RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

[quillpunk]

Getting in under the wire but I'm here, it's Wednesday again, let's do this!

What are you reading? 👀

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[quillpunk]

The Andromeda Strain, sci-fi, by Michael Crichton (really enjoying it so far!), The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic (was I reading this last week? Maybe, but regardless I have made no progress. I need to set a block of time aside for just reading it, lol) and just getting started on Declared by Sam Burns and W.M. Fawkes, an M/M alien romance.

[senmut]

Ages since I read The Andromeda Strain but I seem to recall that one was better than the movie they made from it.

[quillpunk]

They made a movie from it?

I finished the book like 5 minutes ago; I really liked it! It had good flow so it was easy to read and even though probably half the science is outdated by now, it was still enjoyable to read them trying different things and slowly figuring things out.

[senmut]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(film)

And now I have learned there was a more recent miniseries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(miniseries)

With a top notch cast...

[quillpunk]

Thank you for the links! :D

[ilyena_sylph]

I love Andromeda Strain though I haven't reread it in years!

[quillpunk]

It was very good, I really enjoyed it! :D

[muccamukk]

I'm a couple chapters in to An Immense World by Ed Yong, which is popular science about how animal senses work (currently on all the ways to sense light). It's really interesting and accessible, but I'm also having to take it slow so I don't put too many facts in my brain all at the same time. Might spell it off with something else.

[white_aster]

I LOVED Immense World. I don't give 5 stars often on books, and that one got 5 stars from me.

[senmut]

The Praetorian Guard by Sandra Bingham, a non-fiction book for my book bingo. I am, so far, not impressed with the way she tries to hammer home her theories on the guard, while admitting that it's a Land of Punt situation -- everyone contemporary just knew, so no one wrote much down. So she's lacking true sources aside from a couple of writers and historians to build her view of them from, and subtly to not-so-subtly implying they don't deserve the villainous nadir they have had in historic accounts.

Actively reading:

[dialecticdreamer]

Fan fiction:
Winter's Child, by VMorticia, on A03 This is a crossover between Harry Potter and Marvel's Avengers, and I like it very much so far. The Winter Soldier raises a Harry Potter who is a real kid, not the protagonist of a Victorian rags-to-riches tale, where their dirty face and hair hides their permanent halo.

Nonfiction:
Gardening Without Work, by Ruth Stout
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Happiness Equation by Neil Pasricha

I finished two books earlier today, and will probably finish the gardening book before bed (four hours from now.)

-- HOWEVER -- in the course of finishing today's first book, I have added six more books to the to-read-infinity-list.

[svgurl]

I've started Pride, Prejudice, and other Flavors by Sonali Dev, which is a modern day, race bent Pride & Prejudice. I've started and stopped two other books in the last few weeks so I'm hoping third time's the charm. :D

[ebaths]

I’m reading Magic by William Goldman (I think this is technically a psychological thriller? It’s not steeped in the genre though). This is my first Goldman after reading The Princess Bride years ago which I really enjoyed. It has a similar energy, stopping just short of breaking the fourth wall.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

a large print edition of an English translation of Until August, the last work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, apparently, he didn't think it was good enough to publish but his children have decided otherwise.

[ilyena_sylph]

I just tore through all of the Old Kingdom, decided I had hit a publishable point with the Elfstones fic that had stalled me, and have thus gone back to Shannara.

For nonfiction at work, I'm doing Daily Life in the Ancient World, not the first time I've listened to it, still love it even if I have had some quibbles now and then.

[white_aster]

I finished The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. I liked it! Weird blending of genres, and some of the involved genres kind of got short shrift, but entertaining enough!

I am still reading Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher, and my library books have stalled me in my reading of Armageddon Science.

I also picked up Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer, which is about how to deal with media created by terrible people, but not sure if I'll get into it. It's not really taking the tack that I thought it would (I thought maybe it might be about fictional monsters, my bad.)

I just wanted to add

[dialecticdreamer]

that this post, and the replies, have added another ten books to my to-read list. THANK YOU ALL.

Re: I just wanted to add

[quillpunk]

:DDD

[starfleetbrat]

Still reading Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes. Not sure why its taking me so long, I have been reading a little bit every day, but its pretty good in any case.

[quillpunk]

Sometimes reading is just slow, even though I like the book.

Glad you're enjoying it! :D

[peppermintfables]

I've been reading Kate Atkinson's short story collection Normal rules don't apply. I picked it up at random from the library, because I thought a short story collection would be good to pull me out of the mini reading slump I've been in. So far it's working!

[dirty_diana]

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha Trilogy). I'm not sure that I like it more than the first two, but all will depend on the ending probably.

[quillpunk]

Hope the ending works for you! Good luck ;D

[alethiers]

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

A campy, horror story that takes place in a knock-off Ikea. I've only read up to 50% and have heard it gets pretty creepy but I'm enjoying the mixture of retail characters--particularly Amy.