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

[HLS]

Originally Posted by John F

I'm 35% in. I'm enjoying it. It's interesting to read books that take place during Covid. So far nothing supernatural and more of a detective vibe.

Full disclosure, I usually like Stephen King.

I love king but I was so bored I stopped reading. The whole book is in the last 2 chapters. lol Thats all you need to read

[HLS]

I am reading Yellowface a NYT recent best seller. its pretty good. has a good pace to it. The author knows how to keep your attention.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

And now: The Forge of God by Greg Bear. I also bought this one back in 2011. It's a bit cinematic at the moment, but I expect it'll improve.

Well, it remained more cinematic than I liked. But interesting.

Next I read Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett. Early short works for children from when he was a journalist. Great fun. I especially liked the page jokes in the first story. My 100th book of the year.

Then I read An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire, the third in her October Daye series, and very good it was too.

And now: Vossoff and Nimmitz by Adam Troy-Castro.

[Chapter5]

Hi everyone! I'm a long time lurker but registered only recently. I'd like to thank you all, especially people active in this thread for awesome book recommendations.

I've just finished reading "Cancelled In Red" by Hugh Pentecost, it was a really good read. I've already bought the next 3 books in Inspector Luke Bradley series. What struck me as atypical in this one is that it seems Bradley is more of a sidekick to the main character rather than actually being the main character. I just think it's a nice take on detective novels. The book reminded me of a very good movie titled Nine Queens.

Currently reading "The Key to Rebecca" by Ken Follett - very nice spy novel, although there a some parts that some people may find a bit offensive...

Also started re-reading "The Black Company" by Glen Cook - I have read it two times already. Last time was about 5 years ago. The reason why I like it is because it reminds me of a very dark fantasy game called Myth published in the 90s. I don't think anybody here knows this game but I really encourage everyone to check out the soundtrack

I also have "Cinema Speculation" by Quentin Tarantino waiting in the queue. Couldn't resist, it was on sale a couple of days ago.

[John F]

Originally Posted by HLS

I love king but I was so bored I stopped reading. The whole book is in the last 2 chapters. lol Thats all you need to read

Spoiler:

If you are going to skip, I would say the 4th chapter from the end (July 30, 2021, 100 pages) is the one to read. It has the most suspense.

And if you are going to skip most of the book, you might as well read the cliff notes, or skip the last chapter.

After reading the whole thing, I enjoyed it.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by John F

After reading the whole thing, I enjoyed it.

So did I, a lot!

[Tarana]

Currently reading Omnibus 1 of Captain Lacey Mysteries by Ashley Gardner. Good plots, I'm enjoying them. Includes the books The Hanover Square Affair, A Regimental Murder, The Glass House (reading this one) plus two short stories. Captain Lacey, an injured officer from the Peninsula and Spanish wars, lives in London and gets embroiled into solving mysteries. I would classify this as historical cozy.

[mlewis78]

I am reading We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter, historical fiction about a Jewish family from Poland during WWII. It's on my kindle and was on sale when I bought it.