What Fiction are you reading this week, May 14, 2023?

[hermetic]

Looks like a nice place to spend a Happy Mother's Day

I'm reading Holy Cow by David Duchovny. What a fun book. "A rollicking, globe-trotting adventure with a twist: a four-legged heroine you won't soon forget." Elsie is a cow who is quite smart and has a great sense of humor. It's illustrated with drawings that might make you giggle a bit. It's also a protest book but since I'm a vegetarian I'm already on board with the message. Book came out in 2015 but I think I might be the first person to ever check out this copy. It's in pristine condition; spine hasn't even been cracked. If I still had kids I would definitely buy this book for them.

Listening to A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson. A dramatic story of the 20th Century through the eyes of a would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather-as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. This has some pretty funny moments, as one would expect from any family story.

What will you spend your time reading this week?

[yellowdogintexas]

1. I finished Moscow Sky by Ernest Dempsey

Another great adventure with Dak Harper and friends.

Looking forward to the next one.

Currently reading The English Girl by Daniel Silva. This is the Gabriel Allon book #13 that I should have read before I read The Heist. Regardless, I am enjoying it; Silva is always a great read.

When a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister’s career is threatened with destruction. Gabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems...and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth.

[hermetic]

4. Silva has

28 books and lots of awards. Sounds like some interesting stories.

[yellowdogintexas]

18. His books are intelligent and suck you in big time

The characters are smart and believable.

If you dive into them, try to read them in order as there are a number of characters who pop in and out of the series.

[hippywife]

2. Just finished one and started another last night.

Finished Anything is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout. It was just okay.

Started The Night Ship: A Novel, by Jess Kid. Not very far into it, so no real impressions so far.

[hermetic]

3. That sounds nice

With her trademark “thrilling, mysterious, twisted, but more than anything, beautifully written storytelling,” (Graham Norton) Jess Kidd weaves “a true work of magic” (V.E. Schwab) about friendship, sacrifice, brutality, and forgiveness.

[Bayard]

5. My fiction is depleted at the moment

I've read all of the last shipment, and awaiting the next with anticipation.

I am reading, "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee." "Native America from 1890 to the Present."

[hermetic]

6. At least you have something

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a best book of 2019 by The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, NPR, Hudson Booksellers, The New York Public Library, The Dallas Morning News, and Library Journal.

"Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another." - NPR

Sounds quite awesome.

[The King of Prussia]

7. "Snowblind" by Ragnar Jonasson

Icelandic noir. Really very good.
Earlier in the week I read "The Sign of Four" by Conan Doyle. OK for its time.
Previously "Little Sister" by Gytha Lodge. An OUTSTANDING thriller.

[hermetic]

8. Love Iclandic Noir

It's always so chilling....

And a new author to look for. My library has 4 of Lodge's books so I'll for sure be reading them soon. Thanks.

[Ohiya]

9. I re-read Atkinson's Life After Life and A God in Ruins earlier this year.

I'll probably re-read them again in a few years. I've read almost all of her books, but those two are my favorites.

[hermetic]

10. Her latest

sounds great. Shrines of Gaiety "The #1 national bestselling, award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to a restless London in the wake of the Great War--a city fizzing with money, glamour, and corruption--in this spellbinding tale of seduction and betrayal."

[sinkingfeeling]

11. "Into the Water" by Paula Hawkins.

[hermetic]

13. Sounds apropos for today

A single mother is found at the bottom of a river and a lonely fifteen-year-old girl is left behind. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister...

From the author of The Girl on the Train .

[mike_c]

12. I've just finished The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

I took a break from it for several days and just finished it a couple day's ago. It's science fiction, but not a space opera. It doesn't become clear that the story includes several common SF themes until the last few chapters. The story also incorporates a class struggle between a small, privileged group and a larger subservient class. I enjoyed it.

Now I'm looking for my next fiction. Hmm, I've got some unread Cormic McCarthy and Barbara Kingsolver on the shelf, I might go there next. We also have a branch library just a couple blocks away, and what better enticement to take a nice walk than shelves of unread books for the choosing at my destination? Gawd I love retirement!

[hermetic]

14. Lovely

Retirement is wonderful. So many books to dive into.

[japple]

15. Started a new book that had been recommended by a friend. Ann Howard Creel's

The Magic of Ordinary Days is a bit boring and I might just give up on it.

I have Jamie Ford's book, Love and Other Consolation Prizes downloaded as well and might just start on it tonight.

That bookcase bed is a true reader's delight. Bet my kitties would love it too. Happy Mother's Day to all the DU Mothers of people and other creatures.

[hermetic]

16. Thanks for the lovely thought

Ever read any Atkinson? She writes highly renowned epics about the the 20th century. Granted, they take place in England but the day-to-day events are so similar to here. I'm just reading about the 80s and how young people wanted to live in communes and I could really relate to the conversations and such. Just wanted to put that out there in case you ever run out of things to read.

[japple]

17. Thanks. Will check out Kate Atkinson. It sounds like

A God in Ruins might be right up my alley.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. Little Girl Lost

by Brian McGilloway. I've read his Benedict Devlin books and liked them a lot. This one is a new series from him, and so far, so good. The books all take place in Ireland, and the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.

I'm also reading The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron. The narrator is a game warden in Maine. Absolutely fascinating. I've never been to Maine, have essentially no idea what game wardens do. In this, the first of a series, the son of the title learns his father is accused of murder. His dad is a scumbag, but not a murderer. I expect to read the rest of the novels in the series.