What have you recently finished reading?
Mara Wilson’s biography, Where Am I Now? Obviously, I wanted to be Matilda as a kid, so it was interesting to catch up with the life of someone who lived the dream… sort of. It’s quite touching in places, and she writes frankly about her anxiety disorder. I found it entertaining and worth the read.
What are you currently reading?
On the go right now… The Return of the King, as I finally finish off my reread, and Dark Sky, by Mike Brooks — the sequel to Dark Run. Tolkien’s work is fascinating, of course, although for once I think maybe I’m not quite in the right mood. Dark Sky is entertaining, though I’ve got a bit bogged down in the current section with the riot. I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps I’m just being picky in general about my books. It wouldn’t be the first time…
What are you planning to read next?
I’ve got a tonne of non-fiction reviews all lined up to post at around the same time, so I think I’m going to try and make sure it’s fiction, at least. I have to look at my reading challenge prompts that are left; stuff like ‘a book I haven’t read since high school’ and ‘a book and its prequel’. Hmm…
Interested to hear your final thoughts about Dark Sky. I enjoyed Dark Run, but with all the books on my plate, haven’t had a chance to pick up the sequel…
I’ll need to pick it back up myself! Just… so many books!
I find that you need to be in the mood for Middle Earth or it’s easy to lose focus and disengage with it. My rereads of the series seem to go that way sometimes! I’ve read Fellowship about 20 times, Two Towers 4 times, Return of the King 3 times. I like his work but don’t often reread it.
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I don’t have quite as high a failure rate, but the appetite for Middle-earth does sometimes seem to flag after a book or so!