Death in the Air. Got another 150 pages to go tonight, not going to bed early! And I’m pretty pooped, so that’s a shame.
….and it is finished.
With finishing the scrap of the unfinished Aubrey & Maturin novel, #21, I have come to the end of the series.
I could start all over again, but I think I’ll do some nonfiction for awhile.
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next genre, classics, and want something small as my backup travel book
The Outsiders - S.E. Hilton
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I finished the Hedy Lamarr book. The story is good, but I was a little disappointed in the book. The problem has almost entirely to do with my expectations. #1 It’s called Hedy’s Folly, so I expected it to be about Hedy, but about half the book has nothing to do with her or what she specifically did. #2 It’s called Hedy’s Folly, but there’s no real “folly” in the book. Also, the first 2/3 are pretty much strictly biography. Once it gets into the invention part, it jumps back into bio mode kind of randomly, which makes the last 1/3 feel uneven.
I’m a good way through the Saki collection now, as they’re quick reading. I thought I"d read them before, but don’t seem to recall them. Also, I think I’d somehow thought they were more like O Henry stories, which is more proof that I’ve never read them.
Finished Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1). By far the most complex fantasy book I’ve ever read. Nearly 100 named characters, tons of different races, cities, etc. Not sure I’m on board for book 2, which is on a different continent with all new characters.
Started The Plague by Camus.
Today: The ABC Murders. Read before, did not remember the ending.
Also started The Floating Admiral yesterday, but it is 350 pages so I did not finish it, am about a third through. Dreadful book, one of those books where a different author writes one chapter without a plan of how it ought to end.
I am currently at 6 books in 7 days, and would like to get caught up by the end of the weekend.
I agree. Hedy the person was more impressive than the book.
Yesterday: Murder in Mesopotamia. Vaguely remember reading it before, but not the ending.
Today: Cards on the Table. Just starting now.
Started The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar. Set in the time of the Old Testament Daniel. Not realistic at all as far as the main character but there are other aspects of the story that might be realistic.
The palace has a “library” of scrolls, some of which are said to be 1,000 years old. That one has me wondering but it’s a fun idea anyway.
Just started Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson. Had to do some research as it’s been several years since I read book 2.
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finished All the Knowledge in the World, about the history of Encyclopedia Brittanica and other relevant encyclopedias from the 1750s to the present.
reading The Encyclopedia of the Dead, short Serbo-Croatian fiction (translated into English) from the early 1980s by Danilo Kis.
Today: Dumb Witness. Knew I had read it, decades ago. Solved it before the end - quite an easier mystery of hers.
I am so tired of the arrogant little Belgian!
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So switch to Miss Marple. She is less annoying, and pioneered some mystery tropes, including one book that is literally called The Body in the Library.
Summary
The butler did it?
Spoilerish
That’s a different Miss Marple book.
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I’m reading her novels in order of US publication, and unfortunately it’s heavy on the Poirot right now.
I’m actually not a huge fan of Miss Marple, either…I guess I don’t really care for the detectives all that much, hah. It’s not what I enjoy about her work, anyway.
Today: Death on the Nile. Know I’ve read it, but still very early in it for now, don’t recall yet the ending, not sure if I will remember by the end.
I did not recall the ending, but did guess it.
I’ve now read 10 books in March. Another 15 to go at a minimum! Although I’m hoping to finish the month at 30 or even 31.
That’s a lot of books!
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It is, and it isn’t. It’s probably the only reading I will do this year! Around 5,000 pages if I get through 25, they average around 200 pages apiece.
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