What are you reading currently?
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Thanks btrflydog!1
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I have been reading quite a bit less than normal or average for me. It will pick up in the near future.
I bought a one month subscription to Sling TV app so that I can watch the World Baseball Classic which ends next Tuesday night (the only way I can get access to Fox Sports 1). Generally I read in the evenings but I have been watching games instead lately. In addition, several shows I have been waiting for on streaming just released new seasons. I don't watch much TV at all so I can put these shows off, drag them out, and only watch a few episodes a week. Still taking away from reading time though. I was reading audiobooks while I exercise but Spring Training baseball games are airing on the audio feed during the daytime, I have been occupied with those. My reading feels like it has ground to a halt (it hasn't, but it isn't up to par for me).
I have to keep reminding myself that yes, there is way too much media to occupy free time, and no, I don't have to watch or read everything. And this isn't a race. It feels like I am out of my routine though.3 -
@Catfish_Fan I can relate. I work full time so do most of my reading in the evenings. Have had cold/allergies acting up lately so I have been reading more lately. But if I'm into a series or something my reading goes down quickly.
Finished Daisy Jones & The Six. Was like an episode of MTV's Behind the Music. I was addicted to those shows.
Next - The Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin.2 -
@Catfish_Fan Sometimes ya just need some baseball in your life, ya know what I mean? Enjoy!
Just finished Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen. This was a departure of me too. Pretty unrealistic and light, but I needed the break.
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To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis2
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Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin2
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The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd. Fantastical, engaging, and fun!2
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Blackout (Oxford Time Travel #3) by Connie Willis. Very engaging series, highly recommended.1
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All Clear (Oxford Time Travel #4, Blackout part 2) by Connie Willis. The All Clear series is two books which were really one that was split into two for some reason. All Clear picks up the story from Blackout without pause.2
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Moscow 1941 by Rodric Braithwaite2
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford
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Hollow Empire (Poison Wars, #2)
by Sam Hawke2 -
Crowbones (The World of the Others #3; The Others #8) by Anne Bishop2
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Poster Girl by Veronica Roth2
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True Grit by Charles Portis. Watched the movies, but I've never read the book so I'm excited to dig in!2
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FitMary202 wrote: »True Grit by Charles Portis. Watched the movies, but I've never read the book so I'm excited to dig in!
I'll be interested in hearing what you think about it. I've never read it either.
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FitMary202 wrote: »True Grit by Charles Portis. Watched the movies, but I've never read the book so I'm excited to dig in!
I'll be interested in hearing what you think about it. I've never read it either.
So far, I love it! Such an original narrative voice. "Folksy" but acidic, really fun. It's making it hard to put down and do work!0 -
Guess I'm going to have to add it to my list
Just finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - was slow getting into but once I did I really enjoyed it.
Next up The Magic Circle - Katherine Neville1 -
The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour2
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Guess I'm going to have to add it to my list
Just finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - was slow getting into but once I did I really enjoyed it.
Next up The Magic Circle - Katherine Neville
I liked the Bitter and Sweet too.
Good to be reminded of Louis L'Amour too. So popular when I was growing up in Wyoming!2 -
Never by Ken Follett2
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Having trouble getting into The Magic Circle- part of the trouble is the small print, trying to start a book while on a weekend vacation full of interruptions and drama and of course book hangover from last book. So I am taking a break from it.
Now reading The London Seance Society - Sarah Penner
Will try and go back to The Magic Circle. I do think it will be interesting if I can ever focus on it for more than 3 minutes.2 -
Rise of the Ranger (The Echoes Saga, #1)
by Philip C. Quaintrell
(I found my Q name for the challenge)2 -
Catfish_Fan wrote: »Rise of the Ranger (The Echoes Saga, #1)
by Philip C. Quaintrell
(I found my Q name for the challenge)
I found a possible X for the challenge - if it's something I can actually read.1 -
I am pausing my Q name book, it is the start of a long series and seems like a complicated epic fantasy that might not fit my mood at this moment. I may get back to it sometime.
I am reading Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond now. It is ok, but contains a lot of statistics, numbers, and idealism. I don't think the author's ideas for eliminating poverty would work because the rich oligarchy in America like the status quo the way that it is (with the rich getting richer and the divide between classes growing), and since they control everything with their bribery of politics (through lobby groups and dark money donations), nothing will change. I am more cynical about the situation than the author.2 -
Catfish_Fan wrote: »I am pausing my Q name book, it is the start of a long series and seems like a complicated epic fantasy that might not fit my mood at this moment. I may get back to it sometime.
I am reading Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond now. It is ok, but contains a lot of statistics, numbers, and idealism. I don't think the author's ideas for eliminating poverty would work because the rich oligarchy in America like the status quo the way that it is (with the rich getting richer and the divide between classes growing), and since they control everything with their bribery of politics (through lobby groups and dark money donations), nothing will change. I am more cynical about the situation than the author.
I want to read Poverty too. I thought Evicted was well researched and well written, but this book is getting more criticism. I try to stay optimistic, but it is difficult...2 -
Yes, I gave 5 stars to Evicted. I gave 3 to Poverty.
I'm now reading a Kindle Unlimited selection from an author I like, Adrian Tchaikovsky. He writes sci-fi. This one is called Dogs of War. Most of his novels are not in Kindle Unlimited and are pretty expensive.2 -
I've just started The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers.1
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Killing and Dying by Adrian To mine
It's a wonderful collection of short stories graphic novel style, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the title! It's a charmer.
Hey all, and catfish fan!3 -
I reread a book from 1989 by Anne Rice, The Mummy (#1 in a series). It is not in her famous Vampire Chronicles series which I read and loved. I was researching book 2 which was co-written by her son Christopher Rice and one of the only Anne Rice books left that I have not read, sad to learn that she passed away in December 2021. I hadn't heard about this, she was 80 years old. I'm kind of surprised that I never heard of her passing because she was a favorite author, but I am not very connected to national news or social media that would have discussed this, I don't frequent many book sites other than Goodreads and just never heard about it. I am now reading book 2, The Passion of Cleopatra.3
