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Some mini-reviews/thoughts on recent reads. Matt Parker - Humble Pi (A Comedy of Maths Errors) This is a book about maths errors in real life situations, written by a mathmatician. I enjoyed the author's humour and I found the book an interesting read. Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata - Deathnote 4: Volume 4 Volume 4 in the Deathnote series. For synopsis see earlier in this thread (when I read Volume 1). I really enjoyed this volume and I look forward to read more of this series. Sandhya Menon - When Dimple Met Rishi 1: When Dimple Met Rishi I buddy read this with a friend/acquaintance. It's a YA contemporary fiction / romance. It's about two Indian American teens, who go to a summer school / convention about programming, their parents want them to have an arranged marriage. This was a really cute read, the ending was a bit rushed in places but other than that I really enjoyed it. Sigrid Landman - Wegens familieomstandigheden gesloten This is a novel written by an autistic author. It's about an autistic teenage girl who gets bullied a lot. Parts of the novel are based on the author's own life. This novel made me think of my being bullied when I was a child and teenager. I loved this book. A new favourite. Randall Monroe - What If? This is a collection of what if sciency questions answered by the cartoonist of xkcd. It was pretty funny and I liked the illustrations and science in it. Peter F. Hamilton - The Void Trilogy 3: The Evolutionary Void (re-read) This was a re-read for me, book 3 in The Void Trilogy (for synopsis see the review when I read book 1 earlier this year). I really enjoyed reading this third book, and it was comforting to re-read a favourite. Peter Slabbynck (ill. Wendy Panders) - De Eiffeltoren is 540 stokbroden hoog (en andere weetjes over Frankrijk) I borrowed this book from my family. It's an illustrated book with facts about France. I found it interesting and learnt some new things.

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I'm re-reading The Void Trilogy 3: The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton.

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I love that beginning too !! I am, thanks ! I'm glad it's good so far! My progress for yesterday: 42 pages of When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon 15 pages of The Void Trilogy 3: The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton (re-read) 11 pages of Wegens familieomstandigheden gesloten by Sigrid Landman 20 pages of What If? by Randall Munroe I hope everyone had a good time during this read-a-thon . The next read-a-thon is scheduled for the 1rst, 2nd and 3rd of May (Fri-Sat-Sun).

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I really enjoyed Wyrd Sisters, I hope you enjoy your re-read of it . I hope you were able to do some reading and that you had fun . Yay! Yesterday I read: 40 pages of When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon 29 pages of Humble Pi by Matt Parker (finishing it) 44 pages of The Evolutionary Void (The Void Trilogy 3) by Peter F. Hamilton (re-read) 15 pages of Wegens familieomstandigheden gesloten by Sigrid Landman 13 pages of What If? by Randall Munroe 204 pages of Deathnote Volume 4 by Tsugumi Ohba and Takashi Obata (finishing it) Happy reading today!!

I hope you enjoy all of these! I feel a bit the same! I'm glad it's good . Oooh Murder on the Orient Express is my favourite Agatha Christie book I've read so far (I've only read a couple, so it doesn't say that much but..). I really liked it. Aside from my 46 pages in When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (see earlier post in this thread), I also read 120 pages of Humble Pi by Matt Parker yesterday. I don't have a lot of pages left in the book to read (I estimate about 25ish), but I kind of got distracted and played Final Fantasy XV instead (I started it a couple of days ago). Happy reading, everyone !

If I remember, my copy of it is huge, so it probably has a lot of pages. I hope you are enjoying it! I read 46 pages of When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon, finishing today's chapters.

I'm sorry, I completely forgot the read-a-thon is this weekend . I'm happy to have you all joining! I hope you all get some reading done . I'm currently reading 7 chapters a day of When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon, which I'm reading together with a friend/acquaintance. So I should read about 50ish pages of it today (Friday), and on Saturday and on Sunday (depending on the length of the chapters, I'm estimating). Next to that I'm reading Humble Pi by Matt Parker. Its page count is in reverse (sort of!), so I'm going to have to work out the amount of pages I read. Prior to the read-a-thon, I'm on page 130 (it started on page 314), so I might be able to finish it this weekend if I read 130 pages plus a few more at the end of that (it's kinda genious how the page counts are done, but you have to read the book in order to understand what I mean).

