What is everyone reading at the moment?

Currently reading The Wright Brothers and Act of War by Brad Thor

I've just finished reading the last two novels in the 'Dresden Files' by Jim Butcher - 'Cold Days' and 'Skin Game'.

I quite like the series - it has engaging characters, is smart, and the character development over the series is interesting. There's also humour and some sly pop-culture references. 

All-in-all, it's a fun series, and Butcher is a good author (I like some of his other series too). 

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Totally agree!  Love his work, and I just got done rereading everything up to Turn Coat again last night lol  It's a break from the Lovecraft stuff

Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson
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This is the book of the month for August, and I initially didn't think I'd like it, but I am really loving it.  Very interesting read.  Very well written.  The author does just enough educating as he advances the story to keep the reader involved and not lost.  I look forward to our discussion on the book later this month.

" As Time Goes By" by Michael Walsh. A nice novel that picks up where the movie " Casablanca "  ends.  All the same characters from the movie are used in this ingenious book.

"We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Mandy bought it for me for my birthday. Was a Russain precursor to Orwell's "1984."

I read this novel several years ago but it is one of those (at least for me) that is hard to forget.  Here is the summary on Amazon:





The book itself is not particularly long, only about 265 pages.  However, Ms. Butler packs a punch in those pages.  There are no "jump out of your skin" moments in this science fiction classic, no spaceships, no people on other planets, etc. but the time travel device works perfectly here.  Has anyone else read it?  If so, what were your thoughts about Kindred?

Relic, by Preston and Child.

The book itself is not particularly long, only about 265 pages.  However, Ms. Butler packs a punch in those pages.  There are no "jump out of your skin" moments in this science fiction classic, no spaceships, no people on other planets, etc. but the time travel device works perfectly here.  Has anyone else read it?  If so, what were your thoughts about Kindred?

I have read Kindred. I really liked it. I thought it was a very smart way to consider some very complicated historical ideas, and compare them to some pop culture perceptions of them.

I've also read Dawn, which is more solidly, obviously science fiction. It's also very good, and like Kindred it's more about the relationships of the characters than the sci-fi concept at work. The Xenogenesis trilogy (Dawn is #1) is about a group of humans that are saved from the downfall of humanity (and most other life on earth) by a group of aliens.

The book itself is not particularly long, only about 265 pages.  However, Ms. Butler packs a punch in those pages.  There are no "jump out of your skin" moments in this science fiction classic, no spaceships, no people on other planets, etc. but the time travel device works perfectly here.  Has anyone else read it?  If so, what were your thoughts about Kindred?

I have read Kindred. I really liked it. I thought it was a very smart way to consider some very complicated historical ideas, and compare them to some pop culture perceptions of them.

I've also read Dawn, which is more solidly, obviously science fiction. It's also very good, and like Kindred it's more about the relationships of the characters than the sci-fi concept at work. The Xenogenesis trilogy (Dawn is #1) is about a group of humans that are saved from the downfall of humanity (and most other life on earth) by a group of aliens.

That sounds pretty interesting.  I shall have to put it on my (very very long) list. Thanks.