Reading Piranesi now.

At page 51 and it's a struggle.
All about dates, places I can't imagine, statue.

It's been sometime since I took up a book. Saw it at popular Googles it seems to be a good book. My favourite author says it's 'Miraculous'

Wonder if I will finish it..ever.

Pachinko by Min Ji Lee

If it's a struggle then move on and give up on that book.
Reading is supposed to be fun, relaxing.

Manage to finish 75% in airport. Previously when I was devouring books I would have given up and move on. But since its been a long time since I last read, what the hell.

Finished Piranesi

Attempting daughter of the moon goddess.

Finished reading. 4/5.

Easy read since it's related to Chinese mythology. Jade emperor, dragon etc.....

This post has been edited by JustAskingOnly: Feb 5 2022, 10:34 PM

Sound good, I'm gonna give that a read.


Dropped The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. It was Goodread's Choice Awards 2021's Best Mystery and Thriller category winner, so I thought I would give it a try. Not sure if the story is good, it was just too draggy and had too much flashback that aren't mysterious or thrilling. Tried my best but kept falling asleep.


The Midnight Library 6.5/10. Relatable, but writing style draggy and dull at times.


Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 9/10. Might deserve a 10. Learned a lot about space from it. It's memorable, plausible, exciting, and heart-warming, with great pacing.


The Guest List by Lucy Foley 7.5/10. Disappointing ending.


Caught up on some classics that I should've read in high school:
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding 8.5/10
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 9/10
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 9/10

I really enjoyed the Project Hail Mary, even though i have never been a fan of first person pov.
The Guest List i actually gave up. xD

Goodreads awards are not very real i feel. A lot of votes are "bought".

I'm less familiar with first person pov, but extremely well executed in Project Hail Mary. It's great too in To Kill a Mockingbird, the pov of an 8-year-old girl, it's refreshing, adorable, and funny too sometimes to see how an 8-year-old understands the world. I think it's much harder to tell the story within the boundaries of a single person's knowledge.

You didn't miss much giving up The Guest List, all the build-up to a mediocre reveal. I just stuck with it because it deals with some social issues such as groupthink and some of the characters were very relatable to me.

Even Goodreads' reviews are not very reliable. Or books might be like food or art, where everyone has their own preference.

Lots of books are draggy, they rephrase the same thing over and over, nothing new to say. Is this the trend now?

Still looking for what to read next...

just finished the guest list, not bad overall.

thinking to start on the silent patient, any review on this book?

Welcum to de new world of trashy over marketed books. De era of real gud books r long ovah. Rite now beter swich to manga/manhwa while itz still gud

manga/manhwa/manhua are different than books!

Despair not! Haha. I think there are good books, they just take more effort to uncover. There could be a similar number of needles, but just a much larger haystack and lots of dishonest salesmen.

I used to read lots of manga but, just as miyakochan said, they're different things. Books require a more holistic imagination; manga just gotta imagine the motion. Any good manhwa to recommend? They usually have better art and some are even coloured I heard.


Btw, just finished The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. 8.5/10. Witty, fun, and light.

Haystak too big oredi gave up long ago lol. Nvr look bek sins den.

Sure manga/manhwa dun hav to imagine much but i notis wen artis veri gud dey can describe beter den novel version

A few pointers on manhwa:

1) Manhwa plenty of gud 1s but not many hav eng version so wat pipul do is read "pirated" "fan-translated" 1s n den pay ori version jus 2 support author. If u ok wif dat den u hav many choices. If not den hav 2 wait veri long time 2 c official translation if ever. Sum studio relly dun care about international readers, deswai all de pirate translator come in

2) unlike books, all dis dun come complete, u kno loh a lot of artis work, dey onli release chapter by chapter. De golden age of manhwa jus started not veri long ago so a lot not complete. If u onli wan 100% complete den i can onli recommend 'Medical Return' (doctor/reincarnation stori --- comedy+a bit rom+a bit murder, onli bad thing is ending part over extended), n again dis 1 no official eng version yet

3) might need 2 lern a bit of Korean esp. "oppa" "noona" "ajussi" n "ajumma" but of cors if u read a lot eventually u'll understan anywei, dis oso no tqs 2 pirate translator dey dun translat deez terms. Proly a culture preservation thingy.

Nowadeys all manhwa colored. Oso many very violent but dem funny. If u ok with 1&2 above den --- I wil assume u like [comedy+light action] so maybe I'll recommend 'The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor' for starters (vr stori, still ongoing)

I have read a few specific manhwa. Some are good, but like books most are just trashy shonen stuffs that got popular because the tropes suit them. It's also like looking for a needle in a haystack.

And most importantly, can't take a review/comment/opinion seriously when the person is writing worst than a child.

Any manhwa/manga/manhua that you think was really good? I'll just take the needles you found and skip the haystack, lazy me. I'd take seinen over shonen though.


Yeah, Benaroo, isn't writing the way you write harder than writing proper? Makes my head spin too.

if he has time to write it this way, then he should have the time to find the right books in the haystack. lol.

Just finished Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library. It was surprisingly a very captivating books and highly recommended for those who likes puzzles

The Inflatable Woman by Rachael Ball

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men
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