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What are you reading and what are you reading it on right now? (lemmy.zip)
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Watcha reading and whatcha reading it on?

I'm reading 2 different books. I switch between them depending on my mood.

I'm reading two fiction books: Starfish (a future tech undersea thing) by Peter Watts, and The Gray Man (former CIA operative on run thing) by Mark Greaney.

Reading on my Xteink 4.

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago

The Fall of Númenor, the classic hardback and paper version.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Maybe I should try that. I'm working through Crime and Punishment right now and it's kind of a tedious and grim read, maybe I'd read more often if I didn't have to be in the mood for that one specific book every time I pick up my kobo.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    For me, it's the best use case for how I read. I keep mulitple books and go between them. I love the old public domain books, and how dense they are with their prose. But I rarely read them all at once. I will read a couple of chapters for a day or so, then maybe for a short break, I want something lighter and more modern.

    Being able to carry multiple books around is my fav thing about ereaders. Of course, sometimes I get stay in the mood for a book and finish it straight through because it's gripped me so much, but more times than not, I read based on my mood and time I have.

    This is the first time in a while that I've had my two current reads both be modern. Mostly I go back and forth between early 20th century lit and modern stuff. Usually read one for a couple of days before switching out. Lately I've been reading at a much quicker pace, so really going through a lot of great books.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know that I necessarily love public domain stuff. I definitely love some of them, but they're free is a big draw 😆

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago

    The free part is what got me started on them. Eventually I just fell in love with the language and how things were written back then. I wish I would have liked classic lit this much when I was in high school, because my english lit class would have been a lot easier! lol

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    • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I’m also switching between two books! One is The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe and the other is Educated by Tara Westover.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Currently on book 9 of the wandering inn series and reading it on a black and white Kobo e-reader.

    That little device has saved my mental health.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Firewalkers by Adrian Tchaikovsky on my Kobo Clara

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I have discovered romamce books with a bit of sex recently so I am just soaking these in. In the last week I finised like 3 books, in order:

    Deep End by Ali Hazelwood Icebreaker by Hannah Grace Lessons in Faking by Selina Mae

    On the side, when I dont feel like diving into a book I read one or two shortstories from A Dream of a Woman by Casey Platt, one of my favorite Authors :)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That's awesome. That's pretty much how my wife reads, she goes through them so fast!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    To be honest the last week have been giving me extra reading time, I am on a worktrip where there isn't always much to do and I am in the countryside so the weekends and evening a spend reading without an interruption haha ^^

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I can generally only have two books on the go if one is fiction and one is non-fiction. That said, I'm reading Green Dot by Madeleine Gray, a fun literary fiction book I've kind of stalled progress on, and so I started Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things by Pierre Novellie alongside it - a book by a stand-up comedian about getting diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder as an adult.

    Reading both on a Bigme Read 6" - I don't love the limited Android-based stock rom it ships with (or the middling battery life), but I basically never leave KOReader so I don't have to deal with it much.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I'm reading three books: the obligatory Perry Rhodan (I started waaaay too late so this will take a while), a science book in my field and one book about trees by Peter Wohlleben. Additionally I am reading a Manga (Demon Slayer) - the first one that I continued without losing interest after the first few pages.

    Reading all of them on my PocketBook, but I also have the books on my phone in case I'm stuck somewhere and don't have the PocketBook with me.

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