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submitted 3 weeks ago by dresden@discuss.online to c/books@lemmy.world

Nothing at my end. Life has been kinda busy lately.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


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[-] konim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz, Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig, and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

[-] perishthethought@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation_(VanderMeer_novel)

I'm almost done with it and then I understand it's part of a trilogy so I'll go hunt down the next book. Its spooky in an X Files way and I'm digging it.

[-] transscribe7891@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

An overall solid series. I read Absolution last year and am about to start his Ambergris series as soon as my library hold comes in.

[-] thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm reading "The Eyewitness" by Muhammad Saeed Mehdi. It's a self biography by a Pakistani civil servant since the 1950s. I'm a Pakistani American who recently visited Pakistan for the first time in 20+ years. I bought the book while I was over there.

I'm woefully ignorant of the history of Pakistan despite my parents complaining about Pakistani politics my entire life. I will say that book is amateurishly written, it's clearly written by someone my grandfather's age who didn't hire a professional writer to help with this book. It is still fascinating because it's like listening to my grandfather tell a story about characters I've heard about my whole life. It's about events my parents and grandparents lived through. Its giving my a different perspective on the lives my parents led before moving to the US.

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