Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?

[astrangerhere]

Reading Tove Jansson's The Summer Book to close out the season.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

And now I'm reading Fatal Legacy by Lindsey Davis, the most recent one (AFAIK) in her Flavia Albia series.

I enjoyed it, but I think the series is dragging a bit.

Then I read Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire, one of the Incryptid series.

I moved straight on to the next one, Calculated Risks, because it was a bit less of a finished story than usual.

[acprinter]

The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers.

A delightful fun silly book.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by acprinter

A delightful fun silly book.

It had better be. I just checked it out.

So, I started reading it. And was enjoying it. And then I said, "whadda minute..."
I flipped to the front material and there I read the fateful words:

Translation copyright...

Fortunately I found a copy of "Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär" at another library.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I moved straight on to the next one, Calculated Risks, because it was a bit less of a finished story than usual.

Which was excellent. And now I'm at the end of the books included in the Humble Bundle. So I'll have to wait for later books to become available in the UK.

I started and abandoned The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder, a recent freebie. It sounded good, but I found it just to be dull.

Next up: By The Sword by Mercedes Lackey.

[DrNefario]

I'm part-way through a trial of Kindle Unlimited at the moment. I've never felt it made sense as an ongoing subscription for me - it's far too expensive for what you get, in my opinion - but it could make sense as an occasional 1-month flying visit when I've accumulated enough material. Although it is going to be tricky to time the ending and not be cut off in the middle of a book.

So far I've read:

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman - A fun LitRPG. This was widely praised, but from book 1 I don't see why it's better than most of the other LitRPGs I've enjoyed. I did like it, though, and will continue.

Incursion - Sarah Hawke - Porny space opera. I enjoyed the space opera parts, but really did not get on with the sex. Obviously I knew what it was going in, but it's the attitude rather than the content that bothers me. I'd like to know what happens, but I don't think I'm going to continue. Maybe I'm too old and mellow.

I'm currently reading:

Reign & Ruin - J D Evans - So far, this is properly good. I was reading it as a "romantasy" recommendation for the Reddit r/fantasy Bingo, but it's a really enjoyable political fantasy. I'm about half-way through, and the attraction of the two leads is just starting to become more of a feature. As long as it doesn't drop the ball I'll definitely be continuing the series.

An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock - This is a reread, and one of the main reasons I decided to sign up now. I'm doing an exercise where I reread some formative books, in chronological order of publication, one per year, and I wanted this one for 1972, but don't own a copy myself. It's still good fun. I'm not intending to reread the whole Dancers at the End of Time series, just book 1.

Some interesting Crime stuff to follow, including Christianna Brand (Inspector Cockrill) and Edogawa Rampo. I'll have to see what I have time for in my remaining Trial days.

For the series I am continuing, I expect it will still work out cheaper to buy the books than to keep a KU subscription running.

[John F]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

I'm part-way through a trial of Kindle Unlimited at the moment. ...

Some interesting Crime stuff to follow, including Christianna Brand (Inspector Cockrill) and Edogawa Rampo. I'll have to see what I have time for in my remaining Trial days.
...

I'm currently in a trial version of KU. I got the trial due to some Edgar Award winners being in KU.