Finished:

Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K.Dick

This is one of the reads for the July-Aug book club and I couldn’t stop reading, so interesting and captivating. I just have to bite my tongue until we get to the end of the book discussion.

Starting:

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

A personal favourite of mine, so re-reading it. I forgot how annoying and pretentious Lord Henry Wotton was.

I've read this book multiple times, but after I read your comment I'm thinking about picking it back up. It's one of my favorites next to The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.

Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde and A Pocketful of Crows, by Joanne Harris

Started 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There, by Philip Matysszak.

Finished ’The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde

Now I originally planned to write a whole post about my thoughts on ‘Dorian Gray’, but it came out far too ramble and too much a summary, and plus it’s a topic beaten to death. Long story short, I really liked the book. I expected very little from ‘Dorian’, given I didn’t know much about it, and the fact I was hoping that ‘Labyrinths’ would come in the mail first instead of this. And when I first started it, the first couple pages were very tedious, but somehow it just ‘clicked’ eventually. And I found it amazing: it was tragedy, satire, drama, fantasy and so much more in one book. I loved it! Will definitely reread in the future. 4.5/5.

Starting ’Labyrinths’ by Jorge Luis Borges

This was long awaited, I’ve been hyping myself up for it with interviews, biopics, etc. I’ve written about it before, so I won’t splooge too much now. Excited!

I finished: The Picture of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde. It was pretty great and the ending was very fulfilling although I didn't understand many of the references to other texts.

Winter, by Marissa Meyer which I thought was a nice ending to the series.

And I started Men without Women, by Haruki Murakami. I've only read the first story but I already like his writing style.

Finished:

Gilgamesh: A New English Version, by Stephen Mitchell

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss

Emperor of Thorns, by Mark Lawrence

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Currently reading:

The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson and am debating on picking-up either The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde or The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway

Finishing The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and starting Middlemarch by George Eliot. I’m hoping this will be a can’t put it down type classic.

Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson

There There, by Tommy Orange

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

Finished Vengeful by V.E. Schwab. I've always enjoyed Schwab's writing and this book was no exception. Really hope she writes another book within the universe, Victor Vale is such a great character and there's an interesting world to work with. (5/5)

Also read Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht. It's a slow burn spy thriller that alternates between her mission in 1960s Argentina and her difficult relationship with her mother. It doesn't sound that interesting on paper but I was pulled in from page 1. (4/5)

Currently reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Regret not reading it earlier but I definitely wouldn't enjoy it as much if I read it when I was younger.

Finished:

War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

The North Water, by Ian McGuire

Summer Knight, by Jim Butcher

The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, by Chris Whipple

Circe, by Madeline Miller

Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures, by Nick Pyenson

The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

Started:

The Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Thunder Sunshine, by Alastair Humphreys

John Dies at the End, by David Wong

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

Alone on the Wall, by Alex Honnold

Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope

Finished: The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg

Started and Finished: The Death of Mrs. Westaway, by Ruth Ware

Started: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

I love The Power of Habit, this is my second time reading it. Looking at your life as a series of habits makes it seem much easier to effect personal change and strip some shame out of failure, imo. I liked the Death of Mrs. Westaway, but struggled to keep the family tree straight at times, which made the plot a little less impactful. The Picture of Dorian Gray is great so far, beautiful prose and the characters are well fleshed out.

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I finished The Complete Poems, by Emily Brontë and The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde and started reading Dracula, by Bram Stoker.

I‘ve been on a bit of a Victorian literature binge last month and might switch it up soon. At the moment, I’m really enjoying the epistolary format of Dracula, it feels like I‘m reading a documentary about a real life event!

Finished:

Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Turn of the Screw was okay, kinda scary at the beginning and I enjoyed the ending. Animal Farm was interesting, didn't bring out the kind of emotions 1984 did but I still enjoyed it. Dorian Gray was amazing, I was worried I wouldn't like it but ended loving it from beginning to end. Every scene with Lord Henry was a riot, found myself laughing out loud a few times.

