What Are You Reading?

[Pixilated]

I just finished a cheery little ditty titled "The Plague Tales" by Ann Benson. It bounces back and forth between the era of the Black Death and the far future (that being 2005, -- well, the novel was published in the late 1990s).

[Ironclad Alibi]

I am presently reading "A Blink of the Screen", a collection of short stories by Terry Pratchett

[Ceir]

Set myself a bit of a challenge this tear - read 50 books in 2026. One a week, more or less...so of course I started with a bunch of 350+ page chunkers and I'm slow off the line.

So far I've finished ST:TNG Pliable Truths, by Dayton Ward; and Canvas Falcons: The Men and Planes of World War I, by Stephen Longstreet.

Currently in progress are finally getting to my copy of Monkey King, the Journey to the West translation/abridgement by Julie Lovell; and Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not An Option.

Might go for some lighter fare after these, knock out some old-school scifi/fantasy serials.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I just finish "King Rat" by China Mieville.

[Nunavut Pants]

Finished "Acorna, Unicorn Girl" by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball. Cute, fluffy fantasy-disguised-as-SF.

Started "I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith. Something of a "period piece" about a young girl and her family who live in poverty but still reside in a run-down castle. Not sure what to think of this one yet.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I have started reading "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" by R. R. Dick.

[dalesys]

I just re-read "1824: The Arkansas War - Eric Flint (2006)" and the parallels of present day poisonalities and movements to Henry Clay and the Georgia Militiamen were astounding.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I recently finished "Every Day is an Atheist Holiday" by Penn Jillette.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I am now reading Katabasis by R. F. Kuang.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I just finished "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by T J Klune, a sequel to "The House in the Cerulean Sea."

[Ironclad Alibi]

I 'm still reading the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series by Matt Dinniman. I finished books 4, 5 and 6, and am reading book 7: "This Inevitable Ruin." Book 8 is estimated to be available in June 2026.

[Nunavut Pants]

I have been re-reading The Murderbot Diaries. Already back through 1-4, and then 6, and have just started on 5. (The numbers refer to the publication order, but the story in #6 takes place between #4 and #5.)

"Murderbot is my Sanctuary Moon."

[Ceir]

Haven't tucked into them yet, but I recently picked up Journey to the West (the Chinese mythology one); and in vast contrast, High Kahl's Oath (the WH40K Space Dwarf novel).

[Ironclad Alibi]

I have finished reading "Dungeon Crawler Carl" book 3 by Matt Dinniman, and am starting on book 4: "The Gate of the Feral Gods."

[BookstoreEscapee]

I am reading 1984, because apparently the dystopian non-fiction we are living in isn't terrifying enough.