Read the Room

[Jupiter]

Quick, everyone starts reading it now so we can give Ken real time feedback! :lol:

[Lola]

I bought it too

I also got Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s first book, Purple Hibiscus, for free on Prime reading.

[sally maclennane]

I bought it too

I also got Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s first book, Purple Hibiscus, for free on Prime reading.

That's a great book but it's a difficult subject matter.

[Marth]

Quick, everyone starts reading it now so we can give Ken real time feedback! :lol:

[Marth]

"Two stars as arrived promptly but haven't read yet"

[Kenickie]

:lol:

[Bat Macdui]

I'm going to buy the Ken Book as well. I have been a bit lackadaisical, I think I'm losing my reading mojo. I keep doomscrolling the collapse of the US instead, which isn't good for me. I did read Winter in Madrid by CJ Sansom and Girl with the Pear Earring over the weekend, though, due to languishing with a cold. Also, Lydia Cassat Reading the Morning Paper, by Harriet Scott Chessman, which was about Mary Cassat's sister sitting for her paintings. It was v short and thoroughly enjoyable.

I've had The Persians on my Kobo wishlist for ages, but I can't remember why now, I didn't realise it was a Women's Prize nominee. That might bump me into getting it.

[sally maclennane]

I loved Winter in Madrid, it was such a good book.

I finished Standard Deviation yesterday, I liked it although I found that Audra reminded me a bit *too* much of my mum

My friend bought me James by Percival Everett as part of my birthday present so I think I will read that next.

[lazzbo]

Of your mum? I did not expect that, Sal. I often think of her random one liners about her sex life before getting married. :))

I'm reading Orbital now, after finishing We Solve Murders. It was perfectly readable, but the gaping plot holes would not have been allowed if it has been anyone other than Richard Osman writing it.

[sally maclennane]

Of your mum? I did not expect that, Sal. I often think of her random one liners about her sex life before getting married. :))

Not that part

It was the constant shift in conversations, the talking to everyone, bringing home waifs and strays, being ridiculously open about everything.

[lazzbo]

I am reassured.

[Jupiter]

My friend bought me James by Percival Everett as part of my birthday present so I think I will read that next.

I read James for book club and really liked it.

[Lola]

I read The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock, which is set in Victorian London. It was an enjoyable read with lots of funny characters although not something I would usually choose. The ending let it down a bit and there was an unnecessary brutal scene. It’s one of those books that could go on & on into the lives of its characters & I felt the author wasn’t sure how to finish it.

[Dutchie]

I've just finished my third Jackson Brodie book and have started the fourth one straightaway. They are such brilliant books - fantastic unexpected storylines, relatable characters and a writing style that really appeals to me. I'm afraid I will only read Kate Atkinson until I have read the last in the JB series. I am blaming several of you!

[lazzbo]

They get better and better, Dutchie!

I really want to read James.

[sally maclennane]

They get better and better, Dutchie!

I agree, I reread them all recently and thought this.

[sally maclennane]

James is very good but some parts are a hard read, not surprisingly.

I also just finished the audio book of Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, which was very good but quite grim too. I also had the fear that I'd disconnect my ear buds by accident and play it aloud, with
the narrator who had a very strong NI accent, bellowing something about Gerry Adams or punishment beatings while I was in the gym or the supermarket

[Turtle Bean]

I'm reading The Priory by Dorothy Whipple. She was from Blackburn and I have not read her before. I am enjoying it.

[Marth]

James is very good but some parts are a hard read, not surprisingly.

I also just finished the audio book of Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, which was very good but quite grim too. I also had the fear that I'd disconnect my ear buds by accident and play it aloud, with
the narrator who had a very strong NI accent, bellowing something about Gerry Adams or punishment beatings while I was in the gym or the supermarket

[sally maclennane]

I did it in work once when I came into the kitchen of our head office, took out my earphones and disconnected them somehow, with the result that Alistair Campbell was booming loudly about "Brexit being a fucking disaster"

To be fair, nobody disagreed