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[Jacqueline]

The Outsider was released a couple of weeks ago. I got it on release day myself.

[Shomeret]

Ashley wrote: "I’ll be excited to hear your thoughts on Marvel 1602! It had my vote in the poll too (I think I nominated it?) and I just bought it on Kindle the other day because it was on sale. Can’t wait to get..."

I probably shouldn't have read Marvel 1602 because I'm more of a 1602 fan than a Marvel fan. So I'm sure there were references that I didn't get.

[Rob]

MadProfessah wrote: "How did you get THE OUTSIDER so soon? Is it in the same universe as MR. MERCEDES??"

Yes, it's the same universe

[Ellen]

Currently reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Hope it improves. About 50 pages in.

[M.L.]

I'm reading Acceptance, book 3 in the Southern Reach trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer. I love the series.

[Jen]

M.L. Roberts wrote: "I'm reading Acceptance, book 3 in the Southern Reach trilogy..."

Nice! I have Annihilation sitting here and will be starting it in the next few days.

[Eric]

I completed Michener's tome, Texas. I will start a submarine series, The Silent Service: Grayback Class whose author I discovered in a book of short stories, First to Fight .

[Jordan]

Ellen wrote: "Currently reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Hope it improves. About 50 pages in."

Ugh, I DNF'd that book. Others in my book club really liked it though.

[Jordan]

Finished Raven Stratagem and it was so so so good. Now to hope my copy of Revenant Gun has arrived when I get home from work.

Also finished Akata Witch, which I wasn't really a fan of. The world seemed super cool but the events in the book just seemed so random.

Currently listening to Medusa Uploaded and I'm extremely intrigued so far. This seems like the kind of book that I'll love.

Knocked out Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 1 on my lunch break. Cute first volume in a manga about camping. I'm a little ways into volume 2 now.

[Lowell]

I finished both Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (kindle) and The Valley of Fear (audible) in the last couple days, so I'm moving on to the next fun stuff!

Started listening to The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor of Bobiverse fame this morning on my commute (new book, audible exclusive for 4 months). I'm still noodling around my collection on what to read on kindle next, but I did just get an ARC for The Quantum Magician (kindle via Netgalley.com), so I think that's probably what will get the next read.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

What a blessing not to be 100% sure what you're reading next! I have, like, 6 books all at varying stages of Howler yelling at me to read them next. Next is Raven Stratagem, then Alif the Unseen, then Revenant Gun then...another buddy read, I forget, but it hasn't, and also Ember in Ashes.

SIIIIIGH.

[Lowell]

Allison wrote: "What a blessing not to be 100% sure what you're reading next! I have, like, 6 books all at varying stages of Howler yelling at me to read them next. Next is Raven Stratagem, then Alif the Unseen, t..."

Well, that's the thing - I do give myself a list of books I want to read in the year, but I don't make it so huge that I can't throw in spur of the moment ideas (like Kitchen Confidential) or feel incredibly bad if I don't stick to it - Plus, who knows when I'm going to get an ARC or some other kind of reading commitment. I also do my best to stick to 1 audible and 1 print at a time. I just can't focus otherwise.

The list isn't' really a rule. It's more of a ... guideline... (arr!).

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

loll. I tried to do the same! But everything's so shiny!

[Jamesboggie]

I read Jurassic Park for a book club. I liked it, but I honestly think the movie is better.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Then, I read Raptor Red. It was described to me as Jurassic Park from a dinosaur's perspective, but I think it was more like Walking with Dinosaurs in book form. Still very enjoyable.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dj]

Lowell wrote: "I finished both Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (kindle) and The Valley of Fear (audible) in the last couple days, so I'm moving on to the nex..."

Culinary Underbelly? Just at a guess I am going to say there is a recipe for Haggis in that book.

[Adam James]

I'm currently trying (unsuccessfully) to finish Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, The Postmortal(again) and The Ritual.
If all else fails I'll probably just end up reading The Magicians trilogy again for the 3rd time.
I have the worst time finding books I enjoy.

[Jamesboggie]

Adam wrote: "I'm currently trying (unsuccessfully) to finish Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,

What's holding you back? I am considering putting it on my list, so I'd like to hear if it has problems.

[Hank]

I liked Sapiens, I didn't love Sapiens. It had, what I call, Victor Hugo disease. It went off on tangents that only barely had anything to do with the main theme. I prefer my non-fiction pretty focused, this one wasn't.

[Hank]

To stay true to the point of the thread....

I just finished Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens which I thought was excellent and am in the middle of
The Prefect which is also very good.

[Trike]

I just started Warcross by Marie Lu. The first chapter or so is pretty much a big info dump, so I’m ready to move onto the meat of whatever this story is.

