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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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eternalblame

'Blood Meridian' by Cormac McCarthy. Cant believe I have never got round to reading this before, its so good.

Xofpod

Just started reading the Slough House spy series by Mick Herron. They've been on my radar for a while but finally got around to the first, Slow Horses. Absolutely loved it, but what's even better is that feeling that you've got a whole series of them ahead of you, apparently of consistent if not increasing quality. See you all in 2022....

wreade1872

Now reading the non-fiction book of the expedition Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, really good stuff. And just started By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart which is incredibly overwrought.

wreade1872

The Doctor of Souls by W.Kobold Knight (1927) free pdf made available by the Merril Collection. A very interesting manipulation of the Yellow Peril genre.

and Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (1926) an odd early fantasy that i'm finding quite unpleasent.

Daisy78

Holding by Graham Norton. In holiday mode this week so wanted something a bit lighter than usual. It was between this one and Home Stretch, which I’m sure il get to at some stage.

megaten

Count of Monte Cristo was a great starting point for getting into reading older novels. Escpially if you pick up the penguin version that has a more modern translation.

Slightly Kwackers

callmescratch wrote: »

you lucky thing

Just read The Question of Bruno by Aleksandar Hemon. His writing is just stunning.

I'm reading Zoo Station by David Downing now

Have you read any more of the Station books?

I read Zoo station and wasn't sure what order to read further novels in. I assume as historical fiction, there should be a sequence, but wasn't sure what the next one should be.

SK

eire4

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Started the Count of Monte Christo. I sometimes find it hard to begin a book of that size, I have to tell myself to relax and just enjoy the long period of time it will take - it's stupid worrying about other books I need to read, just enjoy the journey however long it takes. And it's been a great journey so far, a really easy read actually considering it's translated (maybe that's because of how it has been translated?)

Love that book. A long read but well worth the effort. Enjoy.

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Started the Count of Monte Christo. I sometimes find it hard to begin a book of that size, I have to tell myself to relax and just enjoy the long period of time it will take - it's stupid worrying about other books I need to read, just enjoy the journey however long it takes. And it's been a great journey so far, a really easy read actually considering it's translated (maybe that's because of how it has been translated?)

branie2

Sycamore Row by John Grisham

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eire4 wrote: »

Finished Catherine Ryan Howard's debut novel Distress Signal's. Really enjoyed it and thought she did a great job of building the story and throwing in some good twists in this crime thriller.

I enjoyed it too

eire4

Xofpod wrote: »

I'm definitely going to pick this up considering how much I (unexpectedly) enjoyed the The Nothing Man. I also remember reading a long article a few years ago about the spectacular amount of shady stuff that happens on cruise ships - unresolved and underinvestigated murders, missing persons, etc. - so the premise is also very interesting.

I would for sure recommend it. I had never read a book with that whole cruise ship shady stuff goes on unpunished premise and really liked the book. Will definitely be buying more of her books in future.

Xofpod

eire4 wrote: »

Finished Catherine Ryan Howard's debut novel Distress Signal's. Really enjoyed it and thought she did a great job of building the story and throwing in some good twists in this crime thriller.

I'm definitely going to pick this up considering how much I (unexpectedly) enjoyed the The Nothing Man. I also remember reading a long article a few years ago about the spectacular amount of shady stuff that happens on cruise ships - unresolved and underinvestigated murders, missing persons, etc. - so the premise is also very interesting.

eire4

Finished Catherine Ryan Howard's debut novel Distress Signal's. Really enjoyed it and thought she did a great job of building the story and throwing in some good twists in this crime thriller.

Xofpod

reading The Mobster's Lament, Ray Celestin - third in his planned quartet of books about the mob and jazz in America in the 20th century. Not spectacular but I enjoy them.

HalloweenJack

Currently making my way through Milkman.

I've found it tough-going at times. The way it's written can be a bit head-wrecking. I find it a bit repetitive and long-winded. If I wasn't Irish, it'd be a nightmare to wrap my head around the political stuff with the way she describes it. It took me a while to get into it, though I am properly getting into it now.

