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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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[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This week I finished James Herbert's Rats trilogy. I was getting pretty bored with the 3rd book so halfway through I skipped to the last chapter to see how it ended. Nothing about the ending was a surprise and I'm glad I did. The first two books are far better at half the length.

I also started Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett (WH40k). I did not get on with the writing style and dropped it quickly.

I'm now reading Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams which is an account of her years at Facebook. It's as awful as you might imagine and sometimes worse. I can't stop reading it though, like not being able to look away from a car crash.