Making up for 10 Lost Years

ClydeTallyBump · 10-06-2021 10:13pm

26. A Man by Keiichiro Hirano.

I'm enjoying East Asian literature at the moment. Culturally, it is quite different from books written by Irish, American authors etc.

ClydeTallyBump · 12-06-2021 9:00pm

27. The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard.

This did not live up to all the great reviews I had read about it. Found it predictable. So many reviews talked about the twist but I thought it all very foreseeable.

I attempted to listen to some of it on Audible to try something different. Absolutely not for me.

ClydeTallyBump · 13-06-2021 9:08pm

28. The Dinner by Herman Koch.

I was fully immersed in this book and read it over a day.

I enjoyed it but found most of the characters despicable.

ClydeTallyBump · 16-06-2021 3:59pm

29. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover.

Esho · 16-06-2021 4:11pm

ClydeTallyBump wrote: »

14. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman.

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That was excellent.

Great thread OP!

Esho · 16-06-2021 4:18pm

32 words for field by manchan magan
It is not fiction, but I found his linking Irish words and the landscape facinating.

ClydeTallyBump · 27-06-2021 1:54pm

Esho wrote: »

32 words for field by manchan magan
It is not fiction, but I found his linking Irish words and the landscape facinating.

I will try have a look for it. I enjoyed Manchan's show on TG4 years ago.

ClydeTallyBump · 27-06-2021 1:56pm

30. Highway with Green Apples by Bae Suah.

31. Go: A Coming of Age Novel by Kazuki Kaneshiro.

32. Recovering by Richie Sadlier.

33. If you are lonely and you know it by Yiyun Li.

34. Girl A by Abigail Dean.

I enjoyed all these books especially Go.

ClydeTallyBump · 30-06-2021 8:15pm

35. Snowflake by Louise Nealon.

ClydeTallyBump · 20-07-2021 12:01pm

36 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. A fascinating read. Highly recommend.

37 Earthlings by Sayaka Murata. Very disappointing end. Gripping up until that point.

38 The Vegetarian by Han Kang. Great read.

39 Cilka's Diary by Heather Morris.

40 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Needed more development.

41 Becoming by Michelle Obama.

42 The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta. Great YA/LGBTQI+ read.

43 They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. This book really was heartbreaking. It's not often a book makes me cry but this one did.

ClydeTallyBump · 26-07-2021 11:46am

44 Idaho by Emily Ruskovich.

Absolutely hated this. A hard slog. The blurb at the back of the book is misleading as to what the book will be about.

ClydeTallyBump · 01-08-2021 4:34pm

45 If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha.

Really enjoyed this. Looks at the lives of 4 South Korean women in Seoul.

ClydeTallyBump · 07-08-2021 10:24pm

46 Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters.

ClydeTallyBump · 08-08-2021 11:04pm

47 Almond by Sohn Won-pyung.

ClydeTallyBump · 10-08-2021 3:58pm

48 The White Book by Han Kang.

ClydeTallyBump · 15-08-2021 4:34pm

49 Disappear Doppelganger Disappear by Matthew Salesses.

A strange book.

ClydeTallyBump · 20-08-2021 4:39pm

50 Bunny by Mona Awad.

Interestingly disturbing.

ClydeTallyBump · 23-08-2021 6:16pm

51 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

ClydeTallyBump · 13-09-2021 11:03pm

52 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.

ClydeTallyBump · 03-10-2021 4:40pm

53 Please Look After Mother by Kyung Sook Shin.

ClydeTallyBump · 23-10-2021 7:49pm

54 Cult Following: My escape and return to the Children of God by Bexy Cameron.

ClydeTallyBump · 24-10-2021 5:35pm

55 The Great Passage by Shion Miura.

An enjoyable read about a publishing group in Tokyo creating a dictionary called 'The Great Passage.

ClydeTallyBump · 27-10-2021 5:11pm

56 The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa.

An excellent read if you are interested in dystopian literature.

ClydeTallyBump · 29-10-2021 6:01pm

57 The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix.

Very enjoyable. Perfect for Halloween!

eire4 · 31-10-2021 5:08am

Finished Ken Bruen's Priest. Another brilliant entry in the Galway authors Jack Taylor crime series. At times witty, at times funny and at times noir but always a real page turner. Loved it.

ClydeTallyBump · 31-10-2021 3:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118096607#Comment_118096607

Must add it to my ever lengthening list!

ClydeTallyBump · 31-10-2021 3:41pm

58 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima.

Disturbing in parts.

eire4 · 01-11-2021 3:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118098136#Comment_118098136

I would for sure highly recommend him. I first read one of his books a couple of years ago and have now read the first 5 of his Jack Taylor series and absolutely love them. Highly recommend Ken Bruen. I liked the first few so much I already have bought all the other books in his Jack Taylor series and have them sitting on my to read shelves.

ClydeTallyBump · 04-11-2021 1:27am

59 When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal.

ClydeTallyBump · 13-11-2021 10:10pm

60 Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto.

Fantastic book and I also loved the additional novella called 'Moonlight Shadow'.

I have officially met my goal of 60 books for 2021!

Making up for 10 Lost Years

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