This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

MistyLines · 15-09-2019 5:42pm

Not long finished Beartown by Frederick Backman. Loved it and can't wait to read the sequel. I love his writing style. Before that it was I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Very enjoyable indeed.

otnomart · 15-09-2019 7:45pm

American Adulterer by Jed Mercurio.
A fictionalised take on JFK as a clinical case study:
in constant pain and medicated up to his eyeballs.
afflicted by sex addiction and diarrhea.
Quite amusing so far.

Busi_Girl08 · 16-09-2019 7:00pm

Demolished Normal People in one afternoon and I'm onto The Beach now.

KJ · 19-09-2019 8:56pm

Halfway through Kevin Barry's Night Boat To Tangier after picking it up in the library yesterday.

TheFortField · 22-09-2019 6:07pm

I’ve just finished The Muse by Jessie Burton.

Next read is: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.

22-09-2019 6:18pm

Finished The Unauthorised Diary of Ezra Mass. Admired the meta aspect of it but for me, who reads to relax and escape, I found the narrative suffered towards the end in an effort to be technical.

But I look forward to reading some analyses by people who are more apt than I.

Am now going to read The Handmaids Tale and am looking forward to it.

22-09-2019 7:19pm

I'm about halfway through 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry. It's a detailed look at the Manson Family murders of 1969 written by the prosecuting District Attorney. I meant to read it yours ago. 'Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood' put it back on my reading list.

It's quite the book. 'Stranger than fiction' doesn't even cover it. It's in a similar vein to Norman Mailer's book on Gary Gilmore, 'The Executioner's Song' or Capote's 'In Cold Blood'.

otnomart · 22-09-2019 7:26pm

finished Even Dogs in the Wild and Rather Be the Devil, now on to In a House of Lies
the last three in Rebus series by Ian Rankin

New Home · 22-09-2019 7:46pm

"Yeats is dead", by 15 different authors, including Conor McPherson. It's an oldish book publish in aid of Amnesty International. Good, so far.

Xofpod · 23-09-2019 11:13am

A Red Death, by Walter Mosley.

eire4 · 25-09-2019 3:33pm

Just finished Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah and enjoyed it a good follow up to his sci fi classic Dune and one that does not follow the usual type of script when it comes to the outcome which I thought was interesting.

TheFortField · 25-09-2019 6:58pm

The Hoarder by Jess Kidd

Xofpod · 26-09-2019 9:42am

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Loved A Visit from the Goon Squad a few years ago but this looks like a much more traditional type of novel.

Oops69 · 26-09-2019 10:59am

Enigma by Hugh-Sebag Montefiore the Enigma code breaking at Bletchley park etc. ...Awful read , far too much technical details for me , would be ideal for budding cryptographors , feels more like an academic work.

4Ad · 26-09-2019 1:44pm

Slowly getting through Night Boat To Tangier.
Very enjoyable so far..

New Home · 26-09-2019 1:49pm

Finished "Saltwater - the film script" by Conor McPherson. Thumbs up, as usual.

miamee · 26-09-2019 3:02pm

Homegrown Hero - Khurrum Rahman. The first book was enjoyable (East of Hounslow) so looking forward to getting stuck into this one, only a few chapters in.

otnomart · 28-09-2019 1:18pm

As I am looking forward to watching the new movie, I have just picked up: "Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy. The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters" by Anne Boyd Rioux

Callan57 · 28-09-2019 1:22pm

Finished The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier & thought it excellent.

Now reading The Herbalist by Niamh Boyce

TheFortField · 28-09-2019 9:57pm

Shatter by Michael Robotham

autumnbelle · 29-09-2019 8:33am

Just read two great books the sandman by Lars Kepler and everything here is beautiful by mira t lee

TheFortField · 01-10-2019 11:01pm

The Fear by C.L Taylor

02-10-2019 7:13am

Days Without End, Sebastian Barry

miamee · 02-10-2019 11:02am

55 - James Delargy. Just started it, the premise sounds good and it was recommended elsewhere.

Xofpod · 03-10-2019 9:27am

Deleted User wrote: »

Days Without End, Sebastian Barry

Brilliant book, with a sequel on the way apparently...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 03-10-2019 11:44am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Days Without End, Sebastian Barry

I read that a few weeks ago and found it very hard going.

Callan57 · 03-10-2019 1:41pm

Started The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

echo beach · 03-10-2019 7:19pm

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I read that a few weeks ago and found it very hard going.

