What books/comics/mangas etc. Did you read in June?

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    I’ve re-read the first Harry Potter. It’s been so long since I last read it. I felt that it really wasn’t poorly written. Sure it’s a children’s book but i looked reading it. And I’ve started reading flatland

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      Are there people out there that say it’s poorly written? That’s just not the case at all. It’s a very well-writte book, and that really does help when you dive back in to re-read it after a while.

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    Elantris, Warbreaker and started The Way of Kings, all by Brandon Sanderson. Read Mistborn Era 1 a couple years ago and loved it, finally decided to jump head in into the Cosmere.

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    I have read Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders.

    I can recommend it to anyone who are interested in the politics of US. Bernie talked about the main problems in the US. He talked about discrimination, the corruption, populism, wealth distribution and the negative effect of far capitalism overall.

    The best bit of the book in my opinion, that you will understand why’s the society so against socialism’s ideas, even if it would significantly improve their life in many cases.

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    I just finished No Longer Human last night. Haven’t breezed through a book like that in quite awhile!

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      That’s a good one. The prequel to it, The Flowers of Buffoonery, was just recently published. It’s short, but I recommend it.

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    I read Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery cos I liked the tv series and wanted to see where it went. By the third book I was bored af so I totally changed to The First Law by Abercrombie. So far it’s really good,

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    I read when When Women were Dragons! It was excellent! I read a couple other books too but this one really stood out to me. It was a coming of age story that was a metaphor for basic feminist theory.

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    • Always Coming Home - Ursula K. LeGuin - I absolutely loved this book. I’m still keep thinking about the Kesh people that this book explores. Very strange read, absolutely recommended.

    • The Fifth Season - N K Jemisin - Really enjoyed this book. The way it uses perspective was really great. The ending felt okay. I’m definitely going to be picking up the next one sometime soon.


    Currently reading Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer, which has been a fascinating read thus far, but I’m only halfway through.

    After that I’m planning on reading Among Others by Jo Walton (I loved her Thessaly series)

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    I read The City & The City by China Mieville and some bits of Psychogeography by Will Self.

    I would recommend the first one, especially if you like detective stories (and games like Disco Elysium).

    I’m not sure about the second, it’s a collection of columns and the throughline isn’t as good as I’d hoped.

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    Working on three body problem. I dont know if anyone else have a hard time with translated works, but I always feel like some part of the book is missing when translated. Like iboixk up on a few context clues that something should be known.

    Anyways I’m enjoying it, just lots of extra lookin things up, makes it a bit tedious.

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        I’m reading on a ebook, so I get clickable footnotes sometimes, usually though it’s mostly for common facts a chinese reader would have. Dont know if there are different translations or not.

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    I just finished No Longer Human last night. Haven’t breezed through a book like that in quite awhile!

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    Technically I finished the last few pages of this yesterday but whatever - Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens was an adorable rivals-to-lovers story with some excellent magical worldbuilding. It also has so much in common with The Owl House I refuse to believe the author isn’t a fan.

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    Kept it pretty lowkey in June, read only two books: Loop by Koji Suzuki (3rd book in the Ring series) and Osamu Dazai’s recently translated The Flowers of Buffoonery.

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    The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch - I really enjoyed this storytelling and plot about multiple dimensions and timelines and murder. Thrilling and exciting.