What have you recently finished reading?
I haven’t actually been reading a lot, it’s been a pretty bad start to the year on that front — I’ve been busy, preparing for some time off I want to take by working ahead, and cleaning the house for a landlord inspection, and starting the new raid tier in Final Fantasy XIV! But I did make some time last night to read the seventh volume of the Cat + Gamer manga, which was cute as ever.
What are you currently reading?
I have a few books on the go concurrently, but mostly the same as last week because things aren’t really moving. The last in-progress book I actually opened was Helen Gordon’s The Meteorites, which I’m finding interesting but a bit slow, and also kinda anxiety-making just because thinking on the scale of meteorites and deep time makes me feel very, very small.
I do have a volume of Solo Leveling on the go as well, and I suspect that’ll be my best route back into settling into books again, since I find it very soothing. (Despite, you know, all the monsters and battles.)
What will you read next?
My wife got me a few more volumes of the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint manhwa to keep my brain occupied while awaiting a dental appointment for a broken filling (I have a phobia of dentists), so that’ll probably give me some easy reading while I’m coping with the busy time! Other than that, I don’t know for now what I’m likely to read, though Dungeon Crawler Carl is past due at the library…
(I find it funny how similar the premise is to books like Solo Leveling and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Clearly my reading is themed lately, despite the different cultures the books come from and different formats!)
I’m curious to see what you think of Dungeon Crawler Carl. I couldn’t finish it, it was too long and repetitive
Hmm, good to know! The Korean books I read that have similar premises are really fast-paced and speedy…
Not sure if reading horror mange helps before a dentist appointment? lol
Cat + Gamer: I so loved that series. Alas there are only 8 books. I finished them in December. But I see the author wrote another series with cats.
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Eh, I don’t really think of Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint as being horror, so it’s fiiiine.
Cat + Gamer is a lot of fun! I didn’t know the author has another series — I’ll have to keep an eye out.
I finished up Cat + Gamer last year and I already miss it. It was so much fun!
Yeah, I finished the last volume yesterday and now I’m bereft!
I love Dungeon Crawler Carl! If you aren’t deep into the Rpg elements they can drag though, and it’s shamelessly irreverent. I don’t know if you do audiobooks, and I rarely say this, but it’s even more fun to listen to than read.
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I think that aspect shouldn’t be a problem for me, especially with my love for Solo Leveling and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, which also contain that kind of thing.