Reading Catch Up Post (15th December)

[ironed_orchid]

Hello Bitesized Readers,

It's been awhile. (Where did November go?)

Please feel welcome to use this post to share
a) anything you've read lately
b) anything you're planning to read this weekend
c) anything you're hoping to read in some as yet unidentified future when you find the time

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

I've been re-reading Georgette Heyer mysteries precisely because they are not very compelling, and I want stuff to read at night which I don't mind putting aside as soon as I get sleepy. I'll probably donate them after Christmas.

I bought a lot of books I really want to read this year, but aside from a few that were mostly sequels or series, they are just making my TBR pile grow ever bigger. I'm hoping to get a few of those read in January which is traditionally fairly quiet at work, and February, when I am taking some leave. High on the list are:
Terry Pratchett - The Shepherd's Crown, which I have been putting off because I don't want to live in a world where there is no more Pratchett to read
Mira Grant - Into the Drowning Deep
Omar Musa - Here come the Dogs
Cixin Liu - The Three Body Problem - friends lent me the whole trilogy several months ago and I still haven't started

[fred_mouse]

That is an interesting mix of planned reading -- something for any mood?

[ironed_orchid]

The order I read in will be determined by mood. These are the ones I've been thinking about for one reason or another.

Library!

[readera]

Due to a recent car acquisition, i am now able to go to the local library! I haven't been yet but i am super excited. I don't have anything specific in mind but I haven't been in a few years.

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[brithistorian]

This is so exciting! I love my library!

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[ironed_orchid]

YAY! I hope you have fun exploring the library and bringing home a good selection of books.

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[fred_mouse]

That is exciting news! May they have many many tempting volumes.

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[lapinlunaire]

This is exciting! My local library hovers between non-existent and hard to access :(

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[readera]

:(

[brithistorian]

I don't have much time to read right now because it's end of the semester so everything's coming due.
When I do get reading time I've been mainly reading fanfics over at asianfanfics.com. In professionally published work, I'm reading A River in Darkness (memoir about life in North Korea), season 3 of Tremontaine, and Lilih's Bt/i> by Octavia Butler.

[ironed_orchid]

Good luck with studies!

I decided to give up on any attempt at reading this season of Tremonataine weekly, and am planning to binge read when it is complete.

[brithistorian]

Thanks for the good wishes. I've got a 5-page paper to write and six 1-page papers to revise by Tuesday, so I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm about 3 weeks behind on Tremontaine - I can't keep up this year, but I don't have the patience of wait and do a binge read at the end. :)

[fred_mouse]

Many new books have arrived in the mail -- I intend to progress at least one of these, and something already started!

What I have been reading is a somewhat random selection of ebooks that I have been acquiring from Bookbub/Instafreebie/the like (as well as some I've purchased) over the course of the year. Recommended are Sheila Finch's "Reading the Bones"; Sami Shah's "Fire Boy" (sequel "Earth Boy" is on the aforementioned pile of new books); Tansy Rayner Roberts "Fake Geek Girl" and "Please Look After This Angel".

[ironed_orchid]

Glad to hear you liked Fire Boy. That's on the list of books I mean to read but haven't actually acquired yet.

[fred_mouse]

My main complaint about Fire Boy is the ending is a bit like running in to a brick wall. Given that the sequel is out (and I have a copy, because I tripped over it in an unplanned bookshop trip on Monday) I'm hoping that it will follow seamlessly on, and explain the way the previous one stopped.

[kitcatwoman]

over the past few months, I've mainly focused on getting caught up with the following series:

• the In Death series by J.D. Robb
• the Cara Gillian series by Diana Rowland
• October Day by Seanan McGuire
• Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews

I'm currently reading Caliban's War, the second book in the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey.

[ironed_orchid]

It's so satisfying reading (and catching up on) series books.

[lapinlunaire]

I'm really excited about this post!

The last books I finished were The Bees by Laline Paull and Ice by Anna Kavan. Right now I'm reading American Wolf. Not sure what's next, there are so many books that I want to read.

[ironed_orchid]

The world is full of books!