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

[Bookstooge]

Just reviewed Cassilda's Song, the next King in Yellow anthology I had on tap. 4stars good

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by issybird

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I'm currently reading Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by well-known classicist Mary Beard which is fascinating <SNIP>

I've not gotten Twelve Caesars yet, but my library had the audiobook version of Beard's How Do We Look, which I'd not read before. So that will be my new commute book this week.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: The Emperor's Pearl by Robert Van Gulik. Another Judge Dee mystery

Which was excellent.

Then I read From a Changeling Star by Jeffrey A. Carver
OK, but perhaps too much technology for the situation

And now The Year of the Woman by Jonathan Gash. NOT a Lovejoy novel. Let's see if I like it.

[drvenom]

I'm currently reading the second book in the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons. The second book, the Fall of Hyperion is just as good as the first book, but I think it was originally written as one book but the publisher decided to split it. Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion are amazing and in my top 5 favorite books, which include Dune. I'm having a great time reading right now.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

And now The Year of the Woman by Jonathan Gash. NOT a Lovejoy novel. Let's see if I like it.

It was good. A mystical look at Hong Kong in the year before handover, from the viewpoint of one woman.

Next up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. A recent freebie.

[ucfgrad93]

Just started Wonders All Around on my Kindle.

[isarl]

Originally Posted by isarl

Started Sundiver, by David Brin, recently as well. I'm still not far in, but so far I'm enjoying the characterizations and the worldbuilding.

Enjoyed the ride enough (especially the imagery) that I'll proceed on to Startide Rising next, the sequel to Sundiver.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. A recent freebie.

Which was a fun multi-world fantasy. I'm adding the series to my wish list. The first book is a reasonably complete story, with prospects but no cliff-hanger ending.


April 18th: Cosi Fan Tutti by Michael Dibdin. The fifth in his Aurelio Zen series.

[astrangerhere]

I'm knocking some of my "books recommended by my wife" goal right now. Currently:

• I'm listening to Rachel Cusk's Second Place. I should finish it today.
• I'm reading Anthony Marra's Mercury Picture's Presents on my Kobo.
• Still continuing my chapter a day pace of War and Peace.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

• I'm reading Anthony Marra's Mercury Picture's Presents on my Kobo.

I'll be interested to see what you make of this; I DNFed it a few months ago. It was one of those novels where concept was a slam dunk, but the execution failed, badly.

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by issybird

I'll be interested to see what you make of this; I DNFed it a few months ago. It was one of those novels where concept was a slam dunk, but the execution failed, badly.

I might be more apt to like it than you. I'm a big Marra fan, though not quite as big a fan as my wife. I will say, though, the language is already markedly lighter and more fluid than it was in A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. But the subject matter is also much lighter, fascism and McCarthyism notwithstanding.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

April 18th: Cosi Fan Tutti by Michael Dibdin. The fifth in his Aurelio Zen series.

Which lived up to its name. A fine farce.

Next up: Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie

[Bookstooge]

Just finished up Triple Jeopardy, a Nero Wolfe collection of 3 novellas. So far, I have not read a bad Nero Wolfe story...

[gmw]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Wonderful. Best book I've read for months.

I just finished Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins. yesterday, and I agree. It is very well put together and I found it fascinating. Aside from learning about Terry Pratchett and his work, it was also interesting to watch as Rob Wilkins' role morphed from personal assistant into something significantly more - surely not something he could have thought he was signing up for when he started.

And speaking of footnotes, in amongst the last few books I've also been reading from What If? by Randall Munroe (the author of the xkcd cartoons) - this being another book with many footnotes. The subtitle "Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" summarises this quite perfectly. It is very entertaining, fun and yet intriguing, the text interspersed with relevant xkcd observations adding their own special chuckle as you go along. 4/5.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Which lived up to its name. A fine farce.

Next up: Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie

Which was good fun, except for the jarring inclusion of two non-Marple supernatural stories.

Next up: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman. The first of the two prequel novels set in his His Dark Materials universe.