Happy Valentine’s day friends! Sending you warm greetings from a very cold and wintry day in Austin.
My big plan for this cold day is to just stay bundled up and catch up on my current reads. Settled in with a big cup of coffee, maybe some chocolate, here’s what I’ll be reading:
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. “A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.”
I recently mentioned this one in a Tuesday Intro post. It’s a dense book after all it’s tracking 500 million years of history so I’m not flying through it but it’s so interesting. It may take me a while longer to finish this one but I don’t mind at all.
The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts. The novel starts in the 1960s when 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a party given by the owners of a prominent clinic in a town on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer’s, and the physician’s bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury.
The book is set up as if there were excerpts from a novel that was written about the murders, interviews with suspects and other alternate voices to shape what happened. It really does read like a true crime novel so this is turning out to be a great crime fiction novel.
We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida. I just mentioned this one in my previous post and it’s the book that really called to me so I had to start it. I particularly love the time frame of this because it’s set in the 80s and the girls who are the main characters are all in their teenage years so it’s bringing back memories to me of when I was that age (also in the 80s) and would run around with my friends. I love reading about the dynamics between these best friends.
So those are my books. Other than reading and keeping warm, I plan to have a zoom call with two of my best friends and then my husband and I are going to watch a movie or maybe start a new series. We just finished The Tunnel and really enjoyed it and are anxiously awaiting the last season of Bosch. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re having a quiet day, as well. It’s chilly and rainy, but not nearly as cold as the Midwest. I can’t tell you how happy I am that we no longer live in Nebraska, where it’s currently -9!
I’m so glad to hear that We Run the Tides is turning out to be a winner. I was in my 20s during that time period, but the story still appeals to me.
As far as new shows to watch, we just finished Lupin, which was great! Of course, now we have to sit and wait for Season Two, but it gives us something to look forward to. Now we’re watching River (starring Nicola Walker). We love it and can’t wait to watch each night after dinner. I highly recommend both of these!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and stay warm.
Happy Valentine’s Day! All your books sound interesting. I did start listening to The Sixth Extinction on audio and two chapters in, loved it so much that I decided to go get the book. And of course, I didn’t so it’s still a book I need to get back to. Thanks for the reminder!
It’s very cold here as well so reading is exactly what I’m doing as well.
I’ve put We Run the Tides aside for awhile. When I got to the neighborhood party for Wes, I paused. Not sure what is going to happen, but things are already tense. I really enjoyed The Tunnel. Stay warm, Iliana!
I just started reading We Run the Tides today and am enjoying it immensely! Over 100 pages in now and hope to read more tonight.
So glad we’re here in Florida now instead of central NY… sunny and 75 today while I was reading on the porch. Stay warm!
I hope you had a nice Valentine’s Day and I also hope that you enjoy We Run the Tides, it was not to flashback to myself as a girl in eight grade 🙂
Hope you had a nice Valentine’s Day. Chocolate and books sounds good to me 🙂 Have a great week!
Sounds like you’d a wonderful Valentine’s Day, Iliana! Those books sound interesting and I hope you enjoy them all!
That’s a scary cover. Too close to reality for many women.
I hope you are staying warm! Have you been impacted by the power outages? I hope you are enjoying your reading! Have a great week, Iliana.
Yes, I remember you spotlighting We Run the Tides – it’d really caught my eye. As does The Tunnel, hadn’t heard of this show before, but it sounds gripping. But the best is The Aosawa Murders — I’ve seen it get some excellent reviews in the Japanese lit. reading / mystery reading challenges, look forward to your review too.
Happy Valentine’s Day (belatedly). We had our internet knocked out from this power blast of a winter storm that roared through Houston this week, but I think we are back up.
I was dabbling in The Sixth Extinction over the winter holidays too. it’s quite a read. Were you inspired to pick up this one because of all the industry chatter about her new book?