I also found Days Without End less engaging than any other Sebastian Barry book I’ve read. That said, I still enjoyed it but would prefer The Secret Scripture or A Long Long Way. I could read them again but once was enough for Days Without End.

KJ · 05-10-2019 7:11pm

Just finished reading Notes From Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin. Probably one of the best books I've read in a long time.

TheFortField · 06-10-2019 2:32pm

I’m re-reading Evening Class by Maeve Binchy.
I first read it in 2006... sometimes “a comfort blanket read” is needed.

TheFortField · 12-10-2019 5:35pm

Black Diamonds - The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey

Callan57 · 12-10-2019 5:44pm

Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

TheFortField · 15-10-2019 6:54pm

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

I’m almost halfway through and I’m not loving it.

New Home · 15-10-2019 7:38pm

TheFortField wrote: »

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

I’m almost halfway through and I’m not loving it.

I agree, I read it last year and I found it a big let-down. The premises were good, the characters interesting, but the story just wasn't there. I wanted to love it, but just couldn't.

Callan57 · 15-10-2019 9:43pm

Two Brothers by Ben Elton

15-10-2019 9:48pm

Callan57 wrote: »

Two Brothers by Ben Elton

Haven't read any of his in years but they were usually an easy and entertaining read.

How is it?

Daisies · 15-10-2019 10:54pm

Just finished Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri. Next up Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams.

eire4 · 16-10-2019 4:21pm

Finished Jo Nesbo's crime thriller Nemesis which I enjoyed very much.

Callan57 · 16-10-2019 6:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Haven't read any of his in years but they were usually an easy and entertaining read.

How is it?

Darker than others of his I've read. Set in Berlin through the 1930s and the rise of Nazism. I'm about 50% into it, there are the occasional moments of dark humour you expect from Elton but on the whole dark, sad and cruel but I'm well gripped by it.

TheFortField · 17-10-2019 11:07am

TheFortField wrote: »

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

I’m almost halfway through and I’m not loving it.

New Home wrote: »

I agree, I read it last year and I found it a big let-down. The premises were good, the characters interesting, but the story just wasn't there. I wanted to love it, but just couldn't.

I'm two-thirds of the way through and boy I'm really struggling with this book. I was taken in by the glowing reviews and I'm feeling seriously underwhelmed now. I will stick with it to the end but I'm looking forward to starting a new book.

Have any of you read "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman or "Sweet Sorrow" by David Nicholls? I have both books on my "to be read" pile for ages.

Wyldwood · 17-10-2019 12:28pm

I loved A Man Called Ove. If you remember the Victor Meldrew character in One Foot in the Grave, then Ove is similar.

Haven't read the David Nicholls book, not a fan of his work.

otnomart · 17-10-2019 12:45pm

have seen the movie from A Man Called Ove and thought was quite good

New Home · 19-10-2019 1:00pm

TheFortField wrote: »

I'm two-thirds of the way through and boy I'm really struggling with this book. I was taken in by the glowing reviews and I'm feeling seriously underwhelmed now. I will stick with it to the end but I'm looking forward to starting a new book.

Have any of you read "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman or "Sweet Sorrow" by David Nicholls? I have both books on my "to be read" pile for ages.

Wyldwood wrote: »

I loved A Man Called Ove. If you remember the Victor Meldrew character in One Foot in the Grave, then Ove is similar.

Haven't read the David Nicholls book, not a fan of his work.

otnomart wrote: »

have seen the movie from A Man Called Ove and thought was quite good

I haven't seen the film, but the book is excellent! Highly, highly recommended. Not to be read on public transport if you're afraid of embarrassing yourself by laughing or crying in public.

Callan57 · 19-10-2019 10:12pm

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

otnomart · 20-10-2019 5:50pm

Finished Old Baggage by Lissa Evans - what happened to the Suffragettes after their battles

Started Even the dead by Benjamin Black
First book for me of this series - like it so far, will seek out the others I think

Rhiannon89 · 21-10-2019 8:01am

Just started Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, this year's Nobel Prize winner in Literature

Wyldwood · 21-10-2019 10:59am

Sarah Waters' Fingersmith, great read.

rodge68 · 21-10-2019 11:05pm

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay...

An English Doctors diary..One of the funniest books I have read !!

New Home · 22-10-2019 11:57am

Philip Pullman's graphic novel "The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship". Thumbs up. And the illustrations are excellent.

Wyldwood · 26-10-2019 8:11pm

Her Kind by Niamh Boyce. A fictionalised retelling of the 14th century Kilkenny witch trial. A very good read.

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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