What are you reading?

I’m reading way too many books at once.
Hard Times
The Blue Castle
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Homecoming

 

I love this one! Love Schwab in general tbh. My literary crush is Lila from the darker shades of magic series.

 

White, history of a color - Michel Pastoureau

 

Thank you. I read it about 10 years ago, this is my second read through. If you liked I am the Messenger, this is different but a lot better inho

 

"The One Who Eats Monsters" ~ Casey Matthews.

 

I’m about to start Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. I don’t actually want to read it but my mother has been hounding me about reading it and I could read it in a day.

 

I don’t blame you for not wanting to lol. I’ve heard some people loved it and hyped it up but that a lot of people found it very cheesy.

 

"Blood Debts" by Terry J. Benton-Walker. A brother and sister (16 years old) trying to figure out family secrets from 30 years ago, doing magic, rivalry with others over leadership within magical groups. The brother likes guys. African American author and main characters, set in Louisiana.
I'm about half way through and it is holding my interest.

 

Crescent City. I'm not loving it so far. Struggling to find a tempo.

 

Young Mungo - Douglas Stewart

 

Lost in Time (Kindle)

 

Normal People - Sally Rooney

 

I've been on a historical novel binge - currently reading Bernard Cornwell's "Lost Kingdom" series. Before those I read Graham Brack's Master Mercurius series - highly recommend it to history/mystery buffs!

 

I just read this which was really good I might make a post about it

https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-did-the-fck-your-feelings-maga-crowd-get-so-triggered?ref=scroll

 

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. I tend to read all sorts. I'm really tempted to buy Tom Holland's new history book Pax (as I loved his first book about Rome, Rubicon), though it is currently £25!

 

Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden

 

Conversations with Friends - Sally Rooney

Wonder if this will be a leaving me feeling as screwed up as the last book I read by her LOL

 

For anyone looking for a new standalone fantasy epic to read, would highly recommend The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. A very unique and poetic storytelling style that takes some getting used to, and it's not an easy or quick read, but it really does a lot of innovative things with storytelling and it all comes together beautifully. Also has a great love story between the two male main characters.

The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das is so poetic and lovely. It's a novella, and a fairly quick read, but absolutely beautiful. I love stumbling onto little-known pieces like this that are like beautifully crafted works of art. It's got a lot of subtle commentary on being of ambiguous ethnicity and gender in an environment where everyone wants to label you, but it's also a sweet coming-of-age story and an urban fantasy with fantastic glimpses of other worlds. And the writing is so beautiful.

 

Is the Lost Kingdom series any good? I read about half the first book when I was staying in an airbnb once, years ago. It was decent and I always meant to get a copy and finish it but never did. I watched the first series on TV but couldn’t get on with the lead actor they chose, he was meant to be a huge blonde guy not a cute little brunette!

 

I've only read the first two (sadly haven't had the time to get to the local library for the third), but so far I can safely say that if you are into the medieval/historical fiction genre in general, it's a well-written and worthy read. The writing and the detail made it eerily true to its time for me.
[QUOTE=" I watched the first series on TV but couldn’t get on with the lead actor they chose, he was meant to be a huge blonde guy not a cute little brunette![/QUOTE]
I never watched the series, but through a quick look on google I can definitely agree on that with you.

Another grounded (,as a grounded a fantasy series can be) fantasy series I can definitely recommend are the Skulduggery Pleasant books by Derek Landy. The supporting character's perfectly delivered flatline quips, and the author's great writing tone make them a worthwhile 500-700 pages.