What are you reading currently?
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Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs. A bonus was the several pages of tea resources.1
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The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. This 1956 sci-fi is an aged classic, considered by some to be one of the best in the genre. For an old sci-fi it is holding up quite well for me, with only a few dated references to obsolete tech such as data tapes.0
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Reading "The Boys" by Ron and Clint Howard. I'm about 75% of the way through and am enjoying it very much. I didn't realize that Clint did as much acting as he did.1
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Historical fiction, World War II, Pacific 1945. Jeff Shaara, The Final Storm. I have liked every Jeff Shaara novel, they tell a historical story through the eyes and thoughts of people, some historical figures, and it is fiction because we can not know what those people thought or went through exactly. Pulls one into a historical event.0
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Jasmin Darznik, Song of a Captive Bird. The interesting, though strange and sad, fictionalized version of the real-life Iranian poet and film director Forough Farrokhzad.
Catfish Fan, I've liked everything by Jeff Shaara too!
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Child of Light, the new fantasy book by Terry Brooks (my fav. author, going back to my high school days).
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The Killing Fog by Jeff Wheeler. This is a selection from Kindle Unlimited.0
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""Lone Stars" by Justin Deabler. This is his debut, a semi-autobiographical novel. I hope for more from him.1
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The Buried World (The Grave Kingdom, #2) by Jeff Wheeler. This is book 2 of the trilogy from KU. I am disappointed to see that book 3 is there in kindle format but not audio in KU anymore. I would have to purchase the final book from Audible to listen to the end. Rats.0
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Catfish_Fan wrote: »
I have read the first three books, and I loved them. Some people say book two is weak but I liked it. I also liked the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series of Dune with William Hurt. I did not like the first Dune movie, maybe the new one will be better?
After book three the reviews are mixed as well, but I would like to read some of Brian Herbert's Dune Saga work so I think it is important to finish Frank's Dune series first.
I just watched the new Dune movie - it ends halfway through the first book - I heard they have been given the go ahead for the second movie. Ok - not nearly as good as the book.1 -
I just watched the new Dune movie - it ends halfway through the first book - I heard they have been given the go ahead for the second movie. Ok - not nearly as good as the book.
I am in a library wait line for book 4. I guess the popularity of the movie skyrocketed the popularity of the book series?0 -
I am enjoying my slow reading of the Legend of Perley Gates western series by William W. Johnstone, with J. A. Johnstone (his niece and co-author, since William passed away in 2004). This is a later-written series so I guess the niece is the sole author.1
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I am currently reading The Cook's Tale, by Nancy Jackman, and I love it. It is a biography of her life working "downstairs" or in domestic service.1
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Ooh, gotta love a Kindle book sale! $1.99 - $3.99 per book. And a "buy $25 get $6 in credit" offer too!
I bought Savage Legion and Savage Bounty by Matt Wallace, Empire of Black and Gold and Dragonfly Falling by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine, Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, and Ariadne by Jennifer Saint. That earned me the $6 to go toward Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone (Outlander #9) which is pretty expensive at $16, releasing Tuesday.
I'm reading the fifth Perley Gates western by Johnstone, Red River Vengeance. I've enjoyed this series a lot.2 -
1000 Years for Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei
Interesting memoir of his father and his own life by dissident Chinese artist3 -
Ayad Akhtar, Homeland Elegies
Complicated mix of fact and fiction about the Pakistani experience in the U.S. after 9/11. Eye-opening and repellant all in one...
I need to read something lighthearted and"fun." Do they still make that?1 -
FitMary202 wrote: »Ayad Akhtar, Homeland Elegies
Complicated mix of fact and fiction about the Pakistani experience in the U.S. after 9/11. Eye-opening and repellant all in one...
I need to read something lighthearted and"fun." Do they still make that?
I read some Patrick F. McManus recently for that reason. He was a humor writer on the back page of Outdoor Life magazine for years, so many of his stories relate to fishing and hunting and being in the outdoors as a child and young adult. I like them, but they may not be for the non-outdoors-person. The genre still exists though. Richard Peck is a good one, I've written much of what he wrote.
I just finished Cytonic (Skyward Flight #3) by Brandon Sanderson (YA sci-fi) that came out Tuesday. I gave it 5 stars, as is usual for anything written by Brandon.1 -
I read some Patrick F. McManus recently for that reason. He was a humor writer on the back page of Outdoor Life magazine for years, so many of his stories relate to fishing and hunting and being in the outdoors as a child and young adult. I like them, but they may not be for the non-outdoors-person. The genre still exists though. Richard Peck is a good one, I've written much of what he wrote.
I've got a Patrick McManus book around here somewhere, Catfish_Fan, so I will dig that out. Thank you!
In the meantime, I've started "Murder in the Locked Library" by Ellery Adams in the hope that it was be diverting. You and our dear friend on Spark People turned me on to Richard Peck, and I'm so grateful.1 -
I finished Jeff Wheeler's Grave Kingdom trilogy last night with book 3, The Immortal Words. He left the door open for a book 4 or another trilogy, ending on a cliffhanger of sorts.
Now I am reading a lighter urban fantasy, #11 in the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey, Ballistic Kiss. It's more of what I expect from the series. I heard that the series is ending soon, at least I hope the ending is funny.0 -
I had to abandon "Murder in the Locked Library." Just too "cozy and cute" for me. "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian" by Marina Lewycka (a "comic" novel about dysfunctional immigrant families) is much more my speed.
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Really enjoying "Sergei Tretyakov, A Revolutionary Writer in Stalin's Russia" by Robert Leach, though I admit it might not be for everyone!
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I really miss the small town Ireland novels of Patrick Taylor who has retired. So I was glad to have stumbled on the series by Felicity Hayes-McCoy. The first is "The Library at the Edge of the World". I enjoyed it and will read the others in the series but I didn't fall in love with the characters like I did with the residents of Ballybucklebo.1
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I'm trying a new fantasy author, R.A. Salvatore. Started The Spearwielder's Tale trilogy with book 1, The Woods Out Back. And my hold on Dune book 4 finally came in at the library, so that is up next.0
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Thanks to Hanover Lady and Catfish Fan, I've now got Patrick Taylor and Patrick McManus in my queue! 2
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beccaboo1276414 wrote: »I am currently reading The Cook's Tale, by Nancy Jackman, and I love it. It is a biography of her life working "downstairs" or in domestic service.
BTW beccaboo, thanks so much for this review. I read the book as a result and was enchanted. Such a marvelous voice.1 -
Just finished the second of two related books by Dave Eggers - The Every. He calls these two (The first is "The Circle") satires but a lot of it is right on the money about how large tech companies invade our privacy. I've been recommending them to everyone I know who works in any technology-related field.1
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I finished God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert but I didn't "get" it. I gave it 2 stars.
Now I am reading King Bullet, the final Sandman Slim urban fantasy novel, by Richard Kadrey. This is book 12 and it is time for the series to end. I would read more by this author though.0 -
Jackie Fraser, The Bookshop of Second Chances. Seems like a rom-com with a twist. I'm enjoying the change of pace...1
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Patrick McManus, The Huckleberry Murders. Just loving it!1
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So I actually liked Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, even though it is entirely YA and quite unlike the cutesy movie made from the book. It had some themes that were not for younger audiences though. It was an easy, fluff style read.
Now I am reading the recently released audio version of Ilse Witch (Voyage of the Jerle Shannara book 1) by Terry Brooks, as an immersion read. I have read this book before but it was 20 years ago. The audiobook versions of this trilogy have never been produced until this fall.0
