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Post by My-Chikorita on Jan 8, 2024 21:16:18 GMT
Oh wow, I haven't posted in this thread for a while. I finished all the books I mentioned in my last big post a while ago. I also finished multiple other books since then.
So, right now:
Physical Books:
The Giver by Lois Lowry. A recommendation from Renton. This is a dystopian fiction story, but it's thirty years old -- long before The Hunger Games and Divergent and all that. And I love it so far. The society is so creepy but presented as such a mundane thing, and the way it's shown and described is just so good.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. Okay, so, I listened to the audiobook in 2021, but I wanted to read it as a regular book because it's a different experience. It's an eating disorder fiction book, and I've heard various things about it, both good and bad. I do like it myself, though the overly poetic language is a bit much at times. Also, it mentions numbers, which is a HUGE no-no for an ED book, but it came out in 2009, when that sort of thing was still common.
E-Books:
I'm doing a re-read of Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher, which I've read as a physical book a million times, and I thought I'd try the e-book version since it's on Kindle Unlimited again. I just love this book so much and can't not re-read it over and over. After this I might go back to The Bell Jar if I'm in the mood.
Other:
The Cave of Dragonflies and other old-style Pokémon fansites and Internet stuff.
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Post by Jirachu MilleniumPika on Jan 8, 2024 21:20:57 GMT
I borrowed a book called “drawn from New England” from the library today, and it’s a memor of a childrens book writer that also talks about her country living in her real life and how it inspired her with her works It’s such a cool book
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Post by My-Chikorita on Jan 14, 2024 1:40:12 GMT
That sounds like a great book, Jirachu MilleniumPika . I looked it up on Amazon and it looks like a rare book, with only physical copies (no e-book or audiobook versions) that are really expensive. Wow. I hope the library keeps that book for a long time. Anyway: I finished The Giver. It was so good, and the ending made me curious about the sequels. Physical BooksWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Still reading this, and not quite halfway through. Enjoying it. Paperweight by Meg Haston. Another YA fiction mental health/ED book. I've read it before a couple years ago, but randomly felt like reading it again when I saw it in the library. It's good from what I remember, but does have some aspects that really needed a trigger warning. Scars by Cheryl Rainfield. I've been meaning to read this one forever. It's a YA mental health/SA book, and it has a lot of themes that may trigger some people, so it might be a hard read for some. I do like it so far, even if it's a bit unsettling. E-BooksI'm finally reading The Mystery by Lacey Sturm, a book I meant to read like eight years or something ago. It's not as good as The Reason (her first book) so far, but it's definitely interesting. But why did Lacey have to randomly use "psychotic" as an insult? I freaked out when I saw that years ago, and it's the main reason I never finished it. AudiobooksI started The T in LGBT by Jamie Raines, one of my favourite YouTubers. Jamie is a transgender man who makes a lot of LGBTQIA+ content, and I've been watching his videos for maybe five years or so now. I was excited when I found out he wrote a book, and when I found it on Audible, I knew I had to get it![/b]
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Post by Professor Glitch on Mar 11, 2024 5:15:05 GMT
The Screaming Staircase, first book in the Lockwood & Co series. It's about teenagers that hunt ghosts, in a world in which ghosts cause problems and can only be detected or countered by youth. I started watching the Netflix adaptation some time ago and it got cancelled prematurely. Still reading this. Think I'm maybe 3/4 of the way through. I used to read faster as a kid. I read The Giver along with Gathering Blue and Messenger way back when and enjoyed them. Still have yet to read the final book.
I did watch the movie adaptation of The Giver when it came out but found it lacking.
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Post by My-Chikorita on Mar 13, 2024 2:03:49 GMT
I've finished Wintergirls, Paperweight, and Scars since the final post, and other books too. I can't remember them all. I'm kind of stuck right now and unsure of what I want to read next. The last book I finished was How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe, a YouTuber I watch, and it was great.
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Post by Professor Glitch on Mar 18, 2024 5:00:19 GMT
I finished The Screaming Staircase last week. I'd like to read book 2 of this series but I might read The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl author) instead, or The Magicians by Lev Grossman.
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Post by slooroo on Mar 19, 2024 2:31:17 GMT
Secular: Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Religious: The Problem of Pain by CS Lewis
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Post by Professor Glitch on Mar 31, 2024 4:41:21 GMT
Currently maybe 1/2 or 1/3 through The Magicians. It's a "new adult" take on the wizard school/fantasy world genre. I compared it to Harry Potter and Narnia in the TV show thread, but it basically takes place in a world where magic is real and CS Lewis never existed (there's a different guy who wrote the Narnia-equivalent books in this world). In contrast to other magical school settings, magic in this world is extremely tedious to learn and perform and is much more than simply waving a wand. As such, the school in this book feels less magical (although it definitely is) and more like an extremely demanding elite school.
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Post by My-Chikorita on Apr 8, 2024 17:53:34 GMT
That sounds like a fascinating book series, Professor Glitch. I should give it a try sometime. Currently I'm re-reading both of Marya Hornbacher's memoirs because I always do every now and then, they're basically my comfort books. I'm also reading a writing instruction book called Murder Your Darlings by Roy Peter Clark (don't worry, the "darlings" are pieces of writing!), which I've been wanting to read for a while. I started it today.
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Post by slooroo on Apr 9, 2024 4:23:10 GMT
Secular: James Madison: A Biography by Ralph Ketcham
Religious: Lost Christianities by Bart Ehrman (although almost done with it)
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Post by My-Chikorita on Apr 9, 2024 23:47:35 GMT
Various books, including both of Marya Hornbacher's memoirs (still), trying to finally finish Champion: A Legend Novel and a book about depression I got from the same library, and I also started re-reading a library book about ED's I first borrowed and read a couple years ago. Oh, and a writing instruction book I bought a while back.
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Post by Jirachu MilleniumPika on Apr 10, 2024 9:53:40 GMT
I have generally been getting back into reading; read a whole Heidi heckleback book yesterday It’s a kids book about a little girl who is a witch, which is really cool I also have been reading this book about a girl who is going to be swimming with dolphins. I should continue that soon also maybe as I read more books irl books will appear more again in my dreams soon and I could like make posts of weird nonsense stories I read in them LOL being such a big fan of dreams and all….<3
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Post by My-Chikorita on Apr 11, 2024 16:26:21 GMT
At the moment, I'm reading two non-fiction books and two fiction books, half e-books and half physical books. I'm trying to finish up some library books and going back to read some e-books I haven't read in a while.
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