What book are you reading atm?? CHAPTER TWO

Really enjoyed both Erebus the book and the terror tv show. "Icebound in the arctic - Francis Crozier and the Franklin expedition" is a decent read also albeit not at the level of the Erebus book.

I haven't no. Thanks for the recommendation, I'll have to watch it!

I've posted in here a few times about them.

Incredible novels.

I couldn't make myself watch, I just love the books too much! Perhaps I should 🙂

Just finished reading 'The Wise Mans Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss. Struggled thru parts but good overall.

Just started 'American Prometheus' which is about J. Robert Oppenheimer's rise and fall from grace.

Pretty excited to start it which may explain the struggle thru T.W.M.F.

Why the Germans Do It Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country by John Kampfner.

After parking The Dark Tower after Book 1 many years ago, a book which I struggled to read, I gave the second book a go after picking it up in the local library. Half way through it now and hooked.

A big fan of Stephen King, probably my favourite author, so looking forward to seeing how this story develops.

I have finished season 1 of The Terror and nearly done with season 2. I didn't realise that it wasn't based 100% on the established facts so when they all started dying in the manner that they did on the show I was bamboozled 🤣 But great recommendation, thank you so much, I'm hooked on it!

Billy Connolly's Tall Tales and Wee Stories. I loved Windswept & Interesting and this is even funnier. Consistently laughing out loud while reading it.

I also recently read Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides, Stephen King's Fairy Tale and John Connolly's The Furies.

#1 was well-written but ultimately dissatisfying in terms of plot.

#2 was quite reminiscent of The Talisman and parts of the Dark Tower series, imo.

#3 was a bit John Connolly-by-numbers. He can definitely get a bit formulaic. I think he needs to write something that isn't about Charlie Parker/Angel & Louis.

Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Rebecca Alexandra Simon

I am really interested in the life of Anne Bonny so I was beyond excited when I heard that a book had been written dedicated to the pirate in question. However, I am fairly disappointed with this book. I found that I was often thinking that I had read the same line in the previous 5/6 paragraphs and in some cases, in previous chapters. I also think that the editing of the book was poorly done as at times sentences did not make sense. It read as though sentences were being cut but that they either cut into other sentences or left part of the desired deleted words, with the result of incomprehensible text.

That's a bit mad because I had the EXACT same thoughts about Anne Chambers' book about Grace O'Malley - literally repetitive and very poorly edited. Wonder is it the same publisher?

Yes, that's true. I had read Anne Chambers and thought the same as you.

Chambers was published by Gill and Simon by Pen & Sword History.

I'm currently reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

I read it first in my late teens and thought it was a masterpiece.

I stayed away from it for years for fear of disappointment as I matured.

40+ years later I can confirm it is a masterpiece.

The book could loosely be classed as science fiction and is (very) loosely about his experience as a prisoner in Dresden during WW2.