I am always interested in hearing what books other people are reading, and the blogging world has many interesting, intelligent, and engaging people in it. I am lucky to have met many of you through this blog.
I usually have several books going at one time, so I will mention that I am rereading Stephen King’s Hearts In Atlantis, which I am teaching in my Contemporary Fiction class at the Wescoe School of Muhlenberg College. I am also reading The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman and Aggravated Momentum by Didi Oviatt.
So, what are you reading?
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Just finished The Return, by Victoria Hislop. Enjoyed it very much. I learned a lot about the Spanish Civil War from the point of view of people living in Granada. I guess it would be classed a historical romance.
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I will have to find this one.
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I read the paperback (small print, which I didn’t care for but persevered with because it was a good book, well written), but I read a (short) review on amazon that complained that the punctuation wasn’t great in the Kindle version. I found the paperback version to be very well edited though.
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I’m listening to Sugar, by Deirdre Riordan Hall, reading Some Days You Get the Bear, by Lawrence Block, and All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy.
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Great choices!
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I just finished The Silent Corner, by Dean Koontz and The Strange Case Of the Alchemist’s Daughter, by Theodora Goss. I’m currently reading The Last Magician, by Lisa Maxwell and I’m about to dive into Now I Rise, by Kiersten White.😊
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A very busy list!
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Too much so!
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I’m reading Walls of Byzantium by James Heneage, an author that’s new to me but is known for creating the successful bookshop chain Ottakar’s. So far I’m enjoying the story and finding it well written.
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That is the first I have heard of this author and his book. Thank you!
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All of Dominick Dunne’s books in a row! I have no idea why…..
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That is quite a reading list! How many books did he write?
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I’m on the 4th book in the series of the Neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante. Very engrossing. But I’m always reading a few nonfiction. The main one now is How Soon Is Now by Daniel Pinchbeck. I’d recommend it to anyone concerned about climate change. Speaking of reading, have you read about the Silent Reading Party idea, Charles? It seems that would be right up your alley! (PS Thank you so much for following my blog.)
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You are very welcome, and no, I do not know what the Silent Reading Party is. Can you explain it please?
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Happy to explain the Silent Reading Party also called the Silent Book Club. Your peeps will probably love the idea. I explain it here: https://rainforestmind.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/a-party-for-book-lovers-introverts-and-geeks/ And here’s a link to the locations of these events: https://silentbook.club/ Basically, it’s people coming together to read!
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Thank you!
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As always, I have several on the go. Slowly getting myself through Roy Jenkin’s glacial biography of Churchill; dipping in and out of a book on philosophy; have also been reading a lot of Jack London – read Call of the Wild yesterday and was very impressed.
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Excellent choices!
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I’m reading The Embroiderer by Kathryn Gauci and enjoying it immensely. It’s set in the 19th and 20th centuries in Turkey and Greece focusing on a line of indomitable women struggling to survive against the odds of war and revolution. It’s probably a cliche to say that it’s as finely woven as the exquisite fabric around which their lives depend but it is so!
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The way you said it did not sound cliched at all!
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You’re too kind, sir!
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I also always have several books in play. Rereading Tom Robbins, “Jitterbug Perfume.” Just finished Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Between the World and Me,” and Sam Quinones, “Dream Land,” and am about to start “Spy the Lie.” Also reading Buckminster Fuller’s “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth.”
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A very impressive list.
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Thanks!🙏
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You are welcome!
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Reblogged this on K. D. Dowdall and commented:
I love the idea of sharing what we are reading and thoughts about the book we are reading. I just finished and reviewed I just finished reading Aggravated Momentum by author Didi Oviatt and it is one of the best mystery murder horror stories I have read. There is no way you can guess the ending. In fact, I barely slept a wink last night. Thank you Charles for another great post that brings people together!
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Karen, You are very welcome, and I think it is one of the best aspects of the blogging world that communities can be built around ideas of reading and sharing.
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Absolutely, Charles. It is one of the best learning experiences the blogging world as to offer as well as the friendship aspects. Help is always just around the next blog! K D:)
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You are completely correct!
