It’s been a while since I asked this one but I thought I’d get a pulse on the current reading public.
What are you reading at the moment?
I’m reading the fantastic Hollow City by my friend Ransom Riggs. Like many other people I was so impressed by the conceit of the found photographs that give so much peculiar life to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, yet what really brings these novels to life is Ransom’s incredibly deft writing, which is on brilliant display in Hollow City.
Highly recommend.
What about you?
Art: Portrait of a Bibliophile by Anonymous
Lisa Shafer says
I'm just about to begin Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin.
Philip Steiner says
Just finished a brisk march through "Julian Comstock" (Robert Charles Wilson) 'cause I'm a Peak Oil Nut. Now I can finish "Perdido Station (China Meiville) which languished half-read on my iPad while I read Comstock. Also reading "Life After Growth" (Tim Morgan) non-fic so I don't know if that counts! Too many books, not enough hours.
thewriteedge says
I just finished two books: _Wake_ by Anna Hope and _On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft_ by Stephen King. To give my brain a little break I'm reading a "fluff" book (_The First Affair by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus) before jumping into my next "serious" books (_How Fiction Works_ by James Woods and _The Mark of the Dragonfly_ by Jaleigh Johnson.)
Joseph Ramirez says
I've been studying a book on handwriting analysis, researching WWII era Poland for a play I'm rewriting, and reading a ZITS anthology in my spare time. 🙂
Aseret says
I'm reading Jil Plummers, Amber Dust. I was hooked from the haunting first line – "Memory freezes the dead in immortal perfection while the living remain to be faulted." This story takes the reader to a place rich with intriguing characters and layered with suspense where the characters are not who they seem to be at first glance.
DianeW says
Recently finished "Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Alice Nutter" by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman (audio book). Currently reading "God Speaks Your Love Languages" by Gary Chapman. And currently listening to "Vision in White" by Nora Roberts.
Annabelle Baxter says
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. Fabulous. An incredible debut.
Anonymous says
Just finished WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDES OURSELVES by Karen Joy Fowler and am now reading A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini.
Jordan Denzell says
Hurricane Dan by Bret Wellman, the zombie carnage is sooo good!
Sweet Venom says
I recently finished Hollow City by Ransom Riggs. Such a great book! I love the inclusion of photos, adds a whole new level of curiosity (Are all of the photos real!?).
Right now, for school, I am reading The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. Difficult read for sure!
Nora Lester Murad, Palestine says
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. She's such a brilliant writer.
Catherine says
I'm reading 'War and Peace' by Tolstoy and 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. I'm always reading two books at once- a classic, and one just for fun.
scruffy says
WAIT! Yes it does!
Scott Marlowe says
Watership Down by Richard Adams. One of those classic stories I just never got around to reading until now.
steventhowell says
Ask the Dust by John Fante
Stephen Kozeniewski says
RAISING CHAOS by Elziabeth Corrigan
Tammy says
Recently finished Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. I highly recommend it. I'm now reading The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav which is also an excellent read.
Crowhill says
I'm reading 50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre. It's an interesting overview / refresher on the big ideas we live in and think about all the time — various "isms," big topics in religion, art and science, etc. It's not genius, but it's good.
CourtLoveLeigh says
Reading Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand and listening to Song Yet Sung by James McBride.
Dawn Malone says
I just finished A Dog's Purpose by Bruce Cameron, and am now into Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson. Hollow City is also on my list, as I LOVED Miss Peregrine's. Those photographs are eerily beautiful!
Bryan Russell says
The Sunlight Dialogues, by John Gardner.
Matthew Eaton says
Fiction? Nothing at all. I find I work too hard to read fiction these days with how my mind really picks it apart.
Non-Fiction? I just finished "The Right Brained Business Plan" and still in the midst of reading "Story Line." Great stuff!
Gretchen says
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. Also looking forward to Hollow City. Just waiting for one of my students to finish it so he can lend it to me!
Cathy says
The Wine-Dark Sea, a collection of short stories by Robert Aickman. Classic horror along the lines of Alfred Hitchcock, or maybe a muted Twilight Zone, about traveling to foreign lands and not following the very prudent advice of the natives.
Arlene L. says
Some of the books listed above sound interesting. My To Read list is about to GROW! I've been meaning to read "Conquistadora" by Esmeralda Santiago and finally picked it up this week. Loving it!
Debbie says
Finally reading "The Book Thief."
Brian says
The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly. Not a summer read but I do recommend it.
Christopher Lee Deards says
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.
If I spelled the last name right it's a miracle.
Just finished reading Rise of the Machines by Kristen Lamb. Also quite good if you're into how to manage social media.
S.K. Rizzolo says
I am reading a historical mystery set in England and France in the 1930s: Jacqueline Winspear's Pardonable Lies. The protagonist Maisie Dobbs explores old secrets and torments in the aftermath of World War I. Wonderful characters!
KJ Bateman says
"The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island" As I am learning, slavery was quite common in the North in the early years of the colonies and the United States.
This house has been in the same family since the 1600s and they have artifact and written records squirreled all over the manor.
Jason Bougger says
Currently reading the formerly final book of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Just like books 4,5, and 6, I'm just "eh" about it. Can't wait until I'm finished with it.
Elizabeth Brown says
STONER by John Williams (just finished) and highly recommend. Beautiful writing.
Chuck Mallory says
A new middle reader writer's novel, BIRD by Crystal Chan. Moving, beautiful. She reminds me of the old days of Katherine Patterson and Patricia MacLachlan