Wyldwood

Stacey Halls' Mrs England. I loved her previous two books and this one is a beautifully written historical piece. It's a slow burner and there's no great mystery or suspense but there are a couple of plot twists. Worth a read but not as good as the first two.

Next up Anna McPartlin's Waiting for the Miracle

Emma Dabiri - Don't Touch My Hair

Busi_Girl08

Finished Pachinko. Like another poster above mentioned it was good, maybe a bit long and disjointed with the time jumps throughout. I did like the Chronicle of japanese v korean relations over the years.

Onto Song of Achilles next!

New Home

I can't find a generic chat thread, hope it's ok to post this here.

Most definitely suitable for work, despite the web address. Feast your eyes on this: https://bookshelfporn.com/

My idea of heaven (well, one of them).

echo beach

Wyldwood wrote: »

I bought Victoria Hislop's new book, One August Night, which was promoted as a follow-up to The Island. I loved the Island when I read it many years ago and decided to reread it before starting One August Night.

The new book is readable but not to the same extent as The Island which remains one of my favourite all-time reads. It follows the story of Maria, Manolis and Andreas but a lot of it is repetition of material covered in The Island and there is no real plot. Overall a bit disappointing.

I loved all her books until this one. It felt as if it was written to meet a deadline with no clear idea of where it was going. The disappointing part was that it could have been very good.

eire4

Finished Susan Wright's Slave Trade a sci-fi action adventure which I enjoyed.

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Wyldwood wrote: »

I bought Victoria Hislop's new book, One August Night, which was promoted as a follow-up to The Island. I loved the Island when I read it many years ago and decided to reread it before starting One August Night.

The new book is readable but not to the same extent as The Island which remains one of my favourite all-time reads. It follows the story of Maria, Manolis and Andreas but a lot of it is repetition of material covered in The Island and there is no real plot. Overall a bit disappointing.

Agree

PMBC

Finished John Banvile's 'Snow' early this week. A little disappointed in the story-line but terrific writing.
In a different vein almost finished Monday's purchase of Heylin's well reviewed 'Double Life of Bob Dylan' revealing insights into his song writing, recording and other side/s.

Wyldwood

I bought Victoria Hislop's new book, One August Night, which was promoted as a follow-up to The Island. I loved the Island when I read it many years ago and decided to reread it before starting One August Night.

The new book is readable but not to the same extent as The Island which remains one of my favourite all-time reads. It follows the story of Maria, Manolis and Andreas but a lot of it is repetition of material covered in The Island and there is no real plot. Overall a bit disappointing.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

thefasteriwalk wrote: »

Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Series arrived yesterday. I started the first book last night and she is after immediately gripping me by the throat. I really hope it continues this well.

I read all 4 of them a few years back and I think the first 2 are really great but I struggled through the 3rd one, and I can't even remember the 4th one. The TV adaptation of it is a decent watch too, when you're finished.

thefasteriwalk

Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Series arrived yesterday. I started the first book last night and she is after immediately gripping me by the throat. I really hope it continues this well.

eire4

Finished Thirteen which is the 13th and final book in Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld supernatural series. The last book carries on right from where book 12 ended and is a good conclusion to the series with all the various different supernatural characters involved in the final book.

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Xofpod wrote: »

Second one for appendices?

Yes, for the “commentary”. I’ve not read a book structured anything like Pale Fire before. Some book lovers may say it’s “intriguing”. For once, it is!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I finished Pachinko last night, and it's just ok. It's over 500 pages but very easy to get thorough, however the pacing is weird, like it spends 100 pages at the start getting to the point that's already set up by the blurb, but then near the end it's just skipping 6, 7, 8 years at a time between chapters, and characters that were previously important have just died in the meantime. There is a large chunk in the middle though that's really great and compelling and heartbreaking and all the good things you want from a book, but overall I think it was just good, not great.