What book are you reading?

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

I just finished reading Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast, the cartoonist/artist and it's wonderful. I did a blog post about it. http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2015/08/read-me-now.html

Now I'm reading this and - wow. Amazing.

I've thought about reading Chast's book. I'll have to read your post about it. During the past year, dealing with my aging mother has become much more stressful.

I'm not sure I could read a book about Katrina. Several years ago I was a caseworker for people who had relocated to my area because of Katrina. Some of the most heartbreaking stories I've ever heard.

The Chast book is dark. And I cried. But it's really funny too. This Katrina book is mostly about the politics of what happens afterwards - it's such a clusterfuck and so frustrating. But very very interesting. Makes you hate politics (even more).

(Did I hear something about a new puppy...)

Not a book, per se, but last week I went to Worldcon for the first time and had a blast!

For those who don't know, Worldcon, or the World Science Fiction Convention, is held yearly and moves around the world. Last year it was in London, this year it was in Spokane (lucky me). Went to a lot of readings and usually heard excerpts from things as yet unpublished. Met a lot of authors, some of them my favourites; had a morning stroll with Connie Willis and briefer chats with Robert Sawyer, Brandon Sanderson, Jo Walton, and Scott Lynch, and a quick hello with a very grumpy Robert Silverberg who apparently doesn't like e-books. I also attended a ton of interesting panel discussions and a plenary talk by the Vatican's chief astronomer (yes, they have an astronomer and he is an actual PhD). And finally, saw an absolute wack of costumes, some fun and some just weird.

If anyone else is thinking of attending a future Worldcon, I'd highly recommend it.

F Me In The Brain said:

oftenreading said:

Not a book, per se, but last week I went to Worldcon for the first time and had a blast!

For those who don't know, Worldcon, or the World Science Fiction Convention, is held yearly and moves around the world. Last year it was in London, this year it was in Spokane (lucky me). Went to a lot of readings and usually heard excerpts from things as yet unpublished. Met a lot of authors, some of them my favourites; had a morning stroll with Connie Willis and briefer chats with Robert Sawyer, Brandon Sanderson, Jo Walton, and Scott Lynch, and a quick hello with a very grumpy Robert Silverberg who apparently doesn't like e-books. I also attended a ton of interesting panel discussions and a plenary talk by the Vatican's chief astronomer (yes, they have an astronomer and he is an actual PhD). And finally, saw an absolute wack of costumes, some fun and some just weird.

If anyone else is thinking of attending a future Worldcon, I'd highly recommend it.

This is awesome. I was reading about it and the battles regarding the Hugos on GRRM's website leading up to Worldcon.
Love Dooms Day Book & Connie Willis....Brandon Sanderson is great...and Scott Lynch is also one of my favorites. Neat that you got to meat them all.
Have never read the others you met but glad you had fun!

Stalled in reading right now. Working very long hours and playing long hours, no time made! Need to change that

Ah yes, the Hugo controversies. The sad puppies/rabid puppies caused lots of commotion ahead of time but virtually none at Worldcon itself. They spun the "no award" thing as a win but I see it as a resounding rejection of their platform (if you can call it that). I haven't read the novel winner Three Body Problem, but I intend to soon.

F Me, if you like the others I mentioned then look up Robert J. Sawyer as I think you'd like him. The Wake, Watch and Wonder series (that's three different books) is great. He's got a bunch of other good ones but that would be a good intro to his work. Silverberg is one of the grand daddies of SciFi; he's been writing since the '50s. Jo Walton kind of burst onto the scene with her book Among Others a few years back, although she'd been writing and publishing a long time before that. In my opinion, it's her best novel.

Lynch has another Gentleman Bastards book in development that he read from and it's sounding good. Sanderson is, of course, always publishing; he's juggling several on the go.

just got done with this. about much more than football.



now, I'm reading this:

imalive said:

just got done with this. about much more than football.



now, I'm reading this:

Did you really just read Friday Night Lights for the first time? It's amazing - it was the book I gave to everybody after I read it. Did you see the update on everyone in SI? It's very cool. And sad.

Enkidu said:

Did you really just read Friday Night Lights for the first time? It's amazing - it was the book I gave to everybody after I read it. Did you see the update on everyone in SI? It's very cool. And sad.

the SI update is what got me into it....I didn't want to read it cuz I think bissinger is buds with tony larussa

The Time Traveler's Wife. Loving it so far.

Just finished this one:



Good stuff!

Let's see ... what's next...?

deadendp said:

Under the Banner of Heaven.

Oooh that's a good one.