On Your Bookshelf
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Oh fab thanks Lorri!
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Thank you Lorri! I love it, so will snap it up and recommend it to mum.
I am on Devil's Day again, just because I wanted to see if it was any better second time around.
I am on Devil's Day again, just because I wanted to see if it was any better second time around.
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I really struggled with Devil's Day and didn't care what happened in the end.
- Pawpads
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I've just finished The Mothers by Sarah J Naughton.
It was a fast easy read - and I did NOT see the twist coming.
It was a fast easy read - and I did NOT see the twist coming.
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I read You Left Early as a preparation for a life writing module on my course, and rattled through it as it was so well done. It is about a woman in love with a musician (double first from Oxford, successful career) who is a chronic alcoholic and drinks himself to death, despite all her attempts to 'cure' him.
She is a novelist (Louisa Young), so the book is well written and I really cared about both of them, even though he was a massive pain in the arse. It's on kindle for 99p for a limited time (it wasn't when I bought it ) and worth a read, I think.
She is a novelist (Louisa Young), so the book is well written and I really cared about both of them, even though he was a massive pain in the arse. It's on kindle for 99p for a limited time (it wasn't when I bought it ) and worth a read, I think.
- Pippedydeadeye
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I read the Alexander McCall Smith version of Emma, and my god it was dreadful. No wonder the Austen Project stalled.
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I know that I’ve read it and have no memory of it. Think you’re rightPippedydeadeye wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:41 am I read the Alexander McCall Smith version of Emma, and my god it was dreadful. No wonder the Austen Project stalled.
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The problem is, I think, that he doesn't create particularly nice characters. All of them in Devil's Day, apart from possibly Kat, are dreadful individuals.
However, it did improve on re-reading and I liked it better. I then read The Night Shift Before Christmas by Adam Kay.
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I have finished nThe Furthest vStation by Ben Aaronovitch. It was a very short book but I enjoyed it all the same as I have read several others in the series and like the central characters.
I have now started Middlesex years after everyone else and am enjoying it so far.
I have now started Middlesex years after everyone else and am enjoying it so far.
- Turtle Bean
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I finished Timeline by Michael Crichton which was average, and The Familiars by Stacey Halls which got poor reviews on here I think but I quite enjoyed it. It wasn't exceptional but I didn't get bored. Then I read the first of a time travel series recommended by someone at work which was pretty bad and now I'm reading Daisy Jones and the Six which is great so far.
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I’m listening to the five on audible and I agree with Lily’s comments re the safety net . It’s really good to hear the back stories.
- Pawpads
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I've just finished Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane. I really wanted to be friends with Georgina, the main character.
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I'm currently reading The Five too - absolutely fascinating.
I've just finished (rattled through) Christopher Brookmyre - Fallen Angel. A great page turner.
I've just finished (rattled through) Christopher Brookmyre - Fallen Angel. A great page turner.
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I've just finished My Sister, the Serial Killer which I thought was pretty pants. And The Lido by LIbby Page which was ok, I enjoyed it mainly because it is set in an area I know very well (Brixton and Brockwell Lido) but there was something about the writing style that annoyed me a bit. And the author got a factual point about a bus route completely wrong, which irritated more than it should have done
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The Lido made me cry a lot even though I knew it was a bit romcom, it’s written with an eye to TV/film.
- Flora Poste
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I definitely had a tear in my eye at the end, Pip, even though it was all very predictable. I thought it needed a bit more of an edit - I got a bit bored with the Rosemary/ George reminiscences by the end but overall I enjoyed it.
- Turtle Bean
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Daisy Jones and The Six was really good.
- sally maclennane
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I have that, Bean, but I think it'll have to wait until after The Mirror and the Light.
Christ on a bendy bus son, don't be such a fucking faff arse
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I'm trying to get through my library books before I start The Mirror, like saving your favourite food until last. I put down The Confession by Jessie Burton after 2 chapters. It's so appallingly written! I am astonished.
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