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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Hi fabbers, welcome to the virtual fabbers book club.
I love this thread, it is so interesting seeing how diverse we are!
What book are you currently reading, or just finished?
Did you like it, would you recommend it?
What have you got lined up next? |
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
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I'm re-reading 11.22.63 by Stephen King, read it once before a couple of years ago and didn't like it much but couldn't remember why so thought I'd give it another go and I am really enjoying it. |
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I commute so get through a few books a week.
This week have read:
The Magic Toyshop - Angela Carter
Still as good as when I first read it although the ending gets me every time!
All The Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks.
Just finished this one and it made me weep but ultimately it was a great read.
Halfway through Good Pop Bad Pop - Jarvis Cocker (so far so brilliant) and about to start The Last Party - John Harris.
Always up for a recommendation or 5. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Richard Osman - the bullet that missed. Light hearted holiday reading.
Matt Rowland-Hill - Original Sin, a memoir. Looking for answers in the wrong aces. Might be a theme as the one before that I read was Sins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling by Lilly Dunn. |
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By *hat3wordsMan
over a year ago
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"I commute so get through a few books a week.
This week have read:
The Magic Toyshop - Angela Carter
Still as good as when I first read it although the ending gets me every time!
All The Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks.
Just finished this one and it made me weep but ultimately it was a great read.
Halfway through Good Pop Bad Pop - Jarvis Cocker (so far so brilliant) and about to start The Last Party - John Harris.
Always up for a recommendation or 5. "
How many a week?........That is some hardcore reading. Where do you work, the international space station? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Blow Back by James Patterson. I absolutely love his style of writing x"
Oh he's the 'along came a spider' guy right - i don't know if I've ever read any of his books yet... So many books, so little time! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Mr Wilder & Me - Jonathan Coe.
Easy reading, and I'm really enjoying it. Good 'by the pool' book if anyone needs a holiday read.
I like anything by JC, though."
I love a good light holiday read, especially if you are by the pool! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you like suspense, bit of gore and good key characters Post mortem is good it's the 1st in
the scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, which I've read the first 7 books years ago and then stopped reading but I'm going to start again. I've got 1 to 15 but there's 27 in total. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Just finished book 100 of 2023 - Haunting Adeline - now on to Hunting Adeline - if anyone needs any recommendations then let me know - I looooove to read (mostly spicy books)  "
Oh my gosh i just looked at the review - doesn't sound like an easy subject |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
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Books I recently read and recommend:
Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer
Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis
Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.
Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.
Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I'm re-reading 11.22.63 by Stephen King, read it once before a couple of years ago and didn't like it much but couldn't remember why so thought I'd give it another go and I am really enjoying it."
I used to love Stephen King as a teen. Sometimes we are not in the right place6/distracted when we first read something. Glad you are enjoying it, the second time around |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I commute so get through a few books a week.
This week have read:
The Magic Toyshop - Angela Carter
Still as good as when I first read it although the ending gets me every time!
All The Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks.
Just finished this one and it made me weep but ultimately it was a great read.
Halfway through Good Pop Bad Pop - Jarvis Cocker (so far so brilliant) and about to start The Last Party - John Harris.
Always up for a recommendation or 5. "
Commuting is a great way to cram in your reading! How many books do you think you'll read this year? |
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
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"Books I recently read and recommend:
Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer
Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis
Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.
Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.
Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother. "
I'll have to look out for Small Mercies, I love Dennis Lehane's books one of my fav's is Mystic River the last couple of chapters were a whirlwind! And I loved his Kenzie and Gennaro series just wish he had written more of them! |
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"Just finished book 100 of 2023 - Haunting Adeline - now on to Hunting Adeline - if anyone needs any recommendations then let me know - I looooove to read (mostly spicy books)
Oh my gosh i just looked at the review - doesn't sound like an easy subject "
It's not - I like dark spicy books but this is really dark - I'm loving spicy mafia books at moment - Beautiful Creatures series by JT Geissinger is fab - lots of banter n sexy talk or Salacious Players Club series by Sara Cate about a sex club (soon to be made into movies!) |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
Derry |
"Books I recently read and recommend:
Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer
Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis
Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.
Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.
Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother.
I'll have to look out for Small Mercies, I love Dennis Lehane's books one of my fav's is Mystic River the last couple of chapters were a whirlwind! And I loved his Kenzie and Gennaro series just wish he had written more of them!"
It's pretty recent. If you like Dennis Lehane check out George Pelecanos or S A Cosby. I agree with you about Mystic River. |
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"Sebastian by Anne Bishop.
Oh i like a bit of fantasy - would you recommend?
Yes I love all her books. "
I love Anne Bishop's Black Jewels and The Others series'. They are some of my favourite books to re-read.
I'm currently re-reading the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep. Currently on book 13, six more to go.
If you want some fantasy book recommendations, there are a few here:
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Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love.
Such a wonderful book. Impossible not to read it and feel happier, and that the world is more full of interest and possibility than it seemed to be in the moments before you opened the pages. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Currently reading Small Worlds.
