What books are you reading right now?

Okay, finished Disco Demolition. Also finished Dead Bodies Bite by John Del Toro. Currently working on The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

 

Thanks! It sounds very intriguing.

For anyone who likes books about India, fiction and/or non-fiction, I highly recommend A Fine Balance a novel by Rohinton Mistry.

A Fine Balance - Wikipedia

On the flip side, avoid A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.

 

Forgot to mention, yes, I'm STILL working on the Odyssey. It's just like being back in high school but without all the teenagey angst.....

 

Recently finished the first two books in the Jessica Christ series. The first one was hilarious...the second one was kinda meh.


Also read Beaches for the first time (I've never seen the movie.) Not bad, a bit more schmoopy than my regular fare.


Dunno what's next. I was thinking I'd like to reread the Mistborn series again. Living Like a Runaway (Lita Ford, I love her) is also on the list.

 

I finished American Gods. I enjoyed it, but it's not my taste.

Now I'm considering The Corner by David Simon & Edward Burns.

 

The Corner by David Simon & Edward Burns.

The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood - Wikipedia

This was a great non-fiction read. It drew me in to the point I even did some research to see what became of some of the people. I do have a complaint: Simon and/or Burns stop the story at several points to insert rants about the ineffectiveness of the war on drugs, public education, the welfare system, etc., but offer very little in the way of solutions.

This was published in 1997, with most of the events occurring in 1993. A follow-up would be great. Since '93 gangs have became--IMO based on what news I've read and seen--more organized, better armed, and more territorial. Then add crystal meth to the mix.

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Slumdog Millionaire (originally published as Q&A) by Vikas Swarup.

This novel(la) is a very quick read. It's entertaining enough (this is not a heavy & deep read) without the movie tie-in, but is definitely worth reading if you enjoyed the movie. Many changes were made for the movie script; I'd like to know if a second or even third novel was used to write/create the script.

 

I can read for pleasure again in 30 days.

 

I've just about finished Home World by BV Larson. It's book 6 in his Undying Mercenaries series.
I haven’t read much in the past few months and BV Larson is an action packed easy read. I started rereading them a few weeks ago at book 5 because I haven't read book 7 yet so I'm refreshing my memory
Undying Mercenaries series by B.V. Larson

 

I've read like seven novels since I passed my test. Getting ready to start The Dark Tower with our Hot Tub Book Club. In the mean time have about 8 others from the library. I'm ravenous.

 

Blasphemy by Douglas Preston, about 50 pages in.

A top-secret supercollider experiment proves the big bang theory to be correct, and proves existence of gawd. BTW/FTR this isn't a spoiler, the DJ blurb, and the first 20 pages of the pages of the novel, make the plot pretty clear.

My big question: How is Preston going to cover the above in 414 pages?
The reviews on Goodreads were mixed.

 

IMO this book isn't science enough for nerds, isn't religious enough for bible thumpers, & isn't thrilling enough for a thriller. Like in many novels I've read, as I got closer to the end I knew that Preston was going to have to rush include some incidents that were Way Too Convenient and/or Unbelieveable, and/or leave some issues unresolved.

 

I'm about 50 pages into At The Water's Edge by Sara Gruen. I'm going to read this even though the plot sounds incredibly farfetched/seriously stupid, pretty much only because I very much liked Water For Elephants and Ape House.


At the Water's Edge

 

At The Water's Edge is extremely disappointing, it reads as though Sara Gruen decided to imitate F. Scott Fitzgerald in a very light romance novel complete with the oh so happy ending. The only credit I can give Gruen is she did remind readers of a time (the novel is set in late WWII) when women had very few financial rights.

 

The Ethical Slut.

 

A Most Immoral Woman by Linda Jaivin.