October 2022 - What are we reading?

Getting the new month's "what are we reading" thread started.

Today I plan to start A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, by T. Kingfisher.

>1 rabbitprincess: - I read that a couple of weeks ago - it's a lot of fun.

I just finished The Personal History of Rachel Dupree by Ann Weisgarber and I'm starting The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. Carrying forward Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin (car audio) and Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann which I've been trying to finish since last February. And I've got My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout from the library which will be a reread before I continue with the series.

My month as gotten off to an excellent start with my first two books, Sea of Rust and November Road. Now I am reading 419 by Will Ferguson and The Dogs by Allan Stratton.

It is a long weekend in Germany and I have already read almost half of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

>1 rabbitprincess: I loved that, I hope you enjoy.

Reading Night Waking, which might be the most perfect description of why I never wanted children.
Not listening to anything right now, but will start Enduring Love this week.

I’m having a lot of fun with The Bullet that Missed.

Reading Never Let Me Go (by Kazuo Ishiguro) and;
Listening to The Proud Tower (by Barbara Tuchman; narrated by Wanda McCaddon).

>6 lsh63: My library hold just came in, so that's next up for me!

Right now I'm reading Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold, and I gotta say, I think this is going to be my favorite of the series!

I'm finally reading "Don Quixote" (in English). First surprise, a good one for fans of "The Expanse" books or TV show, Rocinante is the name of Don Quixote's horse! If all you know of Don Quixote is the song, "The Impossible Dream" reading this book will help you see why his quest has resonated for over 400 years.

Finished Night Waking, next up in paper is Oranges are not the only Fruit

Going to start listening to Enduring Love today as well.

I started off October in fine style, with three books read:
Christmas at the Amish Market by Shelley Shepard Gray
Twelve: A Retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses by Joan Marie Verba
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem by Lori Copeland

Just started Amish Christmas Star which is an anthology of four stories.

I finally finished Tauben fliegen auf by Melinda Nadj Abonji. I am blown away by this novel and highly recommend it. The English title is Fly Away, Pigeon.

I need a palate cleanser after this, and started the second book of the Dóra Guðmundsdóttir series by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.

I'm re-reading and still in the midst of both The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams and The Eight by Katherine Neville. I had forgotten the excellent drawings of the different Fells in this edition of Plague Dogs.

Finished Oranges are not the only fruit. Next up might be The Uncommon reader just because I love that book and now seems like a good time for a re-read.

I'm about to start Shrines of Gaiety. It's pretty hefty, so I want to make sure that take my time reading it before it has to go back to the library.

I'm reading Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman because the Amazon Prime adaptation is being released tomorrow. I remember this as being one of my favorite books as a child, but I haven't read it in decades. So far I'm loving it and am pleased to see it holds up!

>16 christina_reads: That is also one of my fave reads.

I am currently reading An Amish Christmas Star which is a book of three novellas by different authors of Amish fiction. I have finished the first two of the stories.

I am reading Deadly Intent by Lynda La Plante, this is the 4th book in her Anna Travis series and is very good. I just started The Chilbury Ladies Choir and I believe I am going to enjoy this epistolary novel.

I'm reading The Snowman by Jo Nesbo and I have 2 holds to pickup tomorrow from the library.

I'm now starting Richard Osman's The Bullet That Missed -- looking forward to more adventures of the Thursday Murder Club!

I just picked up The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman and The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas from the library.

Finished a re-read of The Uncommon Reader. Perfectly formed.
Next up is The Mountains Sing.

Due to a failure to have the right cable to connect the Playaway device, I'm currently listening to Stardust.

I just finished An Amish Christmas Star which was a series of novellas. I started to read The Circus in Winter for our community book group, but did not finish, moving on to something else today.

Finished listening to The Proud Tower (by Barbara Tuchman; narrated by Wanda McCaddon) & print-reading Never Let Me Go (by Kazuo Ishiguro) and;
Starting Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music (by Ted Gioia.)

>22 Helenliz: What do/did you think of Stardust, Helen?

>25 threadnsong: it's in 2 episodes and the first was was excellent fun. Looking forward to part 2 on Tuesday.

I finished Neues von Elmar und seinen Freunden by David McKee. Read in German with quite a bit of help from Google Translate.

Question for German readers - do you use "and" as speech marks, as this uses an angular bracket thingy.

Weekend away, and I've returned with 19 books, of a variety of ages, and nothing cost more than £4!

Whilst away I read The Phantom Tollbooth. As a Brit, I've never read it before. Always wondered what it was like, and it had a blurb on the back from Diana Wynn Jones, who I'm a great admirer of.

Now for the arcana of Concrete houses and small garages (1918, and a notable architectural illustrator), Brunel's Bristol Temple Meads (something about Brunel I've not seen before!) and a tourist guide to Abbeys, by noted ghost story writer M R James and published by the Great Western Railway in the 1920s.

>26 Helenliz: Could you explain the question further? I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean. Do you mean these: >> ?

>28 MissBrangwen: Yes, pairs of those with the speech in the middle. LT won't let me do it, as it uses pointed brackets for formatting.

>29 Helenliz: Yes, I tried, too, and it doesn't work.
These brackets (singular or doubled) are sometimes used in novels, but usually not in other written works. In handwriting and typing (typewriter/computer), these are used: „and“ , and in some novels, too.
"and" is getting more common because of the influence of English, but is not the correct way (at least for now).

At least that is how I understand it - I'm happy for others to chime in if they know more about the topic!

>30 MissBrangwen: Thank you, that's helpful for my understanding.

>31 Helenliz: You're welcome! This was really interesting for me because I never actually thought about the angular brackets before!

>27 Andy_Dingley: Hi, I think I haven't met you in this group before? If so, welcome to the Category Challenge!

