Turtles, reading books

[Flora Poste]

I've just finished Butter by Asako Yuzuki - if you love descriptions of food/ meals in fiction then this is your book - I do so overall I loved it, although the pacing was quite off for me, it was a lot slower paced than I thought it would be. I've never read any modern Japanese fiction (the translation is very good) so found the cultural references fascinating.

[Pippedydeadeye]

That sounds really good. My sister loves Polly Barton, she says she’s a great translator. I have a signed copy of her book, Porn, on my to be read pile.

I am now in possession of the Women’s Prize shortlist.

[Flora Poste]

I have ordered all of the Women's Prize shortlist from the library, other than Solder, Sailor which I've already read. We can have a repeat of last year . Although I don't know which one to start with as my book club are faffing about choosing which one to read - I put up a poll and then one of them said she didn't mind and voted all of them, and of course we now have a tie and noone wants to make a decision

[Pippedydeadeye]

Pick Restless Dolly Maunder and I’ll join in.

[Pippedydeadeye]

Or choose the one you want & I’ll read that first too.

[Flora Poste]

Pick Restless Dolly Maunder and I’ll join in.

As that's the one that's waiting for me at the library to pick up first, I'm good with that.

[Pippedydeadeye]

[Estrella]

I’m now reading The Girl on the Train. I’ve not seen the film. It’s got me hooked.

[sally maclennane]

I loved The Girl on The Train, and I made a work friend through it

I was reading it in the kitchen at work and a girl from another team said "oh I loved that book" then we got chatting about books and discovered we liked a lot of the same stuff.

[Estrella]

That’s brilliant Sal. How good are books!

[sally maclennane]

I know

[Turtle Bean]

After weeks of reading Reacher books, I have just finished Slow Horses which I found to be excellent and need to finish Still Life by Sarah Winman before book club tomorrow night. I'm about half way through so I should manage it. I am enjoying it very much.

[Turtle Bean]

Still Life was excellent. I may try another by the same author.

[Annabella]

Still Life was excellent. I may try another by the same author.

I totally loved that book Bean. Another of hers that I also loved is Tin Man.

[Flora Poste]

I loved Still Life and I have Tin Man to read at some point as I picked it up on a Kindle deal ages ago.

[Disco]

I loved Still Life too so I will look out for Tin Man.

I'm currently reading The Black Angels about black nurses and the TB vaccine. I've recently read The Virgin Suicides which I enjoyed and now want to watch the film
The White Ship - historical book by Charles Spencer - interesting
One Life - - Barbara Winton - fascinating
The Rose Code - fiction based at Bletchley Park - ok
Yellowface - enjoyed
The Second Sight Of Zachary Cloudesley - enjoyed

[Pippedydeadeye]

A lady at a recent bookshop event advised me to read Still Life so it’s on the list.

[sally maclennane]

I wasn't mad about Still Life, I disliked most of the characters

[Lola]

Still Life is on my reading pile (kindle library).

I’ve just read the The Tattooist of Auschwitz as there is a tv series starting on Sky & I haven’t read it before. Anyway, I’m not sure if I enjoyed it exactly as the subject matter is obviously horrific but I also wasn’t keen on the writing style as it sounded too modern for the era, I thought.

I also have suspicions that the main character, who was a real person, was perhaps prone to exaggerating certain parts of his story, especially after reading the postscripts at the end of the book. But the general story was fascinating/horrific in equal measures.

[Turtle Bean]

I read an interesting review of the TV series, Lola. It was saying it was all beautifully done but basically just isn't a fit topic for fiction. I've not read or watched it but sort of take the point.

I've put TinMan on my list.