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[Janice]

I am reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. This is my first time reading this book and I'm really enjoying it. :)

[Angelique]

I'm reading Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon. It's from 1960 and on David Pringles Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels list. It's comparing a sexe less society to our male-female world. Interesting read

[Nente]

Wreade, I'm so glad you liked Kon-Tiki.
Your comment reminded me of it, and after some browsing around I found that there are recent genetic research findings that tentatively confirm Heyerdahl's theory of (at least some) migrations from S. America to Polynesia. All so interesting.

[Wreade1872]

Nente wrote: "Wreade, I'm so glad you liked Kon-Tiki.
Your comment reminded me of it, and after some browsing around I found that there are recent genetic research findings that tentatively confirm Heyerdahl's ..."

Oh thats cool, most previous evidence said he was wrong. I didn't mind if he was right or wrong though. All he claimed to prove was that the voyage could have been made and he certainly proved that.
I just found these two articles the 1998 one using DNA to disprove his overall theory and the latest one using DNA to prove his theory. Isn't science great :P :lol .
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-...

[Darren]

just finished Paradise Lost
it was one of the first books I shelved when I joined GR 5 years ago, and it's the last of the initial burst of shelving that I've got to
not sure why I put it off so long, as I thought it was superb
if anybody else is dithering over reading this one, I'd advise going for it asap!

[Gia]

I am reading Persuasion by Jane Austen.

[Kirsten]

I'm reading A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong. The classic I've been reading is Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

[PattyMacDotComma]

I often admit that I have a soft spot for short stories, and I've just read two very different ones. Both are FREE and I've included links where you can find them.

Well-known author Amor Towles wrote The Line about a simple Russian peasant, Pushkin, who finds contentment easily, while his wife keeps seeking greener pastures.
4★ Link to my review of The Line

On a completely different and funny note -

Cost of Care by Betsy Robinson is an extremely short story that is bound to delight you! Spare a few minutes to see a pair of entitled folk get their come-uppance. Supremely satisfying!
5★ Link to my Cost of Care review

[PattyMacDotComma]

I loved John Boyne's latest novel, a satire about The Echo Chamber that is Twitter. The Cleverley family is less than clever, but oh, so funny, as they learn what being cancelled means.
4.5~5★ Link to my Echo Chamber review

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I started reading


Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the second Mike Hammer book


My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a Cold War thriller


Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean

[Nente]

As good as my word, started The Akhmatova Journals, Volume I: 1938-1941. And it's hard, and I can't stop.

[Wreade1872]

Now reading another of the James Branch Cabell's works Figures of Earth (1921) which is proving delightful, and a later H.G.Wells novel Star-Begotten (1937), which seems to be about people who suspect they're loved ones are aliens.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished


The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Wool by Hugh Howey

[Wreade1872]

Finished off the Illuminatus Trilogy Leviathan by Shea, Wilson [4/5] review
Figures of Earth by James Branch Cabell [5/5] review which is now the 4th of Cabell's works i've given 5-stars and How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr.Seuss [4/5] review which i initially gave 3 stars but ended up reading it again a couple more times and upgraded it.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Wreade1872 wrote: "...How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr.Seuss [4/5] review which i initially gave 3 stars but ended up reading it again a couple more times and upgraded it."

It's better when you read it aloud in Boris Karloff's voice. Also, you have to sing the song. "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch..."

[Luke]

Since I last posted, I've started and/or finished:

The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature: Writings from the Mainland in the Long Twentieth Century - Yunte Huang (ed.)
We Who Are About To... - Joanna Russ
Monsieur Vénus: A Materialist Novel - Rachilde
The Blood of Others - Simone de Beauvoir
A Woman - Sibilla Aleramo
Adam Bede - Mary Ann Evans
Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol

[Janice]

I was reading Tilly and the Lost Fairytales by Anna James but yesterday started reading Persuasion by Jane Austen.

[Janice]

Wreade1872 wrote: "Finished off the Illuminatus Trilogy Leviathan by Shea, Wilson [4/5] review
Figures of Earth by James ..."

I love The Grinch and especially the 1966 version. I watch it every year and my kids love it too. :)

[Mony]

I'm reading some wonderful short stories by very good writers, many of which are set in NYC (1925 - 1985). Some of these are written by members of the Algonquin Round Table in NYC (1919-29)


Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker
e.g. Arrangement in Black & White
e.g. Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer


Stories from the New Yorker 1950 1960
e.g. The Classless Society by Elizabeth Hardwick


The New Yorker Stories by Ann Beattie
e.g. The Lawn Party


Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (1894)


Self Help by Lorrie Moore
e.g. How to be the Other Woman

Many stories are free online (archived)
https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/20/re...
https://archive.org/details/selfhelp0...
https://www.classicshorts.com/stories...
https://archive.org/details/newyorker...
https://archive.vcu.edu/english/engwe...
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL57995....
https://archive.org/details/wonderful...

[Wreade1872]

Janice wrote: "I love The Grinch and especially the 1966 version. I watch it every year and my kids love it too. :)..."

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "It's better when you read it aloud in Boris Karloff's voice. Also, you have to sing the song. "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch..."

I've havn't seen the animated version, i don't think its ever been on tv in ireland. I'll try to hunt it down at some point :) .
The original i mean, havn't seen the new one either but less interest in seeing that.

[Wreade1872]

Finished Lysistrata by Aristophanes [4/5] review quick read cause it didn't have any scene breaks :) .

Currently reading The Cleft by Doris Lessing which i suspect will be 3-stars and Here comes a Candle by Fredric Brown both seem fairly short.
Also rereading Exploits of Engelbrecht by Maurice Richardson, although it is the first time i'm reading my hardcopy with illustrations. Seems to be standing up well so far :D .

