What We’re Reading: Den Haag Edition

The Amsterdam Edition will come tomorrow or the day after!

Ester:  Sammy’s Hill by Kristin “Daughter of Al” Gore.  It’s a pure RomCom and absolutely perfect for my busy days right now!  I love it.

Nyjolene:  The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray.  Superb!  Part 3 of a trilogy (part 1 is A Great and Terrible Beauty, part 2 is Rebel Angels).  It’s quite scary, but a keeper nonetheless.  The main character is 16 and she’s sassy and witty.  Love it!

Tom:  The Law of Attraction by Esther and Jerry Hicks.  Recommended to me by Nyjolene, and I’m finding it quite interesting.

RonZ:  The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton.  Part 2 of the Void trilogy.  I only have time to read just before I go to bed, so I’m taking a looong time over his books.

Sophie:  Tai-Pan by James Clavell and Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin.  I started Tai-Pan a few times before, having loved and read Shogun several times, but I always stalled.  Now I’m definitely going to finish; I’m all caught up in the intrigues and mid-nineteenth century Hong Kong.  Strong characters (both male and female), and a cracking story filled with all-powerful merchants, concubines, the complexities of the tea-opium-bullion trade back then, and everyone trying to one-up everyone else.  I’m also slowly finishing up Winter’s Tale.  It’s a beautiful book, that ambles along pleasantly at the moment, filled with marvelous characters (Peter Lake, Pearly Soames and his Short Tails, a magical white horse, the Baymen, Beverly Penn – all of them with a rich and detailed backstory).  Until it will pull me in completely and I’ll have to finish it in one setting – I have a feeling it’s that kind of book.  Helprin’s language is oh so beautiful; another reason I’m going slowly is because I’m truly savoring it!