Weekend Reading Roundup (17 July 2017)

[nanila]

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

Back from holiday! Lots of catching up to do; patience is appreciated, thank you.

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[nanila]

I started Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany. It's quite gripping, although it does make it sound like absolutely everyone living in the Reich was constantly high, which is probably an overstatement.

[bluegreen17]

i have that in my pile from the library. don't know if i'll get to it before it is due,but it certainly looks interesting!

[nanila]

It is, but I'm not sure the premise and subject coverage merits the length of the book. I suspect it could have been more concise and punchier.

[chickenfeet]

I'm reading Ivanhoe on account of feeling a bit guilty at never having read any Scott. It's about as silly as most fiction that involves "good" King Richard.

[nanila]

I read a plot summary because I wondered if I'd ever read it. I'm now certain I haven't, because otherwise Monty Python's films would've seemed redundant.

[chickenfeet]

It's hilarious. Disney's Robin Hood meets Dan Brown's Templars with gratuitous Jew torture porn.

[berryandthorn]

I finished Ghost by Jason Reynolds. Super fun and funny!

[nanila]

Yay! Well done for completing it, and I'm glad it was so enjoyable.

[musyc]

Fan-wise, I needed to label some of my saved epubs with the actual fandoms - of course, this accidentally involved re-reading a lot of them. XD

Pro-wise, I just started on The First Book of Calamity Leek, which has my favorite kind of world-building. No explanations! Drop right in and figure things out as you go.

[nanila]

Well, that sounds like a very pleasant diversion. :D

I'm glad you're enjoying the novel (and what a great title)!

[lapinlunaire]

What is reading?

Seriously, though, I've been looking for something to read that aren't things I'm supposed to read for the upcoming school year. :c

[nanila]

I hope you can find something that captures your interest!

Some people leave micro-reviews of their recent reads on these posts. Perhaps something might grab you?

[bluegreen17]

i read an issue of wired that had a good article about a high tech area of bangalore that has 'water cartels' and water shortages. i'm also half way through the winter 2016 issue of utne reader. lots of good stuff about coping with the trump era,but i've read enough of that for now,so i read about the flint water crisis from someone who grew up there and still has family there,and another article about the history of plastics that was very interesting. also,started reading 'gravity's rainbow' by thomas pynchon but i'm going to go slowly with that one,i think!

[nanila]

Lots of variety in non-fiction articles, there, well done! :)

[fox_confessor]

I finished The Masked City, which is the second in the Invisible Library series. I started Doree Shafrir's Startup, which is turning out to be a fast read. She's a writer for BuzzFeed and it has that kind of twitchy, frenetic feel to it (It also reminds me of Maria Semple's books, if you've read her.)

[nanila]

Okay, the premise for the first one looks awesome. Librarian spies and dragons? Sign me up!

I applaud your reading accomplishments, too!

[fox_confessor]

The Invisible Library series is awesome: adventurous bisexual spy librarians who steal books and travels with a dragon? Also robot alligators. It's a fun read :D I basically walk around thrusting it into people's hands.

[bonnefois]

I finished Reconstructing Brigid by Lee Nichols.

[nanila]

Hooray! Well done. :)