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[dextrosinistral.livejournal.com]

How have those books been?

I've been doing extra reading the last couple of weeks also. It's mostly been no-brain-required fiction, I needed a break from the heavy reading I've done this entire fall, haha. But I'm always looking for recs!

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Not bad! I surprisingly ended up liking all of them though The Wife was slightly disappointing towards the end. Wilful Disregard was great but a little bit heavy on the philosophy. And I love everything by Julian Barnes anyway. This was non-fiction and it's all about France and French culture, if you're into that sort of thing.

My personal recs are:

- In Other Words is wonderful and I think it might appeal to a language lover such as yourself.

- If you love Jane Austen, you'll love Eligble, since it's a reworking of Pride and Prejudice set in Cincinnati. It's falls under no-brain-required fiction, but very, very well written. I really couldn't put it down, tbh.

- Darkness Visible is of course, a bit of a downer (though I actually could relate to it), but my god, the prose is just beautiful. It's short so you can finish it quickly.

- A Guide to Being Born really surprised me. It's a collection of short stories and I didn't expect much when I started reading it, but most of the stories were wonderful. I actually teared up, reading a couple of them.