This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Callan57 · 03-02-2019 11:44AM

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor

Dial Hard · 07-02-2019 02:55PM

miamee wrote: »

Currently reading Dracul (Dacre Stoker, J.D. Barker), supposed to be the prequel to Dracula. Enjoying it so far though I feel like it's a bit of a slow mover.

JD Barker must be doing the lion's share of the writing so, because the sequel Dacre wrote, Dracula, the Un-dead was complete and utter excrement!

I'm currently reading last year's Booker winner, Milkman. Can't exactly say it has me riveted.

miamee · 07-02-2019 03:05PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

JD Barker must be doing the lion's share of the writing so, because the sequel Dacre wrote, Dracula, the Un-dead was complete and utter excrement!

I'm currently reading last year's Booker winner, Milkman. Can't exactly say it has me riveted.

To be honest, the pace picked up in the last 20% of the book but it was pretty slow moving up to that. Wouldn't highly recommend it, I thuink I gave it 3 stars on Goodreads. I've read very mixed reviews about Milkman so far but haven't read it yet myself.

Ceist_Beag · 07-02-2019 03:05PM

Where the Crawdads sing by Delia Owens. A story about a young girl in 1950s/60s America who grew up pretty much on her own from the age of 7, having been abandoned by her mother and siblings due to an abusive husband/father and then by her father. The story covers two timelines, one following the girl as she comes to terms with her abandonment and how she survives, the other dealing with a murder in the town. Really enjoyed it.

miamee · 07-02-2019 03:06PM

At the moment I am reading "Eggshells" by Caitriona Lally. It is somewhat reminiscent of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine for me (which I loved) though I think Eggshells was written first. I'm about three quarters of the way through and although it's mostly enjoyable, I fear that not very much is going to happen before the end.

Callan57 · 07-02-2019 03:54PM

Starting Tombland by C J Sansom ... looking forward to getting back to Tudor England in the company of Matthew Shardlake.
800+ pages so "I may be sometime"

Xofpod · 07-02-2019 04:33PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

JD Barker must be doing the lion's share of the writing so, because the sequel Dacre wrote, Dracula, the Un-dead was complete and utter excrement!

I'm currently reading last year's Booker winner, Milkman. Can't exactly say it has me riveted.

I'm enjoying Milkman so far (70 or so pages in) but the word meanderingdefinitely applies

Foweva Awone · 07-02-2019 06:05PM

Couldn't get into Milkman at all, don't think I got past the first few pages.

Joe_ Public · 07-02-2019 06:33PM

Thought Milkman was excellent, not the easiest of reads but not every book has to be Celia Ahern (every offence meant). It was funny, challenging and a worthy prize winner imo. Will be rereading some time this year.

Wyldwood · 07-02-2019 08:22PM

The Sun Does Shine, Anthony Ray Hinton's biography.

It's an amazing story about 29 year old Ray Hinton, a poor black guy in Alabama who was arrested for a murder he couldn't have committed but was convicted and sent to Death Row where he spent 3 decades trying to prove his innocence. It's a story that will have you swinging through all the emotions and seriously highlights the amount of corruption that exists in the US legal/judiciary system.

Highly recommend.

eire4 · 08-02-2019 05:30PM

Finished Game of Thrones Book 4 by George RR Martin A Feast for the Crows. Brilliant as I hoped it would be. I did not know thought till I finished that book 4 and most of book 5 are all essentially the same book he just had to split them as there was so much which is crazy as both books themselves are very long.

Arghus · 09-02-2019 01:46AM

Finished Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler.

Really good, kinda terrifying in places.

miamee · 09-02-2019 09:30AM

miamee wrote: »

At the moment I am reading "Eggshells" by Caitriona Lally. It is somewhat reminiscent of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine for me (which I loved) though I think Eggshells was written first. I'm about three quarters of the way through and although it's mostly enjoyable, I fear that not very much is going to happen before the end.

Finished this last night. A lovely kind of read in one way, very sad in another. As predicted not much happened before the end (or at all really).

New Home · 09-02-2019 09:50AM

I've been reading Roar by Cecelia Ahern. Not a fan at all, it got so irritating I put it aside, and I never do that.

Daisies · 09-02-2019 02:49PM

2/3 of the way through A Handmaid's Tale. Only started on Monday.
Next up is I'm No Longer Talking to White Peoble about Race

miamee · 11-02-2019 04:41PM

Started 'Skin Deep' by Liz Nugent over the weekend. Enjoying it but I think I read too much hype about it and was expecting too much

I'm about a third of the way through it.

Callan57 · 15-02-2019 01:37PM

Finished Tombland .. love the Matthew Shardlake series. The research & detail of the Tudor period is incredible.

Next is The Memory of Music by Olive Collins

neris · 20-02-2019 12:22PM

Just started Bean Counters by Richard Brooks. A book on the big 4 accounting firms which I hope is going to be boring like accountants. Had just finished a book called West of the West by Mark Arax. Good read about California and the parts we dont hear about

miamee · 20-02-2019 01:32PM

Currently reading The Shoemaker and his Daughter (Conor O'Clery) which I have high hopes for but which is a bit bulky for carrying around so I am also reading Plague Pits & River Bones on the kindle app (Karen Charlton).

Xofpod · 20-02-2019 02:05PM

Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut.

I read a few of his books a long time ago and thought I had read this. I hadn't; it's incredible; I might need to seriously check my memory as to what other stone cold classics I've only imagined reading.....

antietam1 · 20-02-2019 06:55PM

Was reading some Peter F Hamilton trilogy, going to read Conan Doyle for the defence.

Daisies · 20-02-2019 10:52PM

About half way through "Turning the tide on plastic" and it's making me lose hope for the planet.
Just about to start "The Power"

Callan57 · 24-02-2019 12:29AM

When All Is Said by Anne Griffin ... I've heard so much about it, hope it lives up to the hype.

Busi_Girl08 · 25-02-2019 02:26PM

It took me nearly ten years (bought it in 2010 and abandoned it 60 pages in) but I am nearly finished Skippy Dies. Largely the story is good, but it's so unnecessarily rambling and padded, and feel if it were 200 pages shorter it would be much better.

otnomart · 25-02-2019 06:26PM

a gem !
Forever Words: The Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash

Callan57 · 01-03-2019 01:16AM

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

Xofpod · 01-03-2019 10:29AM

The Axeman's Jazz, Ray Celestin

branie2 · 01-03-2019 12:45PM

To Kill the Truth, a thriller by Sam Bourne

neris · 01-03-2019 01:40PM

No real interest in American Football but reading a book 1st published in the late 80s called Friday Night Lights by H G Bissinger. About high school football and the players and people of a small town in west Texas where the author spent a year.

LionelNashe · 01-03-2019 08:47PM

Almost finished Brighton Rock by Graham Greene on Audible - never heard of him before, somehow, but I'll probably try a couple more of his books.

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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