flight paths discussion

It does seem a bit mad to carry on with this group when it is not being used. The only options I can think of are to fold or throw it open. Other ideas?

for the record, I'm in a strange loop where every new book I pick up echoes the last. It's all some variation of dystopia. I don't think that I could have even planned it this way.

A lot of social platforms fade out of use. I am happy to continue, I messaged the whole group whilst messaging still worked without response. Currently back with 18th century London A Spectacle of Corruption

O Ice it's wonderful to hear from you. I had hoped Petra could forward out link because I can't seem to be able to do it. Maybe you could? If you think its a good idea. There is a place to do so: Post your link here. Our group has been so unique i can't imagine how it would go, but I have felt lonely here for the first time.
That book you are reading has gotten rave reviews i see.
I am reading The Typewriter and the Guillotine. Sorry no link but laptop not working.

I've been on the Island taking care of step-dad, then came down with an awful cough and cold after I got back. I'm just getting back on my feet. It's been a stressful 3 weeks. Oh well......

Magdelanye, I don't know what you mean by "Petra could forward out link"? What does that mean? I'm happy to do it, if I knew what it was.

I started and abandoned Exigency. It has an interesting premise but the dialogue was juvenile and the story just didn't go anywhere. So slow. I made it to 20%, then gave up.

I've now started The Book of Air.

I had to return the audio copy of Fayne and am looking forward to getting it back so I can finish it. I'm really enjoying this story.
Until I get it back, I'm listening to Twisted Twenty-Six. Light, light reading.

add mercury retrograde to the mix and its not surprising that everything seems backwards....my reply disappeared. This is just to let you know Petra how glad I am to hear from you. Sorry you've been ill.

My laptop is not working: keeps crashing. And this ongoing thing with google.
Hope step-dad is allright in his kingdom.
Right now I must get ready for the bus to town. I have an appointment at the library to help with these issues.

Back to 'the other place' M.S. Morris. Hopefully the last blast of cold is gone ...... and the days of spring/summer gardens are upon us, The sun is back over the equator next weekend. Currently depositing books read in the local pub.

well over here it is pouring rain and spring has not sprung. I am assuming its the same for Petra.
I like your cover motto Ice.

Finally got the laptop working...it could just be the weather and sunspots, although have not seen much sun the last few days. In fact it's the perfect excuse to stay in bed and read all day.
I finally finished The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell. First took this out as an audiobook and ordered the book because too many concepts and I kept falling asleep. She can be a bit annoying but overlooking her bratty smugness she did a fairly good job deconstructing the types of biases we all employ, usually without thinking.

I read The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali just as the bombing of Iran started, which was a horrible synchronicity. Perhaps that was why I cried often while reading it. From the might of Persia to frequent target, it's not fair is it?

So now I am reading a far different kind of account by a Polish journalist, recently deceased, referred to by Robert Macfarlane . Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński combines a memoir of his adventures becoming a journalist, taking advice from Herodotus to guide him through the perplexities of foreign travel ignorant of language and custom; and a study of the rather enigmatic author and generous quotes from his work, focusing on his history of Persia with Darius and Xerxes and their miserable narcissistic wars.

Surprisingly, I also enjoyed The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII by Mark Braude. I now want to read more on Janet Flanners life: we used to carry one or three of her books back in the day, when I was more interested in Virginia Woolf.

A new Ben Okri showed up in the library, shorter than most of his work, (which I seem to remember both Petra and Ellie found too long) but packing a punch. Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted It's a contemporary fable that relates to modern culture without any fuss or fanfare and I perhaps read it too fast.

must mention another surprise, Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant which in fact I was glad to discover Ellen loved too. The Borgias were a pretty audacious bunch but I couldn't resist her portrait of Lucrezia. have ordered the sequel.

And because I loved Kiran Desai The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny I ordered and just finished The Inheritance of Loss which is not as depressing as it sounds, though it is grim it is also insightful and endearing.

And now, well, I am reading Moderation by Elaine Castillo. It's not an easy book to get into and I am ambivalent in the middle of it, veering on boredom.

Enough about me. If every single person in this group could share their reading life, we would have a lively group indeed.

Warm spring days, cold nights but not as cold as the latest read in Iceland Ragnar Jónasson with The Darkness (looking for the cover ! amongst many language translations).

The days are warmer here, too, Ice. It's been quite nice these past couple of days. The evenings are mild, too. I think we've made it through another winter.

I'm really enjoying The Book of Air. There are two timelines that are slowly coming into focus. How, exactly, they connect I'm not sure yet but I have some suspicions.

I also started North Woods and the beginning is promising.

I hope that others make a comment or two as well. I'd love to hear what others are reading.

From Iceland to Sweden by Camilla Läckberg. Nordic Noir season currently

made a short comment here which I see is not here: well i was tild I had to be a member of this group to comment.

I am way behind in my reviews again. But I am still making notes as I read and transferring to my notebooks because when i consider stopping, there is a gap. Besides, the reviews come in so handy and I expect that will be even more so with age.
Today I surprised myself by bursting into tears at the funeral of someone I was quite fond of. Sorry no link on phone but must let you know the title of this amazing book is Driftless by David Rhodes. A quiet masterpiece

just to be clear, the funeral was fictional