What was the last book you read?

I’m on a Bloomsbury Set phase at the moment, so Virginia Woolf, Vita SW, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell et. al. so there’s a few of these on the go, plus two recent editions of Poetry Review. I live readino and always have, libraries were my safe space as a child and indeed I worked in one for the last twenty years before retirement. Also being an inveterate collector, though an obsessively tidy one, collect rare, fine bound and first editions, we are going to Hay for a weekend in February for my birthday hunting treasure

The childish part of my mind took that as a more subtle Cupid Stunt kind of name. 

Like Lord of the Rings, it's hard to read, and gets harder after you're half through all books

I've read a few of Stephen King's classics but I really want to read some of his more recent stuff. I have The Institute on my to-read list, that one looks really good!

I'm currently reading various different things, fiction and non-fiction (as usual), but novel-wise, yesterday I finished Dune by Frank Herbert and am about to start the second book in the sequence, Dune Messiah.

I felt really uncomfortable about how that book portrayed autistic people.

I have to say that most of the people who worked with me when I was working in a further education library were not readers at all.

People who read fiction live many lives, rather than one life, and are many people, rather than one person.

I am certainly in agreement with the points you raised here. There was too much going on in the books for things to go they way they did in the show. An advantage the books had I suppose is that they could explore side stories quite fluidly, where as the tv series sort of needs to be more ‘in your face’ and obvious. Books are a bit more subtle in the way that they can deliver a story.

I can also see why your top characters are who they are, Theon is one I can actually understand though as they journey his character went on was certainly something! I quite enjoyed (reading about) a lot of the dynamics of the Night’s Watch and of the journey Arya went on. Although he was quite an obvious character, I really liked Jon. The development of Jamie’s character throughout was certainly interesting too.

I think the last book i read was,,,,,,,,,, Janet  & John book 1........ or it may have been book 2

That sounds like a good book - now added to my reading list :) 

I'm currently reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King. It's a really good book, so far, up to his usual standard. Another of his I read not so long ago was Billy Summers, also a really fab book.

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I read a slim book a few months ago which counts as the last that I finished rather than made a start on. It was also autism themed, by implication. Convenience Store Woman, about a lady in modern Japan who is needs continuity, routine etc. but feels continual societal judgement over it. Or rather, she’s aware of that judgement but seldom cares, just is privately puzzled. There’s another male character who then comes in to it and he’s doing less well with similar issues. They come to a little arrangement- not the super-obvious one! - to help each other out a little. It’s a very engaging book, but I’m so glad I don’t live in Japan! 

Hopefully it could happen for you some day

Last book I finished was 'The Kiss to the Leper', by François Mauriac, I'm currently reading, again, 'Lucky Jim'. by Kingsley Amis and for the first time, 'The Whispering Swarm, by Michael Moorcock. I'm also reading a factual book on the reign of Justinian the Great.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Novel by Mark Haddon

I'm currently reading me before you I was told it's for autistic people and I also am reading Anne of Green Gables again this year in English this time not Arabic that I speak yeah . Anne of Green Gables I watched the movie read the book last year yeah tbh . I'd want to read more books that are designed for autistic people like me yeah 

Btw if someone wants to read a book, where after developing one new technology, wormhole camera, ideological enlightment of society happens everywhere, no more lies and deception

''The light of the other days'' by Stephen Baxter

We could use something like that in our spacecontinuum,

Oh I would LOVE to work in a library! Whenever there is a discussion about dream jobs, working in a library always comes to my mind.

Just finished ''Death's end'' by Cixin Liu. 3rd book from ''Three body problem'', 4th was released and I need to buy it.

Started, this time in english, previous time in polish 28 years ago, ''The Sky Lords'' by John Brosnan. 1st of trilogy by the same name.

’I read a book once. Green, it was’ 

Seriously though, I need to get reading again. Proper books, not magazine articles. For someone who works in a library I’m a disgrace. And yet I love reading! It’s that inertia thing…