What are you reading?

[Elenka_HM]

I'm currently reading 'Nevernight' by Jay Kristoff. I like his style. He's got a sense of humour, and the use of footnotes reminds me of sir Terry Pratchett. This book is darker, tho.

Teenage girl joins a school of assassins to avenge her dead family, in a fantasy world where true nights only happen once every few years. I thought it might be more juvenile, but there is A LOT of gore and some explicit sexual scenes. It surprised me because the girl who recommended this book for book club doesn't seem the type to enjoy this. In any case, I am glad we are reading it. I'm really hooked on the story at this point!

 

[grovesy]

Finished Guilty , good read but many twists.
Now started Death in Dalvik by Micheal Ridpath, an Icelandic Mystery.

 

[grovesy]

Finished Death in Dalvik really enjoyed it, I rightly guessed the murderer about two thirds through.
Now started Murder at St.Anne's by J.R.Ellis 7th in a series called Yorkshire Murders.

 

[zuludog]

I used to read books regularly, but somehow I don't think I'd read any for several months -- then I thought about it, and I think it was actually nearly two years......
Not sure why that was, I think I finished a book and just never got round to starting another one
However I watched a lot of YouTube videos - no, not porn I assure you! - military history, renovating & repairing old tools, watches, machinery, buildings, furniture. Even if I didn't want to do that myself, I found it interesting and strangely both addictive and relaxing
I also watched videos on the whole animal fats, vegetable oils, cholesterol, statins business, and the debunking of the low fat message; and food, diet, recipes & cooking generally

But back to books -- I have 8 or 9 unread books, and also during my non reading period I'd still jotted down a list of suggestions that I'd picked up from videos, Facebook, friend's recommendations and so on - there were about a dozen
So my New Years Resolution was to work my way through the list, plus my own if I could manage it
I would try to get all the books on the list from the library, as Lancashire Libraries will Search & Order a book for 85p

I started well, then disaster!
Only a week or so into January I came down with an awful bout of flu or a bug of some kind - cold, shivering, tired, sneezing, and all the rest of it, and I couldn't concentrate on anything; and that lasted into February

However I'm better now, and finally The Books! I've read -

Portrait of Elmbury, & The Blue Field, both by John Moore
Akenfield by Ronald Blythe

These are all about rural life in England during the 20th Century, and the change from horses to mechanised farming

I like Scandi crime books, and I'm currently reading The Leopard by Jo Nesbo

I have a couple of errands in the town centre, which I'll do next week, including placing a Request for a book or two from my list at the library

 

[grovesy]

Finished Murder at St.Anne's enjoyed, find it any easy read.
Now started the next in the series The Railway Murders by J,R. Ellis 8th in the Yorkshire Mysteries series.

 

[grovesy]

Finished The Railway Murders had an unexpected twist but enjoyed.
Now started Are You Awake by Claire Macgowen.

 

[PattiEvans]

Since I last posted on here I have finished the 11 Morgan Green "Jamie Johansson" series. All good, but got a bit less believable towards the end. Then read the four "Penang Series" by Clare Flynn - a completely different genre - love stories covering the war in Penang and Singapore, but not sloppy and very interesting.

I moved on to "A grave in the Woods" book 17 of the Inspector Bruno series set in the Vezere valley in the region of the Dordogne in France by Martin Walker - a completely different genre again - most enjoyable and I am half in love with Bruno. I have read all the series and it has inspired us to take a holiday in the region two years ago, with another booked for the coming September. The food is to die for in that region - so I have bought Bruno's cookery book but not looked at it yet.

I'm now reading an Angela Marsons murder mystery "Deadly Cry"

 

[grovesy]

Since I last posted on here I have finished the 11 Morgan Green "Jamie Johansson" series. All good, but got a bit less believable towards the end. Then read the four "Penang Series" by Clare Flynn - a completely different genre - love stories covering the war in Penang and Singapore, but not sloppy and very interesting.

