Books: What have you been reading?

[Gaius]

Currently reading:

Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, Freedom at the End of the Civil War by Elizabeth Varon
Three Cornered War: The Union, The Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West by Kate Nelson
Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution by Eric Foner
The Coming of The Third Reich by Richard J. Evans

[The Darknight Detective]

New books: Dragon Keeper (2010), the first installment in the Rain Wilds trilogy by Robin Hobb.



... and on my Kindle, What's Bred in the Bone (1891) by Grant Allen.

[JackDaw]

New books: Dragon Keeper (2010), the first installment in the Rain Wilds trilogy by Robin Hobb.



... and on my Kindle, What's Bred in the Bone (1891) by Grant Allen.

Robin Hobb is one of my favourite authors.

A great many of her books are inter-linked…I have sometimes wonder if she has carried it too far, whether she should start a new fantasy series in a completely fresh setting.

[Chubistian]

The Shinning, by Stephen King

[Deathstroke]

I finished Evil For Evil, the fourth book in James R. Benn's Billy Boyle World War II mystery series, yesterday.

[Hiromi]

I'm listening to the Audible production of the Sandman, and honestly it's fantastic

[Deathstroke]

I finished the Eva Gates mystery Deadly Ever After.

[The Darknight Detective]

Robin Hobb is one of my favourite authors.

A great many of her books are inter-linked…I have sometimes wonder if she has carried it too far, whether she should start a new fantasy series in a completely fresh setting.

I lover her work, too. IMO, she's a cut and above the average writer in her field.

As for your concern, I haven't got to that point yet (this is my tenth novel from her), but I may feel the same way down the road. Hopefully not.

[The Darknight Detective]

New books I'm reading: My American Journey (1995) by Colin Powell with Joseph E. Persico...



... and on my Kindle, Winnetou, the Apache Knight (1898) by Karl May and Marion Ames Taggart.

[MajorHoy]

I finished the Eva Gates mystery Deadly Ever After.

My Mom's been following that series.
Looks like goodreads.com lists the next book in that series, Death By Beach Read, as due out June of 2022.

[nx01a]

I'm enjoying Jack Vance for the first time, and listening to how many speculative fiction greats were inspired by his work.

[JackDaw]

I lover her work, too. IMO, she's a cut and above the average writer in her field.

As for your concern, I haven't got to that point yet (this is my tenth novel from her), but I may feel the same way down the road. Hopefully not.

It’s not that the quality drops at any point…the last two books I read of hers were tremendous reads.

It’s just that I wonder if anybody reading just her latest series would be able to fully enjoy without reading four or five earlier series…and she might therefore finding herself writing for a smaller audience.

[JackDaw]

For the last couple of years I’ve found myself reading less and less, and watching more and more old films and tv series.

Decided to dip my toe in the world of books again and was looking for short punchy detective novels. Tried some of Vaseem Khan’s Baby Ganesh series….a series featuring an Indian detective set in Mumbai.

It’s got some whimsical elements (a baby elephant accompanies him on some adventures)…but for all that it conjures up a convincing picture of Mumbai, has very endearing characters and is fast paced fun.

I think it’s a really good series. And anyone liking it ought to try Tarquin Hall’s Vish Puri mysteries…which I think are even better.

[The Darknight Detective]

It’s not that the quality drops at any point…the last two books I read of hers were tremendous reads.

It’s just that I wonder if anybody reading just her latest series would be able to fully enjoy without reading four or five earlier series…and she might therefore finding herself writing for a smaller audience.

I follow you now. Well, I have come into a couple of other series late written by other authors, which prompted me to start them from the beginning. Yes, many won't do that, but I guess enough will do it. At any rate, with Robin Hobb, they should.

[Deathstroke]

My Mom's been following that series.
Looks like goodreads.com lists the next book in that series, Death By Beach Read, as due out June of 2022.

I'll be getting it when it comes out.

Meanwhile, I'm going to be having dinner with one of my favorite authors next week.