What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book) - Part 2 Showing 2,951-3,000 of 3,421

[Diana]

Marianne wrote: "PattyMacDotComma's review sucked me into the Josef Slonsky vortex. I'm reading Lying and Dying and loving it. Phrynne, I am betting you would love it too. I will definitely be readi..."

Oh have to read this. Sounds great. Thanks for the heads up.

[Marianne]

Diana, I'm now over halfway through the 2nd Josef Slonsky book, Slaughter and Forgetting: Murder and intrigue on the streets of Prague..., just as good.

[Carolyn]

I'm reading The Eighth Sister, a stand-alone by Robert Dugoni.

It starts of as a classic spy thriller with an ex CIA agent recruited to run an undercover mission in Russia. The blurb says his cover will be blown and he will then be in a fight for his life as both countries want him dead. Very good so far (20% read). Still available on netgalley.

[Kim]

I'm reading another of those 'must read' Aussie memoirs that reads like a novel.....Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching. So heartwarming and heart-wrenching in equal measure.

[Jazzy]

This month, I'm reading:
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror
Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable
Ted and Sylvia - Emma Tennant
All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
Ambulance Girls - Deborah Burrows
and just finished Summers With Juliette - Emily Madden

PS. I've also started reading Dubliners by James Joyce 💕

[marlin1]

Currently reading a new to me aussie author (trying to read a few new authors before my cheap Kindle Unlimited runs out at the end of the month)
Small Town Nightmare by Anna Willett, currently 25% in and really enjoying it. I liken it to Jaye Ford and Sarah Barrie’s books.
Have a couple more that I got free or cheaply from Amazon, so will definitely read them.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I have that one waiting in the wings too Marlin. I hadn't heard of her or the book until recently so snapped it up. She lives in Adelaide from memory :) Good to hear you're enjoying it, and I LOVE both the two authors you likened it to!!

[Deb]

I have just started on by Nicholas Lochel whois apparently not only an Australian author but a local one; from Brisbane.

I am reading it as my 'Z' for the A-Z challenge and I had never heard of it and would probably not have picked it up except for the title. I am glad I did though, while it is listed as a kids book it is a pretty meaty one with a complex vocabulary. It is really good so far.

[marlin1]

Brenda wrote: "I have that one waiting in the wings too Marlin. I hadn't heard of her or the book until recently so snapped it up. She lives in Adelaide from memory :) Good to hear you're enjoying it, and I LOVE ..."
Yes, knew there were a few here who do like them, so thought I’d mention this author. I had no idea she may live in Adelaide😃

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I just re-read her profile (on Amazon) and she was raised in WA...don't know where I got Adelaide from - another author I suspect :) https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Willett/e...

[Diana]

Kim wrote: "I'm reading another of those 'must read' Aussie memoirs that reads like a novel.....Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching. So heartwarming and heart-wrenching ..."

Hoping to read this one.

[Sharon]

I’m a 100 pages into; Islands by Peggy Frew and all I can say is I hope it gets better. I’m a little lost to say the least 😊

[Marianne]

Sharon wrote: "I’m a 100 pages into; Islands by Peggy Frew and all I can say is I hope it gets better. I’m a little lost to say the least 😊"

Yes, some of the connections are very tenuous....

[Sharon]

I thought it might’ve just been me, Marianne :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sharon wrote: "I’m a 100 pages into; Islands by Peggy Frew and all I can say is I hope it gets better. I’m a little lost to say the least 😊"

Good luck :) It wasn't for me either!

[Sharon]

Thanks Brenda. Nearly finished as I was up late reading last night only wish it had enough been with a better book lol. Never mind they can’t all be 5★ reads 😊

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

True Sharon :)

[Diana]

I've just finished Mrs. Pepperpot Stories by Alf Prøysen. I read these as a kid and revisited them for a challenge. Absolutely delightful, I hope to share them with my great nieces and nephews when they're old enough.
Now starting The Lost Man by Jane Harper

[Marianne]

One topical read after another:
first Losing the Plot with all the plagiarism stuff going on;
then From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting with the election coming up. PattyMac, I think you'd like this one

[Diana]

I'm re-reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

[Wild]

Just started crow Hollow, as I've busted my back, so can't do anything but lay perfectly still & flat. What better time but to catch up my reading wishlist that has layed stagnent for too long 😂

📙 Crow Hollow http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wild wrote: "Just started crow Hollow, as I've busted my back, so can't do anything but lay perfectly still & flat. What better time but to catch up my reading wishlist that has layed stagnent for too long 😂

..."

Wow that's awful news!! Hope you'll be okay :) Here's the book's link for you..

Crow Hollow by Michael Wallace

[Krystal]

Wild wrote: "Just started crow Hollow, as I've busted my back, so can't do anything but lay perfectly still & flat. What better time but to catch up my reading wishlist that has layed stagnent for too long 😂

..."

Sorry to hear about your back! At least the reading is a silver lining.

[Krystal]

I've just started on by Karen Swan

and I'm finally making headway on by Jenn Lyons

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I have The Spanish Promise down for next month Krystal :)

[Diana]

Just finished Talking To My Country by Stan Grant. This book is described as ' the book every Australian should read' and I would agree with that.

[Krystal]

Brenda wrote: "I have The Spanish Promise down for next month Krystal :)"

Hope you enjoy it, Brenda!

I've now moved on to Nevernight by Jay Kristoff which has hooked me from the very beginning!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Krystal wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I have The Spanish Promise down for next month Krystal :)"

Hope you enjoy it, Brenda!..."

Just started it Krystal :)

[Em__Jay]

I loved the audio of Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

[Marianne]

I've just noticed that I'm reading two crime novels set in Sweden. My kindle read is Slugger by Martin Holmén while my print-on-paper read is The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith.
Two reads further apart on the spectrum I just can't imagine! Holmen's is dark and gritty, McCall Smith's is cosy and philosophical.
LOL

[Dale]

Reading Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
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Very interesting

[Diana]

Just starting Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn

[Alda]

I've just started Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal about Our World--And Ourselves by Matt Simon and You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian.

The first is about the real zombies: some animals (and fungi) in fact can parasite and zombify other organisms to reproduce themselves. I'm a biologist but I'm always surprised by how the strategies nature has come up with to perpetuate life on our planet.


The second is a collection of short stories about dating and desire in our modern life. Some stories can be even disturbing, but the book catches the reader's attention (at least mine, so far)!

[Diana]

I'm just starting Attack of the Theater People by Marc Acito. I read the first book a few years ago and have had this one sitting in my unit for a couple of years. The books are good but I'm also reading it for 'a book with an ugly cover' challenge.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Krystal wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I have The Spanish Promise down for next month Krystal :)"

Hope you enjoy it, Brenda!

I've now moved on to Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

Nevernight is very good Krystal:)

[Marianne]

Having enjoyed Mary Norris's Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, I was delighted and surprised to open her new book, Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen, and find a quote from my review on BookMooch

[Diana]

Fantastic Marianne, congratulations.

[Diana]

Just starting The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett for a challenge 'fantasy' prompt

[Krystal]

Loved Nevernight, Phrynne!! Solid 5 stars from me!

I've now moved on to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman which I'm rather enjoying!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Having enjoyed Mary Norris's Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, I was delighted and surprised to open her new book, [book:Greek to Me: Adventures of th..."

Fantastic Marianne - you'd be pretty chuffed :)

[Ria]

Krystal wrote: "Loved Nevernight, Phrynne!! Solid 5 stars from me!

I've now moved on to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman which I'm rather enjoying!"

Oh an absolutely heart breaker of a book...makes your soul hurt a little...

I'm currently reading Too Much Lip first time reading Melissa Lucashenko and loving her writing style!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jen wrote: "Just started the Expanse series (Sci Fi space opera)- Leviathan Wakes (4.5 stars) and The Butcher of Anderson Station (novella - 4 stars) now reading the second book in the series, Caliban’s War."

Leviathan Wakes, The Butcher of Anderson Station, Caliban's War all by James S.A. Corey

[Kim]

Currently reading Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson - this is his fourth psychological thriller, starting with The Kind Worth Killing, all of which have been 5 star reads for me and this one is going the same way, unless the ending disappoints! His stories are always just so unique in both concept and execution:-
The Kind Worth Killing
All the Beautiful Lies
Her Every Fear

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kim wrote: "Currently reading Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson - this is his fourth psychological thriller, starting with The Kind Worth Killing, all of which have been 5 star reads for me and this one is ..."

Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
The Kind Worth Killing

Thanks Kim - worth checking out!

[Deb]

I have and
Sitting there staring at me; my next read will be one of them, I just need to find my reading mojo. It is a bit lost, I fear it may have rolled under the couch or something....

[Sally906]

I got into a bit of a reading funk for a while - but finally seem to be getting my groove back again slowly.

My current physical book is Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray - which is hard to explain, but sort of fantasy/Science Fiction/Women’s Fiction.

On Kindle I have Stolen Magic by our very own Marina Finlayson - only up to the second chapter, but very good so far!

Finally my kobo book is Lady Theodora's Christmas Wish by Arietta Richmond - a cute historical romance

[Krystal]

Tonight I'm starting The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews

[Diana]

I've struggled with The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. Have set it aside. I am not a great fan of the fantasy genre. In the meantime I have read Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon and have started Jane and the Damned by Janet Mullany. Love reading Jane Austen inspired novels.

[Marianne]

Readers who were disappointed with 55 should read Life Before by Carmel Reilly: I found it an excellent antidote! Review later, but 5★s

[Elizabeth]

I'm currently 'reading' Burial Rites Burial Rites as an audio book which is my first audio book. Loving both the book and the format so far.