I've been reading far more since the pandemic, I started with mysteries and fantasy stories with a mystery component, and I go back to them whenever I have trouble concentrating on anything else. However, my current problem is that about 5 new books were just released and I want to read them all right now!
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sj - Oct 07, 2020 6:44:15 am PDT #26156 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
-t - Oct 07, 2020 7:13:22 am PDT #26157 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I decided to re-read the Toby Daye series and that was, I have to say, pretty rewarding. Just finished and am trying to decide if I am ready to start any of the new books that showed up on my kindle this week - big publishing day, I guess!
Toddson - Oct 07, 2020 8:19:38 am PDT #26158 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I went through a bunch of old Dick Francis books. Rereads and comforting.
-t - Oct 07, 2020 8:38:07 am PDT #26159 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I do like mysteries as comfort reading in general. That whole order out of chaos thing they have going on really does help.
-t - Oct 07, 2020 8:44:19 am PDT #26160 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
BTW, the new book this week I am most excited about is probably Megan Whalen Turner's Return of the Thief. I don't know what to expect from it, but I know it will be good!
Somehow have 5 other books also just showed up. Overwhelming.
bennett - Oct 07, 2020 8:50:54 am PDT #26161 of 28175
Has anyone re-read the Anita Blake series recently? Do they age well? I enjoyed them until she went off the rails and wondered whether it would be fun to re-read the first 5-10 books. I think I gave up about Obsidian Butterfly, so probably wouldn't want to go much beyond that.
Toddson - Oct 07, 2020 9:23:56 am PDT #26162 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I actually kept up with them, mostly; I found a number of the later ones to be duds. The earlier ones I don't think I re-read recently.
chrismg - Oct 07, 2020 12:57:36 pm PDT #26163 of 28175
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I've been veering between reading all the way through my library books(I usually get WAY too many to read in the 3 weeks I have them) and going back through old favorites(mostly Bujold and Zahn). The only new ones I've bought are Network Effect , which I went through pretty quick, and Gideon the Ninth which is next in the chute.
Laura - Oct 07, 2020 1:16:54 pm PDT #26164 of 28175
Our wings are not tired.
I've been reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell on recommendation of many. It is quite delightful, but long. I used to pick books by their length, or the number in a series because I like to live with characters a long time, but in the past couple years most books I have read are shorter. Change of pace.
-t - Oct 07, 2020 1:20:53 pm PDT #26165 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was kind of thinking about reading that again as I am sure I have forgotten an awful lot, but the length is daunting. I might watch the miniseries.