Literature What are you currently reading?

[Lou]

Cometothinkofit, I should see if there are any new Pierce novels.

So... the last book she wrote I have already read (and just about everything else she wrote).
The last book she wrote, Tempests And Slaughter (2018), was to be the first book in a trilogy. According to a fan she made some "continuity errors" in the book and was in the process of re-writing book 2. Then she had covid and then brain surgery. Again according to her fans she is recovering and has finished book 2 which should be published next year.
When it comes out I'll have to read Tempests over again because I don't remember anything about it. Maybe I can find the audio version.

Interesting side note. Tamora never expected to be a YA author. In fact her first books aren't really YA (they include premarital sex). But young girls became her biggest fans and then her publisher convinced her to write to that audience.

 

[Raven]

I am almost through a book called How to have an Epic Retirement. It is written for Australians so some of it is irrelevant to me, but it is quite interesting.

 

[Chryssie]

I wanted something "light" so as I was looking through the new books, this one caught my eye, "Sand, Sequins & Silicone" by Pia Mia. It is one of those large paperbacks and on the back cover pictured the author and stated she was a celebrity singer. I never heard of her but then I don't follow pop culture. After looking her up, this book is a fictionalized version of her own rise to stardom. It is a romance and there are a few "steamy" moments but nothing too graphic. The first person story is about Princess, a 20 something rising vocalist from Guam. The glamour and glitz of Hollywood and life among the rich and famous is described as well as the cut-throat struggles to be a success. Lots of social media involved and it was pretty interesting. Of course there is lots of drama. It was a pretty decent distraction read.

 

[SuicideBlonde]

I read the southern book club book slowish, just finished it. That was fun.