A Dance of Dragons, the 5th *Song of Fire and Ice *book. It’s turning into a hard slog. Not as hard as book four, yet.
The Methods of Uncle Abner, by Melville Davisson Post. It’s a collection of mystery short stories written in the 1920’s. I’m a fan of the Silver John books by Manly Wade Wellman, and although those stories are fantasies, not mysteries, the Uncle Abner stories (some of which I’ve read before in other collections) have the feel of the Silver John stories.
The Eustace Diamonds, by Anthony Trollope. It’s a whole Victorian-length novel about a greedy young woman trying to keep valuable diamonds that don’t belong to her but instead to the heir of her late husband’s estate, her 2-year-old son. Also, like all of Trollope’s novels apparently, there is much intrigue about who certain people will marry - will they marry for money, for rank, or for love (or some combination of those)?
In reality, it’s a fascinating look at life for a certain class of people in Victorian England.
I’m reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won’t Stop Talking. I just got through the first section, which demonstrates how extroversion has risen to popularity as of late, and introversion has been brushed off as something to be overcome. It’s an interesting, somewhat self-validating read that has made its way into my conversations with some of my friends.
I read NOS4A2 a few months ago, not realising Joe Hill was the son of Stephen King. The whole way through the book, though, I kept thinking “this guy writes like Stephen King.”
He really does…I mean, I was keyed to notice the similarities by the fact I knew their relation going in, but there were a few points I honestly forgot I was reading son, not father.
Mea culpa. I searched “books” and “reading”. Guess I wasn’t cut out to be a detective.
The first three (and the fifth) were originally published as short stories. The fourth (Hit and Run) is the only actual novel, and is by far my favorite Keller.
Just you wait. You haven’t begun to see slog until you get to the second half of it. Martin needs an editor.
Wouldn’t that rot your socks! I didn’t know I was reading the second book in a series. I hate when that happens. I also like time travel (dinosaurs not so much) but I’ve read a couple of books about disrupted earths and alternate timelines, so this one sounded as if I’d really enjoy it. I haven’t given up and may read the third book if I make it to the end of this one.
For those of you who liked Devil in the White City, I am halfway through Larson’s next one, Thunderstruck. It’s terrific so far.
I just finished a Pulitzer-winning novel: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. I’ve been reading quite a few books set in Victorian England, so it was interesting to see an American view of what high society was like at that time.
I’m 2/3 through The Martian and am enjoying it immensely. I’ve also started Charles Addams: A Cartoonists Life by Linda Davis.
In the car we’re listening to Heartless, book 4 of the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. I love Audible. It makes long drives so much better.
I’m still on The Goldfinch. I start reading at bedtime and it’s pretty dense so it is slow going!
To Kill A Mockingbird.
The first part came out in hardback in 1995, eleven years before Thunder of Time, which is also the gap between the action in the two books, iirc. Part 3 came out in 2012, so it’s a slow series!
Without reading the first one, I’d have been very confused reading the second!
Afterparty continues to be good - I didn’t know if anyone else would have read Zod Wallop, Malthus! I have a couple of his other books and if I had known that Irrational Fears would never make it to paperback, I’d have bought the hardcover… it sounded great at the time.
Welcome to the SDMB, Waymore! There’s no reason why you should have realized that the “Khadaji” thread was our monthly gathering place for readers – it’s named in honor of the poster who used to start the thread every month (who, sadly, died last year).
I have merged your thread with the existing thread – not a big deal.
Again, welcome!
twickster, Cafe Society moderator
I read that recently. It made me realize what an unmitigated ass Marconi was. I want to find his grave and kick it.
Fair warning: the murder part is fairly gruesome.
I’m just into *How to Survive the Titanic or the Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay * which is intetesting enough so far. I’ve had a couple of false starts recently including last month’s book group choice, which we all hated. It was Joyce Carol Oates’ *The Accursed *. I think I managed about 10% of it and I wasn’t the worst offender.
This month’s choice is *The Paris Wife * which I’m lukewarm about. However the point of my book group is partly to read stuff I’d never normally choose, so it’s doing its job there. Also it’s to drink wine, eat nibbles and cackle, which is where it’s majorly successful.
I’m almost done with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
Now I know why Steve Harvey cried when he said he was from Welch.
Huh? That’s a place?
I’m reading One of Us by Willa Cather, about an introspective farm boy.
It’s weird how novels featuring people who are inspecting their inner selves seem to think they’re the only ones in turmoil.
It’s not a criticism of the novel, which is quite good.