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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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  • #8052
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    Finished Chris Whitaker's We Begin At The End and would highly recommend it. It's a superb crime novel. Must read more of his work.


  • #8053
    ClydeTallyBump
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭ClydeTallyBump


    My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell


  • #8054
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    ClydeTallyBump wrote: »
    My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell


    A disturbing but brilliant read.


    I'm starting Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield


  • #8055
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Finished The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
    Now reading The Editor by Steven Rowley


  • #8056
    victor8600
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭victor8600


    Just finished The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.

    Good modern sci-fi. Very relevant in the light of the current pandemic.


  • #8057
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Hope it is OK to post this news here (as I can't find a chat thread).
    almost 600 new books will be published on 3 September
    an increase of about a third from last year
    Source: https://www.theguardian.com/focus/2020/aug/16/literary-world-overwhelmed-by-600-books-to-be-published-on-one-day
    That's a lot of books to be looking forward to, this Autumn/Winter !


  • #8058
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,025 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Do you know where we can see the full list, Otnomart?


  • #8059
    ClydeTallyBump
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭ClydeTallyBump


    Dear Child by Romy Hausmann


  • #8060
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    New Home wrote: »
    Do you know where we can see the full list, Otnomart?
    i have not come across any.

    Last year, the Guardian books section had a shortlist of the new launches, but I think it was later in the year, around October.

    In one of the latest newsletters I got from Waterstones, there is a shortlist of Coming Soon books which are in pre-order
    https://www.waterstones.com/campaign/coming-soon


  • #8061
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,091 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    Finished and loved My Sister the Serial Killer.

    I'm about halfway through Fever by Mary Beth Keane and really enjoying it so far


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  • #8062
    ClydeTallyBump
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭ClydeTallyBump


    Be More Keanu by James King.

    A bit of fun!


  • #8063
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Absolutely loved Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield ... really enjoyable read.

    Now it's on to Pachinko by Min Jin Lee


  • #8064
    KJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭KJ


    After finally finishing the brilliant Grapes Of Wrath I then read Downsize This by Michael Moore and now onto the lighthearted Three Men In A Float: Across England At 15 MPH by Dan Kiernan & Ian Vince


  • #8065
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just started the first book from The Last Kingdom.

    I've never really followed a series of books and feet it might be a good time to settle into a sequence of page turners, for various reasons.

    I like it after the first couple of chapters anyway.



    Great series.The final book is out in October.


  • #8066
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Currently near the end of The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. Unless there's a disappointing ending this will become my no:1 post apocalyptic read.

    1:The Wanderers
    2:Swan Song
    3:The Stand

    But also it seems like 20+ years since I read the others so to be 100% fair I would need to reread them back to back.Which is not happening in my lifetime.     :(


  • #8067
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Paddy Samurai wrote: »
    Great series.The final book is out in October.

    And I loved book 1 :-)

    Just starting Hamnet and have heard really great things.


  • #8068
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Chanel's Riviera by Anne De Courcy and The Summer Isles by Philip Marsden


  • #8069
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I just finished The Godfather by Mario Puzo having not seen the film. Absolutely amazing - I'm on a bit of a binge of books from the 60s and 70s after reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King because I'm prefering the writing style to a lot of modern stuff.

    Think it might be a while before I pick up another book from the last decade at this rate.


  • #8070
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Read a few on my holidays:

    The Second Sleep, Robert Harris - a decent enough page turner but not brilliant
    Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave, Pat Mills - a terrific view into the British comics scene of the 70/80/90s.
    Red Gold, Alan Furst - another of his WWII espionage books which I was saving up for holidays. Loved it, up to his usual standard but maybe not a great place to start reading his stuff.
    The Biggest Bluff, Maria Konikova - a brilliant non-fiction read about poker & psychology

    Currently finishing the Golden House, Salman Rushdie. Got back into him after the brilliant Quichotte, after losing interest with a few weaker books by him. This one is good but I'm struggling to stay focused, with a lot of other interesting things calling from the book bank...


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  • #8071
    ClydeTallyBump
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭ClydeTallyBump


    Educated by Tara Westover

    A really gripping read. All based on the author's life as part of a Mormon survivalist family.


  • #8072
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,091 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    Finished Fever - Largely I enjoyed it, but it was a bit slow in parts.

    Started The Doll Factory - Liking it so far.


  • #8073
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks ... not really gripping me so far.

    On audio Margaret Atwood's Surfacing


  • #8074
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Callan57 wrote: »
    Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks ... not really gripping me so far.

    On audio Margaret Atwood's Surfacing

    I've had the Tom Hanks book in the pile for a long time but have never summoned up the enthusiasm to give it a crack. It was a present and I'm reluctant to send it on its way to the charity shop without giving it a go, but.....