Dimple couldn't stop smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Wow.. it's April 1rst today! I guess at least March is over but.. yeah. These are strange times in many countries in the world. I hope you're all doing okay and staying safe. Please post about your reading progress here if you like, as well as any book purchases or bookshelf organising or such, if you want to. I've started reading Matt Parker - Humble Pi, a book about maths errors (written by a mathmatician). It's really good so far. I did try reading bits of the author's first book a few years ago (Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension) but at the time got a bit confused, my brain wasn't quite feeling up to reading about complicated mathematics. I'll try that again another time. I'm starting a buddy read today, Sandhya Menon - When Dimple Met Rishi, which is a YA contemporary fiction about two Indian teenagers (if I'm not mistaken?). I also hope to start Peter F. Hamilton - The Void Trilogy 3: The Evolutionary Void (re-read) in a while, while the first 2 books are still somewhat fresh in my memory. And seeing as I read 2 of Sigrid Landman's books in March, I'm hoping to read at least another one of her books in April. I've been tempted to order some books (& other things) online, but so far I haven't. There are a couple of books I pre-ordered a while ago, still to be released. Bookshelf organising.. well, with the current situation, our move to the new house may be delayed (my bookshelves at home are a bit of a mess, because I donated some books a while ago). We're sometimes working on the new house, with the materials we already have, but I'm not going out shopping (for furniture and other things a house needs) until the pandemic is over. Some things I can order online, and will do in a while (such as a washing machine or a freezer), when it is the right time (ie. when we're closer to moving and having the rooms done). But things like furniture (a bed for example) I really want to see in a shop for myself and sit on etc (in the case of a chair or bed etc).

Finished them! Sigrid Landman - Moederen met Autisme 2: Chaos met Autisme (re-read) I enjoyed re-reading this memoir. I read this memoir from the library last year, and then decided to buy all of the author's books because I enjoyed it so much. I hadn't realised when I borrowed it last year, that it was kind of the sequel to the author's debut book, Moederen met autisme. Having now read that one, it was nice to re-read the sequel. Peter F. Hamilton - The Void Trilogy 2: The Temporal Void (re-read) Book 2 in the Void trilogy. I would highly recommend reading The Commonwealth Saga first (Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained). This trilogy takes place in that same world, but 1000ish years later. Since this is book 2, I won't post any spoilers or synopsis (for a synopsis of book 1 there should be one earlier in this thread, I think). When I read this book for the first time, I was actually already a member of this forum, and I looked up my earlier review. It seems I actually enjoyed it more this time around. Last time when I read it, it had been a while since I'd read book 1, and so reading book 2 I had trouble remembering some of the characters and got a bit confused. I had no such issues now, reading both book 1 and book 2 close together. I plan to start book 3 soon, hopefully that will make things easier with remembering.

