What Else Are You Reading in 2021? Showing 51-100 of 2,230

[DivaDiane]

I read Kindred recently too and loved it.

[Mary]

Rowan Farm by Margot Benary-Isbert

[Beth]

It's 2021 after all!

I'm starting off the year with a BR with a GR/twitter friend: Where Oblivion Lives. This is a UF/dark fantasy set (mostly) in Spain during the early 1930s.

After that it'll be monthly pick Fate of the Fallen, and then probably finishing the couple of books I didn't manage to before the end of last year.

[Rachel]

I’ve been thinking of also crediting myself with the books I read to my kids (the short chapter books not the metric tons of comics and picture books)
Wonder if others think that is legit? I’d start with Fantastic Mr Fox

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I ALWAYS count those read along with kids books,

[CBRetriever]

especially if you're doing the Alphabet challenge

[Nicol]

I always count books I read to my nieces or read ahead to buy for my nieces! I like to keep track as well to remember if it’s a book I would gift again.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

i even count picture books and comics, i just have a separate shelf so i can remember them and my opinions without making it really hard to find novels in the flood

[Beth]

I keep shorter works like novellas and graphic novels on separate shelves than full-length books, and don't give them "read" dates so they don't show up for my GR challenge. It's less confusing for me that way. I also keep a personal spreadsheet which includes the shorter works I've read, my "progress" on the SFFBC shelf, my ebook collection, etc.

[Mary]

I credit myself with short stories and kids' books, too. It averages out in the end.

[Rachel]

Considering we have up to 300 books out from the library at a time It would be too much effort to do then all lol. But the important ones, like classics like Ronald Dahl or similar seem worth it? Thanks fir the votes of confidence

[Jacqueline]

If I read it and Goodreads has it then I count it.

[DivaDiane]

I always count every work I read. Including picture books and comics (although I don’t read many of the latter). Back in 2015 when my son and I were racing through the collection and the American Library in Paris I kept raising my goal total and ended up with over 150 discreet works and make 6 of those maybe were full-length novels.

I suppose it’s a question of what you want to see reflected in your reading challenge tally. If, like Beth, you only want books of a certain length to add up there, then leave the read date off. Personally, I enjoy seeing the variety of books that I read all in the jumble I read them in. I tally up my year end results and group the books by types of all sorts and find it fascinating to see my trends. 2020 was especially interesting.

[Gabi]

First week of 2021 I've read/finished

Second round of Rhythm of War, this time I tried to listen to it with half a ear to why others didn't like this volume. I had no luck XD - totally loved it the second round again.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, read as part of a group read in another group and for some challenges (I already started too many - so the main focus will be to read books that fit into as many as possible).

Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm - first time that I've read a self help book (again cause of a group read in another group). It felt a bit strange, but I found some insights worth mulling over and already used some of the mindful breathing at nights when I can't sleep cause of panic attacks.

The Sword of Shannara I read with the boys. This was a childhood favourite of mine - but apparently my demand for prose has changed since then. The writing was sooooo hilariously bad that we all had some fun time.

Touch I squeezed in, because I got really itchy with the teenage style of A Deadly Education and needed something more mature to not get aggressive ^^'. "Touch" thankfully provided that. Great prose, wonderful idea. My jam.

[CBRetriever]

Finally finished The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two which I had put on hold last year after realizing it held the elusive X for author story for the Alphabet challenge. There were some good stories in there.

still working on a re-read of Alien Blues by Lynn S. Hightower as a prequel to finishing what Goodreads calls both the David Silver series and the Elaki series. Confusion reigns, but I'm sticking with Elaki

[Beth]

Gabi wrote: "Second round of Rhythm of War, this time I tried to listen to it with half a ear to why others didn't like this volume. I had no luck XD - totally loved it the second round again."

Sanderson wrote it just for you, lucky Gabi. :)

"Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm - first time that I've read a self help book (again cause of a group read in another group). "

I haven't read all that many self-help books myself, but I just pull out the bits and pieces that are genuinely useful. There's always some amount of it that doesn't align with my goals going in.

[Gary]

Finished reading Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson. I am reading Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan. I plan to read The Last Colony by John Scalzi next.

[Palash]

Just finished reading All Systems Red. It was short and fun read and had my favourite robot character of all time. Will start next book in series soon. Also, reading The Dragon Republic at the same time.

[Faith]

My review of Master of Sorrows by Justin Travis Call

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

[Woman Reading]

My first fiction book of 2021 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.

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

[Jacqueline]

I bought that last week WR. Looking forwards to reading it.

[Montzalee]

I just finished a hilarious book called Highfire . So good! Made for adults this time!
A drunken dragon, and a teenage boy, some gator minions, and a crooked cop!

[Stephanie]

I finished my reread of the Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce. I've also just finished Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher. I had no idea it would be so funny! Definitely will be reading more by T. Kingfisher this year.

Next up are When Fox is a Thousand and Fate of the Fallen

[Anna]

I've been following Ursula's (T. Kingfisher) editing comments just these past few days, specifically about the next paladin book, and I can't wait to get my hands on it! :D

[Stephanie]

AH that is great to hear, I definitely want to read more!

[Emmett]

Kate wrote: "Just approved for Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur on Netgalley.

Description
A genre-defying, continent-spanning saga of Korean myth, scientific discovery, and the..."

That looks really interesting, definitely adding to my TBR- thanks!

