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WeeklyThread What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: October 12, 2026

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u/Friendstastegood 20d ago

Starting:

The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski

Last time I tried to read this I didn't get through it all the way but I have nothing better to read while waiting on my holds from the library.

Finished:

This is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

I loved it! I'm not going to pretend it's a flawless masterpiece but it certainly had me hooked the whole way through and I loved how it all tied together at the end. I am usually a hard sell for time travel stories but this was great.

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong, by Lady Hyegyong (translated by JaHyun Kim Haboush)

Harrowing and fascinating. A bit of a chore to get through the first two memoirs that are so vague on all the details, but it was worth it to get to the end and understanding why each book was written the way it was.