What book are you reading right now?

[Sweetums]

I've seen so many adaptions of Pride and Prejudice (BBC's 6-Part from 1990s is the best I believe) that I probably wouldn't bother now, plus it's a bit Oprah Book Club.

So far, Pride and Prejudice is being a great read, just for the language and the writing. I think it would be difficult to capture the subtle hilarity of the book in any other medium. Her depictions of both male and female characters are more accurate than mere truth could manage.

[Shiela_M]

A fantasy fiction series I've been reading for years.  Great characters and plot lines. Even named my car after my favorite character.... who just died....  i stopped reading it I cried for about an hour last night.

 

My favorite is the Mord-Sith from the Sword of Truth series

OMG.  Terry Goodkind.  Mordsith are bad ass bitches. This is one of my favorite series.  Have we had this discussion?
 
Zedd, Richard, Kahlan, Nikki.  Gawddd  I loved that series.

It is without a doubt my favorite fantasy fiction series, and The Wheel of Time is a close second.

He was supposed to do a short series based on Nikki and Nathan Rahl, but unfortunately he passed away last year.

[SmuDoodel]

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

Book by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

To date I have almost finished reading the title 🧐

A question. Does listening to audio books count as reading?

[msslave]

Yes. Audiobooks are books. Most of my "reading" is done with my ears.

I'm able to listen to favorite authors as I do chores around the house, ride herd on the cats when they're outside and during my workout at the gym.

No matter how the words get to your brain, it's reading.

[SmuDoodel]

Yes. Audiobooks are books. Most of my "reading" is done with my ears.

I'm able to listen to favorite authors as I do chores around the house, ride herd on the cats when they're outside and during my workout at the gym.

No matter how the words get to your brain, it's reading.

Thanks.I think so to. For millions of years information was shared through our ears, while writing has only been around tens of thousands, maybe. Then my list of what I'm reading now just got a whole lot longer.

[msslave]

I'm enjoying a recent book by Andy Weir, the author of "The Martian" which became a  hit movie. It's called "Project Hail Mary". The earth is impearled by strange particles that are causing the sun to cool and an extinction event is just several years away. Three astronauts are sent on a one way trip to Tau Ceti with hopes of finding an answer to saving earth. On arrival only one has survived the induced coma needed for the long flight.  He's earth's only hope and on waking he doesn't even remember his name. Uh-oh!

It's a very entertaining read (listen, I do audiobooks)

Weir was an IT guy but always wanted to be a writer. The success of "The Martian" has given him the money to pursue his dream of being an author instead of a computer nerd.  I'll be watching for more books from this guy.
 

[Jed_]

I read the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a boy and many times thereafter.  I found a collection of his John Carter of Mars works on my iPad from some book download I must have done and recently reread the first 3 books.

I came to a conclusion today.  I think I can credit at least some of my chivalry towards women coming from the romantic nature of Burroughs stories I read so thoroughly in my youth.

[Asmodel]

Last book I've read,
Master of the Game https://g.co/kgs/JumFsH

[Hilda]

I'm reading Police and Crime in India by Sir Edward C. Cox (London: Stanley Paul, 1911), probably as a reaction to binge-reading several dozen sugar-sweet romantic novels of the same period. I also have a pile of books waiting to be read, including three biographies: two of guitarists (Jorma Kaukonen & Richard Thompson) and one of a Pakistani aristocrat whom I knew at university, though at that time I had no idea of his background.

• Richard Thompson. Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice 1967-75. London: Faber & Faber, 2021.
• Jorma Kaukonen. Been So Long: My Life and Music. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2018.
• Terry Williams and Raza Mohammed Khan. The Vanishing Indian Upper Class: Life History of Raza Mohammed Khan. London: Anthem Press, 2020.

[Shiela_M]

Is that APA or MLA format? Been so long since school I can't remember 😁💋

[Hilda]

Is that APA or MLA format? Been so long since school I can't remember 😁💋

I formatted those references from memory, but they're based on Chicago, with the date at the end. I didn't follow the convention of swapping first/last name of author. I haven't used MLA in years and don't know what they're recommending these days. I drift from APA to Chicago and then back again.

[Asmodel]

Is that APA or MLA format? Been so long since school I can't remember 😁💋

I formatted those references from memory, but they're based on Chicago, with the date at the end. I didn't follow the convention of swapping first/last name of author. I haven't used MLA in years and don't know what they're recommending these days. I drift from APA to Chicago and then back again.

What are APA & MLA formats?

[Hilda]

What are APA & MLA formats?

Sorry! APA = American Psychological Association and MLA = Modern Language Association.

Both associations publish author guides, defining how citations and book references should be formatted in academic papers.

APA and Chicago (named after the Chicago Manual of Style) are the most popular, but there are dozens of other formats required by academic journals.

[Asmodel]

What are APA & MLA formats?

Sorry! APA = American Psychological Association and MLA = Modern Language Association.

Both associations publish author guides, defining how citations and book references should be formatted in academic papers.

APA and Chicago (named after the Chicago Manual of Style) are the most popular, but there are dozens of other formats required by academic journals.

Thank You for answering my question. Happy to give you your first woo.

[Hilda]

The book I'm reading at this moment is:

F. E. Penny. Magic in the Air. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933.

Fanny Emily Penny was a best-selling author who wrote Anglo-Indian novels set, for the most part, in Southern India, where her husband was stationed as a military chaplain.

She passed away in 1939, so Magic in the Air is one of her last books, and perhaps not as good as some of her earlier work. The "magic" of the title concerns a jungle shaman with hypnotic powers.

One of the things I like about Penny's work is her sympathetic approach to Indian folk religions and superstitions, unusual in the wife of a Church of England minister.

Next up on my reading list is Suknia i Fartuszek (The Skirt and the Apron), a collection of papers about women's freemasonry in Poland from the 18th century to the present day.

So much to read, so little time.

[Hilda]

Eric Berger. Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX. HarperCollins, 2021.

[Hilda]

==> B. M. Croker. Miss Balmaine’s Past. London: Chatto & Windus, 1898.

Forty pages in, and it looks set to be just another sugar-sweet romance featuring a naive heiress and a handsome (aren't they all?) lover.

I'll plough on to the end as I'm interested in B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker's work, and have enjoyed her Anglo-Indian stories.

Fun fact: Croker's literary success was assured when reporters spotted Prime Minister Gladstone reading her first novel during a sitting of Parliament. How's that for publicity?

[Asmodel]

John Grisham’s
The Rooster Bar.
Truly a fascinating story!

[Alastor82]

I'm on the second book of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series. I just discovered Clare's books, and I love them.

[Hilda]

==> Flora Annie Steel. Mistress of Men. London: Heinemann, 1918.

A fictional biography of Nur Jahan (1577-1645), consort of Mughal emperor Jahangir. A intriguing book about a remarkable woman, written by the queen of Anglo-Indian literature.