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I am reading Design: an owner’s manual for learning, living and leading with purpose. Anthony J. Marchese, Ph.D. is the author. `Side note: this man was a student of mine 1992-1994 and I am so happy for his success. Great book, so far, just got it yesterday. I plan to interview him for Tell Me a Story.
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That is wonderful!
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Your one-time-student has obviously written a good book of life pursuits with purpose. Wonderful. I also like very much your, Tell Me a Story! I will look for it when you do post it. K D
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As will I!
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Charles, I was referring to the blogger that wrote Tell Me a Story. I obviously replied in the wrong area. Sorry!! Karen 🙂
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It is no problem!
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I guess I should be more careful, shouldn’t I. Karen 🙂
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I also read several books at once. Right now I’m reading Travels With Charlie by John Steinbeck, The Best American Short Stories 2016, and a collection of Raymond Carver stories.
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I love Travels With Charley, and I have used it in several of my college classes.
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I’m enjoying greatly so far. I’d be interested to know what classes you’ve used it in, and how you’ve used it.
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I teach a First Year Seminar called Rootlessness in America, about the American condition involving relocation and travel. My students usually love the book.
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Sounds like a wonderful class!
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Thank you!
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I just picked up Darrienia (The Forgotten Legacies Series Book 1), a fantasy with the Rave Reviews Book Club. I haven’t cracked it open yet, but it looks good 😀 Happy Reading, Charles.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
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I have no idea yet if I can recommend it, but I’m giving it a try. 🙂
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Stephen King is awesome. My all time fave.
Just read Jasper Jones for Book Squad. Now The Forgotten Garden (it’s so long!) by Kate Morton.
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I’m reading “A Head Full of Ghosts” by Paul Tremblay. It came up on a Google search of what to read if you like “The Shining”. Feels like a very modern version of “The Exorcist”. I really enjoyed “Hearts in Atlantis.” I liked how we met the same characters in different stories
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Yes, it does, and I look forward to hearing what you think of “A Head Full of Ghosts.”
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I usually have more than one book going at once. Right now, I’m reading: “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” by Douglas Adams, “Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince” for the umpteenth time, “Inheritance” by Christopher Paolini (actually, it’s been sitting unfinished for a while now, I need to get back to it), and “Pegasus Rewritten” by Aoibha Walsh.
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Thank you for your contributions! This is quite a reading list!
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Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Next, Yellow Hair by Andrew Joyce. Children’s books are always sprinkled in, of course!
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Wonderful!
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David Baldacci’s new book, The Fix, which is a fairly recent series about Amos Decker. This is the third book of the series. I just finished reading The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz, who I’ve been reading and in the process of reading all his books. Of course, I have other books on queue, so I just have to try to read faster.
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I have enjoyed Baldacci’s series with Amos Decker, and I recently finished The Fix! I enjoyed it, but I will not say more about it, so I do not do any spoilers!
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Knowing you enjoyed the book means you must have liked it so that’s good.
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Yes, I did enjoy it!
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I’ve just started reading The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher. I’m only a few pages into it, but I’m loving it already. Great action scenes!
There’s a lot of great sounding books here. I think my TBR list just grew. Again! Thanks for posting this.
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You are very welcome, and my to be read list keeps growing also!
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I’ve just finished Brave New Worlds by Aldous Huxley. It’s a surprisingly easy read for a book that does so much world-building and I finished it in just a few days. I think what surprised me most is that the author didn’t really pick a side in the happiness vs freedom debate but leaves it up to the reader to make their own minds on it.
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That level of ambiguity about deeply important questions is often the mark of a work of brilliance. Shakespeare did this often in his plays.
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I just finished reading “More Than Human,” and it was fantastic.
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wonderful!
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I’m re-reading Susanna Gregory’s Matthew Bartholomew series, I just finished Terry Goodkind’s Death’s Mistress, and am reading Ian Morson’s Falconer’s Judgement.
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That is quite a large assortment!
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