What Book Are You Currently Reading?

[T.C. Elliott]

I'm reading Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. It's full of vignettes of black experience in mid-20th century America. Some of these impressions and images may work themselves into a song.

It's on my to read list but likely not in the near future. Another book that I found fascinating was "The Marrow of Tradition" by Charles Chestnutt from 1901. It's a fictional account of the Wilmington Massacre. It should be a classic but I think it's mostly overlooked these days.

[Oldrottenhead]

couldn't put this down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude

[chrisnickey64]

The Nixon-Gleason UFO Encounter......facinating read esp if true

[T.C. Elliott]

Red Planet - Heinlein
It's an interesting bit of science fiction first published in 1949 (I think.)

[Blooby]

I am re-reading Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. It is perfect for the mindless escape needed these days.

Blooby

[WarpCanada]

Just read Almost Human, a non-fiction book about human evolution and the discovery of the 200-400k year old cave of bones in Africa that has lead to the publication/description of a new pre-human hominin species, H. Naledi.

[Mike_S]

Currently reading this... Ray Bradbury Stories Vol 1. It's gonna take ages as it's massive and I am a slow reader and normally only read a few pages a day to switch off. But it's excellent. All short stories and all dark (so far). Some sci-fi and some plain dark and spooky. Just finished one that blew me away called Kalediscope, just damn cool writing.

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[T.C. Elliott]

Just ordered Rick Rubin's book "The Creative Act" and Mary Gauthier's book, "Saved By A Song." Looking forward to both.

[Ted]

I'm still reading "Carey: Genesis of the Song" by Cary Raditz, one time muse to Joni Mitchell.

This must be the most sex-filled book I've ever read. I've never read any erotica or romance – I've never been interested. Fans of these genres might find this book tame, I wouldn't know. I don't want to feel like a prude, but every time sex comes along in this book I feel like I'm in new literary territory (for me) and I'm not sure how to put myself in the right frame of mind.

[Lurker]

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is a World War I epic. I've just learned that it is the first of a trilogy. Perhaps I'll read the others.

I'm on a hiatus from reading the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny.