What book are you reading today?

I'm reading the last book of the Twilight series (Breaking Dawn). I'm a few decades behind everyone else.
 

Has anyone read the Morse books by Colin Dexter? I m trying out the first one, being in the mood for a good detective series to keep me absorbed. I liked the TV series very much.
 
I just finished Hollow Kingdom, by Kira Jane Buxton. It’s a zombie apocalypse story told from the perspective of an intelligent, foul-mouthed domesticated crow named S.T..

After S.T. recovers from the trauma of seeing his human, Big Jim's eyeball fall out when he became a zombie right in the middle of weed-eating the yard, S.T. adopts Big Jim's dog, Dennis, and the 2 of them venture out to save all the animals from zombi-fication....and it’s amazing.

I haven't read much the past few years because my back screams if I sit in one spot for too long, reading suddenly started making me really sleepy, and sometimes I have trouble focusing or whatever. Like, names and other details don't sink in and I have to go back and re-read those parts. Hollow Kingdom sunk in really well, though. But there weren't as many names, social statuses and subplots to remember as in, say, Watership Down.

Actually, Hollow Kingdom is kind of like Watership Down meets Warm Bodies but with a lot more swear words.

Also; Welcome, @Rose65.
 
Over the past months, I've been reading through every David Baldacci book ever written. Have only a
handful left to read. The different detective series are my favourites, however, his stand alone books
are excellent. He has even written some fantasy, which was very good.
 
Murrmurr said:
I just finished Hollow Kingdom, by Kira Jane Buxton. It’s a zombie apocalypse story told from the perspective of an intelligent, foul-mouthed domesticated crow named S.T..

After S.T. recovers from the trauma of seeing his human, Big Jim's eyeball fall out when he became a zombie right in the middle of weed-eating the yard, S.T. adopts Big Jim's dog, Dennis, and the 2 of them venture out to save all the animals from zombi-fication....and it’s amazing.

I haven't read much the past few years because my back screams if I sit in one spot for too long, reading suddenly started making me really sleepy, and sometimes I have trouble focusing or whatever. Like, names and other details don't sink in and I have to go back and re-read those parts. Hollow Kingdom sunk in really well, though. But there weren't as many names, social statuses and subplots to remember as in, say, Watership Down.

Actually, Hollow Kingdom is kind of like Watership Down meets Warm Bodies but with a lot more swear words.

Also; Welcome, @Rose65.
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Well, I liked The Walking Dead series on TV up to a point - until the last many episodes became repetitive. Did you watch it?

A painful back and sleepiness are problems I have also. I therefore keep my books handy and read in short sessions throughout the day. Have you got good pillows to sit up at night and a sponge easel to prop your book up at a comfy angle? Also, I use a pencil to follow my reading, it enables easier reading. Maybe a cushion under the knees when sitting in bed reading helps keep your back comfortable.
 
Rose65 said:
Well, I liked The Walking Dead series on TV up to a point - until the last many episodes became repetitive. Did you watch it?

A painful back and sleepiness are problems I have also. I therefore keep my books handy and read in short sessions throughout the day. Have you got good pillows to sit up at night and a sponge easel to prop your book up at a comfy angle? Also, I use a pencil to follow my reading, it enables easier reading. Maybe a cushion under the knees when sitting in bed reading helps keep your back comfortable.
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I can't read in bed, I use my recliner, but I like that pencil idea.

Yes, I watched all 11 seasons of TWD, and I agree the past few became very same-y. Which is why I'm 😵 that there will obviously be a 12th. But I'll watch it, though. At this point it's like trying to not look at a bad car wreck...you can't do it.
 
Right now I'm re-reading a non-fiction book titled A New Science of Life by Rupert Sheldrake. He holds a doctorate in botany & b biochemistry, and has proposed a theory of two principles (memory & creativity) throughout the whole universe.

I'll mention a delightful series of three books, Lawrence Durrel's memoirs of his family's years in Greece, The Corfu Trilogy. They're engaging, generally amusing, sometimes exciting, and sometimes extremely hilarious! I know that readers of certain types of fiction would like these books, because... well, they're very well written and I suspect they're every so slightly embellished.
 
Murrmurr said:
I can't read in bed, I use my recliner, but I like that pencil idea.

Yes, I watched all 11 seasons of TWD, and I agree the past few became very same-y. Which is why I'm 😵 that there will obviously be a 12th. But I'll watch it, though. At this point it's like trying to not look at a bad car wreck...you can't do it.
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I gave up towards the end of the seasons, it became boring to keep stabbing zombies in the head. The characters became tedious and I hated Maggie and Morgan. Carol changed from brave and interesting into a strange person.
 
DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution

I've always been fascinated by the subject and thought I'd give this book a try.
So far it hasn't disappointed. The updates make for an interesting read.
 
Steel Defender by Meron Cora. Third in a series of five, Rusted Wasteland series. a robot story. I'm so into robot books just now. I have phases.
 
Currently, The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen. Books that have stood out this year have been The Deluge by Stephen Markley, The Mountain and The Sea by Ray Naylor, I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makai (her novel The Great Believers of a couple of years ago is not to be missed!), and a few more that I can't remember off the top of my head. I read a lot- everything from classics to junk. This year has been stressful so I've read some escapist junk. The previously mentioned books are not junk!
 
JBR said:
Right now I'm re-reading a non-fiction book titled A New Science of Life by Rupert Sheldrake. He holds a doctorate in botany & b biochemistry, and has proposed a theory of two principles (memory & creativity) throughout the whole universe.

I'll mention a delightful series of three books, Lawrence Durrel's memoirs of his family's years in Greece, The Corfu Trilogy. They're engaging, generally amusing, sometimes exciting, and sometimes extremely hilarious! I know that readers of certain types of fiction would like these books, because... well, they're very well written and I suspect they're every so slightly embellished.
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Rupert Sheldrake is a trip.
 
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