[mo]

I just finished The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (audio book version - Robin Miles is an excellent reader!) and can't wait to start The Stone Sky. I'm late to The Broken Earth trilogy, I know, but I've really been enjoying it.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Always so excited for people just experiencing the magic of Broken Earth! I wish I could read it for the first time again ^^

Adam, not that there's anything wrong with re-reading, but if you're lookin' for new things to like, may I suggest posting in our Recommendations folder? Post books you like and what you liked about them (also things that might seem like obvious recommendations that you DIDN'T like and why, so we can try to find the middle ground) and hopefully the brilliant minds of SFFBC can help you out!

I'm really digging Across the Nightingale Floor while I listen to it. And then I stop and think about what I've just read and the spell wears off. Whatever, it's magic while I'm with it, and sometimes that's enough.

Into the Drowning Deep better do something soon. *pokes it with a stick*

[Jacqueline]

I haven’t been reading any sci-fi or fantasy lately other than a failed attempt at Leviathan Wakes. It was a library book and I had to take it back. I did pick up my own copy the other day from a cheap bookshop so I do want to finish it. Just not right now.

I did finish listening to Contest by Matthew Reilly the other day. It is about a contest to the death featuring beings from other planets in the New York Public Library. So that’s fantasy. Listening to Cinder by Marissa Meyer whenever I drive anywhere at the moment. I don’t mind it but it does get annoying in places.

I’m currently halfway through Beartown by Fredrik Backman. There is an incident alluded to the whole way through the first half of the book (right from the first page) and I’ve got up to it. I needed a break from it for a couple of days to get my head in the right zone to finish reading it. I’m by myself at the beach and feeling a little “fragile” so I don’t want to make myself worse. My way to handle my sometimes fragile mental health is to recognise my triggers and make sure I’m in a safe environment when I face them. So instead of finishing Beartown right now I read Holes by Louis Sachar for a change of pace. I’d read some of it before but couldn’t remember much about it. Really liked it.

Been reading and listening to a few murder mysteries lately. The Bat by Jo Nesbø , Never Never by James Patterson and Candice Fox, B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton, Skulduggery Pleasant.

I’m still not ready for Beartown. I wonder what else is in my two bags of books I brought with me....Red Sister, Illuminae, Golem and the Djinni, new Nora Roberts Shelter in Place, Ursula Le Guins Changing Planes, Jo Nesbøs Macbeth, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, I’ll be Gone in the Dark (nope...not by myself), Fahrenheit 451, Six of Crows, Fifth Season or one of the other dozen squashed into the other bag. Only a small sampling and I still have heaps at home. Ohhhh I don’t know. Maybe some breakfast and then I’ll decide.

[Jacqueline]

Just for the record I’ve picked up Illuminae. If nothing else it will fulfill the prompt in one of my challenges about a book written in a unique format/writing structure. And it will satisfy my need for a little sci-fi in my day.

Tad chilly here today. It’s only 12C in the house and I don’t have a heater. It’s overcast so I don’t have any sun coming through the windows to warm the house up like normal. Just as well I have blankets and tea and books 😀

[Esther]

Jordan wrote: "Ellen wrote: "Currently reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Hope it improves. About 50 pages in."

Ugh, I DNF'd that book. Others in my book club really liked it th..."

So many people I know rave about it but I found the writing too aloof to make me really care about the characters.

[Esther]

Allison wrote: "What a blessing not to be 100% sure what you're reading next! I have, like, 6 books all at varying stages of Howler yelling at me to read them next. Next is Raven Stratagem, then Alif the Unseen, t..."

I am rarely 100%.
I create lists in late December-early January, make commitments to book clubs and challenges and then by January 10th I have already discovered there are so many other books I really 'need' to read!

[Catalina]

Hi everyone! (just joined).

I'm reading Don Quijote de la Mancha I for a couple of months now, The Left Hand of Darkness, Phaedo for philosophy and Too Like the Lightning (love it so far).

[MadProfessah]

@Thomas Daniel Abraham’a The Dagger & The Coin series is really great epic fantasy centered around economics with a strong female protagonist. And dragons! And racial/ethnic politics! Enjoy yourself, I did!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Esther wrote: "I am rarely 100%.
I create lists in late December-early January, make commitments to book clubs and challenges and then by January 10th I have already discovered there are so many other books I really 'need' to read! "

Same!! Organization fails me when I just want to read all of the things.

@Catalina, welcome!! Left Hand of Darkness and TLTL are on our bookshelves, you have great taste! ;-) I also really, really enjoyed TLTL --we're getting ready to read the 3rd and 4th in the series as a Buddy Read if you're interested!

Oo, MadProf, I didn't have that one on my list, but if that's how you're describing it...

[Julia]

Recently, I've read Binti, Home and The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor for my RL book club. Next up for the group is Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, so we don't only read sf/ f.

