Category: Currently Reading
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Julia I am particularly pleased to report that my reading slump has been lifted! This would be thanks to the latest fantasy book (series?!) I have decided to fall into: ‘The Colour of Magic’, which is part of Terry Pratchett’s infamous 41 book Discworld series. I only recently heard about Terry Pratchett and Discworld on…
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Ayesha Last night, I finished “Phantasma” and I have to admit that it was a bit of a let down. I was initially pulled in because of synopsis describing a unique world – set in New Orleans with the backdrop of paranormal beings is a great combination. The premise of a high-stakes game, Phantasma, was…
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Julia I’ve started the New Year with a ski holiday in the French Alps with my family, and the journey to the mountains started with a 6 hour train ride — needless to say, I got some reading in! On the train, I decided to continue with ‘Love of Fat Men’, a short story collection…
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Ayesha I just finished “The Little Sparrow Murders” by Seishi Yokomizo and I can’t wait to read more mysteries by this author! I’m no stranger to Japanese translated reads but this may be the first murder mystery. I bought this over the summer in England and I was pulled in by the cover while pursuing…
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Julia Having posted a continuous string of ‘Currently Readings’ over the past number of weeks now, it might seem like I’m an extremely productive reader, that I read books cover to cover every week, that I am a book reading machine! Mais hélas, dear reader, if I let you think that, it would simply be…
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Ayesha Last night I started “Dancers of the Dawn” by Zulekhá Afzal and I read almost 100 pages in one sitting. Safe to say that I could’ve kept reading but I realized that I needed to pause for the night. I love staying up to finish a read but we really needed to focus on…
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Julia For a bit of a change from my usual programming, though I hope it becomes a more regular fixture in my life, I am reading a book in French which is ‘Le Paris des Merveilles: l’élixir d’oubli’ (the forgetting elixir), by Pierre Pevel that is part of the ‘Le Paris de Merveilles’ set that…
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Ayesha I’m still on the India Holton train and have started reading “The Ornithologists Field Guide to Love.” I’ve already talked a bit about her Wisteria trilogy and I’m looking forward to a new cast of characters and a new world. Synopsis: Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird…
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Julia This week I’ve picked a book out of my physical TBR pile to finally start reading and I am SO glad I did! The book in question is the widely known ‘Papyrus’ by Irene Vallejo. This ‘million copy global bestseller’, as noted on the cover, is essentially a history of books and reading starting…
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Ayesha My most recent book purchase was Sara Cate’s “Eyes On Me” and I’ve finally gotten around to read the sequel in the Salacious Players Club series. If you’ve been with us for some time, you may recall our episode “The One Where We Talk About Spicy Reads” when we buddy read “Praise,” the first…
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