CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

Happy 1st week of August! What books are you starting the month off with?

I'm currently working on The War of the Ring, book 8 in the History of Middle-Earth series. This one covers most of the writing for Two Towers and Return of the King. It continues to fascinate me how much was different but at the same time, how much he basically immediately wrote exactly the same. Also, as any writer knows, the intrusion of unexpected characters throws even the greatest for a loop - Faramir was a very unexpected character, apparently.

I also picked up the Kingston Cycle series randomly a few months ago and have finally started reading it. The first book, Witchmark, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2019 and I can definitely see why. I loved it. I'm working on book two, Stormsong, now.

What are you reading?

PS. For all my Tolkien fans... did you see we now have an official date for the Amazon Prime show (Sept. 22, 2022) and got our first official concept/picture? I am not calm.

I'm currently reading A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman. I'm going on vacation and have loaded up on Hoopla checkouts for the trip: A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman, Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie, and Murder at Archly Manor by Sara Rossett.
I might also check out Libby and see what new titles they have.