Finished The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. Book 2 in the Mistborn series. What I remembered of the ending, was actually 100 pages before the actual end, so was fun reading that.

Currently Reading Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore. Didn’t like the start, but I am about halfway through and enjoying it now. It says it’s “comedy horror”, but I am just not getting the comedy part, which is probably why I didn’t like the start, I think. The story itself is interesting enough though.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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  • penquin@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    I’m reading an Arabic book by “Najeeb Mahfooz” called “Alharafeesh”. He’s an old school writer. Greet story teller and beloved in the Arabic world. I read Arabic and English books in tandem so I don’t forget my language.

    • dresden@discuss.onlineOPMEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Nice. What does Alharafeesh mean (assuming it’s not a made up word)? And what’s the book about?

      • penquin@lemm.ee
        2·
        7 days ago

        It refers to the class of the poor and marginalized in society. It is an Egyptian colloquial term used to denote the common people or residents of popular neighborhoods who suffer from poverty and social injustice. Basically proletariat/the poor working class as the term goes in the western world. He uses them to express humanity’s struggles with life, power, justice, and fate. The term actually carries a deeper meaning, symbolizing the ordinary, simple individual striving for dignity and justice in the face of oppression and tyranny. It spans across multiple generations in this book. Pretty simple and meaningful book. I love his books.

          • penquin@lemm.ee
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            3 days ago

            I read many. Mostly older authors and very few new ones. Tried to read “Utopia” and it was terrible so I dropped it and went back to the good old novels. Taha Hussein, Najeeb Mahfooz and the likes. I have also read pretty much all of Ali Alwardi’s books, that’s nonfiction, rather sociology. I read for many others, too.