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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 19 (discuss.online)
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Had a busy week, so couldn't get much reading done. So still at pretty much the same place in Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series).

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

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I just started reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass yesterday. I realized a while ago I never actually read it, and only had seen the various adaptations. I have to say, it’s quite different than what I grew up on.

I’m also disturbed that Charles Dogson (Lewis Carroll) is basically described as being a pedophile for his “love” of a 10-yo little girl (Alice Liddell, the daughter of his boss, for whom the story is told) whom he wanted to marry while he was in his 30s.

Next up I plan to read Blue Are the Hills: The Final War for Humanity. I expect it to be completely different than Alice of course.

That’s just how I roll.

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 5 points 1 week ago

I read Alice in Wonderland as a kid when I was gifted The Annotated Alice. I loved the puzzles and the math tricks. And I only just now learned that was Martin Gardner, because of course. I discovered his puzzles many years later and only today put these two together. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much without the explainer text, but with it I felt like I had the secret keys.