I finished two books yesterday: Das glühende Grab by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (English title: "My Soul To Take") and The Welsh National Anthem - Its Story, Its Meaning by Siôn T. Jobbins. Today I'm continuing with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 200 pages to go! I waited all week for this because I wanted to enjoy it properly and finish in one sitting, so that is my Sunday plan.

>33 MissBrangwen: And . . . did you finish "Harry Potter" this Sunday?

I'm nearly finished with The Eight by Katherine Neville and The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams. Each is difficult to read through for various reasons, and I will consider it a true accomplishment when I complete them.

>34 threadnsong: Indeed I did! Yay!

I'm beginning Sherry Thomas's The Art of Theft, book #4 in the Lady Sherlock series.

Finished listening to Stardust, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Next up for the ears is Arthur and George.

Currently reading The Mountains sing (which is not floating my boat) and The Archaeology of Beekeeping.

And for some reason, in the middle of the night, I decided to start listening to No One is Talking About This (by Patricia Lockwood; narrated by Kristen Sieh). I didn't read anything about it before hand so I was a bit disoriented; but something clicked and now I get it! This is a short audio at 4+ hrs so I should be done before the weekend :-)

I've started The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik, the final book in her Scholomance trilogy.

I had a false start with Sea of Rust (by C. Robert Cargill; narrated by Eva Kaminsky); but I re-set last night and now I'm well into it! :-)

Finished reading The Archaeology of Beekeeping and finished listening to Arthur and George

Next up for the eyes is Mort and for the ears is Enduring Love

Finished Sea of Rust (by C. Robert Cargill; narrated by Eva Kaminsky) and;
Have started The Guns of August (The Coming of the Great War #2; by Barbara W. Tuchman; narrated by Wanda McCaddon).

I am currently reading Children of the Ice by Charlotte Prentiss, this will close out my Historical Fiction Challenge. I am also just starting the intriguingly named Willard and his Bowling Trophies by Richard Brautigan, another book from the 1,001 List.

I've finished The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman and am going to start Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby which is the book for book club next month.

Hurray for at least temporarily kicking a reading slump! Since Saturday I’ve read three books:

A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1, by Umi Sakurai (translated by Taylor Engel)
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche, by Nancy Springer
The Rising Tide, by Ann Cleeves

>45 rabbitprincess: Oh, I love Enola! I have just picked up the first volume of the graphic novel from the library to see how I like it.

Currently reading Hocus Pocus for readathons. It is fun, basically just an exact version of the movies, but good for a little Halloween fun for those of who don't like things too scary!

Finished Mort which I loved AGAIN. Now on Medea for the eyes.

I'm reading Guardians of the Keep by Carol Berg, book #2 in the Bridge of D'Arnath series.

I just finished Gone for Gouda and started Five and Dime Christmas.

I am currently reading In the Teeth of the Evidence, a collection of short stories by Dorothy Sayers and just starting Bad Axe County by John Galligan.

I am currently reading Book Lovers which was my hold at the library since July 6. I think there were over 1000 people ahead of me.

Finished Medea (twice, once without notes, once with) and The Giant Turnip en Deutsch.
Now on Reaper Man.

I'm more than halfway through Daughters of Witching Hill which is totally absorbing, and also started leafing through the first few pages of Empire of Pain.

>1 rabbitprincess: It sounds good! How did you like the book?

I'm reading Frauen und ihre Bücher that can be translated as "Women and their books". It's a historical-artistic-literary homage to all reading women. I love it!

And struggling with me to finish reading Bel Canto by Ann Patchet, I'm afraid it will have a terrible end.

>56 BuecherDrache:. I notice that you just joined LibraryThing yesterday. WELCOME!

I'm reading The Heiress of Linn Hagh, a slightly gothic historical mystery set in Regency England.

Two library holds have just come in: Foster by Claire Keegan and The Colony by Audrey Magee. They're linked by Ireland, and the Booker.

>57 sallylou61: Thanks a lot! I'm really glad to be here! It's very stimulating finding so many booklovers and so many great books to read :)

Finished The Cutting room. A bit too sordid for me.
Next up is Bright Air Black, which starts in an equally as gory a manner.

Still listening to Enduring Love

>58 pamelad: Tempted by the Keegan. I read her novella Small Things Like these in one sitting.

>57 sallylou61: Thanks a lot! LibraryThing is a great discovery for me: So many booklovers and so many great books to discover! Fantastic!

Just finished reading Bel Canto by Anne Patchett. This book definitively belongs to my favorites. So many unexpected twists... Highly recommended.

I’m within the last 80 pages of The Torment of Others and will then start on Demon Copperhead and A Heart Full of Headstones.

>62 BuecherDrache: I'd agree, that's an excellent book. Glad you're enjoying it round here. The danger is you end up with more books to read than time to read them!

I put Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby aside since I won't be back from vacation before book club. I'm glad because the book is fairly violent and not really my cup of tea. Not sure I'll even finish it when I get back. I finished listening to Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg and read Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin. I've started The Ones We Keep by Bobbie Jean Huff.

I finished Missing Under the Mistletoe which was a fast mystery read. Also nearly done with Christmas Eve at Cranberry Cross which kept me up reading late last night. It is a combination gothic-style mash up with romance.

I've most recently been reading Buffalo Is the New Buffalo, a collection of stories by Chelsea Vowel.

I finished Christmas Eve at Cranberry Cross which was fun although it included some cliched tropes. I enjoyed the mashup of gothic elements with contemporary romance, although the title is misleading since the characters do not have Christmas at Cranberry Cross. The main character's name is Eve though.

I am now reading A Christmas in Bath which is a regency, and I have not read one of those for ages.

>64 Helenliz: Oh my yes!!

I'm reading The Giver of Stars and loving it.