I really liked the City of Stairs and its sequels. For some reason it felt very post-WWII for me. Lots of espionage and geopolitical upheaval in the aftermath of war.

I read The Crying of Lot 49 for my freshman rhetoric class and loooooved it. It was the first book that was that kind of weird that I had come across, and for a class, blew my mind. Reading Pynchon tends to make me paranoid, though. I've had Against the Day in my TBR for almost a decade but it's still daunting and there are so many other books...

For example: New KJ Charles is out and thanks to the magic of pre-ordering is already on my phone, but can I ignore work and spend all day reading it as would clearly be best for everyone? No, I cannot.

I am only partway into The Change but I am really liking it so far. Thanks for mentioning it, Amy and Dana!

I liked The Raven Scholar a whole lot and am very glad that it's the first in a series because I want to learn everything about this world

I liked The Raven Scholar a whole lot and am very glad that it's the first in a series because I want to learn everything about this world

I just won an auction to be part of a virtual kaffeeklatsch session with Lois McMaster Bujold!

Susan, so cool!!!

Awesome, Susan!

Very cool! Enjoy.

Neat!

I seem to be in an audio book phase even though I have a stack of library books, with two strated. Sometimes, it just plays out that way.

I finished listening to a freebie from Audible called Dragon Day, which is told à la World War Z -- it was a dramatization, but since it was really just a series of interviews, it actually worked well. Very enjoyable.

Then they suggested a book from the Arkham horror series (which I hadn't heard of), and I am a huge sucker, so... did some research and the one they suggested seemed good and was on sale, so... now I'm listening to that.

Anyone read any of those? Thoughts?

Also -- Susan, when and where is your thing happening?

As always, I am reading/listening to multiple books at once.

Audio was selected from my recommendations on Hoopla, Fahrenheit 451, which I saw on their list of audiobooks for me, and I realized I had never read it. Excellent narration.

For the trip up north, my sister and I will listen to the book choice for our NY book club, All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker.

Our last read for the NY group was Small Things Like These. It was a short read, which resulted in a lot of discussion, much of which was a result of several of us going to Catholic school and our experiences with nuns.

My Kindle read, which means what I read in bed, is a time travel, All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai. A good choice for my pre-sleep read, as it is interesting without requiring a lot of braining.

My FL book club just finished The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong; the audio was very well done. It made for a good discussion—incredibly poetic prose, particularly at the beginning and again at the end. The writing helped what was otherwise very depressing realities of life.

In between scheduled book club reads, I am in the middle of the Jane Hawk series from Dean Koontz. Kinda depraved, but I like his ability to bring on the suspense. I'm not enjoying it nearly as much as his Frankenstein series, which I loved.

As a chore, I am trying to finish a snooze fest book written by a neighbor. He was in the family mortuary business, and his books are in that setting.

Lastly, when I am on the beach and reading a physical book, I read "You Never Forget Your First," which is a very amusing biography of George Washington. My sister gave it to me for my birthday because I share my day with George.

So, a few are in progress, which just makes my 'want to read' list get longer by the day!