The Bookworm's Thread 2017

Callie22

Winchelsea wrote: »

Margaret, is the book you mentioned The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore?
II certainly sounds like it. (Not my favourite of hers!)

I enjoyed that one, but I am a fan of Dunmore's. 'A Spell of Winter' is one of my favourite books. Not because of the subject matter (which is very, very dark ...) but because it's just beautifully written. If I could write I'd love to be able to write like that.

If you like spooky stories then I can recommend 'Dark Matter' by Michelle Paver. It's about a man who goes on an Artic expedition but ends up alone, and it's very atmospheric. 'Cold Earth' by Sarah Moss is similar(-ish), although it's set in the modern day and Dark Matter is set in the 30s. Incidentally Sarah Moss is one of my new favourite authors - I read 'Bodies of Light' and 'Signs for Lost Children' at the end of last year and thought they were both really, really good. It's hard to describe what they're about as they have so much in them, but they're set in the Victorian era and the central character is a girl who is the daughter of a Pre-Raphaelite artist and a Suffragist, who trains to become a doctor. The novels cover her childhood, adolescence and marriage and cover everything from medical training for women to Japanese lighthouses!

alfsmum

JackieO wrote: »

Picked up I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh from the library when I went to take a book back and finished reading it late last night. pretty good thriller with a twist really enjoyed it

I See You by Clare Mackintosh is also very good

VfM4meplse

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I'm not a fan of thrillers, but I listened to Vikas Swarup - The Seventh Test omnibus this afternoon and it's quite gripping. Great to listen to as I was doing some mindless paperwork.

Next episode next week I think, I'll post the linky when I find it (usually available for 30 days after broadcast).

Part 2 of The Accidental Apprentice can be found here. It's full of twists and turns, not what I expected at all. Have now P'Inned an image of the book to my wishlist, so I can read it.

Winchelsea

Margaret, you were right - no picture!

Helen Dunmore is a really good writer, and her books are very varied. I think my favourite is The Seige, about the Siege of Leningrad, seen through the eyes of one family, but giving us the bigger picture as well. Harrowing, but a very good read.
I also like one of her early ones, Zennor in Darkness, about DH Lawrence and his German wife, living in Cornwall during the First Wirld War.. It's time I read it again!

*Margaret*

Thank you Callie22 and Winchelsea - those all sound good, I'll look out for them at the library.

That's very odd about the picture, I can see it! I'll make sure to put the title and author up as well next time just in case.

Wednesday2000

Lost Among the Living - Simone St James. A ghost story. Quite good so far.

Callie22 wrote: »

If you like spooky stories then I can recommend 'Dark Matter' by Michelle Paver. It's about a man who goes on an Artic expedition but ends up alone, and it's very atmospheric. 'Cold Earth' by Sarah Moss is similar(-ish), although it's set in the modern day and Dark Matter is set in the 30s.

Dark Matter was really scary!:)

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Just started on my fourth book this year Lisa Cutts 'Never Forget' really good and its nipping along at a pace which I like. I keep putting notes into my phone of authors to look out for at the library after reading comments on here :):)


JackieO x

pollypenny

Winchelsea wrote: »

Margaret, you were right - no picture!

Helen Dunmore is a really good writer, and her books are very varied. I think my favourite is The Seige, about the Siege of Leningrad, seen through the eyes of one family, but giving us the bigger picture as well. Harrowing, but a very good read.
I also like one of her early ones, Zennor in Darkness, about DH Lawrence and his German wife, living in Cornwall during the First Wirld War.. It's time I read it again!

If you like The Siege you will enjoy Betrayal even more. It deals with the same characters under Stalin. Excellent!


I've eventually read a The Girl in the Spider's Web, by David Langercranst. A fourth book in the Salander series. Very good indeed.

I'll need to check the surname.

*Margaret*

I popped in to the library today, planning a good rummage for all the things you'd recommended but it wasn't to be. I don't know if the heating in there is faulty but it was so hot I couldn't stand it and ended up just grabbing something to read over the weekend.

It's 'Dead Men's Bones' by James Oswald - I've read a few others in the series. The review on the front says 'The New Ian Rankin' - I think just because it's crime fiction and set in Edinburgh but there the similarities end as far as I can see, as these ones tend to have a supernatural element to them.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend and a chance to relax with a good book

elsien

My local library is sadly shrinking fast and going more populist. It's half the size it used to be, and half the books I want aren't in stock and I have to order them in. It's about to shrink even more when the job centre moves in to save money.