This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-01-2021 07:53PM

About 2/3 of the way through Where The Crawdads Sing, and it's okay, but I'm not loving it. Started well, and has picked up a bit again but I got quite bored in the middle.

Busi_Girl08 · 28-01-2021 08:26PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

About 2/3 of the way through Where The Crawdads Sing, and it's okay, but I'm not loving it. Started well, and has picked up a bit again but I got quite bored in the middle.

I remember it dragging a bit in the middle too, it definitely gets better towards the end

ClydeTallyBump · 30-01-2021 02:45PM

The Conjurer by Luanne G. Smith.

I really like the Vine Witch trilogy. Easy to read and interesting.

cee_jay · 30-01-2021 03:54PM

I finished Disaster Inc. by Caimh McDonnell last night, and it didn't disappoint. It is the first book of the McGarry Stateside trilogy, which picks up from the Dublin Murder trilogy (in 4 parts).
All of the books I have read so far have been hilariously funny - the dialogue is written in such a natural way, and the humour just jumps off the page. I highly recommend having a look at The Man With One of Those Faces if you are looking for something light hearted to read.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 30-01-2021 04:47PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

About 2/3 of the way through Where The Crawdads Sing, and it's okay, but I'm not loving it. Started well, and has picked up a bit again but I got quite bored in the middle.

Finished it this morning. I liked it overall but I stand by what I said above. Drags a bit in the middle, and didn't quite live up to the hype, but I still enjoyed it and I'm really looking forward to the film/tv adaptation they're doing.

Wyldwood · 03-02-2021 08:25PM

Half way through Lucy Foley's The Guest List but struggling. It's hyped as a great crime novel but it's more a chick-lit. A bunch of self-absorbed 30 somethings gathering on a dangerous island for a celebrity wedding. Can't recommended.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 03-02-2021 09:06PM

I finished Rebecca Wait's The Folowers in a day. Really great story about a single mum who ends up joining a small, kind of cult-ish, religious enclave on the Yorkshire moors with her 12 year old daughter. Their arrival stirs a few feathers and the whole group starts to unravel. It's really gripping and tense without being overly graphic or a particularly difficult read.

I read Wait's first book, The View on the Way Down, a few years ago and loved that too.

otnomart · 04-02-2021 10:00AM

Wyldwood wrote: »

Half way through Lucy Foley's The Guest List but struggling. It's hyped as a great crime novel but it's more a chick-lit. A bunch of self-absorbed 30 somethings gathering on a dangerous island for a celebrity wedding. Can't recommended.

Thanks for that, saved me some money then !

Similar is M.B. Shaw; I have red her Murder at the Castle and was disappointed !

cee_jay · 04-02-2021 10:57AM

Wyldwood wrote: »

Half way through Lucy Foley's The Guest List but struggling. It's hyped as a great crime novel but it's more a chick-lit. A bunch of self-absorbed 30 somethings gathering on a dangerous island for a celebrity wedding. Can't recommended.

I wasn't a fan of her first book - The Hunting Party - and my book club rated that as 5/10, with a lot of us saying we wouldn't be inclined to read any more of her books. I don't understand the hype.

I am reading Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell and really enjoying it so far!

miamee · 04-02-2021 11:00AM

cee_jay wrote: »

I wasn't a fan of her first book - The Hunting Party - and my book club rated that as 5/10, with a lot of us saying we wouldn't be inclined to read any more of her books. I don't understand the hype.

I am reading Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell and really enjoying it so far!

I remember reading the back of both b ook sin Easons one day while browsing...they are practically the same story in a different location judging by the summary on the books. I haven't read either though, they didn't really appeal to me.
On a more positive note, I finished The Botanist's Daughter recently and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've been findng it hard to read anything less than light hearted since last year (quelle surprise) and found it just the right mixture of modern, historical and engaging.

cee_jay · 04-02-2021 11:05AM

I signed up for Kindle Unlimited a few months back on some cheap deal - which ran out at the start of this month, and I was hit with the subscription of £7.99. Once I have finished Hamnet, I plan on getting as much value out of the subscription before cancelling it again!
First up, I will finish the McGarry Stateside trilogy by Caimh McDonnell. Any other recommendations?

