What are you reading right now?

[SevMax2]

For me, it's The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George.

Anyone else?

Also, Founding America, which is a collection of documents, letters, etc. from the Founding Fathers and those who interacted with them.

 

[KeithD]

All the Devils Are Here, by Louise Penny


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Our House, by Louise Candlish


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[litfan10]

Just finished the new Clive Cussler "Marauder."

Ebook: Alyson Abbot's "Last Call" an interesting cozy mystery.

Physical book: Lonnie Busch's "The Cabin on Souder Hill" a creepy thriller

 

[Bramblethorn]

Re-read of Gideon the Ninth. Listening along to The Duke Who Didn't and Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men.

 

[SimonDoom]

I recently finished Elizabeth George's The Punishment She Deserves. If you like well-written police procedurals, especially those set in England, it's very good, if a bit long. Then I read Erik Larsen's The Splendid and the Vile, about Winston Churchill. Now I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Anathem. It's hard to tell yet where it's going but I've read enough of his other books to know it will be weird.

 

[SevMax2]

I recently finished Elizabeth George's The Punishment She Deserves. If you like well-written police procedurals, especially those set in England, it's very good, if a bit long. Then I read Erik Larsen's The Splendid and the Vile, about Winston Churchill. Now I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Anathem. It's hard to tell yet where it's going but I've read enough of his other books to know it will be weird.

Churchill, eh? The man who most personified, in one body, both the best and worst attributes of the British ruling class. Fascinating man.

 

[Tzara]

The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and, because of this thread, Mickey Spillane's I, the Jury.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Just finished "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch (an alt-reality thriller about somebody taking over someone else's life).

Just started "Recursion" by the same author (a mysterious disease/syndrome infects people with false memories of other lives)

Also, a week or so ago, finished "The Silent Patient" (she killed her husband and hasn't spoken in the four years since; a new therapist wants to help her). But, honestly, I wouldn't recommend it.

Simon - I've got "The Splendid and the Vile" in my kindle library, but I haven't been able to get the motivation to read it (too much reality, I think). Did you enjoy it?

 

[SimonDoom]

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Simon - I've got "The Splendid and the Vile" in my kindle library, but I haven't been able to get the motivation to read it (too much reality, I think). Did you enjoy it?

It was good. He's a good writer. But I've read a lot of books about WW2 and Churchill, so given that I wouldn't say it broke a lot of new ground or enthralled me. It was good, not great.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

It was good. He's a good writer. But I've read a lot of books about WW2 and Churchill, so given that I wouldn't say it broke a lot of new ground or enthralled me. It was good, not great.

Thx.
I've read very little about WWII, and what I have read is American Military history. So, it's not likely I'll already know what he's telling. I've read other books by Larson (Devil in the White City, and another one I can't remember) and enjoyed his style. Thanks.

 

[SimonDoom]

Thx.
I've read very little about WWII, and what I have read is American Military history. So, it's not likely I'll already know what he's telling. I've read other books by Larson (Devil in the White City, and another one I can't remember) and enjoyed his style. Thanks.

Then I think you will like it. He has a nice style, and the subject is extremely interesting. I really liked Devil in the White City, and if you like that and haven't overdosed on books about Churchill and WW2 then I think you will like this book. I HAVE overdosed on WW2 and Churchill books, and yet still liked it.

 

[BiscuitHammer]

The Domesday Book. I have an excellent version of it that analyzes and notates the whole thing, as well as presenting it in its original language format.

To be honest, it's proven invaluable in my research for writing, I'm a stickler that way when I can be. And aside from the, I just... love to read it. In a way, I feel very connected to what happened in 1086. Silly, I know, but it makes me smile.

 

[SisterJezabel]

Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals. I know how jealous you all are...

 

[Abbafan]

Some old Fantastic Four comic books. The digital versions were on sale on Amazon.

 

[yowser]

Secret Spitfires: Britain’s Hidden Civilian Army; Howman

During WWII when the Southampton factory producing England's vital Spitfire airplane, essential to air defense during the ferocious summer of 1940, was bombed and put out of commission, the solution was decentralising production. All manner of places were commandeered and turned into mini-factories, making wings, components, sub-assemblies, etc. These were all 'hidden' in plain sight, auto repair shops were good candidates, but also bus and lorry storing warehouses, a creative mishmash of locations.

Of course a high percentage of workers dragooned into service were local women, who learned riveting and a range of traditionally 'male' skills, and were glad to both take home better than usual pay and contribute to the war effort. Total secrecy, even the workers had no idea of how widespread and varied the deception went. And a huge number of planes got built that wouldn't have otherwise.

Fascinating.

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[PennLady]

I have been on and off reading "The City We Became" by NK Jemisin. It's great, it's just hard to find time to read when you're writing.

Recently finished "Tiamat's Wrath" by James SA Corey, and before that, "The City in the Middle of the Night" by Charlie Jane Anders. On tap: "Lovecraft Country" by Matt Ruff.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Of course a high percentage of workers dragooned into service were local women, who learned riveting and a range of traditionally 'male' skills, and were glad to both take home better than usual pay and contribute to the war effort. Total secrecy, even the workers had no idea of how widespread and varied the deception went. And a huge number of planes got built that wouldn't have otherwise.

Fascinating.

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I watched a superb doco recently on the woman who flew the most Spitfire sorties during WW2 - more than any other pilot (if I remember the facts right). She was a civilian ferry pilot, delivering aircraft from the factories to the squadrons. In her nineties now, the program showed her visiting a fully restored Mark IV Spit, where she'd signed a panel in the cockpit the day she delivered it. As you can imagine, a magnificent, proud woman, reminiscing about her beautiful young men who flew into battle.

 

[karaline]

Just finished The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste.

Currently rereading The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter.

 

[PeytonMirabelle]

Fantasy and lots of it

I finished Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy recently and even though I'm a fan of "grimdark" fantasy, I was surprisingly disappointed in it.

Can't win 'em all, I guess.

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[oggbashan]

Ellis Peters first Cadfael novel: A Morbid Taste for Bones.

 

[Erlikkhan]

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The novel delves deeply into forbidden territory often overlooked by other authors, and experimentally builds to not one climax, but to multiple peaks that leaves the reader exhausted and spent. The characters at first may seem shallow, but Cole and Zane grow into larger than life figures able to plunge deeply into the various subplots. Dallas, the main protagonist, shows a range of emotions from the penetrating characters with whom she interacts. Highly recommended.

 

[PoisonPen33]

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I'm a huge professional wrestling fan. These two have been all over North America and Japan and their new league on TNT is hugely successful. So far it's been a fun, easy read about falling in love with the sport and how they got started.

 

[ChloeTzang]

“The Last Englishman - The Double Life of Arthur Ransome” by Roland Chambers

Fascinating book on Arthur Ransome, author of the Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. He spent the years before and after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia as a reporter, married Trotsky’s secretary and returned with her to England.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Peace Talks - Jim Butcher

 

[KeithD]

Death of a Stranger by Anne Perry

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and

A Dead Man in Athens by Michael Pearce

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