Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
One of fiction's most audaciously original talents, Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modern age -- complete with dark prophecy, family dysfunction, mystical deceptions, and...
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I am reading Tales of King Arthur, by Henry Gilbert to my son.
I finished the audiobooks Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well, by Meik Wiking and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), by Mindy Kaling. I'm almost done Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman and my next one will be There There, by Tommy Orange.
I'm working on The Book of the Ler, by M.A. Foster.
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Finished: Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
Started: The Black Chamber, by S.M. Stirling
Anansi Boys is in the same world as American Gods and follows the sons of the spider God Anansi and their unique paths. I enjoyed it.
Black Chamber is the first book in a new alternate history series takes place where President Taft dies in office and Teddy Roosevelt wins multiple elections leading up to WW1 and follows the adventure of a 'Black Chamber' operative named Luz as she infiltrates the Kaiser's Wehrmacht to discover their secret plans.
I'm about halfway through, and I dig it.
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Finished Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
Thought it was great, was skeptical about reading anything from Gaiman because my thoughts about him have always been that he was a bit too ''angsty teenager phase'' for me, boy was i pleasantly surprised. I like all the new mythology stuff he's doing now. Aiming for American Gods next.
Started Metro 2033, by Dmitry Glukhovskyand and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Started Metro mostly because of the game (eff off, don't judge me), the atmosphere is great, the setting is awesome but the dialogue feels a bit clunky at times. Reading it all in a Russian accent of course.
Fahrenheit is a classic, nothing but praises, plus i'm a sucker for a good dystopia, haven't read too much yet tho.
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I am reading Tales of King Arthur, by Henry Gilbert to my son.
I finished the audiobooks Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman and There There, by Tommy Orange and I'm about to start Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, by Neil Patrick Harris.
I'm working on The Book of the Ler, by M.A. Foster.
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This hasn’t happened to me in a very long time but I just can’t decide on which book should I start reading.
I’m sharing this with you as a way to limit my options...
Maybe I should have a go on the second book of the game of thrones, A clash of kings by George RR Martin. I didn’t enjoyed the first one very much, it was a bit of a drag most of the book, but George Martin got me hooked on the way the story ended. His writing portrayed amazingly the build up of the story, so I kinda hope this second book is a bit different and more dynamic.
Or maybe Anansi boys by Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite authors of all time, so why not?!
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Finished:
Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
Pretty meh. As usual with Gaiman's books, I loved the idea, but wasn't impressed with execution.
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
I was expecting some heavy stuff and knew the ending (spoiled it for myself years ago, but thankfully it didn't stop me from wanting to read it), and... whoa, it was a very well put "heavy stuff". It was a heartwrenching journey, but it was good and I loved it.
Started:
Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo
Oh boy. I DNF-ed this book months ago and now picked it up again. Still not impressed, to say the least. Because of this book and its hype I'm so wary of other YA fantasy, that I'm finding a hard time giving other titles a chance. I mean, if this is a top-YA fantasy book, I really don't want to know what average picks look like.