Loved The Hot Zone! Nonfiction that reads like a thriller.
Same here. I have so many books in there and all my bookshelves set up in the particular nitpicky way that I like them that moving all that over to another service is a daunting idea.
This book also didn’t scare me in a traditional way but is definitely one of the most unsettling things I’ve read.
My go-to author when I want something quick, easy to read, that’s not going to be too taxing is Stephen King. He’s so prolific that I think I’ll always have something new of his to read, and I like revisiting some of his works. Not sure how “pulpy” he is though.
I also enjoy Michael Crichton (like you mentioned), Blake Crouch, and Andy Weir for that same kind of thing.
I never read this one as a kid, but finally read it last year. Pretty enjoyable- it felt plausible enough that you could believe he was surviving out there.
For nonfiction, a good source is checking the bibliography or works cited section of the book. Sometimes there will even be a suggested reading section back there, too.
I read the His Dark Materials trilogy for the first time when I was an adult and really enjoyed it. Lots of interesting ideas and the characters have stuck with me! Pullman has also released two out of the three books of a sequel-ish trilogy and when that series is complete I plan to read that one as well!
For me, the main purpose of having books I haven’t read is that I (almost) always have something available when I want to read a new book, no matter what kind of book I’m in the mood for!
And also book shopping and collecting is fun and is a totally separate hobby than reading, ha ha!
When considering which books to read in 2022, I started thinking about all the books I’d loved from my English Literature degree. I…
Have you read any of the books listed in this article? How were they? I haven’t read any of these, or even heard of most of them. War With the Newts sounds like it would be an interesting and funny read, and I’ve been meaning to pick up Her Body and Other Parties.
So far Beehaw seems like a chill place to chat, I’m interested to see how things go in the next few weeks!
Tears of the Kingdom as well. I’ve been running around doing shrines and whatnot and not working on quests, though, so I need to put some time into the actual objectives, ha ha!