What Fiction are you reading this week, September 5, 2021?

[hermetic]

September is Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month. Celebrate responsibly.

It's also Library Card Sign-up Month.


I just started The Feast by Margaret Kennedy. This was written in 1950 and has recently been released as an ebook. I got an old hardcover copy, though. The reviews for this tale are amazing and I am really looking forward to the mystery and adventure. Many say it is the best book they ever read. After just the first few pages, I was hooked.

I also just checked out the audiobook All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Sounds like something I will enjoy listening to. "On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied droid ― a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as 'Murderbot.' Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth."

What books are you looking forward to this week?

[The King of Prussia]

1. "1979"

The first in a new series by Val McDermid. We went to hear her giving a talk at a local literature festival last week and bought the book there. She's an excellent writer, and a very interesting and engaging speaker.

I'm glad you're enjoying "The Feast".

Keep reading DUers!

[hermetic]

2. She is on my list

of authors to be read. With 44 books, that will take some time. Glad you got to see her.

[bif]

3. "A Star is Bored"

Supposedly a work of fiction by a personal assistant to Carrie Fisher. Very entertaining and moving story. I just finished it a few minutes ago. One of those "couldn't put it down" books.

[hermetic]

4. Cool. Love the title

Loved that lady. I actually remember when she was born. Sigh.

[japple]

5. Finished reading Jess Walter's The Cold Millions and highly recommend it

esp. to those who like historical fiction of the early 20th C and the labor movement. I just started reading A Gentleman in Moscow which I'm sure is a favorite among this group.

The Feast is one that will go on my list. Am happy that it available in ebook as I need large print.

Thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic.

[LearnedHand]

7. Gentleman in Moscow is a wonderful read!

I also recommend Transcription by Kate Atkinson. Also set important WWII and very literary. If you like audio books, the reader does a fantastic job.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription_(novel)

[LearnedHand]

6. +1M for the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

I’ve read the series (most of which are novellas) 3, maybe 4 times now. Very funny stuff. My friends and I quote Murderbot at each other like we used to quote Douglas Adams.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murderbot_Diaries

[marigold20]

8. The Feast

Thank you so much for the recommendation. I bought a Kindle copy of this book and read it in one day. It was just wonderful. I'd never heard of this author. The book reminded me in a way of the work of Barbara Pym (I'll put in a recommendation for Excellent Women and Quartet in Autumn). I need to seek out some of Kennedy's other novels.

[hermetic]

11. Glad to hear you enjoyed it

Thanks for the Pym recommendation.

[CrispyQ]

9. "A Thousand Ships" by Natalie Haynes

This book popped up on my screen while I was perusing the online library catalog, I suspect cuz I'd read some historical fiction recently. It has great reviews at Amazon. I wanted to like it. I even gave it 112 pages, 62 more than I usually do.

It's a tale of the women of Troy. I should have guessed when the book had several pages of lists of characters at the beginning. By the time I put the book down, I'd met so many characters, I had a hard time keeping them straight, & there were new characters to come. Through the telling of another character, we discovered one of the early characters died, so there was a started storyline that we'd never go back to. I liked the concept, but the story was really disjointed to me.

Today I hope to start "An Ambush of Widows" by Jeff Abbott.

In New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott’s latest novel of riveting psychological suspense, an uneasy alliance forms as two widows delve into their husbands’ deadly and dangerous secrets—as they try to protect their own.

"The Feast" sounds interesting!

[hermetic]

10. Your first clue should have been the title

"The WOMEN..." Of course there were hundreds of them. Or thousands. How could anyone remember them all? JK. of course.

That Ambush story sounds great, though. Brand new and lots of 5 star ratings. Plus, we learned a new word meaning. Who knew?

Always happy to see you here.