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Wotsits. So yummy, especially when you haven't had them in ages.

I finished it earlier today. It was such a great read, I'd recommend it to anyone thinking of reading it.

Finished the fabulous Where'd You Go, Bernadette, so what to read next? While We're Far Apart - Lynn Austin - currently reading Origin - Randolph Lalonde Chicken, Mules, and Two Old Fools - Victoria Twead The Tommyknockers – Stephen King The Crime of Julian Wells - Thomas H Cook A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals - Wendy Jones The Etymologicon: A Circular Scroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language - Mark Forsyth Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple Walden on Wheels: On The Open Road From Debt To Freedom - Ken Ilgunas The World's Greatest Idea - John Farndon - currently reading Megacatastrophes! - David Darling & Dirk Schulze-Makuch - currently reading Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit - Ian Leslie Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn Case Histories - Kate Atkinson NW - Zadie Smith

Don't worry, you're safe, I'm absolutely loving it! I'm 68% through it and will most likely finish it today. In fact, I'm really struggling to put it down. I'm so glad I decided to read it!

I'm reading this at the moment, and really loving it.

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

Hi Angee, welcome to the forum!

Hello Cheryl - welcome to the forum!

Hi Serah, and welcome to the forum.

Had to give up on NW by Zadie Smith. Well, I skimmed through the last third which is the same as giving up, really. I'm going to carry on with Megacatastrophes! and then start Where'd You Go, Bernadette. That's the plan anyway, but like everything it's always subject to change.

Oh great! Glad to hear you are enjoying it!

It took me a little while to get into it. I really struggled with Amy's tone in her diary entries, but soon enough it got better. NW by Zadie Smith is becoming a bit of a struggle. I'm just finding it dull.

I have to imagine this is largely due to reading in a different language. I don't speak any language other than English, but I can imagine how difficult it must be. It is probably similar to studying, rather than reading for enjoyment. Sorry, I don't actually have any constructive advice, but hopefully it is something that will get better with practice.

We're nearly halfway through the month - some other people must have read the book! C'mon, this poor thread is getting mighty lonely!

I couldn't get into it either, although it sounded exactly like the kind of book I would enjoy. Of the others on your list, The Blind Assassin is the only one I have read, and I enjoyed it.

Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I did!

In the book it's explained. I wonder if the TV series is going to be shown in the UK? Is it a mini-series over a few nights, or a proper TV series?

Did you like Under The Dome? I think it's a return to the old-style King, and one that had been missing for years.

Congratulations on the translating job! Sounds like a great opportunity! Edit: Just noticed - this is my 2,000th post!

It will be interesting to read your thoughts on them, given that we often have opposing views on books.

Not sure what to make of NW by Zadie Smith. The writing style is very disjointed with a rambling stream-of-consciousness that is quite hard to follow.

Oh good, I may prefer it then.

Case Histories - Kate Atkinson Jackson Brodie is an ex-police officer, now working as a private investigator. The book opens with 3 old (over 10 years old at least) unsolved mysteries: - Olivia Land, 3 years old, goes missing from her backyard after camping out with her big sister, Amelia, in the 1970's - Theo Wyre’s daughter Laura, is killed on her first day of work at his law firm by someone who appeared to have a grudge against him - Michelle, a young overwrought and overexhausted mother, kills her husband with an axe; what has become of her baby? This is the first book by Kate Atkinson, but I have heard her name bandied around a bit. (I’ve just realised there are 4 Jackson Brodie books by her – I’d better make sure I read them in order.) What I really love in books like this is how the stories are all subtly weaved together. When the case histories were introduced at the beginning, I thought they were all going to be completely separate stories and I did wonder how the book would be structured. However they are tenuously (sometimes via a single seemingly insignificant character) linked together, and the links between them are slowly revealed over the course of the book. Atkinson does a brilliant job of keeping you guessing, and there were some real surprises in there. Jackson Brodie is a very likeable character. Even though he isn’t perfect, his actions are done with a certain charm to them, and you know he's one of the fundamentally good guys. Even though it is crime fiction, and some of the descriptions and themes are very bleak, there is a very subtle humor in the book, which makes it even more readable. Due to the slow reveal of characters and events, books like this benefit from a re-read, as I can bet there are clues given early on that are impossible to get until you know the full story. I shall most definitely be reading the others in the series, as well as other books by this author. 5/6

Nice review, and another one added to my wishlist. I have to say, I like your cover better than the one on Amazon, which is of a lobster!