What are you currently reading?

[Anonymous]

I'm in a reading slump. Nothing seems to be holding my attention.

My online book club read All the Light We Cannot See. I read the first two chapters and lost interest.

I'm reading I Remember You by Brian Freeman. It's an ARC. I think the book comes out in August. I have liked his books in the past but this one hasn't grabbed me yet. I think it's my mood and not a reflection on the book.

I just downloaded Olga Dies Dreaming on audio and I'm hoping it will hold my attention.

[Anonymous]

I'm reading Klara and the Sun. I'm about halfway through and like it so far. I don't know the full story of exactly what's going on in the book but it reminds me a LOT of Never Let Me Go (same author) which is a little disappointing, just in how similar it feels both in pacing, science fiction tilt, keeping a lot back/ shrouded from the reader in terms of what's really going on. It's almost like he had an idea for a novel, and couldn't decide which direction to take it, and then decided on Never Let Me Go, and now later he's decided to flesh out the novel in a different way with Klara and the Sun.

Like I said I'm only halfway through so someone else who has finished it might laugh at me and tell me I'm off base.

[Anonymous]

I am (looking forward to) reading Marvellous Light by Freya Marske and Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. (A little overwhelmed by parenting to start new books at the moment. )

Also rereading Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer slowly at odd moments of downtime.

[Anonymous]

The Independent Farmstead by Shawn and Beth Dougherty, Prairie by Candace Savage and I Bring The Voices of My People by Chanequa Walker-Barnes.

[Anonymous]

Sea of Tranquility. I adored Station’s Eleven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Aeneid by Virgil.

OP here, I looooove The Aeneid. Hope you are enjoying it as well!

PP. I'd read the Iliad and the Odyssey previously so I thought I'd complete the "epic poetry" trifecta.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading Klara and the Sun. I'm about halfway through and like it so far. I don't know the full story of exactly what's going on in the book but it reminds me a LOT of Never Let Me Go (same author) which is a little disappointing, just in how similar it feels both in pacing, science fiction tilt, keeping a lot back/ shrouded from the reader in terms of what's really going on. It's almost like he had an idea for a novel, and couldn't decide which direction to take it, and then decided on Never Let Me Go, and now later he's decided to flesh out the novel in a different way with Klara and the Sun.

Like I said I'm only halfway through so someone else who has finished it might laugh at me and tell me I'm off base.

I loved Klara. It broke my heart. I haven't read Never Let Me Go so I can't compare them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sea of Tranquility. I adored Station’s Eleven.

How are you liking SOT so far? I just heard the review on Fresh Air and it sounds pretty fantastic.

[Anonymous]

Taste by Stanley Tucci. Wonderful.

[Anonymous]

Book of Cold Case Files by Simone St. James - a murder mystery/ghost-supernatural (maybe) story

A Road Back from Schizophrenia by Arnhild Lauveng- nonfiction

[Anonymous]

I keep reading old books and getting bogged down in them.

[Anonymous]

Think Again by Adam Grant (good professional book)

[Anonymous]

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. It is really good!

[Anonymous]

Olga Dies Dreaming was VERY good

[Anonymous]

Borderland : a journey through the history of Ukraine
by Anna Reid


Very good book covers history of Ukraine from very early years to early 1990s. Learning a great deal about from where comes the indomitable spirit of the people.