got no one to vent to in person. The biggest negative for me/my reading experience was definitely how frequently the time jumped…I found myself forgetting how long of a gap was supposed to be between different events and it made it feel like the whole thing happened in a few months instead of the 10(?)-ish years it was supposed to be. But I thought the characters were really interesting and THAT ENDING.
But I’m also like, holding off on my GoodReads review for a while until I can sort out my feelings properly
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so I’m excited to add it to my TBR.
we are in this together 
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it 
). I’m also listening you the audiobook for Turtles All the Way Down, which is great and had really added to my experience of the book in a way that I don’t think would have been as impactful if I’d just read it to myself.
