RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

[quillpunk]

What are you reading? 👀

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[quillpunk]

Horus Rising by Dan Abnett and Night of the Jabberwock by Fredric Brown.

[asphaltcowgrrl]

Finishing up A Very Bad Thing by JT Ellison, then going to start Fondue or Die by Korina Moss.

[zenigotchas]

I read a bunch of Anton Chekov stories. Those are pretty good! I'm not sure which genre they fall under but I'm kinda surprised at myself for being as invested in them as I have been since, if someone were to describe his writing, I couldn't imagine myself being interested in trying them at all but they are a good break from the books I have already mentioned in previous discussions that I'm still struggling to finish.

Idk how to describe his writing, but like... If his name sounds to you like his writing is often about sad Slavic people then you are 100% correct lol. A lot of them are like glimpses into the lives of ordinary people all with their own struggles against poverty, loneliness, the harsh weather, etc. etc. It's very humanizing and I like that his characters tend to be down on their luck and not these perfect people living magical and enchanting lives where nothing ever goes wrong.

[petrea_mitchell]

Finished up Folk Saints of the Borderlands. A really informative look at non-elite society of northern Mexico and the southwestern US in the last century and a half.

Also two collections of single-panel cat cartoons by Jennie Breeden, done as a sideline to her comic The Devil's Panties. It comes from the perspective of someone who does not own cats but has been exposed to them through roommates, friends, etc. Cats are portrayed as vicious, self-serving, and extremely cute.

[lycomingst]

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout.

[starfleetbrat]

Twisted Truth by Ava Strong
its a novella, about a Fish & Wildlife Agent who uses her survival skills to pursue a killer in the wilderness. Its ok so far.

[silversea]

Just finished My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen. Excellent gothic book, perfect for Halloween! I also finished The Apothecary Diaries Volume 12 by Natsu Hyuuga, and I’m screaming at the big progress Jinshi and Maomao’s relationship taking after so long.

I’m currently reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer and Tsukimonogatari by Nisioisin. I think I’ll aim to finish the Monogatari series by the end of this year.

[honigfrosch]

Would love to know your thoughts on Annihilation when you're done (& feel like sharing/posting a review here).

[azurelunatic]

Starting a back-to-back re-read of Sunshine, Robin McKinley. (I am not playing Yuletide this year, so I can freely admit to this.)

Audiobook, first read: Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan. SRB and I were small fancreatures in some of the same places long, long ago; I enjoyed her first series greatly; plus one of our fellow n'er-do-wells (and my auspistice) started ENTHUSING at me. The reader is Moira Quirk, who also read the Locked Tomb three-and-counting books, which greatly enhances this. Audiobook was the first version that arrived through the library.

Audiobook, nth read, about 65-66%: Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold. Partner is discovering why I love it.

[apachefirecat]

I just finished my Spike book. LOVED every minute of it! But have been too wiped (pulling A LOT of extra hours this week!) to be able to put together a review yet. :( It's still, hands down, the best book I've read all year and one of my all-time favorites!!!!!!!!!! Nobody does Spike better except for James Marsters himself!!!!!!!

[quillpunk]

Ooooh, that's awesome, I'm glad you've had such a good time! Favorite books are so nice :DDD

[cornerofmadness]

Nightshade by John Saul (it's an old one) which is getting hard because dealing with dementia is part of the horror

[poppyseedheart]

my current read is transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi! early days so far but i love a novel that intertwines an internal literary style with an exploration of science (also see real life by brandon taylor) and this one is beautifully combining the two.

i'm also listening to white tears, brown scars by ruby hamad on audiobook and really appreciating it.

[honigfrosch]

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (by Shannon Chakraborty), which promised pirate adventures/adult fantasy in the vein of the voyages of Sindbad set in the 12th century. It's... um. Not really doing that so far. It reads like YA and at chapter 9 has little magic so far. I also wonder, when the author writes in an afterword how important historical accuracy was to her, why a guard is called a cop and all the good guys have modern western sensibilities. I'll keep reading it, but I'm going to make a lot of "hmmmmm" noises.

[valoise]

I picked up Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola. I've loved all the sf books he's written, so I was curious to see how he would approach fantasy. So far, so good

Although I'd paused on it for a while, I've plunged back into The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreillnger. She doesn't shy away from the difficulties that were baked into some of the founders of this field (xenophobia and racism) and she also gives credit and the spotlight to women of color who were instrumental in bringing science into the home.

Finally, while I was in the New Books shelves at the library picking up Navola I saw The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft by Peter Bellerby. It's about how he got into making how and what the process is like. I've always been interested in maps and mapmaking, so this sounds really interesting.

[olivermoss]

My current audiobook is The Bell In The Fog by Lev Rosen. Loving it so far, but haven't had much of a chance to get into.

My EBook is Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay. I really like it so far, but I've seen a lot of reactions that the ending isn't great, but we'll see.

While I was away I knocked one off on my quest to read everything by Agatha Christie and read Halloween Party. It was okay. I liked the themes and motives she was going for, but it was a but it was weird to get so far into the story before we really knew what was going on and a few things didn't really fit for me.

[mistressofmuses]

I'm finishing my reread of The Southern Reach trilogy (just starting Acceptance) and am soooo impatient to get to the surprise fourth book (Absolution) that came out on Tuesday. I'm excited for it, but also really glad I decided to reread the first three, as there were a lot of small details I'd forgotten.

[quillpunk]

I rewatched the movie recently and it reminded that I a) really do want to read the book(s) and b) that my library has the first one. Glad you're having a good time, and I hope you have a good time with Absolution, too! :D

[mistressofmuses]

The movie is very different from the book, but also very cool! I really like both. If you have a chance to get at least that first one from the library, I hope you like it!
The first book could stand alone quite well, imo, but the second and third add a lot that recontextualizes a lot of it, in a way I really enjoy! (Making my way through book 3 still, and still very excited for book 4.)