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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? May 6 (literature.cafe)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm finishing up The Golden Enclaves, the last of the Scholomance Series by Naomi Novik. It fulfills The Jerk with a Heart of Gold square, but in getting in to it, it also fits the LGBTQIA+ representation square. I've gotten started on so many great series in the last few years doing reading challenges and this year I'm going to try and get caught up with a bunch of them. I'm super excited!

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm taking a break from reading Mad Hatters and March Hares to read Persuasion, since I just watched the movie 2 days ago.

I really like the idea of short stories, and loved reading them as a kid--but as an adult I struggle with them. Getting into a new story before I'm invested in the characters is the slowest/most effortful part of reading for me, so anthologies feel like continually trying to restart a car when the engine keeps turning off. And when the stories are good, I'm usually annoyed that there isn't more about those characters or in that world (but standalone novels don't normally evoke that response and I don't know why).

I'm considering picking another book for my "Judge a book by its cover" square, since The Tangled Lands is also an anthology.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You might look up 'linked stories'/'novel in stories': they're single-author collections that have all the stories set in the same world, often with shared characters, sometimes with an overarching or background narrative. Might be a good middle ground?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That's a great suggestion--I'll have to try it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I have the same struggle. By the time I hit my flow, the story is over and now I have to start over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Exactly as you say! It's a relief to know I'm not the only one who feels this way.