Had a busy week, so couldn’t get much reading done. So still at pretty much the same place in Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series).
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Finished Southern Man by Greg Iles. This is the final book in the Penn Cage series. I wouldn’t recommend it for someone new to this author, and if you have read other Penn Cage novels, you already know what you’re in for. It features the usual levels of racism, violence, and arson. The author had some things to say about politics, and did. It wasn’t quite a hit piece on Republicans generally, but more about the political environment that made a candidate like Trump electable, and how that could be exploited by a smarter and more competent independent candidate.
Up next is The Eagle has Landed by Jack Higgins. Someone said I should read this even though I’d already seen the movie and lent me a copy. Since I mostly know what happens, it should go more quickly.
If you want WW2 spy thrills, skip ‘The Eagle Has Landed’ and read ‘Night Soldiers’ by Alan Furst.
After a Fascist mob kills his younger brother, a young Bulgarian fisherman is recruited by the KGB. He is trained and sent to Spain to fight in the Civil War.
Great atmosphere, chilling intrigue, wild battles.