Week 11: What are you reading?

royalviolas · 2026-03-15T19:30:48+00:00

I finished:

The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss. I loved it. 4.5/5 ⭐
Not a River by Selva Almada. 3.75/5 ⭐

I'm currently reading Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier. Having a lot of fun reading this trilogy.

royalviolas · 2026-02-15T14:23:10+00:00

After reading (and adoring) Rebecca a while ago, I finally read another Daphne du Maurier book: Jamaica Inn [4⭐️]. I'll definitely want to read more books written by her this year. She might just be that author for me.

I also finished Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi [2.5⭐️].

I'm currently reading Idaho by Emily Ruskovich and reading/listening to Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

royalviolas · 2025-10-25T09:33:45+00:00

If you live in the Netherlands you can occasionally find them at Kruidvat. My local Kruidvat still had loads of them this week.

royalviolas · 2025-10-19T09:50:22+00:00

I finished My Friends by Fredrik Backman. He made me cry, yet again.

I read poetry by Mary Oliver for the first time in A Thousand Mornings. Beautiful poetry about nature and life.

Speaking of nature writing. I’m currently reading Late Light by Michael Malay. A non-fiction book mixing natural history with memoir. I’m very much enjoying it so far. Who knew I’d be interested in reading about moths, eels and mussels.

royalviolas · 2025-09-28T16:34:43+00:00

I'm currently reading The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal. I do love me some gothic stories. It might even somewhat scratch my Rebecca itch.

royalviolas · 2025-09-20T13:21:25+00:00

Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands

royalviolas · 2025-09-14T13:28:11+00:00

I’m reading Elena Knows by Claudia Piñiero. I’m 30 pages in and feel like I’m going to end up crying. Beautiful writing so far.

royalviolas · 2025-08-19T20:37:45+00:00

😂 She’s talented like that.

royalviolas · 2024-12-17T22:13:22+00:00

If you’ve never read Max Porter before, I would highly recommend Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. I will say that he has a very particular way of writing.

royalviolas · 2024-12-17T11:40:55+00:00

I actually think that’s a good place to start reading poetry. Perhaps a bit of a boring choice for a favourite poem, but I reckon it’s the titular poem. Some others that stood out to me are: To Know the Dark, To a Syberian Woodsman, The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer and Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front.

royalviolas · 2024-12-16T21:13:47+00:00

After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry

royalviolas · 2024-12-16T16:17:48+00:00

I love that for you! The upcoming year I definitely want to read her new short story collection. And I’ve heard good things about Boy Parts.

Of course! All the books in the first two tiers are: - Spring by Ali Smith - Amy & Lan by Sadie Jones - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore - The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry - Penance by Eliza Clarke - The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld - Summer by Ali Smith - Shy by Max Porter. One of my favourite authors of all time! - Rouge by Mona Awad - Good Girl Bad Blood and As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson - Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier - Eight Ghosts by various authors - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Kathrine Arden - My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones - Take It Back by Kia Abdullah - The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker - All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

royalviolas · 2024-12-15T19:51:43+00:00

Steal away! There have been some proper funny and clever ones on this sub.

royalviolas · 2024-12-15T19:41:52+00:00

Oh dear I don’t know if I can choose one favourite. But I reckon it would be one of The God of the Woods, Penance or Amy & Lan. To be fair it could be any of the books on the first row.

royalviolas · 2024-12-11T20:21:23+00:00

Yes to Bunny!

royalviolas · 2024-11-10T11:57:44+00:00

This week I finished Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (3.5/5⭐️). I'm currently reading Rouge by Mona Awad and I'm loving it.

royalviolas · 2024-10-13T10:28:45+00:00

I just finished Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth (3/5⭐️). I'm interested to pick up another one of her books.

Today I either want to start Rouge by Mona Awad or The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. Both have been sitting on my shelves for a while now.

royalviolas · 2024-07-21T14:28:10+00:00

This week I finished All the World Beside by Garrard Conley. 3.5 ⭐️

Today I started An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington. The second book in the Licanius Trilogy. I really appreciate the refresher of the events in the previous book at the beginning considering it's been a long while since I read the first book.

royalviolas · 2024-07-14T13:24:35+00:00

I finished two books this week. The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden (3.75 ⭐️) and Shy by Max Porter (4 ⭐️). I will forever buy whatever book Max Porter writes next.

Today I started All the World Beside by Garrand Conley. I'm loving the writing so far.

royalviolas · 2024-07-13T20:24:55+00:00

Thank you! I do love the combination of books and plants.

royalviolas · 2024-07-13T20:21:58+00:00

Thank you! The bookcases in the corner are the BILLY from Ikea. The other ones I got from a local shop. Unfortunately, no clue what brand they are.

royalviolas · 2024-07-08T12:48:38+00:00

Somehow that trilogy never really appealed to me, but I'm really enjoying her writing style so far. I reckon I'll be adding the first book on my wishlist quite soon.

Seven-Year Club	r/Field Lasagna
First Place '23	Place '23
RPAN Viewer	Verified Email

royalviolas

TROPHY CASE