There's a passage in there were he kinda alludes to most of his interactions just being fuel for writing. I really, really get that.
What are you trying to learn?
I've been reading on Kobo for about twenty years now, and the font size has grown with the years.
If you enjoy SciFi/Fantasy, I warmly suggest Red Rising by Pierce Brown. It's a coming-of-age story in a dystopian society, packed with action and emotion. And the author doesn't shy away from killing off characters.
Turtles All the Way Down is a good one, too.
Seconded.
Opinions vary on quality there but its definitely fast paced. I dont know that I'd call it "contemporary" - its dystopian
I love Murderbot so much; as someone who is neurodivergent and generally wants to be left alone, I relate on a visceral level.
If you want something contemporary, I have a few recommendations (these all link to StoryGraph where you can read the description/synopsis to see if it's something you might be interested in):
I want to like Ann Leckie's stuff so bad but I'm not smart enough to get past her prose / storytelling style.
God, years ago, I've read most of Lee Childs, and I didn't notice if they were first person.
She's not easy. I felt the Imperial Radch Series got harder to read in book 2 and 3, so much that I nearly gave up as well. But that first one is an absolute marvel. Just her use of nonbinary language where all pronouns are female, as a worldbuilding element, is worth reading this book.I want to like Ann Leckie's stuff so bad but I'm not smart enough to get past her prose / storytelling style.
What kind of thing? The first-person writing of a Hemingway is going to be very different from the first-person writing of, say, Suzanne Collins, and they'll both be very different from Vonda McIntyre.
It's one of the books I'm eagerly expecting. I've read the first six, and even though my reading experience was quite uneven, the series as a whole is excellent.
