What is everyone reading at the moment?

A story of how two sisters in France live out the invasion of their country by the Germans during World War II

A book titled Infected By a Dr LaGuardia. It explains how to boost the immune system to not get infections and if one gets one how to effectively fight it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/164620946X?psc...ct_details

I'm into a classic that I've read before - Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott. It has been a long time since the last time I read the whole book.

I am just starting to re-read (for the third time, no less) the "Worldwar" series by Harry Turtledove.

Worldwar tetralogy:

- In the Balance (1994)
- Tilting the Balance (1995)
- Upsetting the Balance (1996)
- Striking the Balance (1996)
Colonization trilogy (set 20 years later):
- Second Contact (1999)
- Down to Earth (2000)
- Aftershocks (2001)
Finally, the wrap-up single novel:
- Homeward Bound (2004)




The premise is that while Earth is in the middle of WWII, a conquest fleet of lizard-like aliens arrive, armed to their pointy teeth.
The aliens have extremely sophisticated weapons (tanks, supersonic jets, missiles, nukes, etc.), but their reconnaissance intel was 800 years old. They expected to be up against armoured knights with spears on horseback, at worst. Nor do they have a real grasp of how best to use the weapons they did bring, because they only trained from centuries-old books and simulators. No experience with asymmetrical warfare.
The story is told by following the lives a dozen main point-of-view characters from all over the world, some historically real, most made-up, plus a few of the aliens.

It really should become a Netflix series.

I'm alternating my reading sessions with Ruth Ozeki's "A Tale for the Time Being". (Also a re-reading.)

A Tale for the Time Being is a metafictional novel by Ruth Ozeki narrated by two characters, a sixteen-year-old Japanese American girl living in Tokyo who keeps a diary, and a Japanese American writer living on an island off the coast of British Columbia who finds the diary of the young woman washed ashore some time after the 2011 tsunami that devastated Japan

I like H. Turtledoves books. Good "historical" sci/fi. I haven't read those however.

Excellent read!!

It’s funny you mention the tech issues. A friend and I were discussing how current tech solves so many issues of the past instantly, eliminating any neeed for twisting problems and plots. As a result, many new shows and movies seem to be set in the recent past (pre-smart devices).

I am reminded of a bit in "Life on Mars" (I only saw the U.S. version) where Our Hero mysteriously finds himself being a cop way back in the early '70s. For one of their cases his fellow detective mentions something along the lines of how they should get results on the fingerprints in five weeks or so. 
Our Hero (appalled): "Five weeks?!" 
Other Detective: "Yeah - it's amazing what they can do now, isn't it?"

I got done reading (and enjoying) Ivanhoe.

I'm now reading the Fagles translation of 'The Aeneid'. Truth be told, I was kinda reading it in parallel with the Walter Scott book, just to see if I liked it. I do like it so far, so I'll stick with it.

I don't really get much time to read. When I start a book, it ends up taking me close to forever to finish it.

I started this one back in 1820 (give or take a few centuries). Finally got time to finishing it. I'd say "Slapstick science" best sums it up. Probably something Eric MaineYooper would enjoy? Definitely a light, fun read.

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Finishing up this British police procedural. 



Next, I think I'll check out the slapstick science book! Maybe it can balance the seriousness of this book that am taking a break from.



The author set out, if I remember correctly, to write about pandemics and ended up focusing on the the Black Death.