After finishing it, I wanted to focus on the other books I was reading but the ending made me start the Mistborn: Secret Histories novella right away.

The novella takes place in Era 1 (at least as far as I have read) but the recommended order is after The Bands of Mourning, as mentioned at the end of the book. Pretty interesting so far.

Still Readings Ultra-processed Food by Chris van Tulleken and The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll, but at very slow pace. Going to focus on them one at a time to speed them up.

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

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[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just finished Slaughterhouse-Five. Currently reading On the Road, by Jack Kerouac. It's good so far. I had no idea Beatniks were just bums that did lots of drugs and listened to Jazz. Fun stuff! Every generation is basically the same. Sex, drugs, sticking it to the man, etc... :)

[–] Augustiner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How’d you like Slaughterhouse Five? Been meaning to get to it.

I really wanted to like On the Road. The whole movement and characters are so cool and sympathetic to me, but somehow it had too little direction for me to really enjoy it. I know that’s sort of the point though…

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

It was good. Not what I was expecting. I knew very little about it going in. I haven't ready anything by Kurt Vonnegut until now but I will be checking out some more. The story jumps around in time quite a bit but it wasn't too confusing. I did have to re-read a few pages but over all worth the read.

On the Road popped up randomly on a podcast I was listening to so I bought a copy because it sounded interesting. Parts of it do feel a bit directionless but overall it's a fun story. Reminds me of one carefree hippy summer I spent doing nothing but being a bum back in the 90s.

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I remember struggling with On the Road, but someone reminded me that beatniks (including Kerouac) were frequently poets. I miss out on the lyricism sometimes, so this has inspired me to check if my library has an audio book version (it does, I'm 56th in line)