The Bookworm’s Thread 2018

Callie22

JackieO wrote: »

I think definitely A Wrinkle in the skin is an adult book I am trying to remember the name of the one where the grass all died as well I will google it I think

The Death of Grass, I think. I re-read that pretty recently and I was quite shocked at how violent it was, for the time, although it's a good read. It's definitely not a children's book though! I also love Empty World, it was the first of Christopher's books that I ever read and I credit him with starting my love for dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction.

Wednesday2000

Syman wrote: »

it is a good read!!

I think it was on your recommendation as I checked on A*azon and I bought it back in October.

I finally started it today and am really enjoying it so far. Hmm, I'm trying to work out what the secret is!:)

Stephanie_Jane_2

I enjoyed When God Was A Rabbit too

Stephanie_Jane_2

I just finished The Woman At 1000 Degrees by Hallgrimur Helgason. An Icelandic novel (translated into English!) written from the point of view of an elderly woman looking back over her life. Very funny and pretty dark too. I didn't know what to expect before reading, but thought it brilliant.

Wednesday2000

I thought the book yesterday was so good that I bought her other one The Couple Next Door. I am going to start reading it today.

I hope it is as great as the other one!:)

greentiger

Finished "Cast iron", most enjoyable. I thought I had guessed the killer, changed my mind a few times before the end; there were some surprising twists.

I'll dip back into "Black Swan" for a bit before going on to this one -
D by Bobbie Doctor, on Flickr
When newly fledged DC Kirsty Wilson is called to the house of an elderly woman, what appears to be a death by natural causes soon takes a sinister turn when it is revealed that the woman had a mysterious visitor in the early hours of that morning - someone dressed as a community nurse, but with much darker intentions.

As Kirsty is called to another murder - this one the brutal execution of a well-known Glasgow drug dealer - she finds herself pulled into a complex case involving vulnerable people and a sinister service that offers them and their loved ones a 'release'.

Detective Superintendent William Lorimer is called in to help DC Wilson investigate and as the body count rises, the pair soon realise that this case is about to get more personal than either of them could have imagined . . .

VfM4meplse

Callie22 wrote: »

I've just finished 'The Power' by Naomi Alderman. I didn't love it quite as much as I thought I would, but it was an interesting read.

Another one that dwells on my bookshelf, as yet unread

Callie22

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Another one that dwells on my bookshelf, as yet unread

It's definitely worth a read but it went in a very different direction to the one I was expecting ... I've just finished 'The Small Hours' by Susie Boyt, which is a fairly short novel about a woman who opens a nursery school after a breakdown. It's ... odd, it's supposed to be a comic novel and whilst there are some flashes of dark humour it's not the easiest read. It's not a bad read but I'm not sure it's making me want to read more by the author.

I've also just finished 'On Your Marks' by Gladys Mitchell, which is a career novel from the 50s about girls training to be Physical Education teachers. It's slightly unusual in the career novel sense as Gladys Mitchell also wrote quite a few murder mysteries (I think they've been televised as 'The Mrs Bradley Mysteries' or something like that?) so the novel is a bit better than the usual career novel as it's got a few 'mystery' elements in there too. I do collect career novels - sadly I don't have that many as they're too expensive now - so I'm enjoying this, but it probably has a quite limited appeal!

I'm also reading 'In the Days of Rain' by Rebecca Stott, which is a biography of her father (and her wider family), who grew up in the Exclusive Brethren but then left the Church after many years as a leader and preacher. It's beautifully written and I am enjoying it, although it is a sad story as the family struggled to adapt to 'normal' life after so long in such a restrictive sect.

Wednesday2000

I didn't like The Couple Next Door as much at all! The ending was very silly too.:rotfl:

I think I will try and squeeze in one more book for January.

Syman

Just finished this


Next is this


While dipping in and out of this

And this