What are you reading now?: February 28, 2026.

Now with fewer typos in the subject line.

Just started Outlaw Planet. Against the World and Dissolution will follow.

I'm about halfway through The Poetic Edda translated by Jackson Crawford.

Finishing up The Last Summer of Reason today. The Count of Monte Cristo will follow.

I'm still reading Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Finished reading Fatal Feng Shui and back to reading Seduced by M.J. Rose

I've recently finished Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, a collection of three long short stories, or perhaps two long stories and one novella, published by Scott in 1827 (200 years ago!). The volume also includes a long introductory narrative by Scott's fictional author Chrystal Croftangry, explaining a humorous "how and why" of the writing of the tales, plus shorter introductions before the second and third tales. The stories are all historic tales (taking place around 75 years before Scott wrote them) recounting legends of the Scottish Highlands. I found the three tales to be of varying enjoyment. Brief individual notes on the stories can by found on my Club Read thread. All in all, this is not the best of the Scott "Waverly" tales I have read, but there was enjoyment to be derived all in all from the set.

I've now started The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa. This is a (relatively) modern (first U.S. translation published in 1956) retelling of the Japanese epic known in English as (according to Wikipedia) "The Tale of the Heike (平家物語, Heike Monogatari), an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185)." Eiji Yoshakawa published several retellings of Japanese classics of this sort.

Because of world events, this morning I decided it was time to revisit the ON THE BEACH 1950's novel written by Nevil Shute. I downloaded the audio version from hoopla. Libby has an eBook version.

>7 Molly3028: Good times: Not!

Finished The Companions by Sheri S. Tepper yesterday and nearly finished with The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne. Not quite sure what I'll read for March.

I've started Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid who I adore. I haven't read any of her books yet so I'm looking forward to this as I'm a huge fan of hers. Damn MSNBC for firing her.

Starting to read Pumpkin Patch Peril by Meredith Curtis. Book 2 of Maggie King Christian cozy mystery series.

Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
3.5/5 stars
This is a novel of suspense and mystery. It surrounds a couple whose wife has disappeared and a note on his computer to tells him not to tell anyone. Will his wife be found or will he spend his life looking for her. Mystery

Finished reading Pumpkin Patch Peril by Meredith Curtis and now reading Bound for destiny by James R. Trammell

The new thread is up over here.

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