Started today on a short story collection, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan. The first story was just filler. The second story was told in an unusual way and contained a scene that might have scarred me for life (but in a good way, you know).
I expect this will be a really good collection, but I’ll have to set it aside tomorrow when the new King book comes. [insert Snoopy dance here]
I finished Jack Higgins’s The Eagle Has Flown, a bleccch sequel to his excellent WWII thriller The Eagle Has Landed. Higgins used a lot of the same situations and characters (including one whom he wrote, quite clearly, had been shot dead before) from the first book, and even added a preposterous plot against Hitler, but all for naught. Very disappointing; it would have been better had he never written it.
Still enjoying John Scalzi’s sf novel Zoe’s Tale, and Sally Rooney’s contemporary Irish novel Beautiful World, Where Are You, although IMHO not as good, also continues to hold my interest.
Just started Immersion: A Pilgrimage into Service by James Menkhaus, about meaningful, non-oppressive and non-judgmental Christian missionary work.
I finished A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, as usual a delightful, if terribly implausible, story set in a Swiss clinic/hospital. It was well written, fast paced and full of Gilman’s trademark absurd humor.
Finished Nucleus - the second historical thriller in the Tom Wilde series by Rory Clements. Set three years on in 1939, this is another engrossing story of espionage and mystery with personal development of the returning characters caught in the crossfire. Very good follow up.
Started today on Gwendy’s Final Task, by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.
Trump fans won’t like it. The authors aren’t attacking him per se, but the characters take it as a given that his presidency was not a good thing. Of course, I have no problem with it.
Cool! I didn’t realize it was released.
Finished Ethan & Jag Destroy the World by Maz Maddox. It’s a funny, silly story of a human man and the demon he accidentally summoned falling in love and making a life for themselves… until all Hell breaks loose… literally.
Finished Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America , by Craig Childs, which was very interesting.
Now I’m reading The King of Next Week, by E. C. Ambrose.
Finished The King of Next Week , by E. C. Ambrose, which was good.
Now I’m reading 30-Second Architecture: The 50 Most Significant Principles and Styles in Architecture, Each Explained in Half a Minute, edited by Edward Denison.
Finished Gwendy’s Final Task today. If you don’t know your stuff regarding the Dark Tower series, you might be a little confused.
I now return with joy to my John Langan story collection, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies. Not all of these stories are my cup of tea, but this dude can write. I’m going to have to read all his books from now on.
Finished 30-Second Architecture: The 50 Most Significant Principles and Styles in Architecture, Each Explained in Half a Minute , edited by Edward Denison, which was okay.
Now I’m reading His Only Wife, by Peace Adzo Medie.
Dammit, Janet. The Dark Tower kinda lost me.
Nearing the end of Spindown. Really enjoying it.
I gave up on Mélusine because after 300 pages nothing had happened. So here’s the current state of the book pile.
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I, Claudius, by Robert Graves. Ancient gossip is the best gossip.
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The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne. I hated this in high school but I think it was because I wasn’t old enough to get it. Also I wasn’t prepared for the convoluted sentences. I’m appreciating it more this time.
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Little Town on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder. I had to buy this one twice because the first book I got in the boxed set I ordered was missing the last two chapters. It just stopped in the middle of the scene where Almanzo walked Laura home. After expressing my feelings by way of Language, I got another book that ended at the end.
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner. I would love to see this on stage one day. The play itself is bringing back a lot of memories of my childhood, specifically how seriously all the adults took themselves back in the 1980s.
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Lady of Caladan, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson. New Dune novel!
By the middle of page one I realized that I’m reading book two of a trilogy (?), but that’s okay. I started the Dune series in the middle so this is familiar ground. -
Poseidon’s Gold, Lindsay Davis. My journey through the M. Didius Falco series continues to continue.
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Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, Sabine Baring-Gould. The description’s in the title.
So, I looked in my kindle but couldn’t find it, yet I know I’d ordered/pre purchased it.
Turns out there are two editions. The one I bought was a couple of dollars more than yours and it doesn’t release until May 31.
WTF¿
No idea! That’s really weird.
A few days ago, King tweeted about a counterfeit version being sold at Amazon, but the author’s name was clearly different.
Finished His Only Wife , by Peace Adzo Medie, which was okay.
Now I’m reading The Book of Seconds: The Incredible Stories of the Ones that Didn’t (Quite) Win, by Mark Mason.
Finished The Book of Seconds: The Incredible Stories of the Ones that Didn’t (Quite) Win , by Mark Mason, which was a lot of fun. I enjoy books that have lots of interesting historical trivia.
Now I’m reading The Case of the One-Eyed Witness, by Erle Stanley Gardner.
I finished Faster by Neal Bascombe, and also a hilarious light read called Effin’ Birds by Aaron Reynolds, which claims to be a coffee table book for ersatz birders but is actually an accurate diss of all personality types you’ve ever run across.
Now, I’m finally tackling Permanent Record by Edward Snowden.
Finished Six Wicked Reasons by Jo Spain. An Irish thriller book which has inspiration from Murder on the Orient Express but with a unique and cleverly worked plot which all made for a good whodunnit mystery. It’s a little bit too long for me compared to the usual length of this genre of books I read but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Finished Spindown. Great book. Still cannot figure out the situation with Gwendy’s Final Task. If I search for it, I see a May 31 publication date, yet @Dung_Beetle has her copy already. The kindle store shows two editions.
What to read next….