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Hi Everyone,

Sorry I missed putting a post up yesterday, I got busy and forgot.

This week I read:

Butterflies in November - Finished this up, it was my Popsugar book that takes place in a country that fascinates me. This was alright, a bit rambling all over the place.

The Time Traders - Book by a female author using a male pseudonym. I never realized Andre Norton was a woman. I always saw the books in the sci fi aisle, but never actually read any. I don't know if this was the best to start on, but it's what hte library had digitally. it was just ok for me, a bit generic dude sci fi.

Summer Knight - listened to this while I do art and cross stitch, it's a re-read but i'm really loving James Marsters reading.

All the Birds in the Sky - ATY's book related to Air. I really loved this, a great meld of sci fi and fantasy. I really like combo books, it's fun.

Currently Reading:

The Waking Land - This will be read harder's book about nature. Really liking it so far, fantasy with earth magic.

Also listening to the audio book for A Man Called Ove which will be my popsugar book I meant to read last year. Didn't get very far yet, but like it so far.

QOTW:

borrowing from Popsugar again,

Does anyone have any books that they really loved, but are underrated? Not that many ratings, no one seems to know about the book, local author perhaps?

some of mine are:

Midnight at the Electric - I thought this was such an interesting idea for a book. There was a "present" storyline of a woman about to join a Mars colony, and two other stories told through letters and memories, one set in the dust bowl era, and another set during WW1 I think.

Biting the Sun - This was one of my favorite books, first read it back in high school and still pull it out now and then. It's a sort of utopia that is really a dystopia story, about the narrator trying to find meaning in a life where no one has to do anything.

Synners - Pat Cardigan was writing cyberpunk back around the same time as Gibson, but never got the same recognition. I really enjoyed this one, and I read another of hers for the cyberpunk prompt this year.

I just finished Competence, the latest by Gail Carriger. I was a happy book nerd because I was first on the list of requests for it from the library. I liked it, but there's a lot more emphasis on Primrose and Percy, so it was good to get to know them better. But there was much less about Rue and even less about Quesnel, who are more fun.

Apparently I don't enjoy underrated books. The lowest overall rating on my goodreads books is about 3.5, and I gave that one 2 stars.

I haven't posted since the beginning of this month, so these completions are staggered over a couple of weeks! I finished the following:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: counted as my cyberpunk prompt.

America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't: I stretched a bit and smooshed it into the problem facing society today.

Ready Player One: counted as my meant to read in 2017, as I usually read the book before seeing the movie. Did the reverse this time. It was eye-opening seeing the differences.

Storm Front: counted as my weather element in title.

A Clockwork Orange: counted as my fruit in the title prompt. Listened to the audiobook, which was really difficult to follow given all the invented slang. Will definitely re-read.

In non-prompt reading, I enjoyed Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life.

That puts me at 30/40 and 9/10 for the Popsugar challenge. Hoping to get to 40 books down by my birthday (next week).

QOTW: The first book that comes to mind is Island At The Top Of The World. I came across an old, tattered copy of the French version as a teenager. I loved it, but no one else I knew had ever heard of it or read it. It has 126 reviews on here, so I'll take that as fairly obscure.

Hello everyone! I've been traveling every weekend in July for 4-5 days, additionally coupled with work travel. I've had little time to read books and less time to post. I have caught up on reading the past few weeks of posts here. I have more travel coming up this weekend too. It is a mixed blessing.

From last week: Jessie, I am a somewhat frequent commenter. I am not doing any challenge and am a slower reader, mostly due to lack of time. I love reading everyone's posts and I get a lot of ideas for things to read to add to my ever-lengthening Want-To-Read list. Please feel welcome here! I love reading everyone's thoughts on what they're reading.

Just this past weekend, I finished Everlasting. I got it on the free rack at my library. I enjoyed it. It is a novel from the early 1990s, but set in the late 1960's-late 1980's. Honestly after reading a bunch of non-fiction, I thought it was a fluffy romance novel. But I was wrong. It was a bit of a feminist novel of a young woman making her way in Manhattan after being kicked out of her affluent house at 18 in the mid 1960s. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

I'm currently reading Still Me. I'm enjoying this too. It was my BoTM club pick from February (my daughter gave me a 3-month subscription as a Christmas gift). I still have my January pick in my TBR pile. This book is also pretty interesting. It is the story of a 20-something woman who comes to NYC to be the "assistant" of a wealthy young bride. It is easy reading. Since I travel to NYC/Manhattan pretty often for my work, I enjoy recognizing some of the areas discussed.

QOTW: One book that comes to mind is The Mirror of Her Dreams. It is a late 1980's fantasy novel. I loved it. I remember reading it very slowly solely so that it wouldn't end too quickly. It was one also the reason for one of my first internet-based friendships I formed, in 1988, with someone in CA (I'm in MA) who shared the passion of the book. He even sent me a copy of a novel he wrote and I'm friends with him on FB. I've been meaning to reread the book to see if how it aged and how my perceptions have changed.