The Bookworm's Thread 2017

Syman

Syman wrote: »

Just finished Spandau Phoenix - Greg Iles. Good read if you like WW2 and conspircy theories.

not sure what is next on my list.

Maybe a re-read of Way of the Wyrd by Brian Bates.

Well went with Simon Kernick - "The Witness" in the end.

Brilliant plot well laid out. first in a new series featuring "DI Ray Mason"
4.5/5 stars.

next book is

Wednesday2000

The Chalk Pit: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 9 - Elly Griffiths.

Ames

I finished Flyte and started The Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres. I've vaguely recognised some bits so I think I've read it before. I can't remember how it ends though so I'll keep going but I'm speed reading it so I can move onto something new.

Sue14

After finishing The Innocent Man by John Grisham (which is based on a true story), I then read Forever Young (as in Mel Gibson film), which I've had for years but not got around to reading, although I've always loved the film.

I'm now reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, as I've challenged myself to read some of the classics. I wasn't too sure about this before I started reading it, but I am quite enjoying it. I bought this and 2 other classics, from the charity shop that raises funds for the hospice where my DH spent his last couple of weeks. They had a lot of other classics there so I may get some more next time I'm in town as they are 3 for £1 and I do like to support this charity.

Winchelsea

pollypenny,
I have to say the Poundland books are a bit of a curate's egg - good in parts. I don't find that many in there that I'll read. But that's probably just me being fussy.......!

Ames

I've bought a couple of poundland books in the past, I think it's just a case of lucky timing.

I keep meaning to read more classics but at the moment my priority is getting the TBR 'pile' down. It's actually eight shelves packed three deep and another three shelves one deep. I'm a bit behind my plan for 100 books this year, when I get caught up I think I'll aim for one classic a month. The big problem with that now is that I'd have to dig through to find them. Maybe when they're only two layers deep...

Anyway, it's been full steam ahead today - I finished The Partisan's Daughter - OK but I didn't really like either character. I don't know why I kept it after the first reading, other than because I was in full hoarding mode.

Another quick/easy read next - One of Our Thursdays is Missing, by Jasper Fforde.

greentiger

VfM4meplse, I'm actually getting into "How to be Both"! I've been away and been too busy/tired to read; I'll let you know what I think when I finish it.

VfM4meplse

I'm slipping a bit but in fairness have read several work-related business books that are neither use nor ornament to this thread. I switched my brain off and read this one this evening:

Book 11:



6.5/10. A very easy read and practically very useful given that I can't run for toffee! (Although I do walk very fast and am not fat by any stretch of the imagination). The author is very honest in saying that at first you will hate it, and this will take quite some time to pass before you get into the "zone". I am still at the pre-contemplative stage and am not sure that I'll ever do it because I see so many unnecessary sporting injuries that are difficult to recover from 100%. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it

pollypenny

Finished Flood of Fire,,at last! My god, it was a plod.

This is a trilogy which didn't work, although I like Amitav Ghosh usually. Too many characters, others from the early book hardly touched on, too much historical detail, especially the battles.

I started Bodies of Light, by Sarah Moss. Good, but I decided that I need a quick crime novel. Started, and nearly finished, Crossing Places. My first Elly Griffiths.

Serendipitious

Being returned to the library alongside Miss Peregrine's HPC this week are:

No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie

Murder mystery set on the Thames around Henley, where one autumn afternoon an Olympic hopeful goes out to train and fails to return. Found this interesting as I knew nothing whatsoever about rowing/sculling beforehand.

The Silent Ones by Ali Knight

Serial killer refuses to divulge the whereabouts of her victims, so the brother of one of them gets a job in the psychiatric hospital, to try and get closure for his parents. Lots of twists and turns.


The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan

When the transatlantic liner Empress Alexandra suffers an explosion in 1914, survivors soon fill the lifeboats to the point of serious overcrowding and this story follows the fortunes of one such boat as its occupants struggle to survive. Full of moral dilemmas.