I started it a while back but life got in the way. I picked it up again two weeks ago and read when I’m on a commute couple times a week. Anyway it’s gorgeous. I would recommend. If you know me in the forums you won’t be surprised that I love it, like I love Open Water, because it Centers Black characters in London that are familiar and relatable and to see experiences that are relatable and familiar written down so beautifully and lauded by award givers is representation that warms my stomach.
I’m reading The Happy couple next. Got a signed copy of this book, Naoise Dolan’s second, because her first was so good.
Sorry these likely won’t interest many people but they’re very me. |
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On the go at the moment
The French Revolution by Stephen Clarke. Great book and not too dry
the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Riveting read and well written so far
Waiting, Brothers by David Talbot
Xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes. Another story I know well, But I’ve never read it. So I’m reading it for the first time. Heathcliff is a boring miserable sod. I’m about 1/5 in to it.
But it really good, I hope she writes more……  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Richard Osman - the bullet that missed. Light hearted holiday reading.
Matt Rowland-Hill - Original Sin, a memoir. Looking for answers in the wrong aces. Might be a theme as the one before that I read was Sins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling by Lilly Dunn."
I've got the Thursday club on my to-read pile |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"If you like suspense, bit of gore and good key characters Post mortem is good it's the 1st in
the scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, which I've read the first 7 books years ago and then stopped reading but I'm going to start again. I've got 1 to 15 but there's 27 in total."
Oh tick tick tick! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'm reading The suspect by Fiona Barton ,it's good so far .
I've not chosen my next yet ,but have a couple to pick from."
It sounnds like a mystery /thriller |
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I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.
I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Books I recently read and recommend:
Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer
Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis
Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.
Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.
Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother. "
Oh you have an interestingly wide list.
You might like The Witness by Nicola Tallant |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Just finished book 100 of 2023 - Haunting Adeline - now on to Hunting Adeline - if anyone needs any recommendations then let me know - I looooove to read (mostly spicy books)
Oh my gosh i just looked at the review - doesn't sound like an easy subject
It's not - I like dark spicy books but this is really dark - I'm loving spicy mafia books at moment - Beautiful Creatures series by JT Geissinger is fab - lots of banter n sexy talk or Salacious Players Club series by Sara Cate about a sex club (soon to be made into movies!) "
Take a look at The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker. It's harrowing, so you will need to do self care if you read it |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Thomas Hardy - Time Torn Man by Claire Tomalin.
It's Hardys biography. He's the greatest writer of all time."
I've read Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but nothing else by him |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Just finished 'Impossible to forget' - would recommend.
Currently reading 'Postcards from a stranger', I'm enjoying it so far. About half way in
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They sound interesting |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Currently trying to get through Fellowship of the Ring, feels like an age since I started it this time round but determined to not be defeated this time"
I read that as a teen, i loved it |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love.
Such a wonderful book. Impossible not to read it and feel happier, and that the world is more full of interest and possibility than it seemed to be in the moments before you opened the pages."
That is a great recommendation! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Currently reading Small Worlds.
I started it a while back but life got in the way. I picked it up again two weeks ago and read when I’m on a commute couple times a week. Anyway it’s gorgeous. I would recommend. If you know me in the forums you won’t be surprised that I love it, like I love Open Water, because it Centers Black characters in London that are familiar and relatable and to see experiences that are relatable and familiar written down so beautifully and lauded by award givers is representation that warms my stomach.
I’m reading The Happy couple next. Got a signed copy of this book, Naoise Dolan’s second, because her first was so good.
Sorry these likely won’t interest many people but they’re very me. "
It sounds really interesting - I'll see if its on Libby |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"On the go at the moment
The French Revolution by Stephen Clarke. Great book and not too dry
the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Riveting read and well written so far
Waiting, Brothers by David Talbot
Xx"
I love autobiographies - i will add that one to my list |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.
I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min "
Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper |
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"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.
I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min
Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper "
It’s one of my specialist subjects lovely. I adore the stories behind them and what makes them tick xx |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Practical Self Sufficiency.
How to grow your own food. Not quite the literary heights of some of the other posters, but a fun experience.
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Oh i read a book on how to be prepared for surviving the apocalypse.. I've forgotten now what i was supposed to do lol |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.
I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min
Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper
It’s one of my specialist subjects lovely. I adore the stories behind them and what makes them tick xx"
You might like Thomss Quick - the making of a serial killer by Hannes Rastam |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I’m just reading brothers Grim, did you know Snow White was only 7, the originals to all the fairy tales are so twisted
Definitely recommend "
Oh i didn't know that! Very twisted and dark |
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"I'm reading The Keep Within by J.L Worrad and really enjoying it. It's fantasy/horror with a dark, Jacobean feel. The characters and interactions sing from the page."
Sounds great, i love books that draw you in |
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"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.
