What Are You Reading?

[DeltaSierra]

Currently quarantined at home, so been crocheting and listening to audio books. Just started Kevin Mitnick's " Ghost in the Wires" - its an account of one of the most well-known "phone phreaks" and early internet hackers. Its been an enjoyable listen so far.

[Pixelated]

Sounded interesting enough that I was willing to spend a dollar on the Kindle edition.

The Susanna Gregory novel?

They're quite good. I've always preferred historical mysteries where you can't just "send it to the lab" or use electronics; the characters have to solve the mystery by processing all the information they've learned.

I hope you like it.

[Seanette]

Sounded interesting enough that I was willing to spend a dollar on the Kindle edition.

[Pixelated]

It would probably be in poor taste to be holding a copy of "The Stand" in the breakroom, wouldn't it?

Depends on what you want people to think about you ...

I have a medieval murder series by Susanna Gregory. It's set in Cambridge and centres around Matthew Bartholomew, a young physician (who also teaches at the fledgling Cambridge University) who has some unorthodox ideas (like: the correlation between dirt and disease, learned from his time in Paris when he was taught by an Arab physician); and Brother Michael, a Benedictine monk whose main hobbies are eating. And eating. And food. Yes, Matthew has warned Michael about his overeating, and yes, it's going in one ear and out the other .... Michael is seen very often in the book, but Matthew is definitely the main character.

And the book I just finished re-reading is called A Plague on Both Your Houses, and it is set in 1348, as the Black Death sweeps into Cambridge, and then devastates the population.

I had it at work a couple of times but I don't think anybody was paying much attention. Either that, or they just didn't want to know.

[TheSHAD0W]

Right now I'm reading The Arithmancer, a Harry Potter fanfic inspired by HPMoR. Not quite up to EY's level but still pretty good.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10070079/1/The-Arithmancer

[Monterey Jack]

It would probably be in poor taste to be holding a copy of "The Stand" in the breakroom, wouldn't it?

Heh, I was going to start re-reading that today.

[Seanette]

I'd get mixed response from co-irkers who recognized the book. Some would laugh, some would get all huffy and offended. Others just wouldn't get it.

I don't hang out in the breakroom much anyway. Too noisy and rowdy at times, and when I don't have that headset on, I NEED some quiet and as few human voices in my ear as possible.

[greek_jester]

It would probably be in poor taste to be holding a copy of "The Stand" in the breakroom, wouldn't it?

That is brilliant! It would actually be thought hysterical where I work, those who understood the reference, anyway.

[Seanette]

It would probably be in poor taste to be holding a copy of "The Stand" in the breakroom, wouldn't it?

[AnaKhouri]

Reading CJ Cherryh's Fading Sun trilogy. I'm having trouble getting into it but I don't think that's the book's fault. I've had a hard time focusing lately on anything. Stay safe, readers!

[Nunavut Pants]

Those sound a bit similar to the concept behind John Scalzi's "Redshirts", except that one is set in a near-Star Trek universe. (Good book, BTW, and highly recommended!)

[Ironclad Alibi]

I'm currently reading Drew Hayes' NPC series. I've just started the (current) last in the series, Siege Tactics. It's rather fun.

The basic premise is, imagine that the NPCs in this series' version of D&D had self awareness, and that their world existed. Then imagine that whenever someone in our world plays D&D, what happens in the game, happens on the NPCs world. Now imagine what happens when a party of adventurers die in the village inn after being summoned by the king, and the NPCs decide to take on the task the adventurers were summoned to do so that their king doesn't raze their village to the ground.

A similar novel is Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones. In this novel a parallel world is being used as a destination fro adventurers. The inhabitants of the parallel world have to be the NPCs. But things go awry, and the story happens.

[greek_jester]

I'm currently reading Drew Hayes' NPC series. I've just started the (current) last in the series, Siege Tactics. It's rather fun.

The basic premise is, imagine that the NPCs in this series' version of D&D had self awareness, and that their world existed. Then imagine that whenever someone in our world plays D&D, what happens in the game, happens on the NPCs world. Now imagine what happens when a party of adventurers die in the village inn after being summoned by the king, and the NPCs decide to take on the task the adventurers were summoned to do so that their king doesn't raze their village to the ground.

[Ironclad Alibi]

King Rat didn't grab me so I gave up on it.

I am now half way through The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones.

[Nunavut Pants]

I tried "Consider Phlebas" on recommendation from an online list. Gave up just short of halfway in.

Enjoyed a collection of short works by Naomi Narvik set in her "Temeraire" setting. I'm going to be reading more of that!

Recently finished "Fool's Assassin" by Robin Hobb. It may not have been the best place to start there, but it was what seemed the best of what my local library had on hand. I liked it as well, and will be checking out more of them once the library re-opens.

Currently reading LeGuin's "Rocannon's World". Good stuff; pretty much all of her work is.