What books are you reading right now?

It was time for my Annual Harry Potter Reread, and I'm about halfway through Order of the Phoenix. Also dipping in and out of 2010's The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. 2010 must not have been a great year, to be honest.

 

A lot depends on the editor(s), what they choose might not actually be "the best."

 

well hello sexy book nerd. good to see you here.

 

Very true. I've enjoyed other years, so maybe I'm just not jiving with this particular editor.

 

I'm switching between two books.

My Life As An Explorer by Sven Hedin (1925). I like his no nonsense writing style. I am going to research his support of Germany during WWI & WWII, but will try not let it detract from his accomplishments presented in this book. My one gripe so far is Hedin seems to be overly awed by pomp and ceremony, at least as a young man.

Caroline Alexander, The Bounty. An in-depth look at the mutiny and the people involved. I just wish that I had found this book close to when I finished the The Bounty Triology by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.

 

Snow White Must Die. By Nele Neuhaus a murder mystery set in the greater Frankfurt area. I'm loving it.

Snow White Must Die: Nele Neuhaus, Steven T. Murray: Books - Amazon.ca

 

I read that a few years ago.
Let me know what you thought of the ending.
Mixed feelings myself.

 

Extinction Horizon by Nicholas Stansbury Smith. It's gripping. Helluva good read.

 

Will do.

I'm trying to figure out her series on that detective. I.e. which order to read.

 

Michael Bennett series from James Patterson. I'm on "Alert." Book 8, I think. Really cool... He inserted Ted Kazinski. I just finished Lisa Gardner's 'The Neighbor.' Reminiscent of Gillian Flynn.

 

Love Fefhard and the Gray Mouser.
They were the best fantasy going at the time with the sly, snappy dialogue and great imagery.
Still hard to beat.

 

"Live to Tell" by Lisa Gardner. As and audiobook, it's hugely powerful. Mental illness in children and murder mystery. Great fiction.

 

The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, volumes I & II.

I don't recall reading any Maugham, but chances are very good I have but didn't note the author's name. I picked the set up because it was cheap (58 cents, VG condition complete with the sleeve), I've seen a fair number of his books, and his name is frequently mentioned as an author worth reading.

 

One hundred years of solitude and some others.

 

The Race for Paris.

WW II novel, based in part on real female reporters , the story of two female war correspondents who defy conventions and military authorities to be among the first to record the liberation of Paris.

 

Also a fritz lieber fan. Even have a collection of his Sci fi short stories.
Finished The Martian, the one that's bring made into a movie starring Matt Damon. I enjoyed it.

 

Finished this over the weekend. As for the ending, I too have mixed feelings. Made me feel like the story was stopped before it could have been. But other than that the book was a real mess of characters, intertwined plot advances and surprises. It did keep me reading just to see how things sorted out.

Now that is finished I am reading Justin Cronin's "The Twelve", Lee Child's next Jack Reacher "A wanted Man" & Stephen King's "Full Dark, No Stars" depending which e-device I have handy at the moment.