The Bookworm's Thread 2016

LindseyandMatthew

Hi all hope I can join you! I absolutely love reading, always have. So far this year I have read Paula Hawkins "The Girl on the train" I enjoyed it, it was really easy to read I found.

I am currently reading Ransom Riggs "Hollow City" which is book two of "Miss Peregrine's peculiar children" I am halfway through and loving it so far!

One of my favourite authors is Diane Chamberlaine, but I will literally read anything

hoglet121

How happy I am to have stumbled acros this thread! I absolutely love reading and generally read about 3 books a week. But if I don't enjoy something I don't finis it. I never buy books now, I read almost exclusively through ebooks borred from the library, it's saved me a fortune and lots of shelf space.

I've just finished One Man and His Bike by Mike Carter. A fabulous account of his time cycling around the coast of Great Britain. I found it a really absorbing book.

I much prefer true life accounts over fiction, though I do enjoy great fiction - I'm another fan of Shardlake.

fsmum

Ooh, this is my kind of thread!

I get through around 100 books a year, used to be more but my 2 and a half year old and 4 month olds have eaten into my reading time.

So far this year I have reread the 2nd cormoran strike book and read the 3rd one (the best yet, Rowling/galbraith is just fabulous.

Also reread the fourth and read the fifth Ben Aaronovitch books (good, but not as compelling as the first couple). Read an agatha christie ('n or m'. Christie is my go-to author when I want a comfort read). Currently reading Bill Bryson's new one, very funny as ever.

AliBee16

Oh my goodness I spent last weekend reading Room and couldn't put it down, I loved it. People have been telling me it's good for years but it got stuck on my bookshelf - I would definitely recommend it for anyone. The film is meant to be good as well. Gave up on The Bone Clocks but am really enjoying The Bone Season - a dystopian sci-fi fantasy, well written and original concept. Reminds me a bit of The Hunger Games, which I also loved

merri_2

I agree about The Alchemist etc. And Book Seller .... I really enjoyed that.

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I've seen Margaret Atwood recommended by several of you and have to confess that I've never read any of her books:o. I somehow got the impression that they wouldn't be 'my thing'. Could anyone recommend a good 'entry level' title to try please?

I'm just about to start on Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist which a friend passed on after she read it at her book group. Apparently it received very mixed reviews from the other members so I'm not holding my breath that I'll enjoy it. I expect a lot of you have read it so comments would be welcome please.

jackyann

Another fan of DLS, JPW & Phil Rickman here.

I enjoy Kate Ellis' books, and Elly Griffiths.

For lightly written cosies, I think Simon Brett is wonderful.

snoozer

Gintotmelinda, you have mentioned some of my favourite authors although I haven't read Phil Rickman - the first Merrily Watkins is sitting on my shelves waiting to be read.

I read over 50 books a year (it used to be more but I don't have as much time now).

I have fairly eclectic tastes, historical, crime, romance, biographical etc. I love gory american serial killer books (karen Rose, Karin Slaughter, Alison Brennan), well researched historical (Wolf Hall, Elizabeth Chadwick's novels, Georgette Heyer, Winston Graham), more conventional crime (Robert Galbraith, Elly Griffiths, Alison Bruce). I'm not particularly into fantasy or sci-fi(hate vampires and werewolves) apart from the mainstream (Rowling, Tolkein, J D Robb and Diana Gabaldon).

Call me shallow but I have stopped reading books that depress me - I decided there is enough real life stuff on the news bringing me down without inflicting it on myself for recreation.

Callie22

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I've seen Margaret Atwood recommended by several of you and have to confess that I've never read any of her books:o. I somehow got the impression that they wouldn't be 'my thing'. Could anyone recommend a good 'entry level' title to try please?

Not sure if it's classed as 'entry-level Atwood' but one of my favourite books is 'Cat's Eye' - it's hard to describe what it's about but it's definitely worth a go. I think most people probably get into Atwood through 'A Handmaid's Tale', which I also love, but I think it tends to be a novel that divides people. Feminist dystopian fiction isn't everyone's cup of tea, although you can read the novel in so many different ways so don't let my description of it put you off if you don't think that it's your kind of novel. If you like dystopian/sci-fi type novels then I'd also recommend 'Oryx and Crake' (and the rest of the series - 'The Year of the Flood' and 'MaddAddam'). It's really hard to give a brief description of an Atwood novel as they tend to be so complex and cover so many themes, but I'd really recommend almost everything she's ever written.

pollypenny

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I've seen Margaret Atwood recommended by several of you and have to confess that I've never read any of her books:o. I somehow got the impression that they wouldn't be 'my thing'. Could anyone recommend a good 'entry level' title to try please?

I'm just about to start on Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist which a friend passed on after she read it at her book group. Apparently it received very mixed reviews from the other members so I'm not holding my breath that I'll enjoy it. I expect a lot of you have read it so comments would be welcome please.

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I'd start with Cat's Eyes, explores girls' bullying.

Atwood's more recent stuff has been set in a dystopian future, but there are lots more . Just dip in.