I want to read a book that’s fluid and easy to read through without sacrificing the quality of writing.
I’m not saying the writing can’t have strong vocab or anything like that, I just want minimal slow or boring parts that can sometimes make it feel more like a chore to finish the book.
So, please, tell me what are some books that had u up late at night to keep reading and looking forward to reading again in between sessions? Just a GOOD well written piece that transported you and/or kept your interest high majority of the time?
I don’t think I’ve truly experienced the sneakily-finishing-the-book-with-a-nightlight-under-the-covers-at-2am-on-a-school-night type of investment in a story since my childhood but some books that have made me feel a duller adult version of this feeling are the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, If I had Your Face, Captive Prince Trilogy,, etc. I’m not necessarily asking for any specific elements or what’s most like them, just offering a reference to the last things that made me feel something like what I’m chasing
I’m open to all fiction (can be a time piece, scifi, mystery, romance, M/F F/F M/M etc etc idc just be Good holy fuck). anything you truly loved and thought was amazing I want to hear about PLEASE!!
by SubstantialHat2091
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1Q84 had me reading to such an engaged level I hadn’t had before. For as long as it is, there were so many cliffhangers and page-turning events that always had me questioning what could happen next, that I finished it in like 2-3 weeks. There’s truly no dull moment in that book; there’s always some kind of mystery unfolding one way or another, even if some chapters are more about backstory.
my dark vanessa and gone girl
This was my exact feeling while reading the Shades of Magic series by VE Schwab! Those are the only books that I’ve ever re-read!!
The history of Crazy Glue 😉
Seriously, the last series to give me bibliosomnia (losing sleep to ‘just one more chapter won’t hurt’) was “the Serrano Legacy” by Elizabeth Moon.
Stephen King’s Under the Dome
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt pulled me in immediately and immersed me in the story. It wasn’t anything groundbreaking or whatever, but it was so engaging and enjoyable.
I’m also tearing through Knife by Salman Rushdie but then I keep going back and reading passages again because his prose is just beautiful.
The Way of Kings.
The Book Eaters
A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman. I finished this within a day and that rarely happens. Im a slow reader btw