I moved on to "A grave in the Woods" book 17 of the Inspector Bruno series set in the Vezere valley in the region of the Dordogne in France by Martin Walker - a completely different genre again - most enjoyable and I am half in love with Bruno. I have read all the series and it has inspired us to take a holiday in the region two years ago, with another booked for the coming September. The food is to die for in that region - so I have bought Bruno's cookery book but not looked at it yet.

I'm now reading an Angela Marsons murder mystery "Deadly Cry"

I have read the The Pengang series and enjoyed not my usal genre either.

 

[manji]

I used to read books regularly, but somehow I don't think I'd read any for several months -- then I thought about it, and I think it was actually nearly two years......
Not sure why that was, I think I finished a book and just never got round to starting another one
However I watched a lot of YouTube videos - no, not porn I assure you! - military history, renovating & repairing old tools, watches, machinery, buildings, furniture. Even if I didn't want to do that myself, I found it interesting and strangely both addictive and relaxing
I also watched videos on the whole animal fats, vegetable oils, cholesterol, statins business, and the debunking of the low fat message; and food, diet, recipes & cooking generally

But back to books -- I have 8 or 9 unread books, and also during my non reading period I'd still jotted down a list of suggestions that I'd picked up from videos, Facebook, friend's recommendations and so on - there were about a dozen
So my New Years Resolution was to work my way through the list, plus my own if I could manage it
I would try to get all the books on the list from the library, as Lancashire Libraries will Search & Order a book for 85p

I started well, then disaster!
Only a week or so into January I came down with an awful bout of flu or a bug of some kind - cold, shivering, tired, sneezing, and all the rest of it, and I couldn't concentrate on anything; and that lasted into February

However I'm better now, and finally The Books! I've read -

Portrait of Elmbury, & The Blue Field, both by John Moore
Akenfield by Ronald Blythe

These are all about rural life in England during the 20th Century, and the change from horses to mechanised farming

I like Scandi crime books, and I'm currently reading The Leopard by Jo Nesbo

I have a couple of errands in the town centre, which I'll do next week, including placing a Request for a book or two from my list at the library

That’s interesting when I was kid I was a military history geek and that’s always been there but recently I taken an interest in the changes because of “ technology “ and the changes in rural England . I like a bit of scandi but I’ve enforced a personal rule * no fiction * and a general comment go back 20 years if I had a free day I could read a decent book in a day and retain the contents , then came the stroke and then the diabetes .
I do tend to talk like this so bear with me I’ve found I’ve had to train myself to read. I have to iPad and I would be flitting from one subject to the next. It’s impossible for me to do a short post.
I carefully disciplined myself , stopped beating myself up and started a regime .
I bookmark a coulple of webpages and read some of the longish articles, signed up for Audible, also signed up for Shortform ( it cleverly summarises non fiction books ) then signed up for Kindle , Kindle will now be the way I read. Then lo and behold I purchased some real books.
I’ve done well with stroke recovery but my finger dexterity still needs working on so it’s still it’s difficult to read a book but I consider that training especially cognitive dexterity .
Hope that wasn’t boring but it also goes into a proven theme of mine , everything is exercise

 

[grovesy]

Since I last posted on here I have finished the 11 Morgan Green "Jamie Johansson" series. All good, but got a bit less believable towards the end. Then read the four "Penang Series" by Clare Flynn - a completely different genre - love stories covering the war in Penang and Singapore, but not sloppy and very interesting.

I moved on to "A grave in the Woods" book 17 of the Inspector Bruno series set in the Vezere valley in the region of the Dordogne in France by Martin Walker - a completely different genre again - most enjoyable and I am half in love with Bruno. I have read all the series and it has inspired us to take a holiday in the region two years ago, with another booked for the coming September. The food is to die for in that region - so I have bought Bruno's cookery book but not looked at it yet.

