lemonT Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I am reading Past Tense by Lee Child. This book has been sat on my bookshelf for a while now because I did not think it was my sort of thing , but now I have started it, I am really getting onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 One of my friends is a big fan of Lee Child's books. I hope you like Past Tense! I'm reading The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary, which is really good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I finished Many Lives, Many Masters, and really enjoyed it. Lots to think about. I've just started Journey of Souls by Michael Newton, Ph.D., which follows a similar theme. Also still reading The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster. I'm quite liking it so far, but am barely 70 pages in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Completed The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. A humungous book which I put down a few weeks ago around half way through (just too many books piling up for book groups etc), and to which I returned at the end of last week. Very complex, rich and demanding. Grew and grew on me. One I will almost certainly return to. 5/6 (Excellent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angury Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 16 hours ago, willoyd said: Completed The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. A humungous book which I put down a few weeks ago around half way through (just too many books piling up for book groups etc), and to which I returned at the end of last week. Very complex, rich and demanding. Grew and grew on me. One I will almost certainly return to. 5/6 (Excellent). Fantastic book, glad you enjoyed it. I am just about to start reading The Topeka School by Ben Lerner. I came across an article by Lerner in the New Yorker today and after some googling came across some interesting reviews of the book so thought I'd give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Finished Russka by Edward Rutherfurd. His books are big, but well worth it. Very good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Starting with Witch Hat Atelier #2 - Kamome Shirahama (manga) with magic for young girls at a boarding school - and the artworks are so beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Two books finished today: The Seafarers by Stephen Rutt, a journey around British islands focusing on different species of seabirds - a cross between Amy Liptrot's The Outrun and Adam Nicolson's The Seabird's Cry - perhaps not quite as good as either (both scored 6/6 with me), but still an excellent read (5/6). Harpole and Foxberrow, General Publishers by JL Carr. The man was pure genius - a gloriously funny look at the book industry, Carr's invariably short books pack are brilliantly crafted with not a word wasted. One of my all-time favourite writers. 5/6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Finished Madeline Miller's Circe for one of my book groups. In the end I enjoyed it, but found it a bit of a curate's egg, although improved in second half. 3/6 - OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Reading has become a bit of a struggle this past week or two, so I am popping in and out of various reference books (an art book, local history, and British kings and queens) and some old magazines I had been given months ago. This will keep me ticking over until my reading impulse returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 On 04/05/2020 at 10:42 AM, Chrissy said: Reading has become a bit of a struggle this past week or two, so I am popping in and out of various reference books (an art book, local history, and British kings and queens) and some old magazines I had been given months ago. This will keep me ticking over until my reading impulse returns. I expected to be reading more, with things the way they are, but I am only just about to finish my first book in over a month - and that's not a reflection on the book, which overall I have enjoyed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) Finished A Tale of Two Cities. After the relative disappointment of The Old Curiosity Shop, this was a return to some of the best of Dickens. Absolutely cracking read. Easy 5/6, might get nudged up to a full 6 once I've sat on it for a while. Now on to Graham Greene's Travels With My Aunt. Edited May 9, 2020 by willoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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