What Are You Reading?

[Android Kaeli]

I'm re-reading The Wheel of Time for what seems like the hundredth time, am almost finished with Towers of Midnight [the next to last book]. After I get through that I might dig through some of my Star Wars books and see if I still have any of the X-Wing books.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Rutherfurd is scrapped for the moment. I've just finished The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey David (a murder mystery series set in ancient Rome, although this particular novel takes place in Londinium) ...

Actually it is Lindsey Davis.

The Jupiter Myth is the 14th novel in the Marcus Didius Falco series. I have read the first 13 novels in the series. They are great.

[YamiNoHime]

Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn. She does great Irish historical fiction

[Pixelated]

Rutherfurd is scrapped for the moment. I've just finished The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey David (a murder mystery series set in ancient Rome, although this particular novel takes place in Londinium) and have started to re-read My Turn to Make the Tea by Monica Dickens. It's the story of her short-lived career as a reporter on a weekly newspaper. There's no time period ever specified, but the equipment consists of typewriters (correction: ONE typewriter for five reporters), pencils/pens and paper, text placed letter by letter (backwards, of course) into square forms, and hot lead. 1930s? 1940s? Not later than that, I'm sure.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Just finished Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York the other night.

Started The Radium Girls last night.

[Pixelated]

Almost finished The Stonehenge Gates by Jack Williamson. I'm wondering when (if) we'll find out what happened to the other two people who were in the early parts of the story ...

After which I plan to struggle through the rest of The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd. I read his novel Sarum and I did enjoy it, but I admit I'm struggling with Princes of Ireland.

[Nunavut Pants]

"The Dog Who Could Fly", Damien Lewis. A fun read about a Czech airman in WWII and the dog that he rescued and brought with him into battle in the air over France and Germany. Based on the unpublished memoir of the airman, who later settled down in England.

[It's me]

Getting my money's worth out of my Kindle Unlimited subscription... Reading Steve McHugh's Hellequin series.

Modern day sorcerer, werewolves, vampires. First book was quite good for a first novel, quite enjoyed it. I'm on the third book in the series...

https://www.amazon.com/Crimes-Agains...eve+mch&sr=8-4

[Seanette]

Rereading my way through the "In Times Like These" series, by Nathan Van Coops.

[AnaKhouri]

I am reading the Witcher books by Andre Sapowski. We watched the first episode of the show and neither of us thought it was great, but my husband LOVES the books and finally convinced me to read them, then we can try more of the show to see if it improves. Apparently the timeline of the show is all over the place and the books will explain a lot.

[Ghel]

I finished the Darth Bane series. I really enjoyed it. Bane is one of the few villains who has a consistent philosophy and actually lives by it.

Now I'm reading Casting Shadows, the first book in the Passing of the Technomages trilogy by Jeanne Cavelos. It's set in the universe of the Babylon 5 tv series. The main character is Galen, the technomage featured in the Crusade spin-off series. I've had this trilogy for a while, but it was packed up when I was living in the apartment. Now that I've unpacked it, I'm looking forward to reading it.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I have started reading Un Lun Dun by China Miéville.

I have finished Un Lun Dun and it is an excellent story. I would love to see a movie made of it. It might have to be an animated movie due to the nature of some of the characters.

My next book is China's Wings by Gregory Crouch. It is the true story of aviation in China during the 1930s and 1940s.

[AnaKhouri]

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. I'm quite enjoying it; it's a seamless blend of SF and fantasy with a good amount of snark.

[YamiNoHime]

"Triangle: The Fire that Changed America" Amazing look at the political climate surrounding the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. It was the largest workplace disaster in history until 9/11/01

[Seanette]

Recent acquisition: "Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle", by Stuart Turton. Very weird murder mystery, and it's hard to discuss it in much more detail without serious spoilers.