I've also recently read In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar, which was fun, Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot, which I'm glad I read, but it wasn't fun. A bunch of books by Jewell Parker Rhodes including Sugar, Ninth Ward, Ghost Boys, which is so far my favorite. An unusual one that I liked a lot, maybe loved, is he by John Connolly, about Stan Laurel, Babe Hardy, Hal Roach and movie making in the 1920's '30's, and '40's.

[Adam James]

What's holding you back? I am considering putting it on my list, so I'd like to hear if it has problems.

@Jamesboggie. I think Hank put it best. The author gets off topic and it is heavy in personal opinion starting in the 2nd section. This may be fine for some, but it was such a shift in tone that it put me off.

[Pam]

Reading a fantasy trilogy by R A MacAvoy. So far read books 1 and 2: Damiano - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381969927 and Damiano's Lute - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381970298.

[Paul]

I was recently underwhelmed by a modern sequel to Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Ian Stewart. Flatland, in case you don't know it, is an absolutely wonderful 19th-century book that takes place in a 2D world whose inhabitants are squares, triangles, lines and so on. It would be a good book to read in this group, incidentally.

In any case, here are my thoughts/complaints on its soft reboot: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dj]

Catalina wrote: "Hi everyone! (just joined).

I'm reading Don Quijote de la Mancha I for a couple of months now, The Left Hand of Darkness, Phaedo for philosophy and [book..."

I loved the Left Hand of Darkness. It is on my top five reading list.

[Phrynne]

My review of We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[HeyT]

I'm about ten minutes away from finishing For We Are Many. I've been listening while grinding levels while gaming. After that's done I'll queue up the next one as well.
I'm also reading The Dragon Reborn for the WoT buddy read.

[Jamesboggie]

Paul wrote: "I was recently underwhelmed by a modern sequel to Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Ian Stewart. Flatland, in case you don't know it, is an absolutely wonderful..."

I liked Flatland. I hope Spaceland is a better sequel.

[Justin]

Just finished The Twelve and currently reading King Solomon's Mines

Next up (probably?):
The Book of Three
Station Eleven
Theory of Bastards

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I've been thinking about re-reading Book of Three! Have you read it before? It's one of my beloved childhood reads that I hope stands up to time.

Station Eleven was really pretty to read, too. Good stuff!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

A reminder that the polls for July are about to close and the fantasy sequel we'll be reading is currently being decided by a SINGLE VOTE! You could change history! At least of this group! Go vote!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

[Chris]

FYI, if you have already voted, you can change your vote. I often do that when my first choice is not one of the top two.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Currently reading Paper and Fire. Right now I'm in the early stages of trying to remember what happened in the first book, and getting the little clues that job my memory.


Also, finally finished The Black Prism, which I pushed through despite the issues of sexism I'd mentioned early in the book. Can't say they ever went away, and as I didn't care about any of the characters, by the end, I definitely will not be continuing with the series.

[Julia]

Just finished Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces by Michael Chabon. I recommend it as a Father's Day present if your dad is into Michael Chabon.

Currently reading MG Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz, which is sweet. I have borrowedBayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes from the library.

I just voted in the poll. Twice, which is legal, somehow. Why can't I vote for my Congressional primary this way?

[Adam James]

colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "Currently reading Paper and Fire.

@collee, I hope Paper and Fire is better than the 1st, and you like it. I was vry disappointed in it and couldn't bring myself to continue reading.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Adams_Game wrote: "colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "Currently reading Paper and Fire.

@collee, I hope Paper and Fire is better than the 1st, and you like it. I was vry disappointed in it and..."


I liked the first well enough to give it 3-stars. I don't seem to have a review for it, though... which is odd.

[Pam]

Completed the R A MacAvoy trilogy with Raphael and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381970361.

[Anna]

I have severe post Revenant Gun depression, and desperately need something uplifting. I think that means Murderbot! I recently got the audiobook of All Systems Red on sale, so I'll do a quick reread before starting Artificial Condition.

[Justin]

Allison wrote: "I've been thinking about re-reading Book of Three! Have you read it before? It's one of my beloved childhood reads that I hope stands up to time.

Station Eleven was really pretty to read, too. Goo..."

I've never read any of Lloyd Alexander's stuff, but I remember loving the Black Cauldron movie as a kid. It seems that his Prydain series is well regarded, so I felt like it is high time I pick it up.

It's good to know that Station Eleven is enjoyable. Looking forward to diving in!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Finished Across the Nightingale Floor!

It was good. Rapey, and I just never understand characters so overcome by lust that they can't even move the dead body first (unless it's explained that's their thing, which, okay, I guess), but enjoyable.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Allison wrote: "Finished Across the Nightingale Floor!

It was good. Rapey, and I just never understand characters so overcome by lust that they can't even move the dead body first (unless it's explai..."

I'm glad you liked it. I am tempted to add it to the burn pile of the other thread...