What have you recently finished reading?

I’ve been reading some graphic novels/manga to close out the year: the last thing I finished was Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide vol 1, by Mone Sorai, which was okay. I didn’t absolutely love the style, and Asahi’s internalised homophobia makes it a bit less quirky and fun than it might be, but the bond between the two leads is cute.

What are you currently reading?

I’m most of the way through the third volume of the Solo Leveling light novel, which is such a fun, fast read. I’m having a whale of a time with the series. It’s kinda lacking in tension since you know that Jinwoo is gonna be able to beat anything (especially since I’ve read the manhwa), and that’s fiiiine. It’s just fun to be along for the ride.

I’m also partway through Algospeak (Adam Aleksic), which is interesting. I try not to be prescriptivist about language, and just approach it with curiosity, so steam isn’t coming out of my ears at the way words are being used “improperly”. (I do dislike “unalive”, though, which is the subject of the first chapter.)

What are you going to read next?

To meet my reading goal of 400 books in 2025, I’m going to finish out the year with the first two volumes of the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint manhwa. I’ve enjoyed the two volumes of the light novel I’ve read, so I’m looking forward to digging in. Hopefully my parents and sister will be chill and let me read a bit in the run-up to midnight, once dinner (and the lemon drizzle cake baked today by my wife) have been consumed.