i'm one of those "reads 60 billion books at the same time" type person but ill include my reasoning below if anyone gives a shit
illiad: i read the odyssey last year and reading both of them are on my bucket list! plus i geniuenly like the classics
the hunger games: I never read this when I was younger and with another hunger games prequel movie coming out I finally broke and decided to read the series 😭
all systems red (murderbot #1): my mom read these and with the show coming out she recommended the series to me
Jun 15, 2025
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the first one is around 150 pages so it is easy to burn thru and has interesting yet simple adult sci-fi plot!!! personally it's helped me get back into reading :)
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I read the trilogy for the first time in 2019. I was really surprised and impressed by the complexity of these books. I think they were some of the last good YA books and also unknowingly were the precipice the publishing industry would topple from. It's not Suzanne Collins fault everyone said oh my god, we're doing districts.
The movies don't capture what makes these books special; they capture what makes it marketable. I enjoy them but don't approve. The distance between the two is too sad. For me, it's so pleasurable to trace the obvious lineage of this series. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, then The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King), two of my favorite works, then The Hunger Games. Every author wanting more than the previous one gave.
If you haven't read in a while, these might get you going again. Digestible, approachable, and honestly deeply affecting. As a connoisseur of dystopia, this tastes just fine.
Nov 17, 2024
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I am reading the Hunger Games for the first time, healing my inner teen! Also a great way to jump start your reading in January
Jan 29, 2024
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geniuenly it is so good. they have a random article generator, guess what happened today in history game on the app, and a feature which let's you make lists for all the articles you find :))
good way to learn, get off social media, and cure boredom!
Jun 12, 2025
i made a tumblr web weaving type post abt this ages ago, but I was re-reminded of this topic when i saw this rec by @CHICKENONASTICK abt how we are the universe experiencing itself. since you cannot re-rec a post with an image i wanted to bring attention to this brennan lee mulligan quote that i feel is applicable:
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