Books you're currently reading???

[lumberjim]

funny...the one with 158 is my older account. It's a type of account that you can't get anymore.... one credit gets ANY book where with the current Platinum membership, some books cost 2 credits. The down side is that the credits don't roll over like they do with the new account types.....so I guess I've missed the boat quite a bit on that account.

[DanaC]

I have to say I havent actually come across any of the books that require two credits (yet).

[dacliff]

Currently reading:

Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan

On the way:
Knife of Dreams
The Gathering Storm

[lumberjim]

oh dear...they just released book 12 of that series on audible.

it's been so long since book 11......

[dacliff]

That's why I'm re-reading the series.

[lumberjim]

I didn't realize Jordan had carked it....

The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times best-selling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan's editor - his wife, Harriet McDougal - to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so Tor proudly presents The Gathering Storm as the first of three novels that will make up A Memory of Light.

[Sundae Girl]

Originally Posted by Pie

Yes, I was hopelessly lost with many of the references, especially to playwrights, actors, etc. As a nerd-child growing up in the 80s, my taste in reading material ran mostly towards American science fiction, leaving me very out of touch. I was similarly confused by a piece a friend of mine did on the life of Alistair Cooke a few months back.

I did pick up quite a bit about England, pre-WWII, from the Dorothy Sayers novels. It seemed like such a romantic period to me. I went so far as to buy and read "Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey" to flesh out my understanding.

I'm heading back to the USA for my next book -- Boom!, Tom Brokaw.

Completely missed your reply, Pie.
I'm a Sayers fan as well. And yes, even I have to look things up. Not meaning I am in some way superior, just that as stated before I have more of a connection to the era.

I've just taken an armful of books back to the library and of course not written a review for a single one of them. Still, I expect to be fined - I'm sure some must have been late - so I'll review them as and when the titles come through An expensive way of reviewing! Just so much has been happening IRL...