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recently re-read my fav book, the little prince
Recently re-read the rats series by James Herbert, working my way through Domain at the moment, for some reason i keep reading it whilst listening to the Pet Shop Boys Actually, never have i ever listened to music that sums up a book so well, dreary and downbeat.
i'm chomping on bill bryson's "down under" and it's good
I recently read The North Water by Ian McGuire almost in one sitting.
Highly recommended — think of it as an R-rated Moby-Dick.
I am reading 'Fractal noise', which is a later written, loose standing prequel to 'To sleep in a sea of stars' by Christopher Paulini.
Before this I read 'My friends' by Frederik Backman. Beautiful.
i finally read the alchemist by paulo coelho this year.
you can probably finish this book over 2 days or a day of just dedicated to reading it. i like the message, though the ending got me feeling kinda ehhh.
idk. maybe im not smart enough to understand the ending.
i also like the part where it says that everything is related. i try not to say too much in case someone wants to read it, but yeah i like that part and i had chills. it's not that it's the first time i have come across that concept, it's actually also mentioned in fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood. it's just that the thought of it kind of moved me.
im currently trying to read a malay novel called nirnama. either that or the man called ove. i started both but havent continued for a week or so.
also, i hear that there's a novel trending among men called red rising, it's some fantasy novel. i think i will finish one of the two books i'm reading and reward myself by buying red rising to see what the hype is about.
i think it's a nice read for young adults
I am currently reading "The Open Society and its Enemies" by Karl Popper. I have read until chapter 6 so far and curious to see how Popper concludes on the problems he's discussing.
I recently began reading Alice in Wonderland, in general I've been trying to read classical literature more. I also started reading Alice in Wonderland because I've always had a big thing for that Alice in Wonderland inspired European gothic aesthetic you got in Japanese media around the 2010s, so it was probably fair that I read the source material.
So far it's pretty whatever. It feels like a book where the only modern appeal is for people interested in the development of written story telling, I am not the person to give a good review for this thing. Also I found some .txt file version that was on library computers in the 90s so I chose that format to read it because it's funny to say you read Alice in Wonderland as a .txt. However, I am now having the problem that the formatting of the text file is more psychedelic and nonsensical than the contents of the book, and I don't know if this is adding to the experience or not, but here's a screenshot of what it looks like for me. I'm attaching it as a link because it's pretty big.
I know it's a very popular book, but I just finished Project Hail Mary and I was kind of surprised by how happy and optimistic I felt after finishing it.
It's a dark premise overall, but a bit of humor and levity paired with a sentient rock creature made the story quite a bit lighter.
7/10 -- Would recommend
GentleMyth wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2026 12:05 pmI know it's a very popular book, but I just finished Project Hail Mary and I was kind of surprised by how happy and optimistic I felt after finishing it.
It's a dark premise overall, but a bit of humor and levity paired with a sentient rock creature made the story quite a bit lighter.
7/10 -- Would recommend
I sort of felt sad how a sci-fi book that is optimistic and upbeat, with a dark premise, is a breath of fresh air. Everything else seems to be "in the future everything is miserable and stupid" kind of books. Thats a big reason why I have sort of given up on sci-fi. Which is sad because I like sci-fi.
Shit I've missed the mark.
