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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
Currently reading:
The Everlasting by Alix Harrow - her books always make me feel in a wistful longing way. This one is about a historian and a heroine and time travel in a way that I didn't expect even from the summary
I don't remember who recommended the Bee Dungeon series by Icalos but I've devoured it from KU and now RR and am almost caught up. So thank you and I'll tag you when I find you!
I, Medusa is a retelling of Medusa's story from her own perspective. I know my mythology so I know it's going to be a rough one.
On deck: A Drop of Corruption sequel to The Tainted Cup, We Will Rise Again, and Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire
Let's see, finished Moby Dick finally, took me about 2 months to digest it properly. Best book ever written in the English language and I'll die on that hill.
After that I've decided to read some shorter works.
First up was Patrick Modiano's 'Young Once' published in 1981, I had never actually heard of this author before but bought 2 of his books because they were published by 'nyrb' I'll buy and read just about any book published by nyrb, I haven't found a bad one yet. Plus he won the Nobel Prize in 2014. The book was decent, nothing special really. A couple looking back on their youth and their coming together.
Next up was Bret Easton Ellis' 'Less Than Zero' published 1985. I've previously read 'American Psycho' and 'Glamorama'. American Psycho is decent, Glamorama was meh, Less Than Zero is awful. Not recommended at all. It starts OK, rich kids from California partying and doing drugs with no responsibility, that's all fine and good but by the end there is a 12 year old strapped to a bed being raped. Give me a break. No depth, nothing interesting, just a lame book that descends into 'shock value' territory.
I just started into Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Woman Destroyed' published 1967. I'm less than 100 pages in and WOW this is my kind of thing. So unbelievably sad and miserable so far, I love it. Written by a woman from a woman's perspective, which is not something you usually see when it comes to a totally miserable book. I don't want to say too much since I just started it, but I have very high hopes this is going to be a gooder.
In Audiobook land I've been listening to David Eggers' 'What is the What' published 2006 (holy smokes this is new!) A novelized biography of one of the 'Lost Boys' from the Second Sudanese Civil War. I know very little to nothing about this conflict so I chose it so I could learn about it. I'm about halfway through and it is pretty good so far, more humorous than I was expecting.
Before that I finished listening to the Audiobook for Alexander Dumas' 'The Black Tulip' published 1850. Dumas' books are just fun to read and or listen to. This is not deep literature despite its age. Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite stories of all time and a very fun reading experience, that book I absolutely recommend everyone read. Black Tulip was a little different from his other books, especially the Musketeer books. This is more character focused about the battle to grow the first Black Tulip.