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38 percent (rounded up) haven't read a single book in the past year. This seems high to me. Maybe it's because Covid lockdowns have ended and people are out more or something. Or maybe the number is always that low. I read every night before bed and over this past weekend I laid in my hammock in the woods up at camp and read a lot.

Anyways, I'm currently reading a book I bought a while ago but haven't gotten around to yet.

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I'm learning a lot from it. And I'm seeing a couple similarities in the police response to this compared to Uvalde. And it's crazy all the misinformation that was picked up by media and reported, like the whole Trench Coat Mafia thing.

I'm making my way through The Expanse, currently on the fifth book and almost done.

Great series

MC_BatCommander posted...

I'm making my way through The Expanse, currently on the fifth book and almost done.

Great series

I've read all but the last two books. That is on my list to finish. I'll probably start on book 2 and go through to the end. I've read book 1 twice and listened to it on audible. I really enjoyed the series.

The crimes of love / marquise de sade

Billy Summers, Stephen King book about a hitman who only assassinates bad people

The Idiot by Dostoevsky

I've read a good amount of the Russian classics and this is by far my least favorite

Just finished Keep the Aspidistra Flying, which wasn't really my style.

I've been reading much more this year than I did last year. Whenever I have a lot of work on my plate, I feel like I'm "wasting time" by reading when I "should be" working, which is not true at all. But it's a mental hurdle I need to constantly overcome. And my work schedule has been crammed recently. But now I'm forcing myself to take breaks and read more again. I just need to keep it up.

GATTJT posted...

Billy Summers, Stephen King book about a hitman who only assassinates bad people

I've read a lot of his stuff. I'll have to check this one out.

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I liked the Martian. Do you usually do a non-fiction and fiction book at the same time?

TheOnionKnight posted...

Just finished Keep the Aspidistra Flying, which wasn't really my style.

I've been reading much more this year than I did last year. Whenever I have a lot of work on my plate, I feel like I'm "wasting time" by reading when I "should be" working, which is not true at all. But it's a mental hurdle I need to constantly overcome. And my work schedule has been crammed recently. But now I'm forcing myself to take breaks and read more again. I just need to keep it up.

Good for you! I feel like doing ANY reading is good, even if it's not as much as you'd like to be doing right now.

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

so far loving it.

Elmore Leonard - Pronto

Mike_Xtreme posted...

The Idiot by Dostoevsky

I've read a good amount of the Russian classics and this is by far my least favorite

I was visiting a friend of mine and we went to a used book store in Philly where she lives, we both picked a book for each other. She chose me some Russian book that I can't remember and haven't read yet but want to. I chose Chesapeake by James Michener for her. Doubt she's started it yet either, I told her I didn't expect her to read the whole thing.

Currently doing a re-read of The Mistborn series but I want to do a re-read of A Gentleman in Moscow. After that I'd like to do his (Amor Towles) latest book, Lincoln Highway.

Also want to catch the latest Mistborn book, The Lost Metal, that comes out in November

I've been going through my biennial "watch every single video about Everest and K2 on Youtube" phase, so I'm currently rereading Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air"

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Dragons of Deceit by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.

I am reading Rumelheart on the connectionist programme. I forget the chapter title and don't know what book it's from. I have only read a bit of it I should get to that...