I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min
Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper
It’s one of my specialist subjects lovely. I adore the stories behind them and what makes them tick xx
You might like Thomss Quick - the making of a serial killer by Hannes Rastam"
Thanks lovely. I’ll add that to the basket now |
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment 
What genre do you like? "
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I just got given a book on helping build my self esteem.
I think, she was taking the piss...
Are you going to read it? "
I may do, recent events have knocked my confidence. Hugely.
I may never recover from the shock, nor upset. Things are in flux, I may never be able to directly converse my intentions again, to the fairer sex.
Oi, answer ya sodding pm's already.
Oh look, I did it. That was easy |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer "
Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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I'm currently reading Ulysses-James Joyce, but I'm going to start again and skim read as I stopped reading when I got ill.
Also reading on my phone, The Long Earth-Terry Pratchett. I keep forgetting what it's about but catch up with myself when I read more.
I have a terrible memory for names and characters. |
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Currently reading Mayflies by Andrew O' Hagan. Not too far into it but reminds me a little of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart which was brilliant so I think I'm going to like it.
Haven't read much recently. Put more down than I've picked up. |
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"Commuting is a great way to cram in your reading! How many books do you think you'll read this year? "
I don’t know. Maybe I will start a count. Possibly more than a hundred just reading for fun. More if I include uni texts - but who reads those all the way though?
"Currently reading Mayflies by Andrew O' Hagan. Not too far into it but reminds me a little of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart which was brilliant so I think I'm going to like it.
Haven't read much recently. Put more down than I've picked up. "
Thanks for this. I shall look Mayflies up. Loved Shuggie - found Mungo a much harder read though. |
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer
Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures"
No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call |
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer
Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures
No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call "
You should try Bill Bryson's travel books, autobiographical with loads of humour, they are really entertaining books. |
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer
Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures
No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call
You should try Bill Bryson's travel books, autobiographical with loads of humour, they are really entertaining books."
Ok thank you |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
Derry |
"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer
Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures
No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call
You should try Bill Bryson's travel books, autobiographical with loads of humour, they are really entertaining books."
He's great. A short History of Everything is brilliant
I'll add Dervla Murphy, she cycled from Europe to India, she had a great way with people.
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer "
Oh great, The Satsuma Complex is next in my pile! Looking forward to it. Have you read Bob Mortimer's autobiography? It's very funny, as you'd expect. |
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer
Oh great, The Satsuma Complex is next in my pile! Looking forward to it. Have you read Bob Mortimer's autobiography? It's very funny, as you'd expect."
I have. You'd know who wrote it even if his name wasn't on the cover |
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Just started re-reading the Iain M Banks books, halfway through Consider Phlebas. Also got a pile of stuff waiting to be read, and a few that I'm partway through. I got stuck on the Joycean chapter of Alan Moore's Jerusalem, I love the writing but incredibly difficult to concentrate on it. Oldest thing on the part-read pile is "Wild Cards" by George RR Martin - been there 40 years now, really must get back to it! |
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Some wonderfully stimulating suggestions here. Thank you all, and thank you to Midnight for starting the thread!
I don't read nearly as much as I'd like, because of my work and home situation, but over the past month or so:
Dante's The Divine Comedy (3 volumes, parallel text edition). A staggeringly moving, profound, universal, and yet hilariously, pettily localised and specific meditation.
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. A recommendation from someone I teach. This was such a pleasurable, fascinating read - as scabrously, inventively, macabrely funny as How The Dead Live, and as chromatically, explosively lyrical as The Famished Road. Set during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
The Collected Ghost Stories, by M.R James. Nobody has ever done it better. The terror of a crumpled sheet, a glint spied from distance in what should be an empty room, or the voice in the ear that no-one else in your crowded train carriage can hear. Always taut, understated, and yet visceral. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Just read Jack & Jill by James Patterson on holiday as I finished The Fate of Wizardoms 3 books on my kindle and couldn’t download the next 3. Author Jeffery L Kohanek. Like fantasy Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time. Game of Thrones. I read Lord of the Rings maybe 7 times. Films were ok but not a patch on the books. Helen Lowe is a good read too although I’ve been waiting 3 years for the next book in her Daughter of the Night series. Love reading. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment
What genre do you like?
I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer "
How about these:
The bee keeper of Aleppo - christy lefteri
Mr Atkinson's rum contract - Richard Atkinson
Will Smith autobiography
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"I’m just reading brothers Grim, did you know Snow White was only 7, the originals to all the fairy tales are so twisted
Definitely recommend "
Did you know most of the brothers tales were written and gathered by women who get/got no credit. The brothers just edited the book. Great play called Grandmother's Grimm which tries to correct the patriarchal norm. |
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By *ack688Man
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I’m reading Yellowface by R F Kuang which is really good so far, very different from her book Babal which I read a little while ago. It’s likely to be Weyward by Emilia Hart next which I’ve been looking forward to for a while, but the to be read list just gets longer. |
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.. I listen to audio books! 
