chesilbeach Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Happy November everyone! What books are you all reading, borrowing and buying today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Lately I've been reading a bunch of Lisa Jewell books. I'm really enjoying them. So far I've read The House We Grew Up In, I Found You, and The Girls (in the garden). My favourite was also the first one I read - I Found You. I just loved the characters! I'd love to read more mystery/thrillers by her, as the other two were a little more character-driven and not as exciting. I've started making a list of graphic novels I want, and picked up Through the Wood by Emily Carroll yesterday, and I've also bought five Deadpool comic collections in the last couple of weeks. That's not going to be an expensive hobby at all At the moment I'm focusing on reading Lost Girls, the third in the D.I Kim Stone series. Really enjoying it, as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Nollaig said: Lately I've been reading a bunch of Lisa Jewell books. I'm really enjoying them. So far I've read The House We Grew Up In, I Found You, and The Girls (in the garden). My favourite was also the first one I read - I Found You. I just loved the characters! I'd love to read more mystery/thrillers by her, as the other two were a little more character-driven and not as exciting. I'm glad you enjoyed her books . As far as I know, some of Lisa Jewell's books are not thrillers but more contemporary fiction (or rom-coms), so you saying those other two books were more character-driven, makes sense to me. I have The House We Grew Up In classed as 'contemporary fiction', not a thriller (but then, I'm sometimes wrong about genres, so who knows. I'll have to read the book to find out ). Today I'm reading the November chapter of Gretchen Rubin - The Happiness Project, since today it's the 1rst of November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 8 minutes ago, Athena said: I'm glad you enjoyed her books . As far as I know, some of Lisa Jewell's books are not thrillers but more contemporary fiction (or rom-coms), so you saying those other two books were more character-driven, makes sense to me. I have The House We Grew Up In classed as 'contemporary fiction', not a thriller (but then, I'm sometimes wrong about genres, so who knows. I'll have to read the book to find out ). The House We Grew Up In is definitely not a thriller, very much drama/fiction. The Girls has a bit of a mystery at the heart of it, and I Found You is full on thriller/mystery. So I liked I Found You the most, The House We Grew Up In the least and The Girls in the middle. They got five, four and three stars reflecting that. Still, she's an excellent writer, the characters in House just didn't appeal so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I finished Under the Radar by James Hamilton-Paterson this morning. Further thoughts on it will be in my thread at some point later today. I also popped into the library this morning and picked up 3 books, chosen completely at random. One is a non-fiction book about chess. I play a bit but I'm not very good so I am always trying to improve. The other two are You Sent Me a Letter by Lucy Dawson and, Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 With my 3 books on the go experiment, I found I was favouring one book above the others, so I finished Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb at the weekend, and since then I've been trying to concentrate on reading A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan as that was the one I was most behind on (it would also be nice to have read at least one TWoT book this year so I feel I'm making progress). Though that does mean that I've not read any Wolves of the Calla for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 The Monster Club was a fun re-read for me; I'd forgotten a great deal of it. So now that my Halloween reading is over and done with, it's on to Midnighter and Apollo for some superhero action. After that -- I dunno. I'll have to scour my shelves, see how the mood takes me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Finished We Have Always Lived in the Castle yesterday. Unsettling at times, but not horrifying as I was expecting. Today, I've started the last of the Sinclair Mysteries by Katherine Woodfine, The Midnight Peacock. I've loved this series, and a bit sad that the end has come after only four books, so making sure I savour this last instalment and excited to see what Woodfine will write next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Now reading EE Holmes - The Plague of the Shattered. Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I have finally finished Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry. It was not at all what I expected. I have no idea what to read next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Midnighter and Apollo was a quick read, and a good one. I've just started Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, which is a psycho-thriller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ushia Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I've recently read two books; The man called Ove and The picture of Dorian Gray. These books are quite interesting. love these books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Finished The Midnight Peacock yesterday, and am now reading The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig, which @poppyshake gave me for Christmas last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 I've started reading A Boy Made of Blocks by Keith Stuart. It's about a father and his autistic son, and his attempt to connect with him. Very good so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 10 hours ago, frankie said: I've started reading A Boy Made of Blocks by Keith Stuart. It's about a father and his autistic son, and his attempt to connect with him. Very good so far! I haven't heard a lot about this book but I look forward to your review when you've finished it . I'm glad you like it so far! I haven't read (any books) in about a week, because I've been busy. I did however buy books and was gifted books for my birthday (will post about it in my thread later). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirley Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 The Corpse in the Cabana - Shea Macleod Destination Thailand - Katy Collins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 I'm just past the halfway mark with Shutter Island, and am enjoying it, although some of the dialogue is strange and unrealistic. (If I find fault with a book, then it tends usually to be with the dialogue. Perhaps that's because I'm a dialogue writer!) It won't take too long to finish, so I'll be able to squeeze in something else before my Christmas reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie9 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I've just started the 3rd book in Justin Cronin's The Passage trilogy, The City Of Mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 11/6/2017 at 6:15 PM, chesilbeach said: Finished The Midnight Peacock yesterday, and am now reading The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig, which @poppyshake gave me for Christmas last year Ooh that reminds me Claire ... I've got it on the shelf to read I'm reading Nigel Slater's The Christmas Chronicles .. part recipe book but part homage to Winter! It's fabulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirley Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I have started on my Christmas books held over from last year. The first one I read was The Cat of Yule Cottage by Lili Hayward - don't let the book cover fool you into thinking this is a Christmas story it isn't I could have read this anytime of the year. Oh well it is read now and was a nice book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I finished Shutter Island -- and oh boy, I enjoyed that twisty ending! I was thinking maybe a double twist, but no. Good stuff. 4/5 I'm just about to start The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers. It's the Penguin Classics edition with other stories included, but it's still fairly short, so I'll easily finish it before the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I'm reading a Dutch literary thriller, Broeinest by Loes den Hollander. So far it's nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/3/2017 at 2:49 PM, chesilbeach said: Finished We Have Always Lived in the Castle yesterday. Unsettling at times, but not horrifying as I was expecting. It's very subtle though, isn't it? I finished Life: An Unauthorised Biography by Richard Fortey which I really enjoyed. Now I'm reading The End of the World Running Club which is pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Reading Noel Streatfeild's Saplings, but it's a bit hard work. It's a bit dull, so far . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 My reading has stalled since the beginning of the month through too much telly and trying to fit in extra programming training at home before I start my new job. I must try and force myself to crack on with getting through the books I'm reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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