Amph What book are you reading right now?

Killing Floor is the next one of the Reacher ones for me to read

However before that I'm going to read Jo Nesbo's The Snowman I saw the film last year and loved the idea of it, but thought the film seemed to be missing a lot of scenes so that it all made sense and was a bit of a mess overall. So I'm going to give the book a whirl instead.

 

>.< sorry, didn't mean to spoil it for you. It's highly regarded and I'm sure it picks up and sprints. I just didn't give it time to breath. I'm absolutely going to give it another go. I want to have the Reacher series waiting there on standby and to visit when I need some red meat fiction.

Yeah, I know the movie got ripped to shreds by fans and critics, but the novel is well regarded. I believe the author is Norwegian, so I'm curious if there's anything lost in the translation.

 

The Other Einstein (Marie Benedict) - I was walking through the book isle of my local Target and the title of this book caught my eye. I read the inside cover and I was intrigued enough to reserve the book at my local library. It's a fiction novel based on a real life person, the first wife of Albert Einstein. It's an easy read; taken from her perspective as she meets him in school in the late 1800s. She herself was a scientist, and it's been discussed that she had contributed to many of his theories.

 

Unless Nesbo's prose is absolutely dynamite in the original I sort of doubt it, the stuff I've read is mostly straightforward thrillers, and as far as I'm aware there's no controversy about the translation (which is usually the first giveaway).

 

The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis. It's been decades since the last time read this one, and I was amazed at how much it hit home. Reading it at a different point in your life gives you a whole new perspective and understanding of it. Definitely one of the great works of 20th century Christian literature.

 

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The bad thing is that since this is the '81 version and was my mother's, the jacket ripped off this evening

 

Kiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher Baer

 

Star Wars: Lost Tribe Of The Sith #9: Pandemonium

Excellent story to conclude John Jackson Miller's epic Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Tales

 

I've got a couple going

Letters to a young contrarian and Why Orwell Matters by Christopher Hitchens

A lovely volume put out by the New York Times which compiles all of their SW coverage since the 70s
and keeping it SW, the Path to TLJ Leia.

 

Elysium Fire was cool. It wasn't what I was wanting as there was a 10,000 orbiting space colony civilization begging for reader tourism and I got a murder mystery instead.

Moving on to Ironfoot: The Enchanter General by Dave Duncan and just 2 chapters in I can say I love the writing. I might have to look up a few words though.

 

Discworld is getting a tv series

 

Pretty much any of the City Watch books could be adapted for a TV series and work well, which seems to be what they're doing so I have high hopes for this. The Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic adaptation was pretty faithful to the books so hopefully this will be too.

 

Lost Stars

 

At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenrider

 

Star Wars - A New Dawn

 

I just (finally) wrapped up Snuff last month. I will eagerly look forward to this.

 

Just finished; Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey. I'd have to say this is my favorite entry in the Expanse series thus far. - 8/10

About to begin; Not sure. Got three candidates I'm going to sample from to see what snags my interest. Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Monster Hunters International by Larry Correia and Space Carrier Avalon by Glynn Stewart.

 

X-Wing: Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston

 

Finished Reapers Gale last night. Onto Return of the Crimson Guard.

Still trying to do Wall of Storms to but it’s no where near the lvl of greatness that was The Grace of Kings.

 

The Last Jedi novelization

 

Star Wars Moving Target

 

Just finished reading All the Light you Cannot see.

Time to move on to the next.

 

Star Wars The Last Jedi cross sections

 

Crucible