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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 28 (discuss.online)

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Finished The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson. Book 1 of 2nd era of Mistborn. This was a very interesting book. Set about 300 years after the first era. The changes in the world, and to learn about some of the characters, it was all very interesting, and I am very glad that I re-read the first era before reading this.

Finished Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton. The book was surprisingly good. I quite enjoyed it, and it didn't even feel old.

My kid is already on book 5. So, highly recommended your for your 9-12 year olds.

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[–] zipkag@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have been reading Anathema by Neal Stephenson. I'm about a fourth of the way through and it's been great. I've read two or three of his other books which I've really enjoyed. Cryptonomicon became one of my favorite books. But so far this has been up there as something that may top that, it's been pretty good so far. I hope it ends well.

[–] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Anathem is one of the strangest and most rewarding books I've ever read. I absolutely love it. Like many of his other works it is a TOME but totally worth it. I did Termination Shock already this year and it was really cool. I hope you enjoy the rest of Anathem, it's a helluva ride!

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Anathem really benefits from having some background familiarity with western philosophy, and Plato’s theory of Forms/Ideas in particular. If you’re fuzzy on that, you might want to do a quick review before you get too far into the book.

[–] zipkag@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, that's good advice. I actually knew the book had something to do with that. But after the first chapter or two, I did go back and need to review some of that, as it's been a while since I've taken a philosophy class. And I'm glad I did because some of the chapters I've read now I think made a bit more sense with that fresh on my mind.