I’ve had several duds lately, so decided to pull a sure thing out of the TBR pile. Started this morning on Destroyer of Worlds by Matt Ruff. It’s a sequel to Lovecraft Country, which was pretty darn good.
I’m also revisiting a book I read a couple of years ago, Project 333, a self-help book about minimalism, focusing on wardrobe. It helped me purge a lot of unnecessary stuff out of my closet last time I tried it, but you know that stuff creeps up on you, so here I go again.
I finished Women Talking and found it intriguing. The narration style is unique (at least to me), and the fact that it was based on true events added to my interest in the book. I will definitely see the movie.
I started reading Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara by Eve Golden of Eve who used to hang around on these boards fame. It’s utterly fascinating. I had to force myself to put it down and go to bed on time last night. It also makes me very sad that so many of her films were lost. Man, if I had access to a TARDIS for one hour I’d be going back to the 19-teens and snatching up a whole pallet-load of film reels.
Only one thing wrong with Replay – Grimwood died before he finished the sequel. 
Finished The Blood Red City, by Justin Richards, read Witch World, by Andre Norton, and started Web of the Witch World, also (of course) by Norton.
Still reading The Janus File, by David Weber and Jacob Holo.
Next up: Three Against the Witch World.
I do strongly recommend her A Brother’s Price, if you haven’t read it yet.
Yes, I imagine the jokes abounded that he is now replaying his last 25 years. He died of a heart attack, just like the characters in the book.
It’s a shame since the epilogue indicated:
A new character was gong to replay 1989-2017, which were all in the future when the first book came out.
Yes! I suppose, as is usually the case, that the sequel might not have measured up to the original, but I sure would like to have given it a try.
I finished The End by Ian Kershaw, about the last year of Nazi Germany. Very grim, a bit repetitive, and the concluding chapter provided an overview that really told you everything you needed to know, but it was still a book worth reading, all in all.
I also just finished Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, a somewhat farfetched feminist fantasy about a smart, beautiful chemist who overcomes workplace sexism, personal loss and religious prejudice in the early Sixties to become a national celebrity on a cooking show.
Just started: The Bald Eagle by Jack E. Davis, a history of Americans’ love/hate relationship with our winged national symbol (much more love than hate these days, fortunately).
Finished Impossible Histories: The Soviet Republic of Alaska, the United States of Hudsonia, President Charlemagne, and Other Pivotal Moments of History That Never Happened, by Hal Johnson, which is very interesting and I recommend, although I don’t agree with some of his proposed possible futures.
Now I’m reading A Palette for Ingrid by Lois Hobart.
Finished The Janus File, by David Weber and Jacob Holo, and Web of the Witch World, by Andre Norton.
Started Three Against the Witch World, also by Norton.
Next up: Warlock of the Witch World, ditto.
Currently, I’m reading Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, the sequel to Ninth House. I’ve got about 40 other books from my local library sitting on my shelf. I’m also partway through Sabriel by Gabriel Nix, though this is for a book club. Hopefully I’ll get some of my quicker reads (read: graphic novels) done in the next day or two. On my shelf are sitting I Hate This Place, Vol 1, The Panic and Once and Future, vol 4, which should take an afternoon to get through.
I just finished reading an old Stuart Woods book, Under the Lake. I read it eons ago and I was looking for something that I could have my students read and discuss theme with but wasn’t as mind-numbingly boring as Romeo and Juliet. It’s a good read – most of Wood’s stuff is – and was as enjoyable as it was when I first read it ~25 years ago.
I’m going to got to Powell’s this weekend and I’m sure I’ll come back with an armload of good stuff. I don’t have a TBR pile and that needs to change.
My nieces loved that book back in the day.
Finished A Palette for Ingrid by Lois Hobart. Meh.
Now I’m reading Swimming Lessons: New and Selected Poems by Nancy Willard
Finished Destroyer of Worlds, it was pretty good. One issue I had with it was that there wasn’t much of a recap, and it’s been several years since I read Lovecraft Country so it was a little hard to grab on to at first. When I saw the reviews at Goodreads, several mention a TV series I hadn’t known about, so maybe other readers were more up to date with the story.
Finished Three Against the Witch World, by Andre Norton.
Started Warlock of the Witch World, also by Norton.
Next up: Sorceress of the Witch World, after which I’ll start rereading the Belisarius series* by Drake and Flint.
* The Witch World books have all been rereads, too, of course – I first read them back in the '60s
Finished Swimming Lessons: New and Selected Poems by Nancy Willard, of which the best were “At the Optometrist’s” and “Arbor”.
Now I’m reading We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor.
I finally finished listening to the audiobook of Jane Eyre. Thandiwe Newton is an incredible narrator. Loved listening to her. I enjoyed the story, too, but my goodness the romantic relationships are full of red flags I didn’t notice when I read it as a teenager. Yikes.
Oo! I dug that series.
Well, yeah. But I love that book, because I love Jane so much. I aspire to one day have such strength and integrity. Rochester thought she was going to take way more shit. 
Just finished John Grisham’s THE RECKONING. Good read, if you like Grisham.
Just starting THE LAST DAYS OF NIGHT by Graham Moore.