Finished Skyward, by Brandon Sanderson. Probably my favorite book by him. It's really great.

Will be finishing Morning Star, by Pierce Brown.

Started the audiobook of Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys* and really loving that.

I'm also slowly reading through The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein. I'm not really liking it.

Just finished Morning Star, by Pierce Brown. Just wow. I couldn't put each book down, that's how enticing the story is. Will have to pick up his latest works.

Just started Origin, by Dan Brown. It'll probably be the same as all his other books, but I still enjoy them.

Finished Morning Star, by Pierce Brown

What an amazing trilogy. It really pulled me in and the twists and turns where fantastic.

Going to start Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline

This week I finished Golden Son by Pierce Brown. I liked it, it was a good continuation of the first book.

Next up was Morning Star by Pierce Brown. Again, good. My copy had a lot of errors though, it was like someone proof read it drunk. And I'm not sold on that ending either!

Currently reading The Carnivore's Manifesto by Patrick Martins. A customer at work wanted me to read this after she saw me reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Saffran Foer. She doesn't think Foer is worth listening to apparently, but I don't think the book she has given me is that good. Short chapters that sometimes seem only slightly related to the topic (gun control? Really?) and too Americanised to be of much use to me. I'll press on though.

Finished Morning Star, by Pierce Brown. Really struggled through the first 400 pages, but the last 118 pages were absolutely incredible. I'm taking a break from the series for a while, but I'll come back to it sometime.

Finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. Its the best audiobook performance I've ever heard and a great story.

I'll be starting Out of the Silent Planet, by C.S. Lewis today. It's a fiction sci-fi trilogy more geared towards adults. I'm not a huge fan of Narnia if I'm being honest, so hopefully I like this one. It's only 150 pages, so it's not terribly long if I don't.

Still reading Looking Glass, by Andrew Mayne. I love the author's writing. It's just so easy to understand and it flows really well, each chapter wanting me to read just one more.

The Road to Wigan Pier, by George Orwell

Very acerbic. Almost nothing about the latter half of the book's critique of the Socialist intelligentsia and literati has become out-dated in the 80 or so years since publication. Nor for that matter, was the ever present existential threat of mechanisation and automation. That problem is nothing new to recent times, so it turns out. Had Orwell not died so young, he would have lived to see the glittering cities which capitalism continued to produce whilst mechanised dystopia was postponed - for however little borrowed time - during the remaining century, but now that the last hurrah is once again looming, the original question is back, and it's even more unclear how it will be resolved in our lifetime.

It's a good thing that the world he witnessed in the first half of the book - namely the plight of the coal working communities upon which all "better" classes relied - ultimately came to pass. It would have been interesting to see what Orwell would have thought of decolonialisation, the Atomic age, renewables, overhauled social wellfare.

Morning Star, by Pierce Brown

I blitzed through the Red Rising series. I hated myself for getting drawn into a book with all the trappings of the young adult genre, but I enjoyed the lot. I got through the first three in only a week. I'm experiencing a little fatigue, so I might put the fourth entry off for a little bit. It was a guilty pleasure, and I am unrepentant.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Rubbish. I hated it. It belongs in the same tier of fantasy fiction with Shannara. How do people enjoy these old windbag tomes of high fantasy that haven't changed since the 70's? The old 70's classics at least have some appeal now, on nostalgia for something so dated yet so influential. These Kingkiller books on the other hand, are all that, but so, so much less. I've got no time for it anymore, and I'm moving on.

Starting Looking Glass, by Andrew Mayne today. It's about a biologist who becomes a consultant for the fbi catching serial killers.

Finished The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein. Found the first 100 pages boring, but loved it by the end.

Still struggling through Morning Star, by Pierce Brown. Loved the Red Rising and Golden Son, but I'm so bored with this one. I had Iron Gold and Dark Age on hold at the library, but I cancelled them for now. I might come back to this series eventually, but not anytime soon. I just need a break from it.

More than halfway through Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes and really loving the audiobook. The reader does an incredible job and it's a really great story so far.

I finished Persepolis Rising, by James A.Corey Had forgotten about it, and actually bought Babylon's Ashes, by James A.Corey , only realizing I had read it before a little later. Good stuff!

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I started and finished Red Rising, by Pierce Brown, Golden Son, by Pierce Brown and Morning Star, by Pierce Brown. Started on Iron Gold, by Pierce Brown.

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Good start to the year!

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Will be taking a break from Morning Star, by Pierce Brown and The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein

I'll be reading Skyward, by Brandon Sanderson and Circe, by Madeline Miller.

I had them on hold at the library and they came in sooner than expected, so I'm going to read them now since they have a long waiting list.

I’m currently reading Morning Star, by Pierce Brown

This series is amazing and I was so hooked on the last book I finished it in 2 days, I could not put it down 😊

I finished Golden Son, By Pierce Brown earlier this week and I am hoping to finish the trilogy this weekend with Morning Star, by Pierce Brown

I finished The Book of M, by Peng Shepherd and Men Without Women, by Haruki Murakami.

I am currently reading Furiously Happy, by Jenny Lawson and Morning Star, by Pierce Brown.

Finished Reading: Have Spacesuit, Will Travel, by Robert Heinlein

Continuing to read: The Curse of the Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold - Enjoying this audio book but it's a long one. Feeling a little daunted by the length. Nine Perfect Strangers, by Liane Moriarty- Buddy read. Not really enjoying it. Morning Star, by Pierce Brown - Enjoying this but I'm trying to savor it.

Started Dune, by Frank Herbert. It started off really confusing for me, but I'm about 25% into the book now and I'm starting to really enjoy it.

Started Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson. It didn't hook me like Skyward did right from the get go, but I like it.

Finished Morning Star, by Pierce Brown. I struggled through the first 400 pages, but that last 120 pages were incredible. I'm taking a break from the series, but I look forward reading Iron Gold sometime down the line.

Two weeks again. My reading is really slowing down with the return of spring.

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Finished:

Golden Son by Pierce Brown - I didn't like it as much as I liked Red Rising. It was very action movie-ish and employed the old cinematic trope "when all hope is lost.....the main character reveals that he knew all along and adjusts accordingly".

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Morning Star by Pierce Brown - I liked it better than Golden Son but still less than Red Rising. The writer still uses short sentences too much.

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The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh - beautifully written and interesting. Felt very hypnotic and dream-like. The one daughter was super annoying but I think she would be given the way she grew up so it was well-written from that perspective, if a bit grating. Everyone was screwed up and it showed.

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Currently Reading:

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver - about halfway through and I have no idea how I feel about it at this point which is unusual for me.

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Finished Morning Star by Pierce Brown and started The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Finished:

Morning Star, by Pierce Brown - Good ending to the first part of the series. Still trying to figure out if I will move on with the series.

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, by Lucy Knisley - I loved this one! I think it was a great memoir and I really identified with it. I think every woman who has ever been through child birth/thinking about childbirth/thinking of conceiving should read it. I even learned some thing I didn't know and I've been through pregnancy before!

Started/Continued reading:

Semiosis, by Sue Burke- I'm not really impressed yet. It started off well in the first POV but the last two POVs feel like the book is lacking something. I don't know where the story is going yet.

I have some travel reads that I'm planning to pick and read over the next few days.

Currently reading:

Morning Sun, by Pierce Brown

I've been in a bit of a slump these past few months and I've barely finished anything. I'm hoping with the season change, I will start picking up and start reading more things again.

Finished reading: Ginny Moon, by Benjamin Ludwig

Continued reading: Morning Sun, by Pierce Brown

Started reading: Semiosis, by Sue Burke