Reading Heart Liberals

[Pippedydeadeye]

I’ve no idea what I was asking about now. :lol:

[Duophonic]

I'd wondered if you'd gotten me mixed up with someone else.

I haven't read any scottish detective novels recently.

[wendy james]

Maybe Dutchie?

[Pippedydeadeye]

Oh yes, it’d be the D. :)

[Pippedydeadeye]

A friend lent me “This Is Not A Pity Memoir” by Abi Morgan and it was incredibly moving. I’d heard about it on the Women’s Prize podcast and had put it on my TBR list then.

[lazzbo]

I read Babel which was a present from my pals and I really enjoyed it, despite not being a fantasy fan usually.

Now I'm on Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld and I'm really enjoying it - it's so readable and I have no idea where it's going.

[sally maclennane]

I really liked that, Lazz although I read it years ago.

I'm nearly finished Lessons, I've enjoyed it more than I expected but it is still a bit wanky.

[Dutchie]

Oh yes, it’d be the D. :)

My detective novel is set in Southampton, so quite a way from Scotland! It is very good though.

I have a feeling my e-reader is dying. Every night when I open it to read in bed, it tells me it needs to be charged. Then I charge it all night and the next day it happens all over again.

[lazzbo]

I've never managed anything by Ian McEwan but I don't know why. I tried Atonement and On Chesil Beach and I just couldn't do it.

Whereas I really do plan to read Curtis' entire oeuvre. :))

[Elya]

A friend lent me “This Is Not A Pity Memoir” by Abi Morgan and it was incredibly moving. I’d heard about it on the Women’s Prize podcast and had put it on my TBR list then.

It’s quite incredible, isn’t it. Very moving.

[Pippedydeadeye]

Abi Morgan is really inspiring. I don’t know how she coped.

I’ve just finished One True Loves now by TJR. It was a bit corny, and reminded me of the teen romances I used to read from the library when I was 14/15, so I kind of loved it.

[Flora Poste]

I read Babel which was a present from my pals and I really enjoyed it, despite not being a fantasy fan usually.

I've just finished Yellowface which was one of those books I really enjoyed at the time and raced through, but was quite stressful to read and looking back there are quite a few things I'd pick apart. I liked her writing though, so fancy Babel.

[lazzbo]

I'd like to read Yellowface!

Babel isn't perfect - particularly some of the dialogue and her obsession with footnotes, which was annoying on the Kindle - but it was really engrossing and I couldn't wait to keep reading it whenever I stopped.

[sally maclennane]

I finished Lessons this morning. I'm going to read Demon Copperhead next, I think.

[Pippedydeadeye]

I’m racing through more Deborah Levy. She’s just amazing.

[Pippedydeadeye]

Since that I’ve read a book by one of my sister’s PhD supervisors and I didn’t love it. I daren’t say more. The premise was a bit ridiculous.

[Little My]

My reading stack is empty right now! I have two thrillers on the way from the library though.

I just finished Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward, who wrote Last House On Needless Street. It was (almost) equally strange with its twisty, turny plot. She has a very interesting way of looking at things.

[Elya]

I finished Lessons this morning. I'm going to read Demon Copperhead next, I think.

I read DC on hols - it really was excellent. I also enjoyed the Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’farell.

[sally maclennane]

I'm about half way through it, it's so good. It’s pretty bleak at times but he's such a brilliant character!

[wendy james]

I’m now onto An Impossible Return, an historical novel based around the expulsion of the community living on The Chagos Islands so a military base could be built.

The factual events behind this story are interesting but the fictional story was just ok. And one plot point was so unbelievable, I went moaning about it to my family. :lol:

I may look up Claire Fuller's previous work. @Bats - did you ever ready any others as I can see you enjoyed this one too?

I tried one of them - I think it was Swimming Lessons - and the concept was a bit daft so I didn't get that far and that kind of put me off the rest. I've just looked her back up again, though, and I might try Bitter Orange, you've reminded me of how much I enjoyed the one I did read.

Having broken up An Impossible Return to reread Unsettled Ground for book club, I then read Swimming Lessons, which also wasn’t perfect, but I do enjoy her writing style. I’m going to start on Bitter Orange next.

The Homes - JB Mylet - a thriller set in a children's home on the outskirts of Glasgow in the 60's. It was a good page turner told from the perspective of a 12 year old.

Most recently, I read this one but didn’t find it that compelling. It did make me read up on Quarriers village though.