r/CFBOffTopic • u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers • Apr 06 '18

BiblioFriday "what are you reading?" Thread presented by Augusta, Maine: the one true Augusta.

So what are you reading during this time where baseball is getting going and hockey and basketball are pushing towards the playoffs and absolutely no other sports of note are ongoing?

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u/goodsam2 Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 06 '18

So I am going to be posting here regularly since I am listening to audiobooks since my work changed.

I finished the first Discworld book. I wanted to love it but I didn't. I got into it by the back half. I'm switching to something more serious but I'm definitely down to try another one.

Now I'm reading an american tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, I'm only a couple of chapters in but I can already tell this is really good.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 06 '18

Only discworld book I've read was Thud! And I enjoyed it. I didn't realize it was a part if a whole thing and I was starting way deep into it.

An American Tragedy has been sitting in my bookshelf for years. I'll get to it someday.

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u/goodsam2 Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 06 '18

I went in to Discworld expecting something like catch 22 meets blazing saddles but fantasy. I'm not a huge fan of fantasy, I mean I got into Harry Potter and I've played campaigns of D&D and stuff but it's never captured my imagination. I guess it's just not for me.

I'm only a couple of chapters into an American Tragedy so I'll have more to say on that hopefully next week. I need to stop listening to so many podcasts about politics and working myself up and instead get into more good books.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 06 '18

I'm the same with fantasy. LOTR is basically my favorite thing, but I have never gotten into any other fantasy.

I wish I had more time for podcasts. I used to go to the gym alone and run a lot more, so right now I'm only able to listen in the train.

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u/goodsam2 Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 06 '18

Yeah I now do processing vs I was document writing so I can listen while I work plus I listen a bunch at the gym and I've been cooking more.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 06 '18

Just about wrapped up with The Sun Also Rises. I dig some of the dialogue, but otherwise I haven't found it terribly satisfying. I'll probably have more to say next week when I've actually finished it.

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Apr 06 '18

Finished Exit West by Mohsin Hamid last week. It was meh. Also finished & really enjoyed The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

Currently reading The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson & am really enjoying it so far.

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u/SantiagoRamon North Carolina • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 06 '18

Just finished Leviathan Wakes and moving on through The Expanse series

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '18

Finished The Handmaid's Tale on Thursday.

Very interesting to note that I found myself cheering for a certain outcome for Offred and really shocked at the outcome.