Luanna Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 3 hours ago, itsmeagain said: Hi. I've read Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis.. Really? So nice to know that brazilian literature is getting more space, we have so many amazing writers in here! This is a really famous book and Machado de Assis' books are classics in here. Quote
poppy Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 Reading Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. Eleanor, for all her social ineptness, is a character you really warm to as the book progresses. Quote
itsmeagain Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 8 hours ago, Luanna said: Really? So nice to know that brazilian literature is getting more space, we have so many amazing writers in here! This is a really famous book and Machado de Assis' books are classics in here. My wife is from Rio and recommended him to me. Quote
Chrissy Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) I'm still wending my way through Ann Cleeves Vera Stanhope series, and thoroughly enjoying them. I have become very fond of our Vera. Edited May 28, 2019 by Chrissy Quote
Luanna Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 13 hours ago, itsmeagain said: My wife is from Rio and recommended him to me. That's so nice! Brazil really have some amazing books and songs, but most part of people are not interested in our culture, it's hard find someone that even read something from here, even Brazilian people. Quote
willoyd Posted May 30, 2019 Posted May 30, 2019 Finished Origins (interesting, 4-star, read), and picked up Maigret Gets Angry, my next in the Penguin Simenon sequence. Finished by the same evening! A better than average Maigret - 5 stars. Quote
willoyd Posted May 31, 2019 Posted May 31, 2019 Just galloped through debut author Annie Green's A Game of Ruff and Honours, a time-travelling adventure, set at the time of the Gunpowder Plot, and intended as the first in a series. Good fun and seems historically pretty accurate (as far as any time-travelling fantasy can be!), with the minor caveat that it could have done with tighter proofreading. 4 stars. Quote
Madeleine Posted May 31, 2019 Posted May 31, 2019 This sounds like fun, is it a YA book? Sounds a little bit like Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St Mary's, a series which is very popular on this forum. Quote
willoyd Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 On 31/05/2019 at 3:23 PM, Madeleine said: This sounds like fun, is it a YA book? Sounds a little bit like Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St Mary's, a series which is very popular on this forum. It certainly could be YA, but I don't think is promoted as such (and I'm never quite certain what classifies something as YA anyway - it's either a good book or it isn't by the time you get to that age). In the review on my book blog thread I suggested that Jodi Taylor fans might enjoy this, although it's not quite as frenetic as her books (not necessarily a bad thing!). Quote
bookmonkey Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Just about finished another Ngaio Marsh - False Scent Edited June 6, 2019 by bookmonkey Edited because I put the wrong title. I was reading an omnibus and got confused. Quote
itsmeagain Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 Ffyona Campbell. On foot through Africa. Actually turns into an excellent, fascinating, read. Quote
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