Currently Reading
One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
I left One Two Three by Laurie Frankel out of my post yesterday, by accident! It’s just out this month, and I bought my own copy. No waiting for it at the library for me, not after her last book – This Is How It Always Is – was such a huge hit!
The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam
I received an advance reading copy of The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam through a LibraryThing Early Reviewers giveaway. I’m about halfway through and really like it. A tech startup love story from the point of view of a woman in computer programming, it reminds me in some ways of Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel, which I loved. The Startup Wife is my bedside table book this week.
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
Sixth book in the Rivers of London series – of which I’ve listened to the audio editions of 1-5 – The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch is the only one I couldn’t get the audio download of through the library. I kept thinking I would start a downloadable audio subscription service to get it, but audiobooks from the library come through so regularly and reliably that I’m never without one or two ready to go.
So I downloaded the e-book and started it as my break time reading at work. The Rivers of London is an addictive urban fantasy police procedural filled with humor (often dark), witty banter, and magic (of both the good and evil variety).
The Hanging Tree is making it harder than usual to put my camp chair away and go back inside to work each day.
Recently Read
The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde
The Constant Rabbit was a break time book that I finished last week – a satire about prejudice in communities after rabbits take on human size and characteristics. I laughed a lot, but didn’t love the book as much as I did the Thursday Next series, also by Jasper Fforde.
Recently Listened To
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
A 2021 favorite, for sure!! Loved Writers & Lovers by Lily King as an audiobook (narrated by Stacey Glemboski) and may try to wrangle it onto my book club list so I can have a good reason to read it over again, in print.
Currently Listening To
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
Another psychological suspense that is probably going to disappoint and that I hope I won’t be tempted to finish after recently getting sucked in by rave reviews of Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison and deeply regretting the time spent on it – waiting for the big reveal that never happened.
This post is linked to “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Check out the link-up party there for more book lists!
Your chair in the parking lot is a great idea for reading at lunchtime! I did not love Writers and Lovers as much as you did (reviewed it Feb. 25, 2021).
Hooray for Writers & Lovers! It will be one of my favorites this year, too. Very clever way to save your reading spot 🙂
Ooh nice reading spot! 🙂
i’ve read a couple of the rivers of london series. still not sure what i think. i don’t find them humorous at all, and i’m not a huge fan of semi-mystical stuff! i really want to like them though…
I love that you spend your lunchtime in a camping chair in the parking lot reading 🙂 I want to find time to read The Rivers of London.
Wishing you a great reading week
One of the laws we learned in library school: “Every book its reader.” Sounds like The Rivers of London books are not for you, especially if you don’t think they’re funny! If you listen to audiobooks and you really want to feel you gave the books your best effort, try one of them on audio! Otherwise, I would say give yourself permission to move on! I like the combination of police procedural, science, humor, and fantasy, but I can see that combination wouldn’t appeal to everyone.
It was my husband’s suggestion. Just one more reason to love him! 😉
I’ve got to go back and read your review! Writers & Lovers seemed more personal, not ranging as wide in scope, as Euphoria, which maybe you read and liked better?
Thank you for visiting! I think I’m going to have rain over my 4:00 dinner break today, so may be reduced to sitting in the car! I definitely recommend the audio editions of The Rivers of London books if you like audiobooks.