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What are you currently reading? (3231 new)

Jun 01, 2023 09:16AM

I finished the novella

Summer by Edith Wharton
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading "that book by Nabokov"

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

RJ's Ridiculously Realistic Goal of 52 in 2023 (99 new)

Jun 01, 2023 09:14AM

#33 in 2023:

I also finished

Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

RJ's Ridiculously Realistic Goal of 52 in 2023 (99 new)

Jun 01, 2023 09:12AM

#32 in 2023:

I finished the novella

Summer by Edith Wharton
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading "that book by Nabokov"

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

What Do You Consider a Book? and Should I Count It? (85 new)

May 27, 2023 09:11AM

Beth wrote: "I don't count a short short as a book. If it's part of an anthology, I read and count the anthology as a whole....."

That's a good point. I usually say that if the title was published in a volume of its own, I will usually count it as a book. If it is only available as part of a collection, then I will count it as part of the collection.

What are you currently reading? (3231 new)

May 23, 2023 09:00AM

And I gave up on the Young-Adult borefest

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Rating: 1 star (did not finish)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

so I could finally start reading the "original" Star Wars "Legends" trilogy

Heir to the Empire (Star Wars The Thrawn Trilogy, #1) by Timothy Zahn

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

RJ's Ridiculously Realistic Goal of 52 in 2023 (99 new)

May 23, 2023 08:58AM

And I gave up on the Young-Adult borefest

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Rating: 1 star (did not finish)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

so I could finally start reading the "original" Star Wars "Legends" trilogy

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

What are you currently reading? (3231 new)

May 23, 2023 07:51AM

I also finished reading an excellent murder mystery

Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second installment in the City Blues Quartet

Dead Man's Blues by Ray Celestin

RJ's Ridiculously Realistic Goal of 52 in 2023 (99 new)

May 23, 2023 07:51AM

#31 in 2023:

I finished reading an excellent murder mystery

Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second installment in the City Blues Quartet

Dead Man's Blues by Ray Celestin

What are you currently reading? (3231 new)

May 22, 2023 09:47AM

I finished

The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading more Sword and Sorcery tales by the creator of Conan the Barbarian

Kull: Exile of Atlantis by Robert E. Howard

RJ's Ridiculously Realistic Goal of 52 in 2023 (99 new)

May 22, 2023 09:45AM

#30 in 2023:

I finished

The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading more Sword and Sorcery tales by the creator of Conan the Barbarian

Kull: Exile of Atlantis by Robert E. Howard

What are you currently reading? (3231 new)

May 17, 2023 07:17PM

Also, I finished another short novel, this one an update of - or response to - The Horror at Red Hook by H.P. Lovecraft:

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Although The Horror at Red Hook is not one of Lovecraft's best stories, and it is brewing over with hateful xenophobia and racism, I would still recommend reading it first in order to fully appreciate La Valle's story.

RJ's Ridiculously Realistic Goal of 52 in 2023 (99 new)

May 17, 2023 07:16PM

#29 in 2023:

I finished another short novel, this one an update of - or response to - The Horror at Red Hook by H.P. Lovecraft:

What are you currently reading? (3231 new)

May 17, 2023 09:34AM

I finished the short novel