What are you reading?
#121
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,061
I enjoy reading from a variety of genres but will most often pick up a biography or historical fiction when bored. My most recent read that I would recommend to others is Ariel Lawhon's "I Was Anastasia" about the last royal family of Russia. I liked devices used to tell the story, the flow of language and well-developed characters as well as well-researched historical content.
Thank you for sharing your choices. It's always interesting to find other books others recommend.
Thank you for sharing your choices. It's always interesting to find other books others recommend.
#122
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,396
I read Ulysses by James Joyce many years ago. I don't really remember it, I just remember it was hard to read.
Here is a sample (free) First paragraph, Chatper 1
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#124
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
Posts: 6,165
So what are people reading now?
I'm just finishing the latest Jack Reacher book, Past Tense. I finished a number of books while I was on vacation visiting my friend in Arizona including one of the Elm Creek Quilts books, The Cross-Country Quilters. I'm enjoying the series and have heard good things about her other books especially Mrs Lincoln's Dressmaker. Non-fiction was The Trauma Cleaner which while fascinating was not at all what I expected by judging the book by it's cover. I re-read the Beekeeper's Apprentice, first in the Mary Russell series, had read it when it first came out and now have 20 years of sequels to read -- the Beekeeper btw is Sherlock Holmes. Also finished Deck the Hounds, the latest Andy Carpenter book. They are short lightweight mystery stories always with a dog, I really don't like the Andy Carpenter character very much but he's grown on me.
I listen to audio books from my local library system and it never fails that no matter how many books I have on hold or for how long, they all come off hold at the same time so I'm currently in a glut of books. Coming up I have a Clive Cussler/NUMA story, Sea of Greed; Faerie Knitting by Alice Hoffman; Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver; The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson (a short Icelandic mystery); and Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon -- so many books, so little time! The nice thing about audio books is I can sew/iron while listening
I'm just finishing the latest Jack Reacher book, Past Tense. I finished a number of books while I was on vacation visiting my friend in Arizona including one of the Elm Creek Quilts books, The Cross-Country Quilters. I'm enjoying the series and have heard good things about her other books especially Mrs Lincoln's Dressmaker. Non-fiction was The Trauma Cleaner which while fascinating was not at all what I expected by judging the book by it's cover. I re-read the Beekeeper's Apprentice, first in the Mary Russell series, had read it when it first came out and now have 20 years of sequels to read -- the Beekeeper btw is Sherlock Holmes. Also finished Deck the Hounds, the latest Andy Carpenter book. They are short lightweight mystery stories always with a dog, I really don't like the Andy Carpenter character very much but he's grown on me.
I listen to audio books from my local library system and it never fails that no matter how many books I have on hold or for how long, they all come off hold at the same time so I'm currently in a glut of books. Coming up I have a Clive Cussler/NUMA story, Sea of Greed; Faerie Knitting by Alice Hoffman; Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver; The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson (a short Icelandic mystery); and Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon -- so many books, so little time! The nice thing about audio books is I can sew/iron while listening
#125
I started Unsheltered but couldn't get into it. Disappointed because I like Barbara Kingsolver.
Just finished an older Jodi Picoult- The Pact. Can't recommend it though. It was so melodramatic! One-dimensional characters, far-fetched plot, etc. Oh well.......
I also love audiobooks. I can "read" while I'm cleaning, driving, sewing etc.
Just finished an older Jodi Picoult- The Pact. Can't recommend it though. It was so melodramatic! One-dimensional characters, far-fetched plot, etc. Oh well.......
I also love audiobooks. I can "read" while I'm cleaning, driving, sewing etc.
#127
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,753
Just finished re-reading the Harry Potter series- those were fun, first time in a while that I’ve spent time with escapist fiction. Now I’m working on a very strange sci-fi called The Rosetta Man. Not sure if I’m enjoying it or not. When I pick it up it does hold my interest, but I don’t feel compelled to find time for it like I did with the Harry Potter series. Most of my reading these days is news or science articles or how to books. I miss being able to really get into some good escapist fiction...
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