I'm now reading an Angela Marsons murder mystery "Deadly Cry"

Forgot to add I am also a Angela Marson fan.
I think I read somewhere some of her work has been taken up to be dramatised.

 

[grovesy]

Finished Are You Still Awake, bit of a strange one.
Now starting Dilemma by Julia Roberts.

 

[grovesy]

Finished Dilema, not my usal genre, family drama but found it an easy read,
Now started The Man in the Pink Suit by Roger Silverwood. Back to my usal crime/mystery.

 

[grovesy]

Finished The Man in the Pink Suit. Found it a bit of a strange read.
Now started The Scarred Women by Jussi Adler Olsen.

 

[zuludog]

I've just read 'The Way Home' by Mark Boyle

He drops out of modern society, giving up motorised transport and electricity, including computers & telephones, and lives a simple life in rural Ireland
interesting, but it does get a bit repetitive

 

[zuludog]

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

This is one of the books from my previously mentioned suggested list
It is, apparently, a satirical black comedy set in Stalinist Soviet Union
Various reviews, ranging from 'wonderful', 'my favourite book', 'really enjoyed it' to 'stilted' and 'so disjointed as to be unreadable'. if you want to know more, there are plenty of reviews & plot outlines on t'Net & YouTube

It seems to me to be one of those books that you are supposed to read, and took me back to English lessons where you were forced to read a book because it was good for you, and spent about five hours discussing two sentences.

Well I don't do Deep & Meaningful or Literary Criticism so after struggling through a couple of chapters I gave up
However I did find a film version on YouTube and tried that for a while, but eventually stopped that as well

I suppose it's self limiting in that people who liked the book would post reviews, and those that didn't, wouldn't

It's main claim to fame is that it inspired Mick Jagger to write 'Sympathy for The Devil'

 

[Elenka_HM]

Well I don't do Deep & Meaningful or Literary Criticism

I get that. I'd like to read some more classics so I can tell myself I'm an intellectual But on the other hand, life is short and there are so many books I can enjoy, I won't force myself through any that's particularly insufferable.

Last night I finished this month's book club choice, 'A conjuring of ravens' by Azalea Ellis. Enjoyed it, and would like to continue the story, but the series has 6 books and counting and I have too many pending readings to commit to it right now! The main character attends the University of Magic under a secret identity (because her crappy father got her involved in a crime, so the authorities are after her) and there is an interesting fusion of magic and science.

 

[Sharron1]

Any one read this weighty tome? It is book group choice. Have started it, but need some convibcibg to continue.

 

[grovesy]

No I have not read.

 

[Elenka_HM]

I am once again trying to read "House of Earth and blood" by Sarah J. Maas. It is a long book and I keep getting interrupted by my monthly book club reads. This week I spent a good few hours on it and I've made it past the first half. It is getting more interesting, so I want to stick with it this time, so I don't forget the plot!

Yesterday I did what I'm going to call "Deluxe reading": in a comfy sofa with background music and a scented candle burning (okay, I'll blame social media for the last touch 😛)

 

[Amyfaith]

Been busy, but been teaching and now on Easter break! Reading highlights since I last posted are:

Maria Vale - Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death (I loved this)
Ashley Poston - A Novel Love Story (I adore this and I've added it to the [academic] book I'm writing. Poston is one of the most interesting romance writers working right now. IMHO.)
John Wiswell - Someone You Can Build a Nest In (the most wonderfully grotesque love story I've ever read. If Tanith Lee and Guillermo del Toro had a literary baby)
Alex Meyers - The Story of Silence (reimagining of the 13thC French story of a non-binary knight which is NOT actually very different from the original, which I've bought and need to include on my history of sexuality module)

Currently reading Gwendolyn Kiste's Reluctant Immortals. Undead Lucy Westerna and Bertha Mason in 1970s California duking it out with Rochester and Dracula as the worst immortal exes ever. Fabulous stuff.