What did everyone read in June?

What books/comics/mangas etc. Did you read in June?

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I've re-read the first Harry Potter. It's been so long since I last read it. I felt that it really wasn't poorly written. Sure it's a children's book but i looked reading it. And I've started reading flatland
- Are there people out there that say it's poorly written? That's just not the case at all. It's a very well-writte book, and that really does help when you dive back in to re-read it after a while.

Swan Light by Phoebe Rowe - I really enjoyed this book telling two connected stories that occurred 100 years apart in parallel, centering around a lighthouse in Newfoundland that collapsed into the ocean and the search to find it.
The Weight of Air by David Poses - Autobiographical book advocating for harm reduction approaches in treating addiction. I was sad to see that the author passed away last year, it's clear that his book has helped a lot of people.

I read The City & The City by China Mieville and some bits of Psychogeography by Will Self.
I would recommend the first one, especially if you like detective stories (and games like Disco Elysium).
I'm not sure about the second, it's a collection of columns and the throughline isn't as good as I'd hoped.

I read Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery cos I liked the tv series and wanted to see where it went. By the third book I was bored af so I totally changed to The First Law by Abercrombie. So far it’s really good,

I have read Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders.
I can recommend it to anyone who are interested in the politics of US. Bernie talked about the main problems in the US. He talked about discrimination, the corruption, populism, wealth distribution and the negative effect of far capitalism overall.
The best bit of the book in my opinion, that you will understand why's the society so against socialism's ideas, even if it would significantly improve their life in many cases.

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch - I really enjoyed this storytelling and plot about multiple dimensions and timelines and murder. Thrilling and exciting.

A few Animorphs and the Well of Ascension. I have a few active challenges on Storygraph.
- I love Storygraph. Way better than Goodreads imo.

I just finished No Longer Human last night. Haven't breezed through a book like that in quite awhile!
- That's a good one. The prequel to it, The Flowers of Buffoonery, was just recently published. It's short, but I recommend it.

Elantris, Warbreaker and started The Way of Kings, all by Brandon Sanderson. Read Mistborn Era 1 a couple years ago and loved it, finally decided to jump head in into the Cosmere.

Kept it pretty lowkey in June, read only two books: Loop by Koji Suzuki (3rd book in the Ring series) and Osamu Dazai's recently translated The Flowers of Buffoonery.

I got sucked back into One Piece, the anime I sorta dropped, put on eternal hold
So I figured I’d start the manga and give it a go, it’s much more enjoyable ^^

I read the Cradle series by Will Wight. Lots of fun! Interesting magic system, fun progression as the main characters get more and more powerful through the books.

Working on three body problem. I dont know if anyone else have a hard time with translated works, but I always feel like some part of the book is missing when translated. Like iboixk up on a few context clues that something should be known.
Anyways I'm enjoying it, just lots of extra lookin things up, makes it a bit tedious.
- Yeah, I'm about a third of the way into it and thinking that the translation presents a small barrier.
  
  I'm reading on a ebook, so I get clickable footnotes sometimes, usually though it's mostly for common facts a chinese reader would have. Dont know if there are different translations or not.

Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell. They both describe, in a very creative way, the totalitarian regimes of the '40s, especially the soviet one. They give you an insight of what freedom should be, and what are the systems used by dictators to control the popultation: poverty, ignorance, fear, etc.
Worth reading!
- I've read both but Animal Farm was for school so naturally I didn't like it. 1984 was great not just as an interesting read but to understand all of the cultural (and culture war) references to it.

It's not like I don't have a huge TBR list, but even so I keep getting seduced back into reading the Aubrey/Maturin series. They're just too good and every re-read reveals a little nugget of something wonderful you missed before.
So I read Desolation Island, The Fortune Of War, The Surgeons Mate and The Ionian Mission.
- Ooh some Aussie settings too. Very interesting.

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