Read the Room

[Lily]

I'm reading Dream Count, which I'm really enjoying, but it's a bit tense as it's due back at the library soon so I'm not sure if I'll finish in time.

What are the Point Horrors like, Lily? I loved them at the time but not sure what I'd make of them now. Probably too scary for me for one thing. :lol:

Better than I expected! I can appreciate them more as an adult I think - and remembering reading them, and how I felt and what I thought when I was discovering them 30 or so years ago, is really comforting.

I also read The New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan, about a family in the aftermath of WW2. She is very readable but a cut above the rest if that makes sense; I'm going to get the rest of her stuff out of the library ASAP.

[Flora Poste]

I read Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout in a day. I don’t know why I’d not read anything by her before, it’s totally up my street.

I love Elizabeth Strout - you have so much pleasure ahead of you.

I've just sold something on ebay to a Bob in Oregon who google tells me is 75. We had a bit of back and forth about it (thanks to Trump tarriffs) and in my head he is just like Bob in Tell Me Everything.

[Duophonic]

I loved The Cracked Mirror - The new and final Ambrose Parry is due out next month, I have it on pre-order.

I always forget to update this thread so it's going to be a slog, sorry!

In Too Deep - Lee Child: Usual Jack Reacher fare, it's my guilty pleasure and an engaging enough page turner
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Kate Summerscale: I read this on the back of The Peep Show. This is about Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard and covers a famous case of his. Totally engrossing
Started early took my dog and Big Sky - Kate Atkinson: Re-read these in prep to read her latest Jackson book
Amongst our Weapons - Ben Aaronovitch: Book no 9 of the Rivers of London series which I've thoroughly enjoyed.
Death at the Sign of the Rook - Kate Atkinson: Loved this! Will probably re-read before the year's out.
Him - JD Kirk: Absolutely ludicrous thriller, which was an Audible freebie
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend: This is an Audible freebie and I haven't read it since I was in my late teens. Hilarious, had me hooting with laughter.
Fortunate Son - Caimh McDonnell - I love these thrillers, this is no 8 in the Dublin Triology, witty and pacey
Death in Fine Condition - Andrew Cartmel: He's written tons of similar books again it was a freebie and I thought it was 'meh'
The Queen and I - Sue Townsend: Hated this
Secret Sister - Sarah A Denzil: Another dreadful Audible freebie
Rumpole of the Bailey - John Mortimer: Picked this up as an Audible freebie and absolutely loved it! So much so that I went and watched the old series of it.
The Colour of Mystery - Joy Ellis: One of her magical thrillers, not one of her best
The Ratcatcher - Anthony Khaseria: forgettable thriller
Who Do I Think I Am? Mark Steele: I love Mark Steele anyway, his Mark Steele's in Town podcast is a must listen. I loved every second of this.
I have Sinned - Caimh McDonnell: A spin off series with the main character in his Dublin Trilogy
Factory Girls - Michelle Gallen: coming of age during The Troubles - in the Derry Girls sort of vein, funny and poignant
Locke and Key - Joe Hill: Graphic novel by Stephen King's son
Spook Street, London Rules and Joe Country - Mick Herron: Love these and I'm trying to eke them out.
Who sent Clement and Meeting Mungo Thunk - Keith A Pearson: not difficult reads and paced along nicely, they were both freebies and I wouldn't have paid for them
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins: Took me ages to finish and one of the most boring books I've ever encountered
Fletch - Gregory McDonald: I'm not sure what to make of this. It's very of its time
Damned - Chuck Palahnuik: I a massive fan of his and this about a 13 year old who dies and ends up in hell was no exception - he's written it in the style of 'are you there god? it's me Margaret'

[wendy james]

Rode is close to is Duo.

I’ve read half a dozen books so far this holiday, though one was a short story.

The Ministry of Time - interesting sci-fi with historical immigrants being resettled into ‘current’ time
The Last Murder at the end of the World- a post apocalyptic sci-fi set on the only island with human inhabitants remaining
Death and Other Occupational Hazards - about Death taking a sabbatical as a human and discovering somebody is making unplanned deaths happen
Ghosted - a book club choice, that was quite sad
Evidence of the Affair - the short epistolary story - series of letters between the partners of two people having an affair
The Surfacing - the 24 hrs around a wedding of two people possibly linked to the disappearance of a young man 14 years earlier

[Duophonic]

I've read your first two Wenders. The ministry of time I thought, would've been better without the romance aspect and I enjoy anything that Stuart Turton writes, and Last Murder was no exception, although my favourite is The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.

[Turtle Bean]

I'm halfway through Amongst Our Weapons. I go through them too quick, they are so readable. I've got The Blanket Cats for after.

[Duophonic]

Now that I've got reading glasses - I caved after not being able to read a lunch menu three weeks ago - I can now get through my paperbacks.

Currently reading - all physical books and all non-fiction
Crypt - Alice Roberts
Cannibalism - Bill Schutt
Dark Banquet - Bill Schutt
Where the Folk (a Welsh folklore road trip) - Russ Williams
All the Living and the Dead (I've been reading this for ages) - Hayley Campbell

Recently finished
The Trees - Percival Everett: I cannot reliably describe this without giving too much away; it's ultimately a police procedural set in the US Deep South. I'm still thinking about it
The Quiet Man - Caimh McDonnell - his Bunny McGarry thrillers, so readable and funny.
Careering - Daisy Buchanan: I don't know why I read this as I'm not typically interested in these types of books but I'm trying to broaden my horizons

[Turtle Bean]

I've finished the Blanket Cats. I have now the choice of Iron Flame (but I didn't particularly like The Fourth Wing), Munichs (which is depressing and I am still ill) or two unappealing library books.

[lazzbo]

Ah, is Munich too depressing, Teable? Sorry to hear you're still ill too, what have the doctors said?

I started In Cold Blood yesterday and am obsessed.

[Bat Macdui]

I am not getting on with The West Wind, as it's taken me to halfway through to work out the timeline goes backwards. :lol: I can't get my head round it at all, it's like when Brian Cox told me to imagine time wasn't linear and my head exploded trying to do the meal planning.

I might pack it in and reread some Rivers of London now Bean has reminded me of them. I really need to make myself a list of light, enjoyable reading instead of keep adding weighty novels to my reading list then not fancying them when I'm stuck. See also, my To Watch list.

[Turtle Bean]

I think I will go back to it when I am in good form, Lazzi. I certainly don't want to read it now.

[sally maclennane]

I finished the Stuart Maconie book last night, I enjoyed it although I often get a bit bored of travel books by the time they end.

Now reading the new Liane Moriarty book. Her stuff is so easy to read!

[Lily]

I still have some titles on my Kindle from an Unlimited trial last year, and Turtle recs, so I am ploughing through those. I really enjoy J D Kirk novels. He's like a Scottish Mark Billingham but funnier.