miamee · 04-02-2021 11:08AM

If you haven't read them, I enjoy Jane Casey's Detective Maeve Kerrigan series. I think there are 9 books in total so not sure if you'll get through them all in a month but you could try!

cee_jay · 04-02-2021 11:11AM

Thanks - actually I have read the first one of those before, and enjoyed it, so thanks for the recommendation! Perfect choice.

eire4 · 04-02-2021 09:32PM

Finished The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben. A stand alone thriller that does not involve the authors usual characters and I thought a good thriller with quite a few twists.

nightie · 04-02-2021 10:26PM

Don’t know why it took me so long to start The Country Girls (Edna O’Brien). Loved it.

Busi_Girl08 · 04-02-2021 11:23PM

Onto my first non fiction in a while. After enjoying The Midnight Library I started Notes on a Nervous Planet.

It's sort of a collection of mini essays, nearly like a blog all about the author's experiences with anxiety. Finding it very easy to read and am enjoying it so far.

Sinister Kid · 06-02-2021 03:22PM

Currently reading The woman in the Window by A.J. Finn.

Daisies · 06-02-2021 08:16PM

Reading Untamed and not sure where it got it's hype from.

miamee · 08-02-2021 11:02AM

Reading Pine by Francine Toon. Not sure what to think of it yet, about 30% in.

otnomart · 08-02-2021 11:45AM

Sinister Kid wrote: »

Currently reading The woman in the Window by A.J. Finn.

Have read it a few months ago.
Quite fitting during a lockdown !

cee_jay · 09-02-2021 05:01PM

Finished Hamnet - while it was written beautifully, I found it quite tough to read - the subject matter and being set during a pandemic really didn't enamor me to the book.

So after that, I needed something funny so started The Quiet Man by Caimh McDonnell.

Wyldwood · 09-02-2021 07:41PM

The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard, a chilling story told in two strands. The first is by a serial rapist/killer and the second by the sole survivor of his killing spree. Brilliantly executed story but boy, it's enough to keep you awake at night listening for strange sounds.
Recommended for those who like a good crime/psychological thriller.

bobbyss · 14-02-2021 01:37PM

Bleak House. Has anyone read it? Has anyone been tempted to skim over chunks and get to the dialogue? Long descriptions of dysfunctional families getting in the way of advancing the story.

The White Feather · 14-02-2021 06:52PM

bobbyss wrote: »

Bleak House. Has anyone read it? Has anyone been tempted to skim over chunks and get to the dialogue? Long descriptions of dysfunctional families getting in the way of advancing the story.

Yes I have read it before. I found it very hard going and wouldn't want to read it again!

Sinister Kid · 14-02-2021 11:38PM

Sinister Kid wrote: »

Currently reading The woman in the Window by A.J. Finn.

I was a bit underwhelmed by this one... I probably ruined it for myself by figuring out the two major plots lines very early into the book.

Just started book 13 of J.D Robb's In Death series - Seduction In Death.

I read books 1 to 12 pretty much back to back about a year & a half ago, then decided to take a break & read something different before I got totally sucked in...
There is currently 53 books in the series so only 40 to go!!

cee_jay · 14-02-2021 11:43PM

I'm starting The Cows by Dawn O'Porter this evening.

Slightly Kwackers · 16-02-2021 10:50AM

I liked Zoo station, it was a good novel. I did start another of his books but I assume they are best read in sequence?

Am i wrong, or is there a suggested path through the works?

SK

eire4 · 16-02-2021 07:18PM

Finished book 7 of Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series No Humans Involved and enjoyed it. A good supernatural thriller type fun read

bobbyss · 17-02-2021 01:32PM

The White Feather wrote:

Yes I have read it before. I found it very hard going and wouldn't want to read it again!

The problem is there are so many characters you don't know who knows who or who knows what. Its impossible to keep juggling all that info.

Daisies · 17-02-2021 03:20PM

Started Blood River today. Also have a free pre publication book I got from being an Amazon Prime member Black Boy Out of Time

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