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Post by maurinsky on Jan 29, 2024 8:35:58 GMT -5
I don't usually have a reading goal, but I've ready 2 books in January:
The Big Door Prize by M.O. Walsh - I really liked this one
You Never Know by Connie Briscoe - did not like this one overall - it was interesting to have a protagonist with a disability, but the whole way the story was told took out any suspense.
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Post by stellarfeller on Jan 29, 2024 13:21:32 GMT -5
I’m currently reading Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum. It’s about the Communist takeover of Eastern Europe between 1994 and 1956. Next up is the Russo-Ukrainian War, by Serhii Plokhy - he wrote the book upon which the HBO series Chernobyl is based.
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Post by maurinsky on Feb 4, 2024 16:54:34 GMT -5
Read John Scalzi's Agent to the Stars - loved it, very funny, ready the whole thing in a couple of hours.
I also read Dann McDorman's West Heart Kill - it was pretty interesting, with elements of a play, and also an unidentified narrator who keeps the reader on edge, seeing different pieces of the puzzle but not the whole thing.
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Post by maurinsky on Feb 9, 2024 12:40:56 GMT -5
Read Hello, Molly (Molly Shannon's autobiography) in one sitting the other evening. Started reading John Scalzi's Head On after I finished Molly's book, read 5 chapters (shortish chapters) before heading to bed. At a rate of 2 a week, I will blow through my reading goal of 26 books this year.
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Post by stellarfeller on Feb 9, 2024 17:26:48 GMT -5
I never followed John Scalzi on Txitter, but I’m following him now on Bluesky. I should read one of his books some day 😄
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Post by maurinsky on Feb 12, 2024 13:09:56 GMT -5
Finished Head On last night. Going to hit the library on my way home for 2 more books
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Post by maurinsky on Feb 21, 2024 13:10:22 GMT -5
Read my first Jodi Picoult book (maybe my last?) Home Rules
Starting TransAtlantic by Colum McCann tonight
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Post by stellarfeller on Feb 21, 2024 18:50:08 GMT -5
I’m about halfway through Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - it was shortlisted for last year’s Booker Prize.
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Post by stellarfeller on Feb 22, 2024 10:37:11 GMT -5
Actually, it won the Booker Prize! I just finished it, and it was terrifying.
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Post by maurinsky on Mar 5, 2024 15:21:31 GMT -5
I'll add it to my list, I love a terrifying book!
I finished John Scalzi's The End of All Things and started reading Colum McCann's Thirteen Ways of Looking
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Post by maurinsky on Mar 20, 2024 13:28:12 GMT -5
Colum McCann is just a brilliant writer. I've cried at every book of his I've read so far.
Started Say Nothing: A Tale of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Picked up another Scalzi at the library plus a chick flick type of book.
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Post by stellarfeller on Mar 20, 2024 15:46:28 GMT -5
Ooh, I read Say Nothing a few years ago. It was really good.
I’m currently reading They Thought They Were Free: Germans 1933-1945, by Milton Mayer.
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 10, 2024 9:54:32 GMT -5
Halfway through Say Nothing
Started The Collapsing Empire by Scalzi.
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Post by stellarfeller on Apr 10, 2024 15:39:38 GMT -5
I’m reading The Three-Body Problem bu Cixin Liu. I’ve wanted to read it for a while now, and Netflix just released an adaptation a few weeks ago, so now’s the time.
I finished Our Own Worst Enemy by Tom Nichols yesterday.
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 15, 2024 10:13:41 GMT -5
I started watching it but haven't gone back to it yet - would definitely be interested in reading it.
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 19, 2024 11:03:16 GMT -5
Started reading The Future by Naomi Alderman - only a few chapters in, but super interesting and also a little funny.
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Post by stellarfeller on Apr 19, 2024 11:51:09 GMT -5
I’m still reading The Three-Body Problem - it’s due back at the library on Monday so I have to finish it this weekend!
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 25, 2024 14:11:09 GMT -5
I started watching it and then decided I might enjoy it more if I read it. Let me know what you think!
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Post by stellarfeller on Apr 26, 2024 17:22:15 GMT -5
It was good; some of the physics aspects were a little esoteric for me so I’m glad I watched the series first 😄 I liked it well enough, but not enough to read the next two books in the series.
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 29, 2024 10:31:41 GMT -5
Started Red Shirts by John Scalzi - I'm about halfway through. Fun for Star Trek fans!
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