MaryseWhat are you reading at the moment? Any recommendations?
I'm reading The Girl with the Louding Voice and A Village in the Third Reich.
David@Allthingsmaths I am in the #Halloween spirit. I just finished Full Immersion by Gemma Amor and started Children of the Fang by John Langan.
@davscomur very thematic! I've just started my first Stephen King and it's not even a horror! I'm very easily scared.
@Allthingsmaths Ah, I’m probably just too jaded. Which King are you reading?
@davscomur 11.22.63
Recommended by a huge King and US history fan. I'm enjoying it. A few chapters in. I have a few books on the go and read what takes my fancy at the time.
Recommended by a huge King and US history fan. I'm enjoying it. A few chapters in. I have a few books on the go and read what takes my fancy at the time.
@Allthingsmaths There is a lot to like about that one!
@davscomur it's quite a bundle of different ideas. Butterfly effects. Moral dilemmas. The history side of it.
It's easy to read, which is a bonus at the end of a day.
Courtney Herber, PhD@Allthingsmaths I'm always trying to have one academic #book and one 'fun' book going at the same time - the fun book right now is Babel by RF Kuang and it's SO good.
Lux Winter@court @Allthingsmaths I’ve heard so much good about Babel, but it’s sooo far outside the usual genres I read in – seriously, seriously tempted though!
@luxwinter @Allthingsmaths Honestly the weird thing is that I've had to pace myself with it like I do with non-fic. Normally I can just fly through a novel, but this makes you want to go slow and savor it.
@court sounds amazing! Putting that on my list.
Braunteaches@Allthingsmaths Festergimm by Thomas Taylor and a book in Kindle that my best friend wrote- Molly and Jake go couchsurfing! She described it as trash- it’s actually a very good light read!
@Braunteaches cool! Love the idea of couchsurfing and signed up for it. Now I've the little un I'm a bit more traditional! Will have a look.
@Allthingsmaths Currently reading The Divines by Ellie Eaton for a book club, not sure how I feel about it yet. What are you into, usually? Might be able to give a rec based on that :)
@luxwinter I'm eclectic. Half my degree was literature: Austen, Shakespeare, Woolf. Some modern stuff like Trainspotting. Clockwork Orange.
Catching up on Empire history. Social commentary. Love gentle but cerebral (e.g. the Gamache books. Easy to read).
Goal is to read more Black authors.
I've read loads of books but still have such a narrow range.
brucyHeads - Jesse Jarnow on Audible
Heroics - George Effinger (silly sci-fi)
Way Of Zen - Alan Watts
Mr N@Allthingsmaths
I just finished The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth which is mind bogglingly good.
I just finished The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth which is mind bogglingly good.
@mistern so many books I've not heard of! I've had a reading slump of late but getting back into it so cheers for the rec.
don@Allthingsmaths Just finished 'Train Spotting'. Now reading '100 Years of Solitude'. I loved 'Jesus' Son' this year by Denis Johnson.
@donlamb_1 oooh.. Irvine Welsh? I loved that.
Like the look of 100 years.
I've never read collections of shorts (unless prescribed for a course). Adding Jesus Son on the list though. Looks amazing.
@Allthingsmaths pretty sure that book had the most cuss words of all time
@donlamb_1 it expanded my vocabulary 🤣
Nic Ford@Allthingsmaths Just got the new George Saunders collection of short stories: Liberation Day. One of my favourite current authors
@NicFord this looks super too. On the list.
@NicFord @Allthingsmaths the 10th of December is the best!
TrinaLovesInfo@Allthingsmaths I've just started Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E Butler.
@TrinaLovesInfo thank you 😊
Teaching_MrsE@Allthingsmaths I've recently read both of those, both great. I also enjoyed The Hate You Give. I'm currently reading The Old Man and the Sea and a Spider Woman by Brenda Hale who was a High Court Judge - it's a 6/10 though!
@Teaching_MrsE fab! Thank you
Danny Yee@Allthingsmaths My most recent reviews https://dannyreviews.com/chron.html
@DannyYee thank you 😊
RobinRB@RobinRB17
Thank you! Another for the very long list! Appreciated.
Thank you! Another for the very long list! Appreciated.
@Allthingsmaths Forgot to say how much I loved The Girl with the Louding Voice!
@RobinRB17 I'm part way through but enjoying it. I have too many books on the go at the moment. Depends on my mood and my head space.
@Allthingsmaths Same. I have a downstairs book and an upstairs book. And a downstairs loo book - which has just taken me a year to read!😂