EPBOT Readers discussion

Hi everyone!

Had a busy weekend, going to Cedar Point and melting in the heat. Still managed to get a bit finished.

The Death of Bunny Munro - Still a weird book. I still stand by the main character being completely repugnant, but for some reason I couldn't put the book down. I think I'll stick to Nick Cave's music, not writing, in the future.

Chimes at Midnight - October Daye book, I love the series in general and this one was good.

We Are Legion - We Are Bob - Friend recommended this to me, didn't know what to expect. I ended up loving it! It's a hard sci fi book, but the main character is a huge geek so it kept the tone light and readable, even when dealing with tougher subjects.

After I finished the last one up, I decided to get caught up on some of my comics so I could get them off the ipad.

Sherlock: A Study in Pink & Sherlock: The Blind Banker - I liked these ok, but they were basically line by line rehashing of the tv show. Interesting to see the characters in a manga style, but otherwise kind of redundant. No new insights or plot twists.

Rose, Vol. 1 - I've been reading this by the issues for a while, finished the arc last night.

Edge of Venomverse - read this this morning, interesting to see different characters as symbiots.

Currently reading: I'll probably kick out a few more comics just to free up more room, then move on to Dark Matter which just came up for digital checkout.

How's everyone's reading going? Anything good?

-Sheri

Hello All,

I did not have a lot of time for reading this week--mostly about 20 minutes before work and a few hours on the weekend. I'm still working on The Children's Book as my book suggested by an author you love. I'm almost 1/2 way through, and I can honestly say that I truly love this book, even if it is overly heavy on the narrative sometime. I really don't need a book to be highly plot-driven to enjoy it, but this book just seems to "drift" from vingette to vingette over a fairly long stretch of years. Now, that said, her character insight is stunning, and this is the first time I've ever read a book from the class-perspective of this particular set of English society at the turn of the 20th century, and I'm really, really enjoying it. But, a bit more plot, maybe? At any rate, I wasn't surprised to find out this book was a Booker Prize winner.

At the rate I'm going, I suspect I will finish this up by next week, then it's on the to the next book. I'm not sure what that will be. I was almost at the top of the wait list for Norse Mythology, but it was my birthday this week and my library card expired on that day because I didn't get a chance to go in and renew it beforehand, so I lost all my holds. Grr! Now I'm back at the bottom of the list. Oscar Wilde is a peripheral character in The Children's Book, so I may just move on to The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is my book that takes place over a character's lifetime. We'll see.

What is everyone else reading?

I am still reading NdGT. Small chapters that I usually get to at night but with a topic like astrophysics I usually fall asleep before too long. We saw him live last week and it was awesome. He is such a charismatic speaker and so passionate. I'm also catching up on reducing the pile of (print) magazines I have outstanding.

Susan, that's awesome you got to go see him!

Susan, I was in Urban Outfitters (of all places) the other day and they were selling copies of the NdGT book. I thought of you!

I've been traveling. Still reading him on my trip. But that is awesome to see an astrophysics book at Urban Outfitters. Who would have thought!