Started:

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Read LOTR twice but for some reason never picked up this one, still at the beginning but I'm enjoying it, having seen the first two movies I'm looking foward to noticing the changes.

I finished The Four Legendary Kingdoms, by Matthew Reilly , now I wait for the sequel to come out.

I'm planning on reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

Just finished The Vegetarian, by Han Kang. Using the three narrators for each section is definitely a cool technique, and she definitely packed a lot into such a short book.

Started Mythology, by Edith Hamilton. Figured it was about time. Giving myself an introductory course to Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology.

I have The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde sitting at about half way done from a couple weeks ago but I'm not sure if I want to finish it. The concept is cool, but the writing is kind of repetitive. He has this formula that he constantly uses that goes like "The thing about X is Y, but the thing about Y is X" (“When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.”) that once I noticed it happening all the time got kind of annoying, and there are just so many one-liners and quips in general back to back to back that sometimes it feels like I'm reading some pseudo-intellectual's Twitter feed. Also his constant need to describe how vile the "fat jew manager" was kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I tried looking it up but I can't find if that was how he felt or it's some sort of criticism of the time somehow.

Also side-lined The Man Died, by Wole Soyinka when I got The Vegetarian so maybe I'll just bounce between that and Mythology so I don't get burnt out on either. Turns out prison memoirs can kind of bring you down.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

When reading it, I didn't think Lord Henry's aphorisms really fit. (They worked much better in "The Importance of Being Earnest.") But the story has grown on me, after finishing it. The end is painful.

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel, by Anthony Horowitz

While this certainly has its flaws, I liked it about as much as the "real" Sherlock Holmes stories. But I am not a huge Doyle fan, so don't care about authenticity.

Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are, by John Kaag

I wanted some light philosophy, but this was pretty underwhelming.

Finished:

Authority, by Jeff VanderMeer I ended up taking a several month hiatus before finishing this novel. I like that his style of sci-fi is so different than other things that I read before. But his work might be a little too postmodern for me.

Started:

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde I am digging it. It's really not going how I thought it would go based on what I've absorbed from various other media.

Still Reading:

Abaddon's Gate, by James S.A. Corey This series is really great. Highly recommend.

Finished: Hallowe’en party by Agatha Christie, The picture of Dorian gray by Oscar Wilde

Started : The line of beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Started The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

Finishing Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. This is my first time reading it and it has pushed it’s way into my top 3 novels.

Starting The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Mostly lives up to the hype. The prose is gorgeous and there is some pretty interesting commentary on vanity and beauty. I found the Henry Wotton character insufferable though and he seemed like a mouthpiece for Wilde's worldviews more than anything.

Currently reading Wool by Hugh Howey. Really enjoying it so far.

I completed The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde and started and am almost completed with One Day in December, by Josie Silver.

I am also trying to finish The Secret History, by Donna Tartt; am a little over halfway done.

Finished:

Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde I really liked it. The prose was beautiful but at the same time understandable to modern audiences. The ending was really good and I did not expect it.

Abaddon's Gate, by James S.A. Corey Another good novel in the Expanse series.

The Churn, by James S.A. Corey This was probably my favourite novella so far in the series.

The Good Neighbour, by Maxwell King I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this as much as I did if it wasn't for nostalgia. It was an interesting story and Mr Rogers truly was one of the best men that ever lived. I do feel that a different writer would have done his story a little more justice though.

Started:

The Fold, by Peter Clines Almost finished. It's a fun disposable story. The majority of the characters are a lot less likeable then in the first book and for smart people they sure do make a lot of infuriating decisions. If you can get past that the book is a good time.

The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch Just finished the prologue. Liking it so far.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

Finished: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde. I had been looking forward to reading this for quite a while, and am almost ashamed to admit that I only rated it 2 out of 5 stars. I just couldn't get involved in the story. Too... poetic...? I am not sure, and I admit that I wasn't always in the right chill mood when I read it - but usually a great book makes me want to get involved with it. This one didn't. So yeah, interesting lesson learned.