Finished Three Days to Never by Tim Powers. First half was pretty dense and slow, but second half, when things were getting obvious, and plans finally getting into motion, were very interesting, and was able to read them in just a few days.
It meets criteria for at least 3 different Bingo boxes, not sure where to place it. Would decide it later. ( @JaymesRS@literature.cafe We can do that right? Move them around different boxes after reading more books?)
Now I have just started Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson. It’s first of three novellas, which are between book 2 and 3. (Well, third novella is generally recommended to be read after book 3, but that’s a separate topic). It’s a small book, so hopefully will be able to finish it soon.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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I imported the Spanish version of Artemis Fowl into LingQ (a language-learning app) and have been slowly burning through that for 15 minutes a day. Not much to say about the book, it was just something I loved as a kid so I thought it’d be a good one to start with.
I’ve also just started The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. My girlfriend recommended it to me, though she says it contains some of the most badly-written and non-arousing sex scenes she’s ever read. Can’t wait.
How’s the LingQ app? I am just using Duolingo these days, but have been looking at starting to read some long, actual text. Don’t really have enough proficiency yet, but it’s supposed to help you increase your vocabulary and languages skills much faster.
I really like it. The free version is completely useless sadly, but I paid for a month of premium, then when I tried to cancel the subscription they offered me 3 months at half price so I took it. I’ll probably keep it at full price when the discount period ends.
I use it alongside Duo and Memrise (which is meant to be getting overhauled again sometime very soon) and I find it by far the most useful and enjoyable. I’m really only keeping those going for the streaks at this point.
In LingQ you build a database of words you’ve seen which gets tracked across all media. You get a news feed of simple lessons and real atricles/videos, and you can import your own links so that you’re learning from real content, I used it for 3 weeks or so before importing an ebook. You tap new words to see their translation, then from then on its highlighted based on how familiar you are with it, and all lessons are broken down by the number of new/learned words so you can judge how difficult it will be before you go in.
If you want to try it I can give you a referral link that will give you an extra 100 free words (I think it’s only 20 to start with, which is why I said it was completely useless up top - that’s like 2 sentences), and if you do end up paying after that I think I get a percentage towards my premium or something, idk.
Ah cool.
You can message me the referral link. If you need my email or anything, let me know.
I read one of my grandma’s Ken Follet books as a teen and thought it was fun and I very much enjoyed the sex. As an adult I agree with your girlfriend, it’s badly written. Airport books, is probably a good category for them.