The Bookworm’s Thread 2018

Wednesday2000

blackcatsx2 wrote: »

I preferred Big Little Lies by the same author which was made into a mini series on Sky (which ruined it in my opinion).

I really loved that show, I hadn't read the book so I couldn't compare.

VfM4meplse

Book 4:


7/10. This was a quick read, which I found shocking yet entertaining, and admire the author's fighting spirit and family values if not her morals. There was so much in it I disagreed with, but it was a brilliant illustration of how limited choices are if you are born into a life of deprivation. If you ever need convincing of your blessings, this is the book that will do it.

pollypenny

Keeping Faith - an old Jodie Piquot

Usual dilemma and courtroom battle, quite engaging, though, but not the standard of her more recent books.

Ironically, there!!!8217;s a BBC serial of the same name starting tomorrow. It was originally shown in Welsh with the title One Wednesday Morning. No idea why the change of title to the main character's name.

Wednesday2000

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

3. 30 Lessons for Living - Karl Pillemer, a self-help book.

I'm going to read this book this week. It will be the 9th one.

timehastoldme

Finished the silo series, which I liked, but felt like a slog. Then read Web by John Wyndham (daft) and then Watership Down which I've never read but loved SO much. I desperately wanted to and didn't want to finish it. Husband is reading it now, for the best or I'd flip to the start and read again.

Managed to hunt down The World In Winter by John Christopher after being recommended the author here, so I'm tossing up whether to read that or Shardik next.

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timehastoldme wrote: »

Finished the silo series, which I liked, but felt like a slog. Then read Web by John Wyndham (daft) and then Watership Down which I've never read but loved SO much. I desperately wanted to and didn't want to finish it. Husband is reading it now, for the best or I'd flip to the start and read again.

Managed to hunt down The World In Winter by John Christopher after being recommended the author here, so I'm tossing up whether to read that or Shardik next.

Watership Down is great.

John Christopher's the Death of Grass is one of my favourite books. It came back into print about 6 years ago and I know many people (like me) who took the chance to re-read it.

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Katiehound wrote: »

Did a quick search and it did not pick up one author that I have found fascinating lately- I was even given the books so cost me nowt!

C.J Sansom- the Shardlake series. They are all detective type novels set in Henry V111's Tudor England. thick books, packed with historical detail and hard to put down. Shardlake is a humpback lawyer.

If you are interested start with 'Dissolution' as the series builds up using the same characters- and progresses through the reign of the increasingly autocratic Henry.

Hobsons_Choice wrote: »

I loved the Shardlake series! Sadly, I think the author is quite poorly and it'll be a while (if ever) before he writes another book.

Radio 4 did a play version last year of all four of the books and they were really good. I have just checked and you can no longer listen to them online from the BBC website, but you can buy them:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/audiobook/shardlake-dark-fire-bbc-radio-4-full-cast-dramatisation/id1143656422

From £6.99 - £5.95 for each one.

Not cheap, but there were very good.

Katiehound

I've just finished Heartstone by Sansom which was excellent. I was given all these so outlay zilch!
I shall keep my eyes open for the last in the series in charity shops and the like.
As I have at least 2 shopping bags full to the brim (unread!) there is no rush... at all....and I have been promised the loan of his book about Britain under German rule (forget what it's called.)

VfM4meplse

I heard the most amazing interview on the radio earlier this morning, about a stalked family. The chap who went through it turned his experiences into a book; I'm not one for thrillers but this has been P'Inned as it looks worth reading:



Part of the reason I was impressed was because he was so articulate (English isn't his first language yet he spoke so well). The interview was with Jo Fidgeon on BBC Outlook, worth listening to.

black_cat

Read:
Wild Designs - Katie Fforde (re-read)
Singing - Keith and Kristyn Getty
The Art of Hygge: How to Bring Danish Cosiness Into Your Life -Elias Larsen and Jonny Jackson

Now re-reading: Wild Designs by Katie Fforde


Need to find something meatier...