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What are you reading?

Kai "the spy" said:
and this week started reading it. And thus far, this is an amazing read. Saunders not only is capable of presenting his world in a fascinating way, but is also quite talented as to creating suspense and action prose. So much so that I'm now even more on the hunt for the other books in the series, as well as keeping an eye out for any other stories Saunders has written. And I'm kind of wondering why this series isn't a bigger deal. And I kind of decided I needed to spread the word, because this totally deserves to be a bigger deal.
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Thank you for sharing. Sounds incredibly interesting. I will keep an e ye out for it.

I am finally getting back in to reading thanks to my mom. So, I have picked up Noah Primeval, the first book in the Nephilim Chronicles. The prologue grabbed me because the author is basically taking both Jewish, as well as other Near East Cultures to create his own story based upon the Noah story. I love the idea of weaving in mythology in to a long form narrative and am excited to read it. Saunders sounds in line with something I would enjoy next.
 
I finished Monstress Vol. 3 last night and went back to Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of The Movie.
 
I used to do a ton of audiobooks during my commutes to and from work, but that fell off pretty much completely last year for obvious reasons. I've recently tried to get back into reading, but I've been trying to read more physical books again instead of just audio. I'm also trying to read something fictional and something nonfictional at the same time and just go back and forth between them depending on my mood. Right now I'm reading Jade City by Fonda Lee (fiction) and The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan (nonfiction).
 
I am listening to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ because I plan to read ‘Making The Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ by Kathryn Harkup.
 
I am reading The Obesity Code by Dr. Jason Fung. So far, he's debunked the Calories In, Calories Out model of dieting, and now he's discussing how exercise impacts weight loss (he says it really doesn't, though it has many, many other necessary benefits). Fascinating information!
 
I'll be returning to Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring. Have never read the trilogy, so I'm excited.
 
Finished up Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Movie, and decided to get back to work on the Star Trek Voyager Relaunch, and started Architechts of Infinity by Kirsten Beyer.
 
Arm of the Sphinx, the second part of The Books of Babel tetralogy by Josiah Bancroft. I haven´t seen people comparing it to Gormenghast but I simply think it is somewhat worthy Magnum Opus in the similar vein.
 
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The Telesa series by Lani Wendt Young. It’s about a girl who moves to Samoa to connect with her mother’s family and learns that she is a part of an ancient Sisterhood called Telesa that can control the elements.
 
For fiction, still making my way through Jade City (been reading it during my breaks at work so progress has been slower) but for non-fiction I'm about 3/4 of the way through America's Great Debate by Fergus Bordewich, about the US Congress trying to figure out what to do with all of the land acquired in the Mexican-American War and ultimately leading to the unfortunate Compromise of 1850 to keep the Union from falling apart. (Which would end up happening anyway.)
 
I, Partridge. A fascinating insight in to the fascinating mind of fascinating broadcaster, Alan Partridge.
 
I thought I'll read Franz Kafka's - The Castle , because I started reading it once and don't know why I left it unfinished :)
I read The Trial, Metamorphosis, America - all from Kafka, but never finished the Castle....
Pretty interesting writing style....
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