Books - what are you reading? (Official Book Thread)

[JoelB]

classic existentialist book that can be read pretty quickly. 10/10

 

[JoelB]

Smh I don't even look at my "backlog" anymore. I just listen to the evil, hooded Kermit on my shoulder tellin' me to "keep going" when I ask myself how many more books do I need

I potentially wanna grab this too right here:

I might cop this just off the cover

 

[TOAD99]

This is factual. Especially since they done stuck Tom Hiddleston face on that mf, and then the show or whatever, which is gonna make mfs think it's even more something new. Oh well.

On another note, got my 1st BOTM. Gonna try this shyt out for a few months at least.

Got that cracc right out the gate. They say my boy finally gettin' his show with this one

I really want to read some of his books but this suneater series just keeps getting better

Waiting for book 4 to arrive

 

[T-K-G]

I don't even bother with any of that shyt I got 1500 books across two tablets on top of my physicals

I stopped back logging because I realized my reading mood changes on the fly. After I finish one book my next choice is usually a 3 minute scroll away

This

My "side books" are usually some philosophy shyt because I'll read a few pages and hit something that I wanna try out IRL before I read any further. So I might go a while year or two before finishing those

All my entertainment reads I go through pretty quickly tho

Bill Hodges trilogy is complete. Just wrapped of End of Watch by Stephen King. At first I was a little skeptical about King adding in telekinesis into the series but quickly got over it definitely since how that ability came to be was somewhat similar to The Dead Zone. I was listening to a Stephen King podcast episode for Finders Keepers after I finished reading it last week and they were talking about how End Of Watch was the weakest of the trilogy I completely disagree with that.

I'm interested in how the Mr Mercedes show handles the story since the third book is used for season 2

I worked on that show and it was easily the funnest crew I ever worked with in film including the actors.

Still never actually watched the show or read the books

The one I bought is six books and ends with Chapterhouse, so I'm seemingly good My dumbass will likely attempt to read the ones his son wrote, though. They that bad?

Yes nikka, the fall off in skill is so blatant it doesn't make any sense, it starts reading like one of those basic action adventure books you pick up in middle school.

Now I will say the 3rd or 4th book (can't remember which one) is rough as hell cuz it's mostly a character monologuing but the ripple effect of how that turns out is worth it. It's kinda like how those Kruppe chapters in Malazan feel like a chore but you know it's leading somewhere, autistic genius ass characters.

I forced myself to read the sons books just for a sense of closure and I wished I didn't better off just googling a breakdown

 

[Dillah810]

Currently reading The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality. It's really good. I always like books that offer solutions and not just spotlighting problems

The next book I'm looking to read after this is Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution

I might cop this just off the cover

I don't really fukk with fiction books outside of comics, but that cover got me wanting to read this

 

[JoelB]

halfway through and im bored out of my mind...i dont get the hype. Camus is better as a novelist than as a philosopher. I need something fun to read after this

*edit
ok, it does get good at the end
paints a dope analogy of how absurd our daily life is...getting up, going to work. rinse and repeat to Sisyphus outsmarting the Gods so they punished him by making him roll a boulder up the hill for eternity.

"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy"

 

[Trav]

A little bit barren on some actual stories but it gives you the broad strokes & a decent introduction I suppose.

 

[Trav]

Couldn't help it....had to get that King of Ashes up out the paint, but in a good way. Some of the prose was throwing me off in the beginning but then

got in his bag & stayed there, the 3rd act especially. I can see why it's been greenlit for Netflix already fa sure. Just hope they do it justice and not get on no Tyler Perry family/crime caricature drama, or low-budget BounceTV B.S. You could see most of it coming, but it was still entertaining read and he hit enough swerves to subvert a few expectations. Breh lowkey on a run right now.

 

[TOAD99]

about 70 pages into Kingdoms Of Death (book 4 of the suneater series)

How many times is Hadrian gonna get exiled

 

[WIA20XX]

about 70 pages into Kingdoms Of Death (book 4 of the suneater series)

How many times is Hadrian gonna get exiled

On Book 5 right now.... the world building is great

• Cryogenics
• Gravity
• What happens when you live for that long
• What happens with respect to time travel and the rest of your life

And the slow rolling revelations...

I didn't expect that much with this series, but I've been loving it.

 

[Trav]

Had a gift card to this indie shop so said fucc it

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Just finished The Outsider by Stephen King. The supernatural element was similar to End Of Watch but different enough to not feel like a rehash to me. All of the stuff before Holly was may favorite part of the book but that's not to say what came after was bad.

While I was reading The Outsider, I was also reading some novellas from If It Bleeds and Different Seasons.
From If It Bleeds I read: Mr Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, and Rat. Now that I finished The Outsider I can read the If It Bleeds story.
From Different Seasons I read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and The Body.
All of those novellas were really good.

 

[Trav]

Just finished The Outsider by Stephen King. The supernatural element was similar to End Of Watch but different enough to not feel like a rehash to me. All of the stuff before Holly was may favorite part of the book but that's not to say what came after was bad.

While I was reading The Outsider, I was also reading some novellas from If It Bleeds and Different Seasons.
From If It Bleeds I read: Mr Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, and Rat. Now that I finished The Outsider I can read the If It Bleeds story.
From Different Seasons I read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and The Body.
All of those novellas were really good.

Best hop to it on a good foot & get to that Apt Pupil

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Best hop to it on a good foot & get to that Apt Pupil

I'll finish up Different Seasons while I read Holly starting Monday.

 

[JoelB]

Had a gift card to this indie shop so said fucc it

I got James on my list too...Ive heard too many good things about it