What I'm Reading

In Progress

	1968: The Year That Rocked The World by Mark Kurlansky Started on Nov 23, 2025 Reading an softbound edition with 441 pages. History. Copyright 2004.
	The Fall of Numenor by J. R. R. Tolkien Started on Nov 18, 2025 Reading an hardback edition with 352 pages. Fantasy. Copyright 2022.
	A Beginner's Guide To The World Economy by Randy Charles Epping Started on Jun 16, 2025 Reading a softback edition with 153 pages. Non-Fiction. Copyright 1992.
	Annals Of The Former World by John McPhee Started on Dec 31, 2024 Reading an omnibus edition of about 696 pages. Science. Copyright 1981. Finished "Basin And Range" on Jan 9, 2025.

Next In Unfinished Series

Isaac Asimov - The Robots of Dawn (3)
Iain M. Banks - The State of the Art
Stephen Baxter - Gorgon Child (2)
Ben Bova - Powersat (1), Empire Builders (3) -- read #2
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Swords Of Mars
Orson Scott Card - Shadow of the Hegemon
Orson Scott Card - Children Of The Mind
Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot)
Alfred Coppel - Glory's War (2)
James SA Corey - Nemesis Games
Neil Gaiman - The Seven Sisters
Matthew Hughes - Hespira (3)
Marlon James - Moon Witch, Night Devil (2)
Diana Wynne Jones - Castle In The Air (2)
Stephen King - Song of Susannah (6)
Ursula Le Guin - Rocannon's World (Hainish Cycle)
Julian May - The Nonborn King
Larry Niven - A World Out Of Time
Cheri Priest - Dreadnought (2) [also short stories]
Robert Reed - The Greatship
Kristine Kathryn Rusch - The Renegat (8)
Karl Schroeder - Queen of Candesce (2)
David Weber - Ashes of Victory (9)
Connie Willis - To Say Nothing Of The Dog

Next To Read

See my TBR shelve.

Recently Completed

	At The Bottom Of The Garden by Camilla Bruce Finished on Nov 22, 2025 Horror (?). Copyright 2025. 368 pages. Two special girls are taken in by their murderess aunt. Quickly they discover her hidden secrets. This book could be more scary and fraught with peril, it just isn't. But it is still an engrossing story and fast read. 3/5 stars.
	Phaid The Gambler by Mick Farren Finished on Nov 16, 2025 Science Fiction. Copyright 1981. 296 pages. Re-read. Book #1 in the Song of Phaid The Gambler. A two-part novel about the aimless wandering adventures of Phaid The Gambler. I remember this book being exciting and fast, but it does not hold up. The first half is the most interesting and science fictional. The second half could be anywhere and is rather disappointing. Still love the cover though. 3/5 stars.
	Interview With The Vampire by Ann Rice Finished on Nov 14, 2025 Horror. Copyright 1976. 346 pages. The confessions of a New Orleans vampire told to a young interviewer. This developed into a very interesting story after a slow start. But definitely not that scary and now rather dated compared to more recent vampire mythology. 3/5 stars.
	The Elementals by Michael McDowell Finished on Oct 14, 2025 Horror. Copyright 1981. 292 pages. Three Victorian summer houses as ornate and grandose as they are out-of-place on a remote spit of land between the Gulf and a fetid marsh. Two of the houses are still used by long allied families from nearby Mobile. The third is ramshackle and filled with sand and a vicous evil that shapes nightmares and plots bloody murder. 5/5 stars.
	Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Finished on Oct 2, 2025 Science Fiction. Copyright 1996. 671 pages. The further continuation of the story of the First 100 Martians some 150 years into their future. I found this book rather boring and had some difficulty finishing it, although once I focused I read the last half in two days. It does have some interesting points, but is very high on detailed narration and low on action. 3/5 stars.

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