I have downloaded a few for the long festive car journey I (we) are facing towards the middle/late part of December. I was wondering if anyone had read the latest Kate Atkinson as I am keen to give it a shot. Also, having re-watched LOTR at least twice since Netflix deigned to add it to their listings, should I finally give the books a go? Or is it for 14 year old boys with acne and a hankering for adventure? Have also downloaded Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton, Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, and Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata.
Would quite like some additional suggestions. I am a fast reader hence needing a mini pile.
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Dusty, I listened to the radio adaptation of the K8 Atkinson novel and want to read it.
Her Time After Time is one of my most fave novels.
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I am quite enjoying financial crime books at the moment, like: Million Dollar Whale, Moneyland, The Financial Curse, Buy Side.
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Convenience store woman is brilliant!!
For christmas Atmos I recommend Bad Santas.
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No relation of the film.
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If you haven't read Red Notice you should read it to realise how weird Russia is.
If you like military history at all Ben McIntyre has got a few good books and I'm currently on Operation Mincemeat.
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I enjoyed A Little Life (as much as one can enjoy that book....). It's on the re-read pile.#
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22822858-a-little-life
It's chunky - 800-odd pages.
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Kate Atkinson's Case Histories books are good if you haven't read them already.
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A Handful of Hard Men - Hannes Wessel
Rain - Barney Campbell
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics - Carlo Rovelli
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I also enjoyed the new Robert Galbraith novel, Lethal Wife.
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I liked Melmoth by Sarah Perry recently. Liked the Essex Serpent a lot also.
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Warlight
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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The Robert Galbraith books are good. What genres do you usually like?
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The Nightingale series by stephen leather might be up yoour alley dusty. Ghosthunters and Watchers by neil spring too
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oh I meant Melmoth, when I referred to the Radio 4 adaptation. it was really good.
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Do you also read non-fiction?
If so, try Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman
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Ooh lots of suggestions, thanks!
Judy - I loved Time After Time. The concept was just brilliant. I have actually got A God In Ruins ready to read - it carries on that family's history. Have you heard her Desert Island Discs? Was on last Sunday.
Kimmy - not read the Case Histories but perhaps she's up my street if I have liked other things she's done.
Clergs - good to know! I got drawn to it by the cover!!
Sails - those might be useful suggestions for my brother as he's well into his military stuff.
Chimes - not heard of that, will investigate!
Avi / Supes /ZG - what did you particularly like about those suggestions?
Lady P - I am quite into my fiction at the moment. I am not really drawn to crime stuff. Maybe I should try? It all looks quite samey with the black covers....Mystery maybe?
Wang - interesting - I'll have a look....
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Do you also read non-fiction?
I think it depends. I have had two on the shelf that I have been eyeing for ages - "From those wonderful folks who brought you Pearl Harbour" and "The Guns of August" - the latter of which I have only ever read the first chapter but I feel like I need to really be in the right mindset for it.
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What kind of fiction though? Do you like serious literature or fun light hearted stuff? Or both?
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Isn’t Robert Galbraith just a pen name for JK Rowling? Or have I lost it?
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Tecco - yes, correct.
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Warlight - Made up of lovely little vignettes that are all brought together at the end. Very atmospheric and easy to put yourself in the time and place of the story. Much better than The Cat's Table
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - This was my first Christie book and i was 100% convinced that I would know who did it. We've all seen a fookton of Poirot and Marple after all. When the denouement came I literally yelled out loud in an empty house "No fooking way! Nice!"
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - If you like sci-fi and haven't read this then it is one of those books that you should. Its a bit odd at first to become au fait with the lingo, but once you do then it is just a good old fashioned bit of sci-fi, albeit with a strong political message. I still preferred Stranger in a Strange Land, but this was good fun
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman - The story of a life well lived by an extremely intelligent man. Funny, motivational, what's not to like?
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The Feynman books are bloody brilliant.
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Lady P - I am happy to do both. Probably more modern than Austen and Hardy, though.
Supes - thanks for typing all that out! Think I'll download that Christie book and give it a whirl...
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For something (very) lighthearted, I enjoy Mhairi MacFarlane.
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For recent/contemporary fiction, I really liked "Home Fire" by Kamila Shamsie.
I have mixed feelings about "Flights" by Olga Tokacusz (?), winner of 2018 International Man Booker. The first 100 pages or so impressed me, and while I didn't stop being impressed, at some point I got the sense that the author is just throwing together a lot of random jottings from her notebooks through the years, barely trying to impose any cohesive whole to it.
Another vote for "Convenience Store Women".
Has anyone read Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday? NYT has just named it one of the ten best books of the year.
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Aviator mentioned Roberto Caroveli - he has another one out I am reading currently, its great, its about Time
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
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What was so interesting about the blood sugar diet? Incidentally there is a book about blood in my Wish List on Amazon....hmmmm....
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A Handful of Hard Men - Hannes Wessel: I knew nothing about the Rhodesian war so this was eye opening as well as as a great read.
Rain - Barney Campbell: Made what it was like to be a junior officer on operations jump out of the pages.
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics - Carlo Rovelli: Just fascinating.
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