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What book(s) are you currently reading? 21 September (discuss.online)
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Still reading Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King. I am a little over 4/7th of the book (almost 400 pages out of 700 pages). The book wasn't what I thought it was. It isn't about the world after all the women fell asleep, it's about when they stated to fall asleep, with some supernatural stuff mixed in, which I think is present in most of King's books.

I am enjoying the book, and going to read more of his work. Maybe not right after this though.

What about you all? What are you guys reading?

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[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm re-reading Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro. Such a fantastic book, but I haven't really enjoyed his other works sadly

[–] Andjhostet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remains of the Day is maybe my favorite book of all time. Never Let Me Go was fine but paled in comparison. I wanted to like it a lot more than I did. I'm glad you're liking it. I think RotD set up some unrealistic expectations.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I haven't read that one because the idea just didn't grab me from the synopsis. I'm taking you recommend it?

[–] Andjhostet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's incredible. Probably the most "human" book I've ever read in my life. It sounds boring but I was absolutely enthralled with this old butler taking a road trip from the first 3 pages. There's a bit of unreliable narration and a lot of nuance to the writing. The prose is beautiful and the characters are incredibly memorable and amazing.