What Book Are You Currently Reading?

[cbo1234]

Babel by R.F. Kuang

 

[BaldAndHorny]

No Time For Goodbye - Linwood Barclay

 

[ABiGuy84]

"The Complete Works of Plato"

 

[LilyV2]

Wonderland - Jennifer Hillier

 

[aussiegeekygal]

"The Complete Works of Plato"

I'm reading John M Cooper's edit right now, too!

 

[baise]

Okay, I've read all three books in this series. I find it fascinating that each one is somewhat different in the style of writing. I don't want to give anything away, but I am going to check out other stories by this author.

There is another Australian author that I love. Christian White, author of The Wife and The Widow. I read his debut novel, as well. I'm having trouble with getting Wild Places at my library, so may simply purchase it.

I will definitely read the other books by Jane Harper, and will look for a book of Christian White in our local online library. Thanks for the tip. I have heard of him, but never read anything by him. I think he wrote at least one film script too. The problem is finding time to read everythin.

Another Australian writer you might like is Kate Morton. A few months ago I read her novel, Homecoming, found it fascinating. The plot is complicated and the novel keeps switching between time periods. Some people complained it was too long, and dragged a bit, but I didn’t find that. Just when I thought I had figured it out, a plot twist showed me I hadn’t.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61683285-homecoming

 

[PandemicReader8]

Taking another crack at "Exopolitics" by Salla.

 

[Sams_Island]

I'm illiterate.

Seriously?

 

[Sams_Island]

Seriously?

Hmm, your tagline doesn't show up here in my reply, so my joke may miss.
That said, for people who don't like actual reading, or like me, find it hard to find the quiet time - audiobooks!

 

[Sams_Island]

Audiobooks saved my reading habit. You know the common LitE trope about marriage and kids slowing down your sex life. Well, my reading life took a bigger hit. Then I was visiting my mother (in her 70's at the time) and she had switched to CD audiobooks she checked out from her local library because of fading eyesight. I got home and started doing the same for the many long car trips I made. From there I found my library offered mp3 downloads online so I could put them into a phone or mp3 player and now I'm able to "read" even when I'm out doing yardwork or walking to work.

 

[Sams_Island]

As to the initial question, I try to mix it up.
I'll usually have a couple of thriller/mystery/detective series titles in the queue on my mp3 player: Lucas Davenport/Virgil Flowers (John Sandford), Harry Bosch/Mickey Haller (Michael Connelly), Harry Hole (Jo Nesboe), Department Q (Jussi Adler-Olsen) or one of the J-boys: Jack Reacher, Joe Pickett, Joe Gunther (Child, Box, Mayor).

Interspersed with those, recent good ones include "Bird by Bird", a book on writing by Anne Lamott, "The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories", a collection of ghostly stories from the 19th century by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" by Ben Fountain, where a group of PTSD-suffering 'war heroes' are paraded in public.

Classics I've finally gotten around to include, "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte (spoiler: I didn't realize Heathcliff is actually an asshole), "Beloved" by Toni Morrison (a soul-damning portrayal of slavery in America), and "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck (heart-breaking but damn, the guy could write).
And then to get my serious on, "Cycles of American Political Thought" by Joseph F. Kobylka and "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Fish Don't Exist - Lulu Miller

 

[forgotmyantidepressants]

I recently read Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief after someone recommended it for adults who "don't take themselves too seriously". As an adult who does take herself too seriously, I gave it a shot, and I'm glad I did. It was a fun read. I was in high school when those books came out and I thought I was too grown up to read kid's books. I cheated myself out of a good time lol.

 

[barefootgirl69]

I finished The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden last night.

 

[Orchidea73]

Today I finally finished AFFC and started ADWD.

 

[munch2much]

Today I finally finished AFFC and started ADOD.

That sounds like hexadecimal

 

[Orchidea73]

That sounds like hexadecimal

You're right. It shows that I spend too much in the fandom. lol

"A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance With Dragons" (I wrote that wrong too.) lol

 

[munch2much]

You're right. It shows that I spend too much in the fandom. lol

"A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance With Dragons" (I wrote that wrong too.) lol

I’ve not read the books, but really enjoyed GOT, so I say good choice

 

[Orchidea73]

I’ve not read the books, but really enjoyed GOT, so I say good choice

This is a re-read. I've read them 5 or 6 times. lol
It's a long read (big books) but it's a great read.

 

[yesterdays]

My Name is Barbra, read by Streisand herself. Quite good, but very long.

 

[Scotchlander]

I've been binging on the "Outlander" books after watching the series. Looking for a big handsome Scotsman. If anyone happens to know one, send him my way!

Can I be of help?

 

[bill4672a]

Death of a Joyce Scholar by Bartholomew Gill

 

[~Elizabeth~]

Born to be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

 

[HusbandNextD00r]

PIMP by Iceberg Slim

 

[mortis]

Just started the new Lincoln Child “Dead Mountain”