What I am reading Wednesday

[paranoidangel]

What I Didn't Finish Reading
A Legacy of Honour by Elizabeth Moon. I picked this because it was the biggest in my dead tree book to read pile. Which is because it's an omnibus of two 450 page books. I made it 93 pages into the first one and although it was fine to read it was just boring. Nothing interesting happened. And judging by the summary it's possible something interesting could happen in the middle of the second book. So I gave up.

Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon. This is from the same series as the above, but set a long time later. I didn't make it as far in because it became clear it was going to be all military and fighting and I'm just not interested. I also have book three in the series, so I didn't even need to start that to remove it from my to read pile.

What I Just Finished Reading
Irresponsible Adult by Lucy Dillon. This was the one I'd read the first chapter of last time and didn't think much of it. I looked at the summary again and thought it will probably get interesting. And then by chapter 3 it was so interesting I couldn't put it down. The author has written other books, so that's more to read - although it's general fiction, so has to be read sparingly or it gets too samey.

Trust & Safety by Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman. I have no idea why this was on my wishlist. I didn't know after I'd read the summary and I still don't know after I've read the book. It was described as a romcom, but it wasn't particularly rom and definitely wasn't at all com, but it was all right.

How Did All This Happen? By John Bishop. I heard recently there's going to be a film based on his life and I know very little about him, so I thought this book will tell me why this comedian specifically. And I still don't know. Nor do I know how I know him, because I've definitely not seen him live and he doesn't really do panel shows (I'm not including Doctor Who here because I knew him before he was on that). The book was interesting, it was just that his story wasn't particularly different from a lot of other comedians really.

What I'm Currently Reading
The Girls Who Went to War by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi. I am really enjoying this. It's about three women who each joined a different branch of the armed forces during the war. It's about what they did and how they got on etc.

What I'm Reading Next
The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer. I don't know anything about this book, but I know that Bob Mortimer is funny. So I'm hoping I like it, but feel like I've had some bad luck with books recently so I am worrying that I won't.

Mirrored from my blog.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I heard recently there's going to be a film based on his life and I know very little about him, so I thought this book will tell me why this comedian specifically. And I still don't know.

Ha, that does seem very weird! Maybe he just wrote it as a good script or something and that's how??? ANd most comedians don't??

The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer. I don't know anything about this book, but I know that Bob Mortimer is funny. So I'm hoping I like it

I feel like it should at least be interesting because Bob Mortimer, but fingers crossed for it being as good as Bob Mortimer on WILTY! XD

[paranoidangel]

Maybe he just wrote it as a good script or something and that's how???

I looked it up, because I was pretty sure he didn't write it. It turns out it's loosely based on one part of his life.

I feel like it should at least be interesting because Bob Mortimer, but fingers crossed for it being as good as Bob Mortimer on WILTY!

My thoughts exactly.

[thisbluespirit]

A complete mystery, then!