What are you reading currently?
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Just about finished with The Leavers by Lisa Ko. Planning to start There There by Tommy Orange with The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride on deck.2
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I pressed pause on the Peter Heller book to finish up the Chuck Wendig trilogy (3 stars) and then started The Iron Druid series with book 1, Hounded, by Kevin Hearne. It is magical urban fantasy about a 2100 year old druid living in Arizona and being hunted by fae from ancient Ireland for possessing a magical sword. In a lot of ways this series is reminding me of Dresden by Jim Butcher.2
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I'm enjoying There There by Tommy Orange. Each chapter features a different Native American from Oakland (mostly) and their voices are compellingly rendered.2
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The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni. Horrifying how thoughtless greed can make us...2
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I read the Peter Heller book and liked it a lot.
Then I read Hexed by Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid 2) and I'm now almost done with book 3, Hammered. This is a really good urban fantasy series.1 -
I could not do A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas right now. I got about 10 hours into it and decided I was bored and I wasn't sure what was going on exactly, so I stopped. I had at least 15 hours left.
I read Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek by Thea Glassman about seven teen shows that changed the landscape of television. I have seen the majority of the shows the author listed and agreed with the supposition, and enjoyed the in-depth analysis of casting and shooting those shows. Because I have not seen Dawson's Creek (yet) and a couple of the other shows (The O.C. and Glee) I skipped those chapters, the analysis does give away a lot of story plotlines and spoilers. I do want to watch Dawson's Creek at some point, and I'm currently in the rewatch of Friday Night Lights which was one of the shows in the book.
I'm now starting a western, Forever Texas by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. I don't know who wrote this one, the styles of the books since the death of William have been markedly different between series making it obvious that there are several ghost writers besides his niece J.A. Johnstone. All the series I have read by Johnstone (based off his "notes" supposedly) have been ok, not astoundingly awesome but entertaining.2 -
Just finished Aminatta Forna, The Devil that Danced on the Water, and I'm getting ready to start The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. We've had a heck of a beginning to the year with health challenges and too much work so it's great to be back here!
I'm even considering another Alphabetical reading challenge...2 -
I finished the Johnstone westerns I was reading, then read another UF book in the Iron Druid Chronicles series by Kevin Hearne. I also read Nimisha's Ship by Anne McCaffrey, it was good.
Now I am reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, that got such rave reviews and high ratings back in 2015. I am enjoying the historical fiction so far.2 -
Keep getting distracted as I try to start The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store...
The Memory Index by Julian R. Vaca and This is How You Lose the Time War by El-Mohtar and Gladstone are both calling my name, and they're both e-library books so I "have" to read them before the McBride book, which I own.2 -
Finally finished A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin - had trouble getting back into the saga since it had been quite a few months since I read the previous book. Was great once I found time to focus on it.
Now reading The Last Days of John Lennon - James Patterson. The title's a misnomer the parts about John Lennon start back at the beginning of the Beatles. 60 or so pages in it's an interesting read. I won't say good, because there is no good out of Mark David Chapman shooting Lennon in cold blood.2 -
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson2
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My Venice and Other Essays by Donna Leon2
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two atm, The Frozen Hours by Jeff Shaara (Korean War historical fiction) and Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (scifi)2
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Cemetary Road - Greg Isles2
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He's got another Penn Cage novel coming out May 28th - already have mine on preorder.2 -
I'm reading The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren, but I'm also thinking I'm going to break down and splurge on James by Percival Everett.1
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Speaker for the Dead (Ender saga book 2) by Orson Scott Card (sci-fi)1
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FitMary202 wrote: »I'm reading The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren, but I'm also thinking I'm going to break down and splurge on James by Percival Everett.
I've been looking at getting James as well - let me know if it's worth it.
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Just got it today on Kindle and so far I like it, @Btrflydog! I never liked reading the dialect in Twain and so Everett's selective use of it seems really creative. I reread just a bit of Huckleberry Finn before I started James, and I'm glad I did. I think I might keep them both going at the same time.2
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Xenocide (Ender's Saga book 3) by Orson Scott Card. I like this series and just as I started reading it the libraries I have access to dropped it from the kindle e-book list. I guess some things rotate out, it is rather old...2
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Still making my way through Huckleberry Finn and James at the same time. I'm really enjoying it.2
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Finished Cemetary Road - Greg Isles 4*
Next - Before the Coffee Gets Cold -Toshikazu Kawaguchi2 -
Finished Before the Coffee Gets Cold - 4*
Now reading Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo - this is one I wanted to read last year, but kept getting pushed to do the alphabet challlenge.2 -
I finished James and I'm glad I read it. It was so imaginative! He probably would have written an even better book without the Twain connection, but that enriched the original and crafted an intriguing dialogue.
Now I've started Edwidge Danticat's Farming of Bones, and I'm enjoying it too.2 -
The Farming of Bones was heavy, but I'm glad I read it. I didn't know this history until recently. Now I'm going to look for something very different. I need something uplifting.2
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The Dark Mirror (Bridei Chronicles book 1) by Juliet Marillier was fantastic (excuse the pun, it was a fantasy novel).
I'm in the middle of three series now, one is YA World War II historical fiction by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, and then there is the fantasy series The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne (which is kind of humorous).2 -
Really enjoying Pico Iyer, The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise.2
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I am currently reading book one of the Charlie Parker series by John Connolly, Every Dead Thing. It is a long detective thriller series with 21 books and book one was written in 1999 so it is a little bit dated (no smart phones and people use taxis and newspapers, lol).
I'm finished with the Skrypuch series, other than the lone book that has no audiobook companion. It is short so I may try it. I really liked the story arc, this is WWII YA Historical Fiction told from the point of view of some Ukrainian civilians who had to live through being invaded three times, first by the USSR, then Germany, and then again by the USSR.1 -
Catfish_Fan wrote: »I am currently reading book one of the Charlie Parker series by John Connolly, Every Dead Thing. It is a long detective thriller series with 21 books and book one was written in 1999 so it is a little bit dated (no smart phones and people use taxis and newspapers, lol).
Well at least we are old enough to know what taxis and newspapers are -LOL. I never read the Charlie Parker series, but have a friend who is really into it and buys the latest one as soon as it comes out. Hope you enjoy it.2
