Calling all bookworms: What’s the last book you’ve read? 📚

brownglucosebrownglucose
edited March 11 in General

I'm a professional cuddler who's also a huge bookworm. Just picked up some I've been thinking a lot about my reading habits and how they’ve changed over time. While I love the convenience of e-readers, there's just something really special about holding the weight of a physical book in your hands?

I'm curious: Do any of you still have library cards? What do you read? What’s the last book you read?
I know it's easy to just download a digital copy of a book, but there's a unique experience to be had in browsing the shelves, smelling the old paper, and feeling the weight of a book in your lap. And also that old used book store smell is sexy!

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  • [Deleted User]WriterGF (deleted user)

    Exeunt Murderers by Anthony Boucher.

  • CuddleDuncanCuddleDuncan Mod
    edited October 2024

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom
    by T. E. Lawrence

    ISBN: 978-1853264696

    Literature; autobiography; First World War; guerilla warfare; Arabian desert; psychology; Arab nationalism; adventure

  • GraciousGracious

    Ooh I love this!!!

    I just finished John Grisham's The Reckoning. It's AMAZING!!!

    I just picked up "She Comes First" by Ian Kerner. I've heard a lot about it. Not sure if anyone has read it yet.

  • sallyamericasallyamerica
    edited October 2024

    Currently reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver- highly recommend, especially in contrast to Vance's Hillbilly Elegy. Despite the former being fiction and the latter touted as autobiographical, many argue that Appalachian native Kingsolver truly captures the region's spirit (and its difficulties).

    https://www.npr.org/2024/08/18/nx-s1-5065643/appalachian-authors-are-coming-together-to-counter-the-narrative-in-jd-vances-book

  • [Deleted User]jimmylee (deleted user)

    "Embracing God as Father" by Daniel Bush & Noel Due.

  • [Deleted User]mariacoss39 (deleted user)

    Night by Elie Wiesel

  • brownglucosebrownglucose
    edited October 2024

    Reading a non fiction medical illustration book
    The Sick Rose: Or; Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration
    Book by Richard Barnett

  • brownglucosebrownglucose

    @Gracious I actually have gifted she comes first to some of my friends. It’s an effective read. I also recommend “ethical slut”

  • MajesticMangoMajesticMango
    edited October 2024

    I finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (so good) and I’m currently reading Messenger by Edward Lee (not so good but I’m going to finish it) I should be done with it in a couple of days then I’m going to pick up American Psycho and then something by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. All physical copies, can’t do digital. I’m a hands on person

    @sallyamerica i was recommended that book! I’m hoping to find it one day when I’m thrifting. If you like that then some Philip K. Dick would be right up your alley!

  • TxTomTxTom

    Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.

    I was making progress on it, then got busy with other things and had to put it down for a while. So I've just decided to start over from the beginning.

  • [Deleted User]jimmylee (deleted user)

    @TxTom Have you read any of the other books in the series? Looks interesting.

  • TxTomTxTom

    @jimmylee No, I haven't.

  • OverTheMooonOverTheMooon

    The lost metal (Book 7 and the finale) by Brandon Sanderson

  • HappyHikesHappyHikes

    Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.

  • [Deleted User]MCCJS3 (deleted user)

    The amazing Glass series. Romance and assassin's are on my list.

  • MenoPopMenoPop

    I am currently about 75% done with a reread of the Codex Alera series, by Jim Butcher.

  • achetocuddleachetocuddle

    Chasing the Thrill by Daniel barbarisi about hunting for the Forrest Fenn treasure in the western USA.

  • GraciousGracious

    @brownglucose
    Omg where have you been???

    First, I'm the Thanos of library cards, I collect them like infinity stones. They're such gems.

    And yes, I've read "The Ethical slut" about 2 years ago. I heard it was revised 🤔??

  • [Deleted User]gem7 (deleted user)

    Oath and Honor

    Liz Cheney

  • brownglucosebrownglucose

    Thanos of library cards, huh? That's a title I can get behind! I’l take Lord of the Library cards! 😂

    And you're right about "The Ethical Slut." It's been revised a few times to reflect the evolving landscape of dating and sexuality. I haven’t yet read the revised version but I think it just happens to touch base on how younger generations approach poly now, each generation is a bit different.

  • brownglucosebrownglucose

    @sallyamerica Hillbilly Elegy Reminds me a bit of __Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place by bell hooks_. Maybe JDis secretly influenced by feminist lit. ;)

  • TheDave90TheDave90

    Just started this one (yes, Judge Rinder for those who know)

  • [Deleted User]MaverickLegend (deleted user)

  • FWCuddlesFWCuddles

    The midnight library by Matt Haig.

  • achetocuddleachetocuddle

    Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge by Ted Conover

  • KuddlyKoalaKuddlyKoala
    edited October 2024

    My last book was The Weekend by Bernhard Schlink.
    Interesting read if you're looking for a quickie.

    Also, cannot recommend the Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor enough. Very short read, but it has nice sci-fi world-building and I love the main character. Also fills a bit of the void in my little heart that's reserved for black and brown characters in literature. (I also really love supporting female African authors)

    On that note, Children of Blood and Bone(and follow-ups) is great too. Really love how pretty the books are on my shelf. Not a huge fantasy/magic fan, but surprisingly don't regret the purchases at all.

    If we're talking about a book I keep rereading though, that'd be The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo. I've read it at least 10 times and each time I've had a different takeaway and understanding.

    I'm a physical book girly and have an old used bookstore down the road. Sometimes I bring a book and just read in there. Love the woody, pulpy, leathery scent of the store. It just radiates warmth. I have 3 library cards!!
    Physical books also add ambience✨️

  • TxTomTxTom

    @KuddlyKoala

    I'm a physical book girly and have an old used bookstore down the road. Sometimes I bring a book and just read in there. Love the woody, pulpy, leathery scent of the store. It just radiates warmth. I have 3 library cards!! Physical books also add ambience✨️

    I completely agree. I really enjoy having my own personal (and ever expanding!) library. Reading the fleeting words on a screen just isn't the same as the permanence of the printed word, the texture of the paper, the weight and smell of the book.

  • achetocuddleachetocuddle

    Yeah, I like the ambience of a room with printed books in it.

  • TxTomTxTom

    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ~Cicero.

  • Darkeyed_maleDarkeyed_male
    edited October 2024

    Nikola Tesla
    The Inventions, researchings and writings of:
    Written by: the publisher does not say. (why is that) Noone has taken credit for this book.

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