What are you reading this week of January 31, 2016?

[hermetic]

Where the f*** did January go? That's a little inside joke for those who have the Blackstar album.

Still reading The Drums of Autumn, only 500 pages left to go. I was thinking, when I finish this one I will have read over 4,000 pages of Outlander. That's a lotta ink. I have also just started watching season 1 of the TV series on DVD. I love this show so much! It is so beautiful: the music, the scenery, the horses. The characters are marvelous. The 'bad guy' is so amazingly bad. And Jamie, oh Jamie! I would go back in time for him. Mmmmm.

I'm also still reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Published in 1940, this portrayal of some misfits in a Georgia mill town during the 1930s is quite fascinating. You really get a sense of the time and place.

What is capturing your fancy this week?

[TexasProgresive]

1. Dragonfly in Amber

Claire again in her present 1968, but I expect there will be an encounter with some certain standing stones in the near future.

For those who don't know this is the second of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.

[hermetic]

3. Welcome to

Outlanders Anonymous! Oh, it gets addictive.

Watch this and then you'll really be able to see and hear them in your mind while you're reading. It's good thing.

[shenmue]

2. 'Wrongful Death,' Lynda LaPlante

[japple]

4. Still reading Amy Stewart's book

Girl Waits With Gun which is (as I expected) a lot of fun.

[Enthusiast]

5. Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic.

I finished Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon. Now I'm reading The Black Book by Ian Rankin.

Mrs. Enthusiast finished English Passengers by Matthew Kneale. She learned a great deal about the scope of shipping in the 19th Century. She also learned about colonial Australia (Tasmania). She really enjoyed English passengers. Now she is reading Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon.

[Number9Dream]

6. Started "3 Classic Joe Leaphorn Mysteries" by Tony Hillerman

Based on good reviews on this thread, and since my library had this book, I decided that these would be a good place to start. Three mysteries in one volume. I finished "The Blessing Way", and enjoyed it very much. I'm half-way through "Dance Hall of the Dead".

[Enthusiast]

7. I'm glad to hear you are reading Tony Hillerman.

We felt that Tony Hillerman became more polished over time. Mrs. Enthusiast has read them all in order and I have one or two remaining. We always looked forward to the next one.

[Number9Dream]

8. Thanks for turning me on to these

Enjoying the Southwest and the Native American culture.

[Enthusiast]

9. I sometimes think the Native American culture was left intact in the Southwest

because the land was marginal for agriculture. I'm sure they were repeatedly proselytized by Christian missionaries but their religious traditions persevered. The sand paintings and artwork are beautiful.

[Zorro]

10. Finished Pale Gray for Guilt

I seem to be on a John D. MacDonald/Travis McGee kick lately.

It's refreshing to read intelligent, literate pulp fiction. Takes me back to the 60's.

[Enthusiast]

11. Those are fun books. They really do take you back.

[SheilaT]

12. Just started "Vanishing Games" by Roger Hobbs.

It's his second novel, the first was "Ghostman". Same main character, so this is clearly the start of a series. Our Ghostman can make all kinds of problems go away.

Hobbs graduated from Reed College just a few years ago and is a wonderful writer, especially if you like this sort of book. I do.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

13. reading - Kim Stanley Robinson - Shaman

finished - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - Crimson Shore