Weekend reading roundup

[nanila]

How did your weekend reading go? If you planned on anything specifically, did you read it?

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[nanila]

I finished off Dear Committee Members, an entertaining short novel written in the form of Letters of Reference. The main character (an aging male academic) is not the most likable personality. Fortunately, it's his repeated failures to have his worldview validated that keep the reader engaged and amused.

I also read a lot of Brexit coverage, when I could cope with it. And sometimes when I couldn't - I've been through a lot of hankies this weekend.

[dhampyresa]

*hugs*

[anotherheather]

Did much reading about Brexit and Texas/US family law. Also joyfully slogging through the Harry Potter series again and managed a chapter out of Order of the Phoenix

[nanila]

Nice. The Harry Potter re-read sounds like a good way to balance out the other two!

[azurelunatic]

I planned on reading my satnav! I certainly did read that!

[nanila]

And successfully! Wahey!

[legionseagle]

Apart from my Twitter feed, obsessively, while going "Da FUCK?" I'm trying a Have his Carcase re-read. It's supposed to be a comfort read, though people having a post Revolutionary Russia screw-up full of delusions and throat-cutting isn't as much as it could be.

[nanila]

It sounds appropriate for the times, however. I don't know about your Twitter feed, but mine continues to inspire WTF IS HAPPENING, EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE

[heliopausa]

Lots of news and comment from the UK - unplanned, and flabbergasting.

[nanila]

Yeah. And it continues to be flabbergasting. I'm not sure I have much more flabber to be gasted.

[alexseanchai]

A small book called Greek Folk Religion—no earthshattering insights, probably because it dates from the forties and has been used as a resource over and over by things I've already read, but still.

[nanila]

I find that reading repeatedly cited source material is often disappointing, because my expectations have been built up.

[davidgillon]

I spent the weekend avoiding anything remotely real time, ended up writing book reviews rather than reading, but writing up Elizabeth Bear's Bone and Jewel Creatures led me into the Amazon store and I ended up buying and starting into her "New Amsterdam", which seems oddly familiar. Either I've read some of the stories before, or the dead tree edition is buried somewhere on my shelves.

[nanila]

That must be a slightly spooky feeling!

[weaverbird]

Twitter et al (with reluctance. stupid news.) a few pages of a novel at bedtime, emails, and not much else. Spent a lot of time this weekend tinkering with weaving and woodworking, instead of staying glued to the news, in the interest of keeping what is left of my sanity. *g*

[nanila]

Stupid news continues to be staggeringly stupid. Glad you have had other, better things to read!

[bonnefois]

I finished Embrace In Motion by Karin Kallmaker last night. I can't remember if it was quite the weekend, but shortly before that, I finished Making Up For Lost Time by the same author.

That makes 17 books finished this month. I haven't gotten that amount in quite a while. It's a mix of trying to read through some books on my shelf to send as a friend's birthday present, and trying to prep for my vacation so I don't have to worry about the vacation next month, and keeping up my reading schedule.

[nanila]

Wow, congratulations. That's impressive!

[fred_mouse]

Too much Brexit commentary; a little more on Blood and Ink.

[nanila]

The Brexit fallout continues to be appalling. Glad you have something else to occupy your attention!