  • #8075
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Xofpod wrote: »
    I've had the Tom Hanks book in the pile for a long time but have never summoned up the enthusiasm to give it a crack. It was a present and I'm reluctant to send it on its way to the charity shop without giving it a go, but.....


    I'm glad I stuck with it, some quite good stories. The first one is probably the weakest & Christmas Eve 1953 my favourite. Hanks definitely can write. :)



    I'm on to Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Everisto


  • #8076
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,306 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Catch and kill by Ronan Farrow, it's a really excellent account of his investigation into Harvey Weinstein


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  • #8077
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,025 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    "Muddle Earth" by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. It's a children's book, but it's very very funny.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muddle_Earth


  • #8078
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski


  • #8079
    Daisies
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,644 Mod ✭✭✭✭Daisies


    Started Three Women at the weekend.


  • #8080
    eire4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,768 ✭✭✭eire4


    Finished and enjoyed Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Chosen the second book in this series which is very much along a Game of Thrones line.


  • #8081
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Kalico92 wrote: »
    I just finished The Godfather by Mario Puzo having not seen the film. Absolutely amazing - I'm on a bit of a binge of books from the 60s and 70s after reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King because I'm prefering the writing style to a lot of modern stuff.

    Think it might be a while before I pick up another book from the last decade at this rate.

    Although from the 80's The Sicilian by puzo is also worth a read.

    And Robert McCammon's books "Stinger" and "They Thirst" have a similar early king vibe.


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  • #8082
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Just finished Sebastian Barry's A Thousand Moons ... beyond beautiful, I just loved it.


    Tomorrow I start The Hungry Road by Marita Conlon-McKenna


  • #8083
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    Finished Susan Abulhawa's Mornings in Jenin. Superb but horrifying story of the Jewish occupation of Palestine and life in the refugee camps.


  • #8084
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Just finished Changing Places by David Lodge, hilarious campus novel


  • #8085
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Starting The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan


  • #8086
    eire4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,768 ✭✭✭eire4


    For a change of pace I indulged in my favourite graphic novel Tintin reading Volume 4 of Herge's Adventures of Tintin. The volume contains Red Rackham's Treasure and the 2 part story The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun.


  • #8087
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Isabelle in the Afternoon by Douglas Kennedy


  • #8088
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Now reading another campus novel: The Truants by Kate Weinberg, quite catchy so far.


  • #8089
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,091 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    God of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia


  • #8090
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Busi_Girl08 wrote: »
    God of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Interested in hearing how you get on with this one. It's been on my radar but not quite enough to pick it up yet,


  • #8091
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,091 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    Xofpod wrote: »
    Interested in hearing how you get on with this one. It's been on my radar but not quite enough to pick it up yet,

    Not my usual choice but it's for a book club, I'm only a couple of chapters in but not bad so far!


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  • #8092
    Sinister Kid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭Sinister Kid


    Currently reading The Silent Patient, I'm about a quarter in & enjoying it so far.


  • #8093
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Just finished Isabelle in the Afternoon ... an enjoyable read.

    Next from the shelf is 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak


  • #8094
    Sinister Kid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭Sinister Kid


    Blood Orange... probably a bad idea starting a new book at 12am


  • #8095
    KJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭KJ


    Alice In Wonderland.


  • #8096
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Really enjoyed The Truants by Kate Weinberg
    I jumped straight after to The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
    Liked it, but not so much as the Truants: it is definitely about the characters, being relatable or not.
    Now reading A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor


  • #8097
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Reluctantly rinished 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak this morning. Fabulous read, loved it.

    Next is Rules of Civility by Amor Towles


  • #8098
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,931 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Just finished Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. Anyone read it, or the other two books in the series? It's a really atmospheric and kind of creepy book which leaves you with a lot of unanswered questions. I'd like to read the other two in the series, but only if I get answers!


  • #8099
    Sinister Kid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭Sinister Kid


    Sinister Kid wrote: »
    Blood Orange... probably a bad idea starting a new book at 12am

    This was a strange book for me... I have never disliked the characters in a book as much, yet I enjoyed the story.

    About to start The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.


  • #8100
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Sinister Kid wrote: »
    This was a strange book for me... I have never disliked the characters in a book as much, yet I enjoyed the story.

    About to start The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.


    Agree totally with you on Blood Orange ... wouldn't want to have anything to do with any of the characters but still enjoyed the book! :rolleyes:


    I'm reading The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead & listening to The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates on Borrowbox. I recently read Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Painful reading that has left me stunned by both the resilience & forbearance of Black Americans.


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  • #8101
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    Has anyone read The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing? I'm really struggling to get into at 250 pages of nearly 700. Not sure if it's worth continuing.


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