Finished “a swim in a pond in the rain” by George Saunders. Quite good, sort of a writers analysis of Russian short stories. Reading “Mind the science” which is also pretty enjoyable.

Finished reading, “The Thrice-Bound Fool” by Christopher Buehlman. The ending to it was great, but I still think the “The Daughter’s War” was the best of out all three books out so far.

I’m almost finished reading, “The Maidens” by Alex Michaelides. It’s an interesting read so far. I enjoyed his previous work, “Silent Patient”

Been reading Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, yes that one, it’s pretty good, I enjoy that autism is the thing that allows you to see demons. It’s genuinely sinister, especially knowing this evil isn’t imprisoned to the page.

I’ve finally started The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I’m not sure when I’ll finish it, but so far, it’s much better than I was expecting. At the very least, I hate Danglars and am hoping there’s not some stupid parable of Christian forgiveness at the end, because I want that guy to get destroyed.

I often have a hard time enjoying older books, but I’m surprised so far at how very human all these characters Dumas is writing feel. Aside from the obviously dated aspects of the novel, it feels very much like they could be anyone I know today.

Also recently finished Queen of Faces by Petra Lord, which I picked up by mistake thinking it was an adult novel for some reason, lol. But I gave it a chance since I had it, and stuck with the YA novel anyway because the world was somewhat interesting. Honestly, it felt like it should have been an adult book. It barely made use of the magic academy, which in hindsight should have been a redflag that it was indeed YA. The anime vibe was strange (they kept using ‘manga’ instead of ‘comic’ in a fictional world with no Japan, and their ‘unique’ magic had names). The characters were pretty flat, and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t supposed to find Ori as the most interesting character. Also, the real villain of the story was obvious. If you like YA, it’s good enough. I’m certainly not the audience, but it was enjoyable for what it was.

To learn more about this fictional countryman of mine, I’ve started reading (only) the Hercule Poirot books by Agatha Christie. Currently in the middle of number 3: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

The chronicles of narnia.

Didn’t really think about it, but they are way more children’s book than I expected. Which is not the most entertaining I guess, but it’s also funny that you expect a twist behind everything an then there isn’t.

Seeds of Equanimity: Knowing and Being by Michael Uebel

Listening to the reworked Antimemetics book, after having read the original SCP story a while ago

It’s a bit weird with the SCP licence name changes, but still great

Love Beyond Monogamy by Brian Murphy, and Goldfinger by Ian Fleming.

It by Stephen King. I have seen the made for TV movie with Tim Curry and the first part of the recently made movies. Finally getting around to reading the book now.

Thin Air by Richard K. Morgan

Becoming Baba Yaga by Kris Spisak

The Last Mandarin

I’m going to gut it out but I think this book would be better read than listened to. The story is pretty slow to start and the narrators voice grates on my nerves which is usually enough to return it but not here

Listening to book 9 of Dungeon Crawler Carl. It’s a great “going to bed a little toasted” kinda series.

Edit: So toasted, I forgot it was book 7 and I’m worried because book 9 isn’t done yet! That and the horrific inevitable pauses after that… Ugh.

I’m currently reading Klara and the Sun. I feel a bit mixed about it. It has some interesting elements but also some problematic (racist) descriptions that have been hard to get through.