What are you currently reading?

KR Sound said:
All sci-fi this year. Just wrapped up The Three-Body Problem trilogy, and I recommend it if you’re into hard science fiction.

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There is a much shorter “fourth” book to the trilogy, written by a fan, but translated by the same translator, and with Cixin’s approval—the Redemption of Time, by Baoshu. I must’ve read it about a year ago, and cant say it left as strong an impression on me as the Cixin books.
 
Alan W said:
There is a much shorter “fourth” book to the trilogy, written by a fan, but translated by the same translator, and with Cixin’s approval—the Redemption of Time, by Baoshu. I must’ve read it about a year ago, and cant say it left as strong an impression on me as the Cixin books.
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Right on. I’ve seen that pop up before, but haven’t paid much attention to it.
 
My life is chaos from sunrise to sundown, and all of my daytime reading is school-related. (Literature, literary criticism, books related to professional development, etc...)

For leisure, I often put on an audiobook while I’m building pedals or doing chores- which means it needs to be centered around escapism. To that extent, I’ve been able to shoehorn “reading” consistently into my daily routine without sacrificing any other hobbies!

Over the summer I finally watched Ender’s Game for the first time and realized it was a book I had always meant to read but never got around to. I chewed through all 5 books in the main series, now I’m on the Shadow series. Some books in are better than others, but my addictive personality keeps driving me onward!

At this very moment, the books I am currently reading are:

• Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card
• The Prestige by Christopher Priest
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
 
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This is something I read about a year ago, but it occurs to me that this is a perfect community to share it with. A fictional look back at the English rock scene during the 60's, with cameos of many famous people in it. The type of book that could be just dreadful; but David Mitchell is a seriously good novelist. (The type that has been short-listed for the Booker Prize several times. If you're up for a real challenge, try Cloud Atlas.)

We meet each musician, find out how they hook up, and the perils of the small-band touring-life, as they slowly become more well known. Utopia Avenue is the band name. I think I read this right after reading Richard Thompson's memoir, Beeswing (also super recommended, especially if, like me, Thompson is way high up in your pantheon of Rock (or guitarists in general). What was interesting to me was that Mitchell's novel held up as well as it did to the real thing.



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Alan W said:
This is something I read about a year ago, but it occurs to me that this is a perfect community to share it with. A fictional look back at the English rock scene during the 60's, with cameos of many famous people in it. The type of book that could be just dreadful; but David Mitchell is a seriously good novelist. (The type that has been short-listed for the Booker Prize several times. If you're up for a real challenge, try Cloud Atlas.)

We meet each musician, find out how they hook up, and the perils of the small-band touring-life, as they slowly become more well known. Utopia Avenue is the band name. I think I read this right after reading Richard Thompson's memoir, Beeswing (also super recommended, especially if, like me, Thompson is way high up in your pantheon of Rock (or guitarists in general). What was interesting to me was that Mitchell's novel held up as well as it did to the real thing.



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Just reserved it from the library- thanks!
 
I'm reading Children of Memory, the third in the series, last of the trilogy. Adrian Tchaikovksy.

I recommend Children of Time to anyone who likes SF, really well written and highly imaginative stuff. The follow ups aren't quite as impressive but still pretty great.

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”The Nineties” by Chuck Klosterman. While I think “Killing Yourself To Live” is one of the finest, most accessible books written about music and being a fan (I have reread it several times), I have found his later works, including this book “The Nineties”, to be a bit pretentious and a drudge to get through. But I am constitutionally incapable of quitting a book before I finish it, so I am going to soldier through to get to my next book “Solid State” about the making of the Beatles’ Abbey Road album.
Mike
 
I‘m about halfway through this. If you’ve ever surfed, this is a must read. If you’ve never surfed (like me) it’s both an eye opening insight into the finer points of the sport and a great memoire about growing up during the baby boom era.

Finnegan is a New Yorker staff writer and wrote several well received books as a war correspondent. His family lived in Southern California and Hawaii when he was growing up, and then went on to traveling the world in search of waves. A truly good read.

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DAJE said:
I'm reading Children of Memory, the third in the series, last of the trilogy. Adrian Tchaikovksy.

I recommend Children of Time to anyone who likes SF, really well written and highly imaginative stuff. The follow ups aren't quite as impressive but still pretty great.

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I just finished the first of these last week. On a wait list on the next one from the library. Good stuff so far.
 
Dan M said:
Just finished “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells. I recommend it, I reserved the next one at my library. It’s about a robot that hacks its governor module so that it can be independent and ignore instructions.
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I just finished the first 3 of this series. I found them short easy reads since they are novellas. They are mildly entertaining, but also started to annoy me after a bit. The narrator/main character makes wise cracks to the reader, all the time, and it starts to get grating after a while (and I like wise cracks). It needs a governor to dampen its snark.

I hear it's now to be a TV show.
 
spi said:
I just finished the first 3 of this series. I found them short easy reads since they are novellas. They are mildly entertaining, but also started to annoy me after a bit. The narrator/main character makes wise cracks to the reader, all the time, and it starts to get grating after a while (and I like wise cracks). It needs a governor to dampen its snark.

I hear it's now to be a TV show.
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@Dan M

That’s awesome. I have the audiobooks on my phone to get to soon.

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GizzWizzKing said:
@KR Sound
I see you're using Hoopla. Have you tried the Libby app?

I swapped years ago so hoopla may be loads better now, but at the time the interface difference was night and day.
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Yes! I use them both. Sometimes random books are only available in one or the other.

Libby is like a real library where Hoopla has tons of unique and crazy stuff you won’t find elsewhere. Although there’s a per-library daily limit on checkouts, so I usually grab things just after midnight when I’m usually up.
 
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