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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? May 28
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....
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? May 22
Continuing Three Days to Never by Tim Powers, I was around first quarter mark before, but have crossed the half mark now. The books has gotten really interesting, will probably finish this week, if nothing comes up....
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? May 14
A very busy week, didn’t get to do any reading at all....
Ball Game on the Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence- Johannes Stradanus, fresco (1555) (lemmy.world)
[The sport] calcio was reserved for rich aristocrats who played every night between Epiphany and Lent. Even popes, such as Clement VII, Leo XI and Urban VIII, played the sport in Vatican City. The games could get violent as teams vied to score goals.
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? May 6
Bought couple of books for my young one, and just read through them....
2024 Bingo Recommendations List
Official Thread Link Here...
Welcome to the Inaugural books@lemmy.world Bingo for 2024!
Want to read more, but need motivation or direction? Want to gamify or expand your reading? Try book bingo! Our hope with this challenge is to provide a fun way for you to keep up with your reading goals throughout the next 12 months....
What book(s) are you currently listening to or reading - April 29
Hi all, I’m taking over the weekly c/Books post this week to talk about what’s happening on the First of May....
woob - 0.04 内部 (woob.bandcamp.com)
From the album Tokyo Run.
Notes from a year of reading science fiction and fantasy [potentially minor spoilers]
Below are books I’ve read over the last year, with notes about on what I thought of them. I started this list just to remind me what the books were about and if I thought they were worth reading. As the year went on, my notes became a little more substantial. The list was for me, but I thought I’d share in case it’s useful...
Essenger (feat. The Midnight) - Silence (essenger.bandcamp.com)
SeYSMIC - Lovers at the Killer Hotel (seysmic.bandcamp.com)
TIL what a fix-up novel is (en.wikipedia.org)
A fix-up (or fixup) is a novel created from several short fiction stories that may or may not have been initially related or previously published. The stories may be edited for consistency, and sometimes new connecting material, such as a frame story or other interstitial narration, is written for the new work....
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 22 April
Reading Three Days to Never by Tim Powers. The premise is pretty interesting, can’t wait to see where he takes it....
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 15 April
Didn’t get time to read at all this week, so still at the same place as last week....
WOLFCLUB - All We Live For (The Bad Dreamers Remix) (newretrowave.bandcamp.com)
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 08 April
Finished Starsight by Brandon Sanderson. Second book in Cytoverse series. Loved the way the series progressed, though didn’t liked the post-ending much. Going to start the novella soon....
Updated! And image uploading is still broken.. whoops
Things seem to be working otherwise. But it’s… yeah. I’ll take a look as I can but yeah. If you upload images just use imgur I guess. 🤔...