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

[pdurrant]

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Next up:Winter's Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch. The latest novella in his Rivers of London series and my most recent purchase.

A most enjoyable tale from across the pond.

Then I read A Tale of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall Smith. The 23rd (!) in his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. More soap opera than mystery now, but quite fun. There looks to be a bit of foreshadowing of future developments. I'll have to wait for later books to see if my guess is right!

Next up: The Phantom of the Temple by Rovert Van Gulik. The 13th in his Judge Dee series, set in a mythical China.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: The Phantom of the Temple by Rovert Van Gulik. The 13th in his Judge Dee series, set in a mythical China.

Which was the expected fun in a fictionalised Ancient China.

Next up: What If… Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings by Seanan McGuire.

An alternate universe superheroes book. Which I got because of the author.

[Solitaire1]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Which was the expected fun in a fictionalised Ancient China.

Next up: What If… Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings by Seanan McGuire.

An alternate universe superheroes book. Which I got because of the author.

What If? is an old series concept at Marvel. Basically, they speculate on how things would have progressed if something changed (such as "What if Spider-man joined the Fantastic Four?"

They also had a special named What the? where they posit funny ideas. One of them was "What if all of the members of the Avengers remained Avengers? (there were so many members that they couldn't function effectively because they got in each others way). Another one was "What if Wonder Man was a woman?" (it showed a warning letter from their Distinguished Competition).

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Finished a self-published freebie from Prime Reading, A Cat's Guide to Bonding with Dragons by Chris Behrsin.

Fun quick read. Seemed juvenile. Interesting interactions but I'm not sure that is how a cat really thinks. <LOL> The strange actions from the world's rulers and plot holes leave me with D+ two-star rating.

Next, another Prime Read, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. I'm 20% in and it's not working for me so far.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: What If… Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings by Seanan McGuire.

An alternate universe superheroes book. Which I got because of the author.

And it was quite fun. But its been a long time since I've visited the Marvel universe, so I probably missed a lot.

Next up was Arcanum 101 by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill. An OK YA urban fantasy.

Then there was The Last Word by Elly Griffiths. More detective fun with Harbinder Kaur. I'm not quite so fond of this as her Brighton Mysteries, but I'll still look out for the next one.

Followed by a highlight: Lent by Jo Walton. Th first half is fine, demon excorcism in Mediaeval Italy. The second half is brilliant, and explains the first half. Wonderful stuff from Jo Walton as expected.

And I've just finished Storm Warning, Storm Rising and Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey. A trilogy in her Valdemar series.

Next up: Highway of Eternity by Clifford D. Simak.

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I finished Towles' 'Rules of Civility', which I enjoyed. I wanted something different, so I purchased the last tetraology of the Shannara Series, The Fall of Shannara. I've had so much time invested in that series I thought I'd finish it up.