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[–] dkppunk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just finished All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu. I really enjoyed it, I love anything that guy writes. I picked up What If by Randall Monroe because I saw it at the library bookstore for a dollar after seeing it mentioned here.

I’m kind of in a crappy funk and I don’t know what to read next, this hasn’t happened in a while. Trying to decide between scifi romance Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik. Or some dark romance like Hooked by Emily McIntire. Or The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa. Or something more cozy like a found family thing to get me out of this funk.

I have no idea.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From this list, I'll go with What If? because you don't have to commit to whole book, you can just read a chapter or two and switch to another book if it doesn't suit your mood, or "scifi romance Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik", seems like a lighter read then others and I find lighter reads easier to get when in a funk like this.

Of course, that's just me. Good luck with whatever you choose!

[–] dkppunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! I planned on starting soon What If for that exact reason.

I ended up going with The Illustrated Woman by Melissa Bobe. It’s a book of short stories I picked up recently at a book festival. I chatted with the author a bit and she signed it too. I’ll probably be starting What If and Aurora Blazing next 😁

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

Cool! As long as you were able to choose something! 😀

On a separate note, I don't have any author signed books, should try to fix that some day.