Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?

[Adam Scribentis]

Sense and Sensibility.

[Solitaire1]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Decided to purchase an ebook containing the entire series, and read the entire series.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Currently listening to Carl Hiaasen's Razor Girl.

This was just what the doctor ordered. Quite a few out-loud chuckles while listening--including several while on a ladder with paintbrush in hand.

[DiapDealer]

I doubt it will make me chuckle, but I'm starting In the Distance by Hernan Diaz. The audiobook narrated by Alexander Skarsgard.

[drofgnal]

I finished Scalzi, 'The End of All Things'. Not sure what I'm going to read. I've toyed with the Count of Monte Cristo, the last Old Man's War book, or The German Daughter a WW2 historical fiction book. The German Daughter by Soraya Lane is well reviewed. I'm just undecided right now.

[Mike Hobart]

September reading list
DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP by Satoshi Yagisawa [2009]
HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY by Michiko Aoyama [2017]
THONGOR AND THE WIZARD OF LEMURIA by Lin Carter [1965]
THE GREATEST VILLAIN by Aleksandar Milijkovic
WOLFBANE by Fred Pohl and C M Kornbluth [1959]
ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE -
85th annivsary - September 2026
DIARY OF A CAT by Mayumi Nagano - D.N.F. ��
THE MEMORY BOOKSHOP by Sung Yu-jeong [2024]
TROUBLE IN TRIPLICATE by Rex Stout [1949]
FOR THE DEFENSE, DR. THORNDYKE by R Austin Freeman
VERMILLION SANDS by J G Ballard
MICROCOSMIC GOD short stories of Theodore Sturgeon Vol. 2

[astrangerhere]

I find myself with a full month off of my full time job (for time served) and an itch to spend the fall days reading. I've set myself two major projects:

• Re-reading The Odyssey (without the silly trappings of the film discourse as I will certainly never watch it)
• Reading Herodotus' Histories and pairing it with Ryszard Kapuściński's Travels with Herodotus.

I also have my regular reading on the go, which currently consists of:

• Kobo - A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker 1925-2025 edited by Deborah Treisman. This is getting tougher the further into the modern stories I get. My tastes didn't really run with that of the magazine from the early 00s onward, save for the occasional gem. So I am pushing through these looking for those gems.
• Hardcover - The 2024 edition of The Letters of Emily Dickinson edited by Christanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell
• Boox - Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. My wife has been on a bit of a kick for epistolary novels that she can read one letter a day in (see Frankenstien and Dracula from the last few months). She decided to attack a larger one and I am joining her as I've not read this since I was in my early 20s. Can't wait to see what a difference a handful of decades makes.

[nana77]

I've read the prequel and the sequel trilogies of the "Star Wars" saga's graphic novels, by Alessandro Ferrari.
Really liked them, as far as I haven't watched anything after "Rogue One", the sequel contains the final chapter of the entire saga, which I did read now for the first time.
Very nice thought. The sites doesn't mention differencies but the prequel has many more artists on work, thought it shows onto the general scenes, that in this one looks aesthetically deep, (imho) the later has something flattered compared to, e.g. how the ambients, buildings and vehicles contrast to the characters.. I put some screenshoots. The last two are from the sequel.

Now on "The Brothers Karamazov", there is something about "simple-hearted people" writtings from Russia that has few equals (but imho again).
I'll further search for the "Star Wars Omnibus" by Marvel UK:

"A mega-collection of previously uncollected adventures!"

[nana77]

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I find myself with a full month off of my full time job (for time served) and an itch to spend the fall days reading. I've set myself two major projects:

• Re-reading The Odyssey (without the silly trappings of the film discourse as I will certainly never watch it)
• Reading Herodotus' Histories and pairing it with Ryszard Kapuściński's Travels with Herodotus.

I also have my regular reading on the go, which currently consists of:

• Kobo - A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker 1925-2025 edited by Deborah Treisman. This is getting tougher the further into the modern stories I get. My tastes didn't really run with that of the magazine from the early 00s onward, save for the occasional gem. So I am pushing through these looking for those gems.
• Hardcover - The 2024 edition of The Letters of Emily Dickinson edited by Christanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell
• Boox - Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. My wife has been on a bit of a kick for epistolary novels that she can read one letter a day in (see Frankenstien and Dracula from the last few months). She decided to attack a larger one and I am joining her as I've not read this since I was in my early 20s. Can't wait to see what a difference a handful of decades makes.

lol, till I'd searched about I was thinking you was to mention "2001: A Space Odyssey", wandering on what's wrong with it (LOL again).

by Stanley Kubrick, who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke.

[Wiggo]

Ox-eyed is my favourite term from the Odysey. I can’t help but have a little giggle

[DrNefario]

I'm having another spell on Kindle Unlimited thanks to the recent offer, and I like to look for a bit of KU non-fiction to read alongside my main book.

I found, and started The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards, which is basically a giant listicle, and kind of ties in with the British Library Crime Classics collection, many of which are also on KU (and quite a few are out of copyright). There's a couple of pages about each of 100 significant, mostly British, crime books from the first half of the 20th Century.

I fear it is going to be bad for my TBR.

Edit: I should probably add that the ebook isn't all that great. It is sometimes missing spaces after full stops, and there's a weird detached letter at the start of a chapter that is probably meant to be a drop cap. I think there might be pictures in the pbook, too, but I haven't yet seen any in the ebook. It's perfectly readable, though.

[CRussel]

I've recently discovered a new author, sadly only available on Amazon - Nole Moody. I started out with his Mr. Gorzug series, and am now reading the 2 part "Corey Naylor - Space Janitor" series. These books are quirky, fun, and quite entertaining. Getting them onto my Kobo has been a challenge, but one I've accepted, given that I'm choosing to buy them rather than merely borrowing them via KU.

[fantasyfan]

The Great War 1914–1918
Peter Hart

The Great War is a fine single volume history of what we normally refer to as The First World War.

In the excellent Preface Hart describes it as “ . . . The single most important event of the Twentieth Century, shaping the world that we live in today.” He mentions the following points to underline this: “It subverted the rules by which men had hoped wars would be fought.” In the Great War civilians were sucked into the destruction on a scale never seen before. It “swept away” the European Order that had ruled the world up to 1914.New world powers arose—especially The United States. Nationalistic Political approaches such Fascism and Communism began to replace the old conventions of the old Imperial System. And terrible weapons of mass destruction were developed and used.

One of the most effective methods used by Peter Hart is the use of a significant number of primary sources. They range from comments made by the generals to the vivid experiences of the soldiers themselves in the trenches and both sides of the combatants are represented.

As a one volume history Hart accepts certain limitations. Events are primarily presented using a “British Perspective” but are expanded when necessary to cover global events. Further, the emphasis is on the great dramatic battles which determined the course of the war. Thus, while there is a chapter on the “road to war” no mention is made of the efforts made by Pope Benedict XIV in the early stages of the conflict to create a diplomatic pause and prevent the catastrophe. However Hart does manage to mention two of the great “war poets” (Owen and Sassoon) whose works show the horrors of the war with such devastating power.

While one must go to other works ( such as Christopher Clarke) for very detailed discussion of events, this book is an excellent general introduction.