The goal is to finish 2666 by the end of the month… should be sooner but I’ve been really slacking.

Gotta decide what my next book will be too. Looking for a short one, under 250 pages. Might read a classic like Frankenstein or somethin

Read Salem's Lot. Amazing book, kept me hooked throughout. Stephen King is one of the best at world-building.

Gonna start To Kill A Mockingbird probably.

just finished this for the first time,with the OG illustrations too

In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

A beautiful book on tibetan buddhism and a monks near death experience. If u struggle with fear of death. This is a formative book.

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu is a good quick one

Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze

4/5

Can't lie what sold me on this random pickup was that sexy cover :datass: but I also got a really enjoyable noir as well. To be clear this isn't the Hollywood glamour of Bogart but a 'tough as nails' caper story that would fit Robert Mitchum or Sterling Hayden. At only 200 pages it wastes no time getting the story rolling and introducing the main characters. What I also loved was the caper wasn't the climax of the book and the second half is where the characters get fleshed out before coming to a hard gut punch of an ending.

For fans of Kubrick's The Killing, Jim Thompson, James Ellroy, and hard boiled noirs.

currently giving another chance to this, read 40 pages in one day :word:

i'll check it out!

that's a good thing right?

hell yeah, i underrated it!

Just finished the first out of three books from Paul Auster called City Of Glass.

Great little noir triller,very enjoyable read.
Pretty simple writing,but very captivating.

also I love the style of the cover of the trilogy,really pretty

couldn't find a picture of the cover inside the book on the internet,and im too lazy to snap one right now so this will do.

Finished book 2/3 yesterday,called "Ghosts"

Again,pretty similar,faster read,very enjoyable.
I am a sucker for noir so this is right up my alley

9/10

so good right? I think it’s one of those books that get better the older you get when you re-read it too.

loved this

Finished Ready Player One this weekend and it was a lot better than I expected it to be.

An easy 4/5 stars but I kinda wish I saw the film before reading the book cause I feel like I would have l liked the film a lot more

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

novel about a broken, grief stricken family trying to come together again with a lot of difficulty. I really liked Ward's earlier novel, Salvage the Bones, and she's a captivating writer with descriptive prose that is just the right amount of poetic for me, but this novel fell a little bit flat for me. didn't like some of the narrative or plot decisions she made and it felt like there was a beginning and end but not much of a middle. also a bit too similar to Salvage the Bones. still a good read tho and she's an author I'll definitely keep checking for

7/10

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka

first time ever reading Kafka, but after so much hype I was kind of disappointed. The Metamorphosis was good but not amazing or life changing like I've seen it described in some places. the other stories weren't all that memorable and I didn't find his prose engaging. maybe it was the translation, but many of the 20th century so called classics don't really resonate with me so idk. might try to read one of Kafka's novels and see if I like it more.

6/10

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

this was a fun read. like Jesmyn Ward, feels like Cosby kinda went back to the well of his successful debut novel as there were a lot of similarities, but the story was well crafted and entertaining. about two fathers avenging the death of their gay sons (who were married) that were killed. good portrayal of homophobia and there were only a few lines that felt too on the nose. will definitely read what Cosby writes next, but I hope he steps out of his comfort zone a bit more

8/10

met my goal and finished my 52nd book of the year

Not sure how popular Christopher Pike was in his prime but he seems so underrated to me. He’s like a more thoughtful R.L Stine. I was a huge Goosebumps fan growing up but never heard of Christopher Pike. This is one of his “adult” books. Sci-fi Horror. Definite 8/10 but I think I’ll reread it again one day now that I know what to expect from it. The cover caught my eye but didn’t give me the right expectations.

Loved and hated this in equal measure. A memoir about Eggers' parents passing away and him taking care of his little brother. He comes across as incredibly pretentious but in a self-knowing way that I found pretty funny.

The core of the book - about his relationship with his brother - is really touching and often hilarious, but he disappears up his own arse a bit when talking about all his magazine work. And then it just goes on and on in this "woe is me" way until I ended up kinda hating him, which almost seems like his intention in the end.

Still, the good bits were very good

I never read this Eggers guy but I can tell you one thing, stay away from the Tom Hanks films

I couldn't make it past half the first chapter

This is worth the hype. So many memorable passages. Uplifting. Heartbreaking. Laugh out loud. Intense. Crazy genre shifts. Well crafted unconventional story telling. Will go back to this book a lot till the day I die. I loved every page. I found the pay offs to particular passages well worth it. Characters are rich. World Building hits different post covid. Read it. Don’t get intimidated. Pace yourself. Just have fun.

Unfortutely I've already seen The Circle

You guys ever peep James Elroy? One of the greats IMO