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What are you reading at the moment?

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izzymuzzet

izzymuzzet

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On 08/09/2024 at 16:19, Trav Le Bleu said:

Does no one read fiction any more?

I've switched from almost 100% non-fiction a few years ago to probably 80% fiction now. I'm finding I'm reading a lot more, getting through 30-50 books a year.

 

For the last few months I've been trying to get through a bunch of old stuff I should have read as a teenager but didn't because my school was rubbish and we didn't have many books at home. Just finished Moby Dick which was a challenge but so rewarding. Also lots of Graham Greene which I'm really enjoying.

 

For me, fiction helps put my own little problems and anxieties in perspective and I find I can enter my own little world while reading in a way I don't reading about history, politics, sport etc.

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Foxdiamond

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1 hour ago, izzymuzzet said:

I've switched from almost 100% non-fiction a few years ago to probably 80% fiction now. I'm finding I'm reading a lot more, getting through 30-50 books a year.

 

For the last few months I've been trying to get through a bunch of old stuff I should have read as a teenager but didn't because my school was rubbish and we didn't have many books at home. Just finished Moby Dick which was a challenge but so rewarding. Also lots of Graham Greene which I'm really enjoying.

 

For me, fiction helps put my own little problems and anxieties in perspective and I find I can enter my own little world while reading in a way I don't reading about history, politics, sport etc.

I've never read much fiction. Apparently autistic people prefer non fiction and although not confirmed pretty sure I am in the spectrum 

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Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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59 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

I've never read much fiction. Apparently autistic people prefer non fiction and although not confirmed pretty sure I am in the spectrum 

You're posting regularly on here.

 

You're on the spectrum.

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Benguin

Benguin

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Got a few Matt Haig books recently as was recommended to me. Read The midnight library which I enjoyed, read the Life impossible which was all right and just started How to stop time. 
 

I really like subtle fantasy/sci fi so these are right up my street in terms of concept but not the best delivery imo.

 

Any other recommendations welcome, for guidance one of my fave books was Jonathan strange and mr Norrel

ozleicester

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Excellent book, by the pro AFL footy player and coach (the kind of level of Michel Arteta) known as the "Junkyard Dog" A true hardman player and coach, who suffered his entire life from gender dysphoria... great read

Don't Look Away : A memoir of identity & acceptance - Danielle Laidley

ajthefox

ajthefox

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7 hours ago, ozleicester said:

Excellent book, by the pro AFL footy player and coach (the kind of level of Michel Arteta) known as the "Junkyard Dog" A true hardman player and coach, who suffered his entire life from gender dysphoria... great read

Don't Look Away : A memoir of identity & acceptance - Danielle Laidley

Sounds interesting, I've added it to my list.

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Lako42

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On 20/08/2024 at 13:47, bovril said:

Read this years ago, great book! I took the 'transiberiana d'Italia' train a few years ago, which I thoroughly recommend, and it went though Castel di Sangro. One of my favourite regions in Italy. 

Great book just wish it wasn't written by a yank. 

 

 

Also a very bizarre section involving Leicester City 

leicsmac

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On 16/11/2019 at 15:53, leicsmac said:

And just picked up the Lord of The Rings once again - try to reread once every couple of years. Still remains, in terms of narrative and worldbuilding, the greatest story ever told IMO.

Time for another reread. Above is still true.

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Dahnsouff

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9 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Time for another reread. Above is still true.

Agree, as a literary work of world building it remains quite stunning, but 5 years, you are slipping. :ph34r:

 

Not long ago, took a diversion and actually reread The Hobbit. Simpler times!

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SkidsFox

SkidsFox

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Just finished Unruly by David Mitchell. An enjoyable and informative read, that really made me re-think the legitimacy of the Royals in this country. I had thought that bar the "War of the Roses" and perhaps the Anarchy, that the various rulers were fairly secure in power and that power passed smoothly through the generations. It appears not, and there were often pretenders to the throne, and various Dukes and foreign princes vying for power. Obviously not a book for the serious historian (which I'm not) but it's given me a better grasp of the history of English rulers, from Viking times up to Elizabeth I.  The type of book that Bill Bryson could have written (I mean that as a compliment). And it includes Lady Jane Grey as well as the Princes in the Tower. Plus Robert Dudley, so plenty of Leicester links.

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