What are you reading? 2019

Two isn't my maximum at any one time and I do know that our @shiney often has half a dozen on the go at any one time!
As for the two I mentioned, I think I stated that the lighter read (Small Great Things) is my bedtime reading; Homus Deus is a deeper, thinking, read and one I can indulge in when I get to work too early and grab a coffee and read a few pages/a chapter before heading into the daily grind.
I'm also one of those people who enjoys "reading" cookery books (yes, for pleasure - if that is the right word?).
I also enjoy reading and analysing research papers/academic tomes. But those are a much slower pace than a novel!!

Ok, so ...

... I completed the initial read (aka skim reading) and I didn't predict the ending! For me, that translates into a *good* book.
Now, I am re-reading it and giving it a little bit more attention.
From skim reading these are my thoughts:
I found it thought provoking because it is about "racism" - in an American setting. There is a male white supremacist viewpoint running parallel to, and in conjunction with, a black female narrative which, ultimately, takes the reader to a courtroom "battle". "Battle" is a strong word, but in the book it is a battle theme which is expressed both as a blatant and more subtle thing. I already understood blatant racism (who doesn't in this day and age); I hadn't really given much thought to "subtle" ways in which racism exists in our Western cultures. The book introduced me to a few of those. It also addresses the statement: "I don't see colour"; only to show that in ways we may not consider ... we *do* see colour; whether through over compensating or otherwise. As I said: thought provoking. Enough so I'm re-reading it.

 

@"M" i know you said the ones a light read but it must be each individual as i counldn't swap from one to the other...my soul concentration as to be one book ....must be how my marbles are fixed mate

 

@shiney i hope you know your pages mate

 

@shiney i would have to have all mine tagged...can't do multiple task reading

 

Well i've done addition one and 3 in this volume..great reads so fare ...so i purchased 2 last night which i'll enjoy starting today

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Our hero is battling unseen demons not just memories of his past as a front line soldier but of his experiences once he was captured all those different traumas shows them self on a daily basis and it is heart-breaking.

On the surface Cassie is a chirpy Lass, on a constant high forever smiling and she constantly babbles. I love how from the moment she sets her eyes on our Jamie she is forever referring to him as “My dashing pirate” or my personal favourite “Galahad”. Cassie holds a deep dark secret, one that she is too ashamed to tell anyone especially Jamie. She is stuck with her evil and abusive father the Reverend Reeve’s; who really is pure evil for a man of the cloth, he is got a seriously nasty temperament and personally speaking he ought to stop preaching at his daughter and the Warriners and drown himself in his own holy water. But then again, that may be too good for him. I have come across real bad and sadistic characters before but the Reverend Reeve’s does take the award for just how horrific he is. The way he treats his poor daughter is truly shocking.
Cassie’s story, like Jamie’s is so beautiful written and actual very to date, I like the fact that Heath has brought some very important, yet unspoken issues of today, such as PTSD and slavery and family violence into the plot. This makes it so much more than your regulated Historical Romance.

I think Heath has found her niche the way she has proven yet again that she is the master of the damaged and flawed heroes the way she portrays the vulnerability in Jamie is a work of art. I have said it before but I do love a fragile military hero, military men are very close to my heart so when ever I come across one in a Historical Romances I want realism, I don’t want raving and constant fighting that’s not the way of scarred military men they try to get on with their lives no matter what and Heath always gets her heroes psychological states spot on, she doesn’t over do it. Her character’s come to life right before your eyes you go on this journey with them and you are willing them on.

 

Just finished "The Greatest Knight" by Thomas Asbridge about the life of William Marshall.

 

@shiney i've been with libraries and done the books i read then started buying new ones 3 for £10, then i turned to second hand books and in the end joined Amazon but the ones free i'd already read...so i either purchase them or pre-order one now if it takes my liking

 

@shiney i could'nt imagine trying to work out how much i've paid over the years besides the amount on my kindle mate...reading as cost me a fortune but something i really like

 

Right i've finished that series of books i've been adding...the 4th hasn't been released yet..so got to wait

Purchased this one yesterday and i hope it's a good read

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Finished that book tonight (Shield of Kronos)...great read and just purchased the 2nd version

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Saw this a thought of us book addicts