What Are You Reading Now.

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  1. Night Herald

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    Thanks, but I've already read it. Not very good, as you say, but I liked the bits about the carborator and the chapter on flügelcrank maintenance :)
     
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    I choose to believe that this is an actual photograph of a feline extraterrestrial in an adorable spaceship cunningly disguised as kitchen hardware.

    The cute is out there.
     
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    Guess which book I know isn't backed up?
     
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    Don Quixote was my last reading attempt. The only true down time I have to read is before bed and no matter WHAT I read, I fall asleep after a few paragraphs, so I gave up.
    I need something to motivate me to make time to read during another time during the day. I ready from a Kindle also. Maybe I need to switch to an actual books.
     
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    Yeah I really enjoyed it, finished it a while ago. I'm glad he portrays plenty of negative sides to The Culture, and I do like the Special Circumstances division. Bought Use of Weapons which I may read next.
     
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    Yes, I think Use of Weapons was the second one I read as well. It was a long time ago. I remember that the second one I read had a female protagonist. Although gender swapping is something everybody does in The Culture, at one point or another.
     
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    Use of Weapons is the first novel he completed, and the one he thought was his best. It's not an easy read, it has two interleaved timelines, but it's absolutely amazing. I've read it easily a dozen times (I really mean that, I can read it over and over) and each time, I spot something new he slipped in.

    @Cave Troll did you ever finish it? Was it to your taste?
     
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    japanese vocabulary
     
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    @Iain Aschendale Yes I enjoyed it. It is an interesting read that does take a bit
    to get through the further you get into things. But the universe and characters
    capture your imagination. I may have to read it again at some point to see what
    you mean by finding things I missed though. :)
     
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    Back ages ago, I got a microwave with some oddball functions. Asked my ex-girlfriend (this was in Japan, she was Japanese, as was the manual) to translate...three days later she came back having finished the section about removing the packaging, how to plug it in, and don't run it in the bathtub.....
     
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    I won't spoil anything, but hit me up on PM for some breadcrumbs. Of course, maybe you noticed them the first time through....
     
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    Near finishing "The Life and Opinions Of the Tomcat Murr". It's not bad. Half it is written from the perspective of a self aware cat, something that just doesn't happen near enough in literature.

    I'm going to start on "The Executioner's Song" next. Seems like a breezy light read.
     
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    About to start "War of the Wolf" by Bernard Cornwell. Latest in the Uhtret of Bebbanburg series. The TV adaptation of the series "The Last Kingdom" is also worth a look.
     
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    A practical workbook called 'Writing Essentials', to help me get to grips with some of my syntax issues.
     
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    An orientation package for the job I just got hired onto yesterday.
     
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    Beginning The Science of Radio, by Paul J. Nahin. It's kind of a university-level (read: full of math) textbook on how radio works. I'm going to build my own radio, and I want a refresher course - I haven't studied any of this stuff for about 37 years!
     
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    Many at the moment,

    Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. An old book that I read on a near yearly basis. Played a huge role in shaping up my financial know-what.

    Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Another old book I read on a yearly basis. Highly recommend both of these books (the one above with this one) for anyone seeking financial dominion.

    The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Still reading and most certainly enjoying it.

    The Great Learning, translated by James Legge. A book on the wisdom from Confucianism. While I'm not a follower, I do so enjoy other perspectives on life that I can add to my own an improve it further. Its a short read, but pondering on lessons taught sees me stop reading every so often.

    Accounting by Peter J.Eisen. Starting a business has reinvigorated me to study again. That and some classes I take throughout the week demand it. :p

    The Complete Joy of Home Brewing by Charlie Papazian. Apart of my business studies comes this joy.

    The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum. Hail the All-father!

    Gold & Silver by Mike Maloney. Another book to add to the financial conquest collection.
     
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    It's only going to get better from there. Make sure to also read the three standalones if you like the main trilogy, they're just as good. Also there's a new trilogy coming, with the first book set to drop later this year. Ah, what times we live in.
     
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    The Black Witch, YA fantasy. It got really polarizing reviews on GR, to the point that people were giving it 1 star without having actually read it, so of course I had to buy it.
     
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    ! Same here! I am also very much enjoying!

    Oooh really now? Nice. :D
     
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    Yep, apparently it will be out this September :)
     
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    The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy.
     
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    I don't know from motivation, but have you ever tried audiobooks? I love them. I still read, but I make my way through so many more books these days while driving, working, even playing video games. I've finished twenty books in the last two months (which is abnormally high for me regardless of format,) and only two were text, a Robert Sheckley short story collection I read on Kindle and Oliver and the Seawigs, which is a middle grade book I read to my four-year-old.
     
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    The Book Thief was SO good. The narrator, death, is now one of my favorite literary characters ever. The Martian was good too. I'm glad I finally got around to it. I just finished Horns by Joe Hill. I think he might be as good as his dad. (Heart-shaped Box was also great last month.)

    I can't say much for And The Hippos Were Boiled Alive in their Tanks unless "at least it was short," counts. Great title, disappointing book.

    I'm on three right now: 14 by Peter Clines (already audiobooked The Junkie Quatrain and Paradox Bound this month. The latter was wonderful,) Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (thanks for the suggesh, @Shenanigator) and a beta read for a WF friend that is so far, very impressive.
     
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