What are you reading?

Burn Bright by Bethany Frenette, sequel to Dark Star ​which I just finished rereading.

Just started reading Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell. The 600th anniversary of the famous battle is in a couple of months. So far, it's a vivid, gritty tale, and seems fairly accurate. (Though he keeps referring to men wearing leather jerkins -- in 1414.)

Finishing up Winesburg, Ohio and recently started Pillars of the Earth.

I just finished the David Foster Wallace biography Every Love Story is a Ghost Story. I like to read two books at the same time to keep my brain fresh, so I am thinking of reading The Corrections as I haven't read it yet and Franzen is a recurring character in the DFW biography.

Just starting into Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, which I stumbled upon in a fun and quirky bookstore in Michigan. (When I really didn't need to buy another book.)

Hidden, by Catherine McKenzie. It's very good so far.

Finishing up Tana French's The Secret Place. I'm always impressed by how thoroughly she humanizes her characters.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. Pretty good!

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. I am nearing the end, and I literally bow in front of him; he is a genius!

Carnivores J.R. Levitt. One of the best I've read in a long time. Great voice, storytelling, characterizations, etc.

I just finished Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul. I'm surprised this books hasn't captured more attention. It's pretty good. It's the only book (except for any piece of literature) that has captivated me and given me a sudden urge to read the rest of the series. It's doesn't contain a lot of action. But it's amazing nonetheless.

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. It came highly recommended but I'm having trouble getting into it.

Chris P said:

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. It came highly recommended but I'm having trouble getting into it.

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Give it time. Well worth the read.

Skyfaring, by Mark Vanhoenacker, beautifully written by a 747 pilot who loves his work, where it takes him, but, more than that, his unique view of the sky.

From the Corner of His Eye, by Dean Koontz. His writing is . . . luscious.

Steamboat Gothic by Frances Parkinson Keyes.

Another brilliant book from this author, this one is based in Louisiana, beginning in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War.

Reading a long time gone by Karen White. Next up, Jack Whyte's The Guardian.

Just started The Human Division by John Scalzi. Absolutely love the Old Man's War series.

Now: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Before: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Before that: Little Children by Tom Perrotta
And before that: Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
And right before that: Duma Key by Stephen King

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño. Really addictive!

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

The Thief of Always by Clive Barker.

3:10 am by Nick Pirog

The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman