Current book(s) you're reading?

[AprilR]

@Trophonius : I really liked it! Like you said, despite being very bleak and depressing it did not really depress or bored me. I expected the language to be more flowery and hard to read, but it was very easy to read. I especially liked Kazuko's letters at the end!

Next on my list is Run Melos!

 

[Aeolienne]

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

 

[Heroine of Winds]

Wings of Fire Book 5: The Brightest Night.

 

[AndyFBlues]

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

 

[Aeolienne]

Death in Leamington by David Smith
Yes, that is Leamington as in Leamington Spa where I live. I bought it in a bring-and-buy sale last year. Now I'm reading it as part of a "Book Bingo" challenge set by my local library. The aim is to read a book of each of twelve categories, and this is for the category "A book by an author you have never heard of" (I reckon this qualifies as the book has no author bio).

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

Reading the science of hate by Matthew Williams, it's a pretty good read

 

[Aeolienne]

Vengeance in Venice by Philip Gwynne Jones. This is another entry in my Book Bingo challenge (see my last posting), this time for the category "A book perfect for the current season". According to a sign I saw in my local library, June was "National Crime Reading Month", so I aimed to read this before the month was out, and I've got only 31 pages to go. Plus Jeff Bezos's wedding in Venice has been all over the media this past week, but let's draw a veil(!) over that.

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

Been reading lots of late whilst I recover including:
The state of hate
Cults in our midst
The tiptoe boys
Neitzche (again)
and adrian mole books

Still got lots to get through too

 

[Ken]

Unwavering by Nellie Borrero

 

[AuAL]

Over breakfast each day, I try to read a few pages of Yasunari Kawabata’s “ The Sound of the Mountain.” I read a chapter a day of another book I keep for the purpose, currently Andrew McGahan’s “Last Drinks”. In addition, I have bookmarks in Brené Brown’s “Daring Greatly” (a challenging read), Melissa Lucashenko’s “Too Much Lip” (challenging for other reasons), Robert Silverberg’s “Science Fiction 101”, “The Essential Alan Coren” (which is 98% finished but I’m eking it out because I don’t want it to be over), and “The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories”. My bedtime reading at the moment is Janet King’s “Where the Bodies are Buried” (book 7 of the Jeri Howard boxed set I’m working my way through.) My piles of “books to read” have now grown to over five feet high, and stare at me from beside the TV.

@tree, I have a vague memory of reading “Johnny and the Dead”, but can’t find it in my library. I’ve read all the Discworld novels - I have a signed, first edition of “The Last Continent” that I got at the Australian book launch. It was the very last copy in the store - actually the bookstore owner’s complimentary copy with the publisher’s sticker inside, but he very kindly sold it to me so I could get Terry to sign it. I am also tempting myself with a copy of “A Stroke of the Pen” on my bedside book shelf - when I read it, the last will be gone.

 

[damoisellepeachy]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

French connection by Robin moore

 

[Trophonius]

Anna Karenina.

 

[Aeolienne]

Entitled: The rise and fall of the House of York by Andrew Lownie

 

[Ken]

We're Not Broken by Eric Garcia
We're Not Broken

 

[tree]

Just yesterday started reading

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bubble-in-the-Bathtub/Jo-Nesbo/Doctor-Proctor's-Fart-Powder/9781416979753 the second in the series.

 

[Aeolienne]

Slow Train to Switzerland by Diccon Bewes

 

[tree]

The Vicar of Wakefield - Wikipedia

The first chapter was enjoyable.

The language and topic in the next two chapters have
been way too similar to the style of Jane Austen to be
fun for me.

I haven't given it up yet....

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

The Hoods - Harry Grey


Harry Grey - Wikipedia

 

[BloodyKun108]

Up until recently I have simply not read much for a long time. Used to read a ton of Stephen King in particular in my teens but somewhere along the line I think I simply felt I didn’t have enough time. Started Duma Key at one point but have not gone back to it yet. My mother finally convinced me to give Animal Farm by George Orwell a try and it was certainly an interesting and worthwhile read even if it was very short. Outside if normal novels, I’d read through A Silent Voice manga and thought it was nice to have alongside the film. Now I’ve revently got the 1st box set of the Naoka Takeuchi collection of Sailor Moon and on volume 3. So far it is interesting how it differs not only from the dub I grew up with but the anime as a whole, and while it has its own merits I kind of mourn things like Nephrite not really getting an arc lol. Still excited to read the rest. Also really love this effect on the box.