What Are You Reading

[Widebrim]

Quickly finished The Winter Queen, by Akunin. Very enjoyable read, with a totally unexpected ending. The plot and characters are a bit over the top, but the late-19th century, pro-Tsarist, reconstructed Russia setting kept me interested all the way through. There is a Russian TV version of the novel (out there somewhere) which I would like to see; guess I'll have to wait until the U.S. version is released next year. Now I'm into the second of the Fandorin series, Murder on the Leviathan.

Also (re-)reading Pagan Christianity by New Covenant Christianity advocate Frank Viola, as preparation for Sunday School lessons that we're going through. Viola uses historical sources to document the origins of certain traditions which Protestant churches employ (the sermon, the elevation of "clergy," "praise and worship" leaders, Lord's Supper not being a meal, etc.), and how said traditions conflict with the New Testament and early Christian worship. Compliments his related work, Reimagining Church.

 

[DNO]

Larry McMurtry's Sin Killer and Norman Cantor's In the Wake of the Plague

 

[cui-bono]

I'm working on some Samuel Beckett right now. I picked up Damned to Fame, a really great (but massive!) biography by James Knowlson. I'm pushing through that and Beckett's trilogy as well as Worstward, Ho.

 

[Flicka]

I've almost finished The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk and it's inspired me to reread Kim by Kipling.

 

[Chasseur]

I've almost finished The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk and it's inspired me to reread Kim by Kipling.

Hopkirk's The Great Game is a wonderful read.

 

[LordBest]

The complete chronicles of Conan by Robert E Howard. One of the Golden Eras more overlooked literary figured, with Tolkien one of the fathers of the modern fantasy genre.

 

[Touchofevil]

The complete chronicles of Conan by Robert E Howard. One of the Golden Eras more overlooked literary figured, with Tolkien one of the fathers of the modern fantasy genre.

Great choice. The first comic book I ever saw and purchased was The Savage Sword of Conan. A few years later, I stumbled upon Robert E. Howard's Pigeons From Hell and thereupon became hooked. In recent years, with the rereleasing of Howard's works, I have purchased and revisited Conan, Bran Mak Morn, Kull, and many others.

 

[cw3pa]

Just finished "Five Years to Freedom" by James (Nick) Rowe.

 

[LordBest]

Great choice. The first comic book I ever saw and purchased was The Savage Sword of Conan. A few years later, I stumbled upon Robert E. Howard's Pigeons From Hell and thereupon became hooked. In recent years, with the rereleasing of Howard's works, I have purchased and revisited Conan, Bran Mak Morn, Kull, and many others.

I've read a few before myself, so jumped at the chance to get a complete collection that was published a few years ago. Going to move onto some of REHs pulp contemporaries when I'm done, Lovecraft in particular.

Also reading (or looking at the pictures) American Art Deco by Carla Breeze.

 

[skyvue]

Thanks for the recommendation! Will put this on my huge to-be-read list.

Sure thing! Let me know what you think of it when you get around to reading it.

 

[Feraud]

Just finishing up HMS Surprise, the third book In Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series.

 

[Widebrim]

Quickly finished Murder on the Leviathan, which was interesting, but not as much as Akunin's first Fandorin novel. Now reading what is actually the second of the series, The Turkish Gambit, which takes place in the Balkans during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, and promises to be as compelling as the first entry. In addition, just started the second installment in the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy, Duty and Desire.

 

[Dixie_Amazon]

Just finished Doc Holliday by Matt Braun.
Braun uses a very repetitive formula that is tiring.

 

[DNO]

Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield

 

[Touchofevil]

Recently finished, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

 

[Touchofevil]

Starting in a few, Meet Me at the Morgue (1953) by the underappreciated Ross MacDonald. Not a Lew Archer story, but I expect that as per usual, it will be a great read.

 

[Mario]

John Steinbeck, The Grapes Of Wrath

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco

 

[Carl Miller]

I picked up a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird. I haven't read this book since high school and am looking forward to it.

 

[AmateisGal]

I picked up a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird. I haven't read this book since high school and am looking forward to it.

I think it's one of those books that you can pick up something from it every time you read it. Enjoy!