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What's Lemmy reading? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pptouchi@sopuli.xyz to c/literature

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There's a thread about how people find new books, and one of my favorite ways to find things to read was browsing comments from the weekly 'What are you reading' threads in r/truelit and r/books. So what is Lemmy reading?

I'm finishing The Passenger, and about to jump into John Williams' Stoner. Excited to see what is next!

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[–] Firefox@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just picked up a copy of house of leaves. Saw it referenced a few times in some other media I liked and figured I may as well check out the book itself.

[–] Maerman 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my favourite books of all time. Do you have the full colour edition?

[–] Firefox@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yes! I splurged for the hardcover because I thought it would be a book I'd want to go back to a few times later on, and I'm really happy with how high quality it is.

[–] postscarce@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't even know if "reading" is the right verb for engaging with that book. It's practically a different kind of activity.

[–] Firefox@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's been a very different experience so far, but enjoyable!

[–] Profilename1@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a dense read, but I enjoyed it. I'll admit that I enjoyed it more when I became willing to skim over spots when it got a little too tedious. I've got my own theory on what's going on, and I'd talk about it if I knew how to insert spoilers.

[–] Firefox@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like this is gonna be one I'll need to make a few passes on to really get everything that's going on