What I’m Reading Now

I’ve spent the last few days at work and baking, which has been a good way to spend a blustery, rainy half week. I’ve also been curled up under the blankets on the couch with Philippa Greggory’s book The Boleyn Inheritance, which I got by accident from a friend who was returning some books she’d [...]

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What I’m Reading Now

Well, I was reading Joe Abercrombie’s book The Blade Itself, but then I started writing this new book, and started doing the reading for it, so now I’m reading Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, which is the kind of book I’m scared to pick up again because last time I picked it up, I read [...]

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Reading

I’ve got to read the entirety of Bamboo and have a look at Field Guide today. I also just got meself a copy of Spook, by Mary Roach (who also wrote the brilliant book Stiff) and Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself. I need to do some reading. Maybe you guys do too.

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What I’m Reading Now

Well, we took a stack of books back to the library the other day, and you know how it is; while you’re there you might as well pick up some more, right?
I’ve decided that since I can’t afford to take myself to a writer’s workshop (though I am saving to go to one), I’d bring [...]

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What I’m Taking With Me

Sharpe’s Tiger, which is one of four Sharpe books I borrowed from a friend about six months ago and haven’t got round to reading. After he called last week, I panicked and decided I’d better read them. Lucky for me they’re good and I’m tearing through them. I’m also bringing Once and Future King which [...]

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What I’m Reading Now

Conan the Rebel, obviously, because you can’t read a book like that in a hurry (well, I can’t), The Omnivore’s Dilemma (which should be required reading for eaters in the western world), and a couple mysteries Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston, and Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis. A friend introduced [...]

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What I’m Reading Now

I scored an ebook copy of Hayden Thorne’s Masks: Rise of the Heroes, which is keeping me glued to the computer and therefore reminding me that we really do need to replace the old computer chair (or, at least unsquash the stuffing). I also got a copy of Patrick Lane’s There is a Season, the [...]

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What I’m Reading Now

I’m off to the gym with two hours of Seamus Heaney reading Beowulf in his musical, soft Irish accent. I won’t listen to it all today, but I’ll probably get through the lion’s share of it. I’m also finally going to get to pick up The Steel Remains. OMG. I’ve heard so much about this [...]

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What I’m Reading Now

Still enjoying History of the World, and Name of the Wind, and picked up Peter Pan last night. I’ve never actually read Peter Pan before. It’s… well, it’s a really strange book. Wendy is so eager to grow up it’s all she can do, and when she does, it makes her miserable. The Lost Boys [...]

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What I’m Reading Now

A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage. He’s author number 2 in my Read 100 New Authors challenge. He’s not a new author, he’s written lots of stuff, but he’s new to me, so he counts toward the challenge. I’m only on page 31 so far, but I’ve all ready interrupted [...]

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