chesilbeach Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Finished a few books this week: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor Thornhill by Pam Smy The Day She Saved The Doctor by Jacqueline Rayner, Jenny T. Colgan, Susan Calman and Dorothy Koomson Not a duffer among them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 On 10.3.2018 at 9:38 PM, bobblybear said: I'm now reading A Fraction of The Whole by Steve Toltz which is very good so far! Oooh, I'm glad to hear that! I've got the book on my TBR pile! I'm still plowing through Helter Skelter which is taking me a long time but I'm enjoying it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've been reading The Illuminae Files 3: Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I'm liking it a lot, I hope to finish it this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Read The Curse in the Candlelight by Sophie Cleverly this afternoon. Also started Make More Noise last night which is an anthology of short stories by MG and YA female authors celebrating inspirational girls and women. Went to the bookshop to see if they had an early copy of a book I'm waiting to be published in a few weeks, but they didn't have it in yet. Somehow, I came home with two other books though - Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton and The Light Jar by Lisa Thompson - not quite sure how that happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Finished reading Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys. A great read, so 4.5 out of 5 score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Currently reading Bookmarked to Die by Jo Dereske, a Helma Zukas Librarian cozy mystery. I swear, I must spend half my online life correcting the spelling of msyteruy. Gah ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Just failed to finish Helena Kelly's Jane Austen, The Secret Radical. Got to just over 200 pages of the 300-odd with some effort, and had just had enough. Seems to think that she's discovered all these political subtexts, when most of them are well known. Elsewhere, it's like a conspiracy theory, making some pretty tenuous connections to prove her thesis, ignoring contradictory evidence, and missing out on where Austen was really innovative, in her writing. Very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Haven't been around much over the last couple of weeks, but I have been reading plenty! This week, I've finished: Make More Noise an anthology of middle grade stories A Long Way From Verona by Jane Gardam Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy The Light Jar by Lisa Thompson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Just finished The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie. Enjoyable, but not one of my favourites. Now on to The Introvert by Michael Paul Michaud, which is apparently both weird and original, so I'm all up for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Just finished The Promised Neverland #1 by Kaiu Shirai (author) and Posuka Demizu (illustrator). The story is excellent, and the manga illustrations are just beautiful. The Promised Neverland #2 to read next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivaylo Durmonski Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hey, guys. I'm new to this site. I see really great stories out here. So far I've read 3 books: Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday; The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey; Social Psychology By Elliot Aronson. Currently, I'm reading Think Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. My goal for this year is to read 50 books. So far I've read 9 (I think). Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Been listening to the audiobook Godfrey's Ghost: From Father to Son a biography by Nicholas Ridley, the son of Arnold Ridley, who played Private Charles Godfrey in Dad's Army. He was also a playwright and actor. Nicholas was very fond of his father and he comes across as a lovable person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I did that rare thing (for me) last weekend of finishing two books on the same day - The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams (hilarious) and Song of Susannah. Then I started two more books on the same day. The Dark Tower by Stephen King and Little Women- the first round robin challenge that I've got around to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBrightman Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I have read two books this month. I re-read 'The Magic Mountain' by Thomas Mann (last read it about ten years ago). Superb. Also read Morton Bain's 'Prisoners Go Free' - novel by a diagnosed psychopath ( Psychopath! published in 2012). Going to read a P.G.Wodehouse next, but can't decide which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 The Introvert was pretty good; rather dark and odd. Although I would say that the protagonist was less of an introvert and more of a semi-controlled psychopath! I'm now looking forward to starting The Disappearance Boy by Neil Bartlett. It's set in 1950s England, and follows the life of an illusionist's assistant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I've hardly read at all this month. I gave up on No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill. I'm re-reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer after watching the film, and I'm also slowly getting through Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 About to start reading Amanda M Lee's urban fantasy, Witchy Tales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 I'm currently reading Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia. So far I'm liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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