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Lots of mini-reviews coming up! I did a lot of re-reads of graphic works (graphic novels, graphic memoirs, manga) and I also read a couple of books that were new-to-me. Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata - Deathnote 3: Volume 3 This is Volume 3 of Deathnote. For a synopsis of volume 1, there should be something earlier in my thread. This volume 3 continued the story and was again a really enjoyable read (just like volumes 1 and 2). Guy Delisle - Hostage (S'enfuir: Récit d'un Otage) (re-read) I felt in the mood to re-read some of my favourite graphic memoirs and graphic novels. This one is a graphic memoir written by Guy Delisle based on what Christopher told him about what happened with Christopher. He was on a humanatarian mission and got taken hostage / kidnapped. He ends up in an almost empty locked room on his own without knowing what's going on. I thought I'd re-read it now with the state of the world as it is at the moment. It was really good to re-read this book. Katie Green - Lighter Than My Shadow (re-read) This is one of my favourite graphic memoirs, if not my favourite. It's Katie's journey with her eating disorder. I loved re-reading this graphic memoir, it's so good. Iasmin Omar Ata - Mis(h)adra (re-read) This combination of a graphic memoir and a novel, is based on the author's experiences with his epilepsy. The book is about a student named Isaac who is struggling because of his epilepsy. I really enjoyed this re-read. Debbie Tung - Quiet Girl in a Noisy World (re-read) Graphic comic memoir about Debbie being an introvert and how she struggles with it. Debbie Tung - Book Love (re-read) Debbie's comics to do with books and reading. Loved re-reading it. Catana Chetwynd - Little Moments of Love (re-read) Catana's comics to do with her relationship with her boyfriend. This was a nice re-read. Sarah Andersen - Sarah's Scribbles 1: Adulthood is a Myth (re-read) Sarah Andersen - Sarah's Scribbles 2: Big Mushy Happy Lump (re-read) Sarah Andersen - Sarah's Scribbles 3: Herding Cats (re-read) I'm going to do just one bit for these 3. They are collections of comics by Sarah Andersen, about various things in her life. I enjoyed the first collection the most, for some reason. Marloes de Vries - Volwassen worden is optioneel (re-read) This is a collection of comics to do with growing up and being an adult. It was really nice to re-read. Gemma Correll - The Worrier's Guide to Life (re-read) This is a collection of drawings, I enjoyed it less upon re-read, than the first time I read it, for some reason. It was still nice but.. definitely one of the lesser enjoyable ones in this post. Allie Brosh - Hyperbole and a Half (re-read) This book has Allie Brosh's illustrations along with text, I think it's based on her blog posts. I loved this re-read so much, just like the first time reading this book. Jomny Sun - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too (re-read) This is a graphic novel about an alien who visits the Earth. It was a pretty nice -reread. Cece Bell and David Lasky - El Deafo (re-read) This is a graphic memoir based on Cece Bell's childhood. All the characters are rabbits/hares. Cece is deaf and has to wear a hearing aid (as a child, I don't know about now). E. J. Copperman - Haunted Guesthouse Mystery 4: Chance of a Ghost This is book 4 in the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery series. In this series Alison has her own guesthouse. 2 ghosts also live in the guesthouse and they help Alison to solve murders and suspicious cases. Nathan W. Pyle - Strange Planet This is a collection of comics about aliens doing things in a human way.. not sure how to describe it but it was funny in places and I liked it. Alice Oseman - Heartstopper 1: Volume 1 (re-read) Alice Oseman - Heartstopper 2: Volume 2 (re-read) Alice Oseman - Heartstopper 3: Volume 3 I re-read Heartstopper Volumes 1 and 2 and then read Volume 3. This is a graphic novel series based on the webcomic Heartstopper Alice Oseman writes and draws. It's about two boys in high school who fall in love with each other. It's very good and adorable, I love these books. Volume 3 introduced some more heavier topics too, that I look forward to see how things go in Volume 4. Jen Wang - The Prince and the Dressmaker (re-read) A historical fiction graphic novel that takes place in Paris. The Prince loves to wear dresses, but he does not show this to anyone because it is frowned upon. He hires a dressmaker to make dresses for him. Such a good book, I enjoyed my re-read a lot. Noelle Stevenson - Nimona (re-read) This is a fantasy graphic novel about Nimona who becomes the sidekick of villain Lord Blackheart. It's funny and I really enjoyed re-reading it. Ooof.. that was it! I'm currently (re)reading Sigrid Landman - Moederen met autisme 2: Chaos met autisme (re-read) and Peter F. Hamilton - The Void Trilogy 2: The Temporal Void (re-read). The latter is rather big, so it'll probably take me a while to get through. Since reading so much, my reading has slowed down over the past couple of days, I'll probably finish the autism memoir before the month is over as it's not that long and I'm halfway through, but I'm not even a fifth through the Hamilton book so might not finish that in March.

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I can see it! But it's worth checking if there are multiple people who can't see it, then maybe there is a problem with the permissions.

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Welcome here ! You have a nicely specific reading taste! I hope you enjoy your time here.

I think it is possible with IPB 4.x, but I think Michelle disabled it. If you and others are serious about this, you'll have to talk to @Hayley and see how she feels. I think I can figure out how to enable it, but I won't do that unless @Hayley gives her okay. I'll send her a message.

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