What are we reading in July?

Happy second half of 2019, everyone, and happy Canada Day to those who celebrate! I've begun this month with The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede. What are you reading in July?

I have started The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood which I suspect is going to take me awhile and today I intend to pick up Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller.

I have started I Was Anastasia, but that has led me to a part of Russian history on which I'm rusty, the Provisional Government (Kerensky), so I have been sidetracked already!

I'm reading the The Charlemagne Connection by R. M. Cartmel. Then I need to pick out a good airplane read for my trip to Philadelphia.

I'll be celebrating Canada Day by sitting in front of the A/C with a glass of iced tea and reading Jo Walton's What Makes This Book So Great. Also have to go through the books I currently have out from the library because there are too many books and not enough time to read them all :-/

I'm reading Big Sky. I was lucky enough to be first in line for it at the library, I was shocked! The years have gotten away from me and I didn't realize it had been so long since I read the last book in this series. Now that I think about it I should have started reading them again to revisit some of the details that I don't remember. It's a good read, with the introduction of many characters, but I trust that all will become clear when I am finished and that the characters weren't thrown in at random.

Working on Parrot and Olivier in America, Hollow City, and An Unsuitable Attachment.

I read The Stormy Petrel by Mary Stewart over the weekend -- pleasant, not taxing, light on plot. Now I've begun Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, which I am enjoying so far even though it's not my usual thing.

I've started the month with The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd for the Random Cat and I'm going today to pick up Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World by Andrea Barnet for my RL book club.

Just finished Caesar's Last Breath, by Sam Kean. Next up in library reading is Henry I: Father of His People, Edmund King's contribution to the Penguin Monarchs series.

On the bus I'm reading John le Carré's The Looking-Glass War. With luck I should finish that tomorrow or Thursday.

After almost 5 months of reading by installments, I was very happy to finish Adam Bede. I did enjoy the story but it seemed very long. I am currently loving my re-read of The Way West by A.B. Guthrie and a mystery called Murder At The Old Vicarage by Jill McGown that I knew nothing about before picking it up but am finding it a good read.

Woo hoo, finished The Looking-Glass War! Tomorrow I'll start The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman, a much lighter spy novel ;)

I am still reading The weird: a compendium of strange and dark stories.
Also reading The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon which I like but not as much as The yiddish policemen union.

My non fiction read is Utopia for realists by Rutger Bregman which so far is pretty interesting.

I've just put Strange Things, by Margaret Atwood, in my bag for my next lunchtime read. It's a collection of lectures about Canadian literature.

I've been too wiped out to read lately, but I hope to get further along in Circe, Before We Were Yours, Conviction, and Today Will Be Different within the next few days as I took a few days off from work next week and working half a day today.

Lining up a new batch of books for the week.

On the bus I'll be reading Scotchman's Return and Other Essays, by Hugh MacLennan, which was my choice for the July TBRCAT. It's one of two MacLennan books on my shelves that I haven't read yet. It is also my choice for the "short stories and essays" square on the BingoDOG card.

On breaks at work I'll be reading 1066: The Year of the Conquest, by David Howarth. I might start it today though.

I'm also chipping away at Typeset in the Future, by Dave Addey, a gorgeous oversized book discussing the typography and design of science fiction movies.

Even thought I haven't finished Visionary Women yet, I've decide to start The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny for a little bit of lighter reading and for the Alpha Kit.

I am currently reading The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff, The Rise of the Govenor by Robert Kirkman and Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon.

I'm treating myself to a reread of Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer.

Trying out a new-to-me author with Jonna Gjevre's Arcanos Unraveled.

I finished A Crown of Swords last Friday, and now flipping between Interim in Pilgrimage 2, Guns, Germs and Steel and Four Past Midnight.

Was feeling a bit restless and anxious today (thought I'd have a lot of work to do, it ended up being a manageable workload, but I still had some leftover stress from worrying about it), so naturally I decided to unwind with a memoir by a forensic pathologist: Unnatural Causes, by Richard Shepherd.

Conviction is just what I needed to snap me out of my book funk. Then again it's hard to imagine a scenario where Denise Mina wouldn't hold my attention. I put Circe to the side for now, and will revisit it later this year.

Hey all! I'm back from vacation, and slowly getting back into the swing of things. I've read so much on past beach vacations, I wasn't prepared for getting a slow start this month. While away, I only read two books: A Catskill Eagle and Inhuman Condition, as well as finishing up Patriot Games.

Now I'm back, I'm reading Ring of Swords, which is going so slowly that I ended up picking up Nicholas: Lords of Satyr for a change of pace. With any luck, I'll also be getting around to The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich this month.

Here's hoping everyone else's reading plans are a bit more on track than mine!

My reading plans are actually ahead of schedule as I am having a very good reading month. Right now I am reading Dark Chapter by Winnie Li, a BB I took from Ridgewaygirl and I am about to start The Quiet American by Graham Greene.

Visionary Women is having a hard time holding my attention. So I picked up (and finished) The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny and have gravitated to The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch so I can delay a bit longer. I need to have it read for my book club meeting the beginning of August so I'll have to get back to it soon.

I'm currently reading The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez, which is an entertaining contemporary romance.

The question is what am I not reading it seems. About to finish The Farmer's Son, and then work on finishing Hard Times, Ring For Jeeves, Little, or The Given Day depending on what mood I'm in. Sadly, there are other books that I've started as well but these are the four I'm trying to finish first. Though, I'll be needing another non-fiction once I finish The Farmer's Son so maybe I'll get back to Prairie Fires

I'm enjoying Denise Mina's latest novel, Conviction.

I've just begun The Second Man by Edward Grierson, a British mystery from the 1950s. So far, so good!

>29 rabbitprincess: I enjoyed Conviction as well. I just finished The Nickel Boys a few minutes ago. It was beautifully written and heartbreaking, a five star read for me.

>31 lsh63: Yay! I especially like how she captured the tone of a podcast, right down to the sponsor segments!

This weekend I might try to finish The Wallace, by Nigel Tranter. Or I'll read a few more spooky tales from Flight or Fright, a collection edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent.

I'm about halfway through Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, and so far, it's living up to the hype!

I'm trying to finish two books before the end of the month: The Trespasser by Tana French that I'm really enjoying but it may last into August, and an Early Reviewer win The Starlight Claim by Tim Wynne-Jones, a YA thriller that is surprisingly good.

>34 VivienneR: Ooh yay, Tana French! I've loaned that one to my mum so that she can read it and I can discuss it with her.

>35 rabbitprincess: I'm only halfway through but I think it's one of French's best.

>36 VivienneR: Conway is such a powerful central character! I liked her relationship with Moran, too.

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Just finished the short story collection I mentioned in >32 rabbitprincess:. Joe Hill's story was my favourite; it was the most technically detailed and the scariest because it was the most realistic.

I finished my last book this morning - Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child.