The month and year were in the title of the thread
I think the point is that if you link it, it’s easy for everyone to move smoothly from one thread to the other.
Started today on a book by one of my favorite authors, Michael Koryta. An Honest Man. Two storylines which will converge: A man who served a long prison sentence after accidentally killing his father finds seven murder victims on a yacht. An island boy hiding from his abusive father finds a bloody woman armed with a hatchet. There’s no way this won’t be awesome.
On pins and needles waiting for your review!
Yes, the authors of Shattered Sword, both of whom IIRC are fluent in Japanese and could read the original records, address that and other issues.
The Count of Monte Cristo
I’m about 30% done. Not really sure what to make of it. Things were moving along fine until a guy named Franz showed up for no apparent reason, then there was a very Heart of Darkness scene in a cave, followed by some rich guys entertaining themselves with a story about gang raping bandits.
I want to finish it, but it’s no longer what I would consider a relaxing read.
Finished Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win War War II, by Catherine Musemeche, which was interesting. Recommended for anyone interested in World War II and the ocean in general–barnacles in particular.
Now I’m reading a science fiction novel by Michael Swanwick called Vacuum Flowers.
Thanks, I added it to my list just based on your compelling description.
Wow, thanks! I hope you like it.
I vaguely recall reading “Shattered Sword” some time ago. Perhaps I will try it again.
I have begun Michael Schmidt’s “Donald Trump vs. the United States”. From 2020, it concerns people I never heard of and some currently in the news as co-conspirators.
One of the Jules Verne books I picked up for my annual Summer Vernefest is Mathias Sandorf. I didn’t realize that a.) This is Verne’s tribute to The Count of Monte Cristo (it even has a brief foreword by Dumas’ son), and b.) It is, like TCoMC, extremely long – longer than the other Verne novels I picked up for the summer combined. It’s daunting.
One of the benefits of reading books on Kindle is you don’t have to agonize as much over how long the book is. It’s not as intimating as a hefty tome.
Hope you will. I’d be interested to know your reaction.
I finished The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich.
Thought it would be a good adventure novel. It was not.
The Dreamers finally came up in my hold list, and @InternetLegend is right, it’s an engrossing read. I got a chuckle because the first line of the book is a quote from Blindness.
It was a little weird to read a book published in 2019 about a pandemic. So much mimics our experience, but then you come across jarring differences. Paper masks?? Those are so month one of a pandemic; N95 or nothing!
But the pandemic was just the background. It’s really a character study of hope, tragedy, dreams, love, and loss.
Finished Vacuum Flowers by Michael Swanwick. Meh.
Now I’m reading Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington, by Ruth Ann Stewart.
Finished Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington, by Ruth Ann Stewart, which was okay.
Now I’m reading Tread of Angels, by Rebecca Roanhorse.
Reading Through Darkest Europe and The World We Make (Turtledove and Jemison, respectively)
Finished Tread of Angels, by Rebecca Roanhorse, which was okay.
Now I’m reading A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About), by Spike Carlsen.