Literary Exploration discussion

Besides Middlesex what do you plan to read this month?

For me it will be to finish By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan, Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson. Then maybe Bad Wolf by Nele Neuhaus and The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit

I have to finish And the Mountains Echoed still. Then yes, Middlesex, and some more:
- Neil Gaiman,
- Douglas Adams,
- and I'd like to fit in another John le Carre 'George Smiley' book.

And, some club reads,
- Ireland,
- Labor Day,
- Ancillary Justice,
- The Name of the Wind,
- The Scarlet Letter,
- A Passage to India,
... not sure what else.

Michael wrote: "...Alif the Unseen..."


That sounds good! Love to hear how you liked it, Michael :)

MK wrote: "Michael wrote: "...Alif the Unseen..."


That sounds good! Love to hear how you liked it, Michael :)"

I'm enjoying it so far, I good cyberpunk/urban fantasy blend

I am still reading Jane Eyre and The Complete Maus, both for the easy challenge. I'm also book-buddying for another group and we are going to read The Small Hand by Susan Hill. I loved The Woman in Black so hope this is a good one too!

I would really like to join in with Middlesex but just not sure I'll have time - oh the woes of being a super-slow reader :)

So far I'm reading The Name of the Wind.

Michael wrote: "I'm enjoying it so far, I good cyberpunk/urban fantasy blend"



Sounds like one I would enjoy

I like also reading in parallel more books
At the moment,these are:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The One Plus One byJojo Moyes and a re-read of
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Currently I'm reading Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby and I'm reading The Fellowship of the Ring by J R R Tolkien for the Insane Challenge.

For the challenge I also plan to read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
Plus I'll hopefully get to some books on my TBR list.

I am currently reading Paris, My Story adn Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened. Once these are done I will read Middlesex.

THE SISTERHOOD for Easy Challenge Historical Fiction

I'm currently working on The Luminaries, which does feel a tiny bit like wading through treacle. There IS an interesting and complicated story going on underneath it all, but it could have been told in fewer words. Patience and perseverance are required I think.

Once I'm finished I'm planning to tackle Middlesex (which only seems reasonable seeing as I did nominate it!) After that I'm not really sure, one of my groups is reading Winter's Tale which needs knocking off my pile at some point, but I'm not sure I can face another mammoth book in such a short space of time.

I'm planning to read Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Larrson, but that was before I joined this book club.

Still haven't started Middlesex yet, but I will. However, I just started The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon. Good so far, only just about 15% of the way in, though.

I'm currently reading Shotgun Lovesongs: A Novel. I don’t like it so far but I will give it one more night and hopefully something will convince me to continue.

I've just finished Falling which was a terrifying but amazing book about a plane crash and the lives of 4 people before and after this harrowing event.

And then I plan to read Until You're Mine: A Novel and Ruby: A Novel next.

The little prince
outer dark
I debating on to build a fire or the happy prince to read next?
what do people think of these books?

Reading Lives Of Tao right now. Pretty good fun.

Right now I am currently reading:
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Bend Sinister

If I finish those this month, I will probably read:
Death with Interruptions
or
Enon

I'm reading Ptolemy's Gate right now. After this, I plan to get started on The Maze Runner trilogy.

I read Mythago Wood, a very different fantasy, good, thoughtful, a matrix of the fantasy mind and myth. Reading now The Anubis Gates, SF time travel. Good story.

You folks choose some pretty interesting books. This is a dangerous thread to read :P

I am reading the Jeeves series, I am on the 4th book and the Andrew Vachss series. I still need to get to Middlesex, which has been on my shelf forever!

Reading Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant...about James Beard chef winner Tony Maws on how he runs Craigie on Main.

Next read is War and War.

outer dark
build afire

I am currently listening to Atonement and enjoying it - first audiobook I have listened to in years. I am also reading As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and really liking that too. Recently finished The Sound and the Fury and loved it so I thought I would read some more Faulkner.

LADY OF HAY, Barbara Erskine

MARY MAGDALENE, by Ellen Grunderson Traylor

THE BAFUT BEAGLES, by Gerald Durrell