The Bookworm's Thread 2019

VfM4meplse

Happy New Year all friends and fellow lovers of literature, and welcome to a brand new shiny thread for 2019! It's the fourth year of sharing our reading delights, and also the duds that life is just too short for (hopefully to a lesser extent!)

Linky to previous threads here.

Happy reading in 2019!

Mr_Singleton

My New Year book resolution is to read 1 book a week.
New Year new book....

leelad

It's Jack Reacher for me this year. I tried to regularly do reading last year and managed to complete two of these books, but fell out of love with them (was struggling to find that quality time to read and enjoy a book). So have had a break and a think, and have decided to approach this by working through the books in chronological order. started off with the first book in the series, Killing Floor. Halfway through it so far and am finding it difficult to put down (a good sign).

VfM4meplse

I realise that Lee Childs books are very popular, but I never paid any attention until a couple of weeks ago when I heard him on BBC HardTalk. I tuned into the episode too late to hear who was being interviewed, but way he responded to questions intrigued me enough to dig out the video version (never a hardship to to watch, thanks to the Sackur-factor ).

pollypenny

I'm totally hooked on 'City of Light' by Lauren Belