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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 28 (discuss.online)

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Finished The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson. Book 1 of 2nd era of Mistborn. This was a very interesting book. Set about 300 years after the first era. The changes in the world, and to learn about some of the characters, it was all very interesting, and I am very glad that I re-read the first era before reading this.

Finished Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton. The book was surprisingly good. I quite enjoyed it, and it didn't even feel old.

My kid is already on book 5. So, highly recommended your for your 9-12 year olds.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Finally read Animal Farm. My takeaway was that any form of government eventually devolves to corruption. Despite having read the last lines in the past, was surprised when it ended.

About to finish A Short, Sharp Shock by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's a bit surreal, not sure where it's going, but it's a quick novella.

Love his writing, but damn, the Mars trilogy burnt me out on geography. I have a fair vocabulary, but Robinson must have majored in the subject.

I have these on tap if anyone cares to comment. Guy on reddit shared his Gdrive ebooks with me years ago, these sounded interesting.

Read Eifelheim a couple of times, downloaded it because I don't have a good copy. It's a fascinating look at how crash-landed and ill aliens are treated in Medieval Germany. The author is sometimes a little heavy-handed with the, "did you know this was the origin of this belief\word\thing\whatever?!" But yeah, I did not know those things and it was a great learning experience.