I have been reading The Unbroken by C.L. Clark over the past few days and I am absolutely loving it. It might end up being one of my favorite fantasy novels.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

oo, lots that look good here! especially interested in Highfire and Unbroken!

[Woman Reading]

My first nonfiction of the year - Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini. It's an interesting overview of competing theories and evidence in neuroscience, psychology, and evolutionary biology .

my review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3741142714

[Jacqueline]

Loved that one too Kate. The Forward series has some good ones in it. Summer Frost by Blake Crouch was also good. I have the others as well. Might read one this week actually.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Kate wrote: "Just finished Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin on Kindle Unlimited.

A fantastic speculative fiction/solarpunk novella that was another five star read this month.

..."

We're doing a re-read of "Fifth Season" right now! I usually recommend starting here with her work (if you can stomach it) because I think this is her masterpiece to date. I thought Emergency Skin was great fun though :)

[Jacqueline]

The books in the collection are:

Randomize By Andy Weir
Summer Frost By Blake Crouch
Ark By Veronica Roth
You Have Arrived at Your Destination By Amor Towles
Emergency Skin By N.K. Jemisin
The Last Conversation By Paul Tremblay

I snaveled this next bit from the order of books website. I remember seeing something where Blake was saying they were traveling a long distance in a car talking about it.

“The concept of this was created by Blake Crouch, who writes one of the stories.

Blake credits the creation of this series with a discussion with his partner on emerging technologically. While there have been a lot of great advancements, there are also some things we would like to roll back.

That is what inspired him to write his story in the collection – Summer Frost. He then brought in the following writers to write additional stories along the same thought process: N.K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, Veronica Roth, Andy Weir, Amor Towles.

All were published on the same day and can be read in any order.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Kate wrote: "@Allison you had me at re-read!

Just purchased it and will be joining in."

*Correction, a buddy read leading up to the re-read of Obelisk Gate, but my point stands that group members are actively reading this now!

[Tamara]

I'm reading Dragonsbane, after a recommendation someone in this group made to me last year. (Characters in their 30s-40s, who aren't always mothers or divorced or having a mid-life crisis). I'm liking it! Such depths of introspection, exploration of motivations, reflections on reality and lessons life has taught us; heroes being actually regular people who do what's needed because it's needed, and because they're honourable. So, really enjoying it so far (about halfway through).
The person who recommended it said I might not like the sequels, because, I think, they get dark... Can anyone confirm that?

[HeyT]

I started back in with the Alex Verus series by re reading Fated. I read the first few books back in 2013 so I felt it was best to start from the beginning and then catch up. I enjoyed it as much as the first time so that was fun. I'm now on to book 2 Cursed

[Grace]

Jacqueline wrote: "The books in the collection are:

Randomize By Andy Weir
Summer Frost By Blake Crouch
Ark By Veronica Roth
You Have Arrived at Your Destination By Amor Towles
Emergency Skin By N.K. Jemisin
The Las..."

I bought this on one of the book sales in 2020. Only read Randomize and Emergency Skin so far. I loved both. Reminds me to pick up the others still sitting in my kindle. I usually consume short fiction when novels can’t hold my attention.

[CBRetriever]

Tamara wrote: "I'm reading Dragonsbane, after a recommendation someone in this group made to me last year. (Characters in their 30s-40s, who aren't always mothers or divorced or having a mid-life ..."

I'll be reading that too (you likely saw it as part of my TBR challenge) and also Dragonshadow for the bonus points in the Finish a series challenge

[Don]

I just finished "Heavens River" by Dennis Craig Alanson-Taylor.
Which I catagorize as Snarky-BDO. Kissing cousin to the Expeditionary Force Books by Craig Alanson. It's not too bad, if you have time to kill this will kill it. I liked the books more early on in their respective series.

[Michelle]

What does BDO mean? I haven't come across that before.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Big Dumb Object. It's a trope with the unexplained scifi thing that dominates a story.

[CBRetriever]

I'm now reading Lynn S. Hightower's Elaki (or David Silver) series starting with Alien Blues. It's about a policeman with a human and an alien (Elaki) partner and deals with crimes against both species. A touch of humor is in all of them as well. I'm totally enjoying them and they're short unlike Great North Road. This series is part of my series challenge

and I'm also reading, for short stories and the TBR challenge Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets: An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space. The first story is quite good and I'm looking forward to the Adrian Tchaikovsky short story in it

[Mary]

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell

[Don]

I've read 5 of the Penric novels but L. McMaster Bujold and as one would expect they are excellent. A couple of these were free on Audible which helps because they are costly based on how fast they are consumed.

[Michelle]

Allison wrote: "Big Dumb Object. It's a trope with the unexplained scifi thing that dominates a story."

Gotcha. Thank you!

[Michelle]

Don wrote: "I've read 5 of the Penric novels but L. McMaster Bujold and as one would expect they are excellent. A couple of these were free on Audible which helps because they are costly based on how fast they..."

I know a few of us in this group inhale those suckers as soon as they become available!

[Don]

Michelle, They are so good !

[Dj]

Allison wrote: "Big Dumb Object. It's a trope with the unexplained scifi thing that dominates a story."

So that would be the subtitle to Renadavous with Rama?
At a guess.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

lol it's a common and much loved sf trope!

[Don]

Ringworld one of the great BDO's

[Don]

if ever there was a year for Penric, 2020 is that year.

[Dj]

Allison wrote: "lol it's a common and much loved sf trope!"

Well, I loved Reandavous with Rama, it broke my heart to hear there was another book after it.