What are you reading currently?
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Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
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Blood Memory by Greg Iles0
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The Searcher - Tana French1
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All that She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles2
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Read How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon. This was an immersion read with the audiobook, narrated by many voices. I rated it 4 stars.
Now reading Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood.1 -
Needed a distraction so I'm trying The Eyre Affair, a Thursday Next book (who knew?) by Jasper Fforde.0
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Sometimes we need to read something light and fun. Alias Grace was a great book but pretty intense. I am now reading Morgawr (The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy book 3) by Terry Brooks, it is a lighter fantasy that I last read many years ago.2
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I shall never understand how you can pick up a random book in a series and get involved, without reading all the preceding books recently to get familiar with situation, characters, etc.0
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I shall never understand how you can pick up a random book in a series and get involved, without reading all the preceding books recently to get familiar with situation, characters, etc.
It does seem strange, I admit, but I've done it so many times, and some writers seem to expect it, or at least make it easy to drop in and drop out. Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti mysteries are like that. If I end up loving the series, I sometimes go back and read in order, but not always!0 -
I shall never understand how you can pick up a random book in a series and get involved, without reading all the preceding books recently to get familiar with situation, characters, etc.
That is how books are released in a series, if you read them when they get released. Terry Brooks' books are a year apart and in the same series. I don't save them all up until the series is finished to read them, I read them as they come out. That being said, because I read so many books in a short time I try to limit the number of continuing serial series that I have started at one time. I read the first and second books of The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara series in the previous year's time, so it is very easy to remember what I had read and remember my place. YMMV with long books like The Song of Ice and Fire series, I have not read that one. I did read the Outlander series at about one book a year pace, because they are so long... 45 or more hours long on audiobook format. And the gap between book 8 and 9 was 2014-2021, I was able to remember most of what was going on. I reread book 7 before I started book 8 though, because it had been a long time between my readings of those.0 -
I’ve started the Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha lee. Hoping I like it1
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claytjones564 wrote: »I’ve started the Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha lee. Hoping I like it
That is on my TBR list. I own an audiobook copy of the trilogy along with the e-book version for immersion reading. I hope it's good.
I'm reading Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart. It didn't rate very highly on Goodreads and it isn't that great, but I will finish it.0 -
Finished The Searcher - Tana French 4 stars. Good story telling. Not sure I agree with how it ended. But definitely kept my interest.
Next is The Forest House - Marion Zimmer Bradley
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I am about to start The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi. My library hold came in!0
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Cluster by Piers Anthony0
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The Winds of War by Herman Wouk0
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Started Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou...1
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Hi! Just finished reading “Educated” by Tara Westover and have picked up “Book Lovers” by Emily Henry. Needed something lighter after reading Ms. Westover’s memoir. “The Personal Librarian” is on deck.2
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Catfish_Fan wrote: »The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
I am 74% complete with this book and still have 12 hours to go on audiobook. It is long!1 -
Gave up on Disorientation. It's gonna have to be DNF... I also started Rethinking Sex: A Provocation by Christine Emba. I'm going to leave it too. It's not bad, but I expected a more scholarly approach and this book is more common sense. Definitely lacking in public discourse, but I personally don't need to be reminded.0
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Wild Country (The Others, #7)
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Decided to read another Thursday Next book, 2nd in the series by Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book.1
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Also started reading Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes and The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter. Sometimes I just feel like juggling...
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11/22/63
by Stephen King1 -
Finished two of the books so I'm adding an new one: The Vienna Melody by Ernst Lothar. Looking forward to it!1
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Firefight (The Reckoners, #2)
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I heard a fascinating radio show a couple days ago about Chaucer's Canterbury Tales so I purchased it for 99 cents and I'm starting it too!1
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Studied it in school, or at least parts of it (high school censored the good bits). Enjoy!2
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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley1
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Vienna Melody by Ernst Lothar is gonna be a keeper! Need a cheat sheet for the characters though....1