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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Sammy Jennings · 2009-06-21 06:48:22

...continued from this thread A Good School by Richard Yates Slight, but some great moments

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#7802 09-01-2020 6:01pm
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Nick Hornby - High Fidelity.

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David Copperfield by some Dickens chap

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The Watsons by Rose Servitova

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Modern Gods by Nick Laird

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The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

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Callan57 wrote: »

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

I abandoned that one when I started it a while back.

An alcoholic in the Orkney islands full of wildlife descriptions.....

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Flowers for Algernon by David Keyes. An emotional roller-coaster, & extremely thought provoking. Charlie is such a loveable character I didn't want the book to end. Highly recommend it.

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The Secret Commonwealth, Phillip Pullman.

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When the time comes by Adele O'Neill. I've only just started it but I like how it's written so far.

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Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb

Really enjoying it!

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#7812 21-01-2020 8:18pm
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Wyldwood wrote: »

Flowers for Algernon by David Keyes. An emotional roller-coaster, & extremely thought provoking. Charlie is such a loveable character I didn't want the book to end. Highly recommend it.

Only read that for the first time late last year. It's really, really good. It had been a long time on my to read list and didn't disappoint.

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#7813 21-01-2020 8:19pm
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The White Feather wrote: »

Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb

Really enjoying it!

The film is marvelous. I never actually knew it was based on a book. Be interested to hear your final verdict.

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#7814 22-01-2020 4:18pm
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quickbeam wrote: »

The film is marvelous. I never actually knew it was based on a book. Be interested to hear your final verdict.

I have reviewed it in my reading log here on Boards but the quick answer is that it is a great book and very much recommended. Probably even more so if you liked the movie too which I must watch again now!

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Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

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Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

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The Bridge by Iain Banks.

Really good read, would highly recommend it.

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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula le Guin

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Where the crawdads sing - fantastic book

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Finished book 5 of Frank Herbert's sci fi Dune Series. Heretics of Dune was good I liked it. With one book left in the series I felt the first 3 books were all good. The fourth was more average as I felt it did not really go anywhere after a good start but this one I felt was another good one.

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World Gone By -Denis Lehane
First book of his I have read, very good.

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4Ad wrote: »

World Gone By -Denis Lehane
First book of his I have read, very good.

Good book, but actually the third in a sequence. The first two are even better in my opinion, particularly the second (Live by Night)

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Churchill by Andrew Roberts

The Old Ways by Andrew McFarlane

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The neighbour fiona Cummins. Finding it good so far

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Miss Emily by Nuala O'Connor

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Going to try and finish Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk. Picked it up 5-6 years ago and found it difficult to read due to the broken English and Redacted words/sentences. While I understand the aim this was meant to invoke, it didn't make for an easy read, even for such a small book.

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I really enjoyed Pygmy. I have read it a few times. The style takes a bit of getting used to though alright. But I love all of Chuck Palahniuk's books anyway!!

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Tired Gardener wrote: »

Going to try and finish Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk. Picked it up 5-6 years ago and found it difficult to read due to the broken English and Redacted words/sentences. While I understand the aim this was meant to invoke, it didn't make for an easy read, even for such a small book.

It was the straw that broke the camel's back as far as Palahniuk was concerned for me. Was steadily enjoying his books less and less and this one sealed the deal.
He strikes me as one of those guys who is chock-a-block full of ideas but just can't actually write very well....

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Started, and finished, Vox over the last week. Real Handmaid's Tale vibe to it.

Just started Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power.

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Finished The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. A very enjoyable crime thriller.

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Circe by Madeline Miller

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