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~Andrea~

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  1. Winter is appealing. I am between books and I have game of thrones book 1, a song of fire and ice on the shelf. Which could work.
  2. I'm happy with either of those!
  3. Oh that's a great suggestion! Do you know, I was toying with the idea of reading The Iliad this year. I'm not sure I have the resolve to tackle it yet, but if I did it would fit nicely into this category. That isn't to say I wouldn't join in with something else however, something a bit easier perhaps!
  4. That is a wonderfully Hux review! I love your negative reviews
  5. Previous logs: 2023 (14) 2022 (10) 2021 (9) 2020 (7) 2019 (18) 2018 (14) 2017 (10) 2016 (9) 2015 (10) 2014 (19) 2013 (21) 2012 (19) 2011 (17) 2010 (19) 2009 (23) 2008 (26) 2007 (21) Completed: Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JKR
  6. I managed 14 books in the end, so that's not bad, though not quite as good as I'd hoped! The second Persepolis graphic novel was just as brilliant as the first and I'd recommend both to anyone. I enjoyed the Harry Potter but was quite distracted by trying to remember the plot from the film! I also quite enjoyed the JoJo Moyes. The only thing I struggled with was the quite marked style change between the parts of the book set in World war 1 and the parts set in the modern day. So, a few final rather rushed thoughts and that's a wrap on my 2023 thread!! Happy new year everyone!!
  7. Ooh Victorian Era sounds great. I would recommend anything by John Harwood for spooky Victorian gothic suspense. I've loved all 3 of his books so far. I was thinking of reading something spooky for the end of the year, so I will have to think of something with a Victorian twist.
  8. I read Treasure Island for the BCF book group and loved it. Its very pacy and I loved the atmosphere and the sheer menace of some of the characters. My brief thoughts on it can be seen on the group read page https://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/topic/17615-the-bcf-book-club-part-3/?do=findComment&comment=522778
  9. Fight Club and Vanilla Sky? You've probably already seen those though.
  10. The Machinist is another good one. Not a horror, a psychological thriller.
  11. There are lots of twists in horror, if you like that sort of thing. The big obvious ones are The Sixth Sense and The Others, but also stuff like Malignant, or The Boy. I enjoyed all of these. I'm not sure if that's your bag though.
  12. I am very intrigued now by 'From the Depths of the Sea'! I recently finished Treasure Island and found it a very enjoyable pacy read! OK it's old so the writing style isn't modern but it's a good classic adventure story. It should have been a very quick read - it's not that long - and but for some other things going on for me at the moment I'd have read it a lot more quickly. The pirates are very menacing and proper villains, and the book has plenty of peril and danger in it and I loved that. Some of the characters are dark and dangerous and I wouldn't want to meet any of them in a dark alley. Highly recommend. A Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Aaaarrr!!
  13. Hope you're enjoying/enjoyed it Chrissy. I had an extremely busy July and have only just got back to this! It's a real page turner so hopefully I'll fly through it.
  14. Well I've started treasure Island - not that far in yet - and so far it's great. I think I'm going to love this!
  15. When the first Harry Potter book came out I gave it a go but for some reason couldn't get on with it - (perhaps I found it over hyped) and so I never bothered with the series or any of the films. However my ex got me into the films, (when the fifth one was already out) by making me watch Azkaban. I was pleasantly surprised and became hooked. I then read the final two books when they came out so I could get in there before the films were released and I loved them. I have since watched all the films many times but never read any more than the last two books - until now. Someone loaned me the entire series so I am trying to race through them so that I can return them in a timely manner! I have enjoyed the first two and am looking forward to the third, which I think is where the series really takes off.
  16. My Man Jeeves - P G Wodehouse I enjoyed the second Jeeves book - My man Jeeves although I was very confused when Jeeves and Wooster disappeared from the stories and Reggie Pepper and his valet appeared. Apparently Reggie was a an early prototype of Bertie Wooster. I preferred the Jeeves and Wooster stories but the others (half of the stories are Reggie Pepper) are also entertaining.
  17. Oh that's a brilliant read! I was just thinking that would be perfect for this. I might have a go at this. Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe and Moby Dick are all appealing to me.
  18. Take my Hand - Dolen Perkins-Valdez Inspired by true events, this work of fiction tells the story of Civil Townsend, a family planning nurse to two poor young black girls in Alabama in the seventies. Appalled by the family's living conditions she takes them under her wing and gets them housing help and more, going above and beyond her first duty as a nurse. Although alarmed by the requirement to give such young girls birth control she nevertheless carries out her duties, only to find that the shots she is to give them are experimental. Worse is to come as the girls fall victim to what turns out to be a devastating medical scandal of immense proportions and Civil's fight to free them from poverty turns into a fight for justice on a scale she could never have imagined. I hadn't realised how much of this book was fictional as I read it. It was only when I came to the author's note at the back that I realised how much had been imagined. It is based on a real case of two young girls from Alabama, but the girls in this book, their family and the nurse (and her personal struggles which form a significant part of the story) are all imagined. I had taken it entirely at face value (assuming bits of it were re-imagined for dramatic purposes etc). Either way the story is truly gripping, very well written, and the extent of the medical scandal horrifying. I was surprised not to have heard about before. It feels like one of those books that is important, as it shines a light on a dark part of history that deserves to be remembered.
  19. Oh that sounds painful! I hope it heals quickly. Not being able to read in the meantime is, well, just cruel frankly. At least you have the audio books but I know it's not the same. Get well soon!
  20. The Flat Share - Beth O'Leary Tiffy and Leon share a single bed flat in London. They have just one rule, that they're never in the flat, or the bed, at the same time. I fancied something really light and easy to read and picked this up in a charity shop having never heard of the author before. It was good, a nice, light, easy, funny romcom with an engaging storyline and well written too. However: But overall I enjoyed it and I'd try this author again.
  21. Oh a toddler will definitely keep you busy! Well my favourite sci-fi reads are probably "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C Clarke and "The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov, both classics from the golden age of sci fi. I also enjoyed "Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K Dick, and the Asimov short story "Nightfall One" is a must read for any sci fi fans. I know - so many great sci fi reads out there. It is hard to choose!
  22. That's a good point. I like your ending. And if that's what was in Bradbury's head then that sounds good to me
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