Me too! I really enjoyed it.Penny Century wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:57 pmThank you for the reminder, I've been meaning to read this for a while!
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Three Hours was brilliant, thanks for the recommendation. It made me cry a LOT though.Loralei wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:33 amYes, I'd say so. It's not all sunshine and roses but gently done. I've also just finished The Flat Share, which is more chick lit-y but also a sweet story, well told, if you need another recommendation.
I am reading Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton, which is about a school siege based in Somerset. I read half of it last night and had to force myself to put it down, it's so gripping. I think I've guessed the twist re the who, but suspect it may be a double one, and there's still loads about the why I haven't a clue about. (Dont read this one next, Cerise )
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I'm reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It is amazing and fascinating and horrifying. Everyone read it.
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I have read that, Bean. It's absolutely fascinating and scandalous, isn't it?
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It really is, I never knew any of it.
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I read an article about her recently. Possibly a review of your book, thinking about it. Bloody disgraceful.
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Can't put it down, can you? I read it far too quickly at the beginning of a holiday and was depressed for the rest of the stay.Turtle Bean wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:05 pm I'm reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It is amazing and fascinating and horrifying. Everyone read it.
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I want to read it now, after a quick google.
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It's basically required reading for you, Pip!
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It is!
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I can't wait for this, I've pre-ordered.Bat Macdui wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:12 pm I read an article about her recently. Possibly a review of your book, thinking about it. Bloody disgraceful.
Heads up to Jane Harper fans, new one out 22nd September. The Survivors.
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Lazz, I know. I both want to read it and don't want to finish it simultaneously.
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I’ve just finished The Herd, and I think some people here would like it. The blurb is :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07TQK ... 8&qid=&sr=
It’s like Glossier mixed with The Wing. I really enjoyed it.An exclusive New York women’s workspace is rocked by the mysterious disappearance of its enigmatic founder
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07TQK ... 8&qid=&sr=
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Sounds amazing.
I’m reading The Dutch House and finding it a bit slow going. I can tell it will be good though.
I’m reading The Dutch House and finding it a bit slow going. I can tell it will be good though.
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I've just finished The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai and I'm in bits. It's about a group of friends during the early AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and it broke me in two. It is beautifully written; I recently read How to Survive a Plague about the same subject which really bulked out the story. I just want to curl up and sob for a bit - despite this I can't recommend this highly enough!
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I finished Girl, Woman, Other and really liked it. Now on Lisa Jewels latest.
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I have just finished An American Marriage by Tayari Jones and I really enjoyed it - this is the second of her books that I have read - both situated in Atlanta of which I know nothing, so they make incredibly interesting reading:
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn t commit.
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn t commit.
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I really liked it too. I started Silver Sparrow by her recently but it was an audiobook and I didn't really like the narration so will try again with text as it seemed interesting.
I also just finished The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and was muttering to myself throughout because it annoyed me so much. All about someone experiencing different lives based on different choices just before death and it obviously thought it was making deep points about accepting yourself and mental health but it had all the depth of a puddle. I actually had to go off and check whether I'd accidentally picked up one of his children's books because the writing seemed so basic. I liked How to Stop Time but he kinds of irritates me anyway as the self appointed expert on depression so I probably should have steered clear.
I also just finished The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and was muttering to myself throughout because it annoyed me so much. All about someone experiencing different lives based on different choices just before death and it obviously thought it was making deep points about accepting yourself and mental health but it had all the depth of a puddle. I actually had to go off and check whether I'd accidentally picked up one of his children's books because the writing seemed so basic. I liked How to Stop Time but he kinds of irritates me anyway as the self appointed expert on depression so I probably should have steered clear.
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I was wondering whether to read that, Pootle. I quite enjoyed How to Stop Time but I know what you mean about him being a bit irritating.
I've finished Henrietta Lacks. It was fascinating. I'm currently reading Kindred by Octavia Butler.
I've finished Henrietta Lacks. It was fascinating. I'm currently reading Kindred by Octavia Butler.