What are you reading currently?
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In Every Mirror She's Black by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström. Not what I was promised or what I expected, but a relatively quick read.
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I hope to finish The Footprints of God by Greg Iles tonight. A techno-thriller from 2003 that is dated and worthy of a skip, not very compelling story either.0
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California Gold, a historical fiction epic by John Jakes (author of the North and South trilogy).0
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I finished Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey last night, book 14 in the Pern series. I really like this series, it is a little older, the book I finished was from 1996.
Now I am reading a new release, The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey by Shawn Speakman. This book is a sci-fi, I am not very far into it yet but it has gotten my attention with Mech robots. I hope there is a great Mech battle scene in here someplace (I used to love Robotech as a child).1 -
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny. I quite enjoy this series and look forward to the new book each year.2
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I just finished "Nervous Conditions" by Tsitsi Dangarembga. Engrossing. Gotta find a new good read!2
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Reading "Stick with it" by Sean Young, PhD.
It's a book about how to change things in our own or other people's life by an expert in Behaviour change.
To try it out, I'm applying it to fat loss, which I feel provides the right type of timeframe to try ideas. As if something works, it should be clear by a few months.
Sean Young has seven big ideas for how to bring lasting change.
It goes like this
S - (Stepladders) Dreams are good for motivation. Goals should be achievable in less than three months; otherwise, they are dreams, steps (tiny) are what to mostly focus on
C - (Community) brought me here. Having a community is good for changing. Hi.
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An Irish Country Welcome by Patrick Taylor. I have read everything in this series so far. Set in Ireland in a small town. It's like the characters are friends.2
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Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander #8) by Diana Gabaldon. It's Outlander, so it's awesome, and really, really long. I'm getting ready for book #9 in November, trying to get current with the story.2
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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner3
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Catfish_Fan wrote: »Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander #8) by Diana Gabaldon. It's Outlander, so it's awesome, and really, really long. I'm getting ready for book #9 in November, trying to get current with the story.
I'm ready for Book #9. Can't wait to find out how the story continues.
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I finally finished book 8 of Outlander, it was a 5 star read like all the rest of them for me.
Now I am on to Make Me (Jack Reacher book 20) by Lee Child. Reacher finds himself sticking his nose in some business that ends up being a problem, just like in all of the books. I wonder if Jack Reacher ever goes into a town and nothing is happening so he just moves on? Of course, that wouldn't be much of a story...2 -
Catfish_Fan, you might like to try the author I just finished, Marc Cameron. He has done some of the "continuation" of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series. I most recently finished "Brute Force", which is number 6 in his Jericho Quinn series.2
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Catfish_Fan wrote: »Now I am on to Make Me (Jack Reacher book 20) by Lee Child. Reacher finds himself sticking his nose in some business that ends up being a problem, just like in all of the books. I wonder if Jack Reacher ever goes into a town and nothing is happening so he just moves on? Of course, that wouldn't be much of a story...
Now that was the first Jack Reacher book that I hated. I should have DNF'd. It was graphic and brutal, without giving away the plot, I just plain didn't like the storyline at all. Well, not every book is for every person, and I have liked the previous 19 books in the series. Maybe 21 will be better?
I stepped back and read a couple of books of short stories, Dark Screams Volume 2 edited by Richard Chizmar and then To Build a Fire and Other Favorite Stories by Jack London. Both better. Now I am reading To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers, this is a sci-fi novella. The new Brandon Sanderson Skyward series (sci-fi) novella Sunreach just came out too, that is near the top of mount TBR. Onward and upward!1 -
Well I finally finished Stern Men - Elizabeth Gilbert. I t was the book I was reading when my mother passed away 2 months ago - I went through a spell where I couldn't focus and wouldn't be ale to get through more than a page or two at a time.
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Well, Imajica by Clive Barker was a 40 hour dud. I don't know why I continued reading it, I guess because I'd gotten so far that I thought I might as well finish my Audible credit's worth... sigh.
On to better books. Terry Brooks had a new book come out today, Child of Light. I'm in line for the audiobook at the library so I won't start that one now. The hardcover from Amazon arrived today, so glad they listened to me and started shipping new books in boxes instead of those soft sided mailers. I had to return a lot of damaged ones before they took my advice. I have almost all of Terry's books in first edition hardcovers, excluding the early ones that are worth a lot of money because of very limited runs. Those I have in reprints.
Next up is the Skyward series novella I previously mentioned. Some short books must balance out that long one.0 -
I have read all of the Outlander books and am also ready to #9. I have ordered it from the Poisoned Pen. I just finished “The Vanished Days” by Susanna Kearsley.
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Now reading The Shadows by Alex North. A little horror for Halloween.0
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I am reading Zoo Station by David Downing. First historical fiction novel in the John Russell series.1
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Finished "An Irish Country Yuletide" by Patrick Taylor a few days ago. Yesterday I found out that he has retired and will no longer continue the series. I wish him well in retirement but I will very much miss the series.1
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I just started (and finished) A Painted House by John Grisham. This wasn't one of his legal thrillers. I started it at night and finished the next night, it was about 13 hours long, a good audiobook to spend the day with doing Saturday chores. It was about a boy (age 7) growing up on a cotton farm in Arkansas in 1952. Pretty good book.2
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The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni #2) by Helene Wecker. Just started yesterday, I am enjoying it so far, as I did book 1.0
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I have read “A Painted House”, and actually read it a few times. I got it from the library when they sell damaged books.
Currently reading “The Next Everest” by Jim Davidson. It is a non-fiction book about a mountain climber and his quest to summit Everest.2 -
Just started The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik. It's interesting and breezy.2
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Just started Dune - Frank Herbert.
Believe it or not I have never read this one. Looking forward to the series and want to get the first one read before I watch the new movie.1 -
Marked in Flesh (A Novel of the Others Book 4) by Anne Bishop. This is a unique fantasy series that was recommended to me. I get a lot of enjoyment and escapism from the different fantasy worlds in fiction that I tend to gravitate toward (SFF).0
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Just started Dune - Frank Herbert.
Believe it or not I have never read this one. Looking forward to the series and want to get the first one read before I watch the new movie.
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.0 -
I am reading Billy Summers by Stephen King. No sci-fi or gore.1
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Thanks Catfish_fan
I've heard other people say the mini-series was good. I'll have to see if I can stream it somewhere.
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The Good Daughter by Jasmin Darznik2
