Hux Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Started 'Nothing' by Janne Teller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Enjoying Something to Hide by Elizabeth George. Crime, set in London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I've currently got two very volumous history books on the go, Churchill by Andrew Roberts, and The Jacobites by Jacqueline Riding. I think I will have to pick up some easy reading fiction book to go alongside these as I really need to concentrate with the history books. I also slowly re-reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky for the 3rd time but I am purposefully taking my time with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Currently reading the short story Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Starting 'Alone in Berlin' by Hans Fallada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, Hux said: Starting 'Alone in Berlin' by Hans Fallada. Be interested in what you make of that Hux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) Just bought Little Man, What Now? Hans Fallada Edited September 23, 2022 by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Starting One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens, an autobiographical account of her time as a cook working for the upper classes in 1930. Having been a reluctant debutante and kicked out of acting school, she embarks on this job with no real experience. Sounds like it's going to be amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 Just started Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudz Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 I’ve just started The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix. For some reason I thought it was a thriller but turns out it’s in the horror genre; it’s been a while since I read horror, but so far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/16/2022 at 1:01 PM, MissMohawk said: I'm currently reading A Discovery of Witches. I really liked this for the first part but there was something I didn’t like about the way it progressed… look forward to hearing your thoughts once you’re finished . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timebug Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I watched all of the TV series of 'A Discovery of Witches' and tried the book(s) afterwards. I simply could not get into them! Whilst I had enjoyed the TV version, there was something that was somehow off-putting to me, about the books. Normally I would defend the original book, against any film ot TV version as being obviously superior,as the writers intent shines through; but in this instance, the book(s) simply failed to engage my interest enough to continue reading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I enjoyed the first book, was bored by the 2nd one (though I loved the TV series) and didn't bother with the 3rd book, though I did watch the series through to the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caren021 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I'm really excited about the new series The Empress and decided to immerse myself in the true (tragic) story of Empress Sisi. I was recommended "Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece" because this book is a really interesting and intriguing genre. The readers follow Elisabeth of Austria and Hungary, the historic character, from her first escape to Corfu because of her marriage crisis. Then we accompany her on her subsequent journeys there. The author gives the many historic characters a voice by letting them speak -mostly through diary entries - and he also gives Sisi a voice, as he often quotes her thoughts and poems at the end of each chapter. So this makes the book an unusual mix between biography, travelogue and poetry album, with many beautiful images and interesting descriptions of the young men who accompanied the Empress until she finally got killed in Geneva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Just bought Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders: An Indispensable Guide to the Dangers and Delights of the Peculiar World for the Instruction of New Arrivals (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) by Ransom Riggs. I bought the paper copy as I just love the feeling of it in my hands. I have also pre-ordered the latest John Rebus book, A Heart Full of Headstones in paper to add to the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
France Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 1:26 PM, Madeleine said: I enjoyed the first book, was bored by the 2nd one (though I loved the TV series) and didn't bother with the 3rd book, though I did watch the series through to the end. I was just the same with the books but didn't see the tv series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I liked the 2nd series which was in Elizabethan London, some great outfits! And real life people too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Just bought Revenge of the Librarians: cartoons by Tom Gauld in paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Just bought The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse, edited by Daniel Karlin, e-book - for Victober Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Just bought Book of Longing, by Leonard Cohen, Kindle Edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) On 9/24/2022 at 10:08 AM, lunababymoonchild said: Just started Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovich How did/do you like it? I tried reading it last year but struggled to get on with it. Wondering whether to have another go at it...? Edited October 2, 2022 by Goose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Goose said: How did/do you like it? I tried reading it last year but struggled to get on with it. Wondering whether to have another go at it...? I enjoyed it. I didn't find it as humerous as I suspect the author intended but it didn't distract from the story which was good enough to keep me entertained. Give it another go and see how you feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 22 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said: I enjoyed it. I didn't find it as humerous as I suspect the author intended but it didn't distract from the story which was good enough to keep me entertained. Give it another go and see how you feel. I love the premise, I think I was just expecting it to be done a slightly different way. Maybe now that I am aware of that then I can go in to it from a different perspective. I'll give it a go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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