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IX. Currently Reading?
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What are you currently reading (or just finished)?
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Oct 12, 2023 04:32PM
I’m reading a book called The Look-Alike by Erica Spindler
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Just finished reading (for the 3rd. time) the Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Felloship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King) by J.R.R. Tolkien.Just started reading (for the 2nd. time) After the King - Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien), a compilation of 20 short fantasy stories by 20 different authors. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and an introduction by Jane Yolen.
Just finished The Once and Future Witches and while I enjoyed it, I preferred Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January, which was my favorite book so far this year.
"Wrong Place Wrong Time" and I am NOT having fun. Our heroine is making me cringe at least once every chapter.
Christine wrote: "I finished my 72nd book"Congratulations! Sounds like you have had a productive reading year.
I just finished and reviewed "The Seven Secrets," by William LeQueux. Written in 1903, the MCs were obviously patterned after Holmes and Watson. It wasn't very good, but the author wrote 150 novels in his lifetime, five in 1903 alone, you have to give him credit for that.
Dopamine Detox by Thibaut Meurisse . Its good one and a quick read, I am gonna reread certain chapters
Colin Woodard's American Nations-- a History of the 11 Rival Regional Cultures of N. America. Very meticulous and detailed research but a joy to read
I just finished “The Removed” by Brandon Hobson (which I didn’t like); and I just started “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride
just finished The Steading by Peter Wood. Fascinating and unique novel that reads like a documentary. Highly recommended!
This is a toughie but more than worth the read -- I suggest you go slow to absorb all the jampacked info and research -- Colin Woodard's American Nations. It is totally blowing my mind b/c it puts into stark contrast what we are doing to ourselves.
Just finished House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City book 1) started book 2 House of Sky and Breath
Big catchup especially as I just discovered I didn't link books I'd reviewed weeks ago:A couple of books by Elaine Morgan:
The Descent of Woman - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5888727594
Aquatic Ape: Elaine Morgan - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5895210768
Then Frederick Pohl's memoir - The Way the Future Was: A Memoir - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5910744717
First edition of Wizardry And Wild Romance by Michael Moorcock - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5910977584
and Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5910941290
and just written these reviews:
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle and others - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5943305547
The Guest List by Lucy Foley - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5934786789
Scars of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins by Elaine Morgan - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5895080379
Diaries: 1983-1992 by Alan Clark - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5976693415
Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4890362424
Currently reading The Glass Gate: A Retelling of Cinderella by Hanna SandvigFinished The Lily Gate: A Retelling of The Frog Prince by Hanna Sandvig last night
If you like clean romance and fairytale retellings, check her out!
I'm reading Galactic Guardians Box Set: Book 1 - 5 and I loe it. It is told almost in first person in a common character that the reader admires and understand immediately because he is no perfect even though he keeps winning. What I like most is the fight scenes are about the people and not about the action. I recommend this even though I'm not finished.
I'm still readig Galactic Guardians Box Set: Books 1 - 5 + Bonus Short Story by Jonathan Yanez. I want to say that Yanez has not let me down. Even in the fight scenes he never forgets the character and how they feel. There is always a touch of humor that is just right. This is a great series.
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