Knowing so many of you share my love of #books, maybe you can help me find a new one to get lost in. I just finished “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr which was beautiful.
We haven’t compiled a good reading list together in months…
What stories have you discovered or rediscovered lately? 📚
@Sheril
I don't know if you've read any Barbara Kingsolver? I'm currently reading Demon Copperhead, which is amazing, but also love The Poisonwood Bible, and my absolute favourite is The Lacuna. It takes in Mexico and the US from the 1930s to 1950s, and includes Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Trotsky, McCartyism, and a wonderful central character.
@Sheril Have you come across Fiona Valpy? They are so beautifully written and perfect if you love history as well as a good story. I have read them all. And can recommend Vinatis for the delicious wines mentioned in some too! 🍷📚💜🏴
@Sheril The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson is a very entertaining yarn and had me laughing several times.
@Sheril It might not be a recent publication, but I just finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Not necessarily a light or easy read, but it is an excellent and moving one, written with love and skill.
@Sheril
I enjoyed "All the Light We Cannot See" . Other books I've read recently and really liked are:
"Free" by Lea Ypi
"Disoriental" by Negar Djavadi "Bewilderment" by Richard Powers "More than I Love my Life" by David Grossmann
"Surrender" by Joanna Pocock #books
@Sheril
I haven't done much reading these last few years, but finding "Into The Forgotten Forest" by @cyborg_writer surprisingly got me back to it.
The book itself belongs to fantasy / urban fantasy I guess, but it's unlike others in the genre as it has so much mythology, and combines it with the idea of a multiverse. Really enjoyed the world building and all these wonderful character viewpoints! Reading the second installment now.
@Sheril I recently finished 'The Motion of Light in Water' by Samuel R Delaney. It's an autobiography of his late teens to earliest twenties, a poetic essay on memory and writing, and a vividly explicit portrait of queer sexualities in the sixties from a black perspective. His writing is always stunning.
@Sheril Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller was a book that surprised me by how much I enjoyed it. There are several “threads” to follow and they’re all great stories!
@Sheril I just finished my 3rd read-through of the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. If you like historical fiction, and have a year or so to kill...
@Sheril Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Actually, any of his work, really. He's got such a diversity of writing styles and genres, it's almost like you're reading several different authors.
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