21st Century Literature discussion

How much reading did you do over the weekend? What were you reading? When and where did you read? Was this a typical weekend in terms of reading for you?

I finished listening to Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen on Saturday and read an e-book based on a lecture by David Mitchell while traveling on the tube. I started in The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse in audio during the gym on Sunday. Also am reading Valerie; or, The Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg as a bedside table book.

It is fairly typical for me to be busy in multiple books at once, in different formats. I keep track of observations and quotes through the notes app of my phone to retain information, and keep the books separate in my mind.

Weekends I try to use as a way to catch up more on reading if I have time. So I was making progress on the high fantasy The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. I also like to try to do a review or two on weekends if I have time.

It ended up being a busy weekend (since I had procrastinated on some Mother's Day gifts and we were celebrating an aunt's 80th birthday), so less reading than normal. And very little fiction (also, unusual for me). I ended up mostly reading New Yorker articles, but did read a little bit of Medusa by Nataly Gruender Saturday and Sunday evenings just before going to sleep.

I tried to blast ahead in Emile Zola's Germinal, which I'm reading with another group. I also had my in-person book club, where we sat outside in the beautiful weather and discussed The Wren, The Wren.

Franky wrote: "Weekends I try to use as a way to catch up more on reading if I have time. So I was making progress on the high fantasy The Eye of the World by..."

Hope you enjoy the Wheel of Time! Are you watching the Prime video series? I am actually happily surprised by the series and would recommend it.

Henk wrote: "Franky wrote: "Weekends I try to use as a way to catch up more on reading if I have time. So I was making progress on the high fantasy The Eye of the World [bookcover:The Eye of the W..."

I am almost finished (almost to page 600), and I am really enjoying it. I have been on a fantasy/sci-fi kick over the course of the past year so this fits in nicely. I'm already planning on getting the next book in the series too. I admit I hadn't even heard of this series until it popped up on one of my recommendations. I haven't watched The Eye of the World miniseries videos yet, but I saw that there were some pretty tepid reviews for it which put me off a little. I'm glad you liked it. Maybe I'll check it out.