I finished Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell, and started The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel, also by David Mitchell.

I didn’t love Cloud Atlas, unfortunately. I’m not a fan of short stories in general. I’m never satisfied with their more abbreviated nature. The way that the stories in Cloud Atlas interconnected wasn’t clever enough or interesting enough to make up for my lack of enjoyment while reading some of them.

But hey, it wasn’t a total wash. The stories I did like I liked well enough that I decided to start Jacob de Zoet soon after, and that book suits me much better so far. One focused, concentrated story that is given the time and space it needs to build itself fully is critical for me, I guess. I was certain I would pick up something spooky next, but... here we are. I’m a mood reader. It is what it is.

If I continue to enjoy Jacob de Zoet, I might move on to The Bone Clocks next. Maybe. That sounds right up my alley.

P.S. I’ve also been dipping into both Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, and A Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust.

I am reading Tales of King Arthur, by Henry Gilbert to my son .

I finished the audiobook The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by, Kate Moore and am starting Sacajawea by, Joseph Bruchac.

I'm working on Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck and Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I'll be done reading it by the end of the day, on the final part. I'm a big fan of the movie, watched it a lot of times and the book has been amazing to get to read.

And I picked up Catch 22 by Joseph Heller to begin reading afterwards.

I am reading Tales of King Arthur, by Henry Gilbert to my son .

I finished the audiobooka Broken Angels by, Richard K. Morgan and Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life, by David Treuer and have started The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by, Kate Moore.

I finished The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman and have started Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck and Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.

I've been in a deep reading slump, at least a few years since I've taken a pause from consistent reading. Well I'm glad to say that I completed Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley last week and have started Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell this week. Brave New World is a dystopian classic that I've neglected to read and is definitely in the same league as 1984 and Fahrenheit 485. Cloud Atlas has started off slow, but I've heard it starts to pickup and well worth the read.

Finally finished Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.

While I didn’t finish any books this past week, I am about sixty percent through Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.

Once I finish that, it will be time for spooky reading!

I just finished Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell last night. It was as beautiful and mesmerising as the film (which is one of my favourites). I had been meaning to read the book for ages. Highly recommend!

I've just started Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke. I read all but the last of the Space Odyssey books years ago and I've been meaning to read another of his books since. So far I absolutely love it. Good classic scifi.

I started Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell after finishing Between the World and Me, by Te-Nehisi Coates.

The latter was intense, a real whirlwind of history, social philosophy, and hard truths. The former is a wild mix of styles, it's essentially six short stories all woven together. I'm about halfway through, and it's been a real fast 300 pages.

Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell and still working my way through Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe.

I am reading Tales of King Arthur, by Henry Gilbert to my son .

I finished the audiobooks Sacajawea, by Joseph Bruchac, Heat Wave, by Richard Castle, Fierce Kingdom, by Gin Phillips, and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by, Neil deGrasse Tyson then started La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman.

I'm working on Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck and am almost finished Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.

I've just finished Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell which I thought was terrible and a complete waste of my time.

I'm starting House Mother Normal, by BS Johnson so I'm hoping that will be more worthwhile.

Finished Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell and this might not be popular but I was actually a little underwhelmed by it. May have been a little naive but I expected it to reach some form of grand conclusion and it left me wanting.

Started Snap, by Belinda Bauer - always like to read something really easy after a more challenging read.

I am reading Tales of King Arthur, by Henry Gilbert to my son .

I finished the audiobook La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman and will be starting Travels with Charley in Search of America, by John Steinbeck.

I'm working on Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck and finished Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell and I started Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, by Jonathan Eig.