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

#39 in 2021:

I finished the Aussie crime thriller


Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

It started off pretty good but fell apart towards the end.

[J_BlueFlower]

I am reading Scott Alexander: Unsong and being very well entertained. Imagine American Gods crossed with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with a bit of The Name of the Rose intellectual religious discussion.

Here is one of the top quotes:

“Please?” asked the girl.

“I AM BUSY. I AM TRYING TO FIX CONTINENTAL DRIFT.”

“I…didn’t know it was broken.”

Uriel’s face became more animated, his speech faster.

“IT HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR FIVE WEEKS AND FIVE DAYS. I THINK IT BROKE WHEN I RELOADED NEW ZEALAND FROM A BACKUP COPY, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHY. MY SYNCHRONIZATION WAS IMPECCABLE AND THE CHANGE PROPAGATED SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS ALL SEPHIROT. I THINK SOMEBODY BOILED A GOAT IN ITS MOTHER’S MILK. IT IS ALWAYS THAT. I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO DO IT, BUT NOBODY LISTENS.”
https://unsongbook.com/

Best place to start is maybe not Unsong, but this free epub with some of Scott Alexander's best short stories: The Study of Anglophysics and Other Stories
Epub and mobi here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcod...

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the last of the three-volume collection of original Conan stories:


The Conquering Sword of Conan by Robert E. Howard
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the fifth book in the Discworld series


Sourcery by Terry Pratchett

[Wreade1872]

Finished The Cleft by Doris Lessing [3/5] review which isn't very good. Started reading the anthology Dreams from the Witch House also have my future rereads sorted for a while. I read 2 or 3 new books then 1 reread.
I'm going to be rereading my Shatner Star-Trek books interlaced with the Narnia books. So thats 5 and 7 books, should get me into next year.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished a non-fiction book about D-Day, which might be the most momentous day in 20th century history:


D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Cosmos by Carl Sagan

I also started reading (getting a head start on an upcoming group read)


Beloved by Toni Morrison

[Janice]

I have just started China Court by Rumer Godden and enjoying it so far. :)

[Richard]

I'm about two thirds of the way through The Canterbury Tales.

[Richard]

Scott wrote: "I am a quarter of the way through The Magic Mountain, but I just don't see what all the fuss is about. If it is a philosophical novel, the ideas, so far, are rather pedestrian. If it i..."

I read The Magic Mountain 20 or 30 years ago, and felt similarly.

[Wreade1872]

Finished a really interestingly told crime drama Here comes a Candle by Fredric Brown [4/5] review

Started Canterbury Tales .

[Darren]

don't ask me how I noticed this, but...

I am reading 3 books atm, with titles that are:
two 3-letter words (Ben-Hur),
two 4-letter words (Wide Open), and
two 5-letter words (Onion Field, The)

so I guess that means my next book will have to be Faerie Queene, The

;o)

[CindySR]

Not a classic (and never will be) but it's about a classic author, Agatha Christie, and her 10 day disappearance in 1926.
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

[Robin P]

Janice wrote: "I have just started China Court by Rumer Godden and enjoying it so far. :)"

Ooh, I loved Rumor Godden and read all her books when I was young. They often have romance and mystery but they aren't really romances or mysteries.

[Janice]

CindySlowReader wrote: "Not a classic (and never will be) but it's about a classic author, Agatha Christie, and her 10 day disappearance in 1926.
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie"

I plan to read it someday. :)

[Janice]

Robin P wrote: "Janice wrote: "I have just started China Court by Rumer Godden and enjoying it so far. :)"

Ooh, I loved Rumor Godden and read all her books when I was young. They often have romanc..."

I am loving this book and today I added quite a few of her children's books to my TBR list. :)

[Gia]

I am reading these two books:

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

[Brian E]

CindySlowReader wrote: "Not a classic (and never will be) but it's about a classic author, Agatha Christie, and her 10 day disappearance in 1926.
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie"

I remember going to the movies to see the 1979 Vanessa Redgrave/Dustin Hoffman movie Agatha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_.... which is another look at her disappearance.

[Luke]

Since I last posted, I've started and/or finished:

The Towers of Trebizond - Rose Macaulay
Quo Vadis - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Love After War - Hồ Anh Thái (editor)
Threats - Amelia Gray
Hons and Rebels - Jessica Mitford
Anti-Pamela; Or, Feign'd Innocence Detected - Eliza Fowler Haywood

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Pulitzer Prize winner:


Beloved by Toni Morrison
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the story of an expectant mother-to-be:


Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I started reading the literary classic:


The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

[Janice]

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and I can see this book becoming a favourite/reread. :)

[Cynda]

Finally am letting myself read 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater. Part of list of 10 literary nonfiction selections for 2021.

[Charles]

One of Our Submarines (Pen & Sword )
by Edward Young
Not something I would normally read but a friend lent me lent me this knowing my love of history and surprisingly, I found it an easy read and a very gripping life autobiography about life on board a submarine during WW2.

[CindySR]

The Reading List
So far so very good!

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the short story collection:


Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 edited by C.J. Box and Otto Penzler

I also finished an excellent audiobook - a hard-boiled detective story set in pre-WWII Berlin (but very violent, be warned):


March Violets by Philip Kerr
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Terry]

I just finished Tin Man and can recommend it. I will start Enemy Women tonight.

[Nike]

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann and The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck

[Richard]

I'm close to finishing The Canterbury Tales.

[Wreade1872]

Richard wrote: "I'm close to finishing The Canterbury Tales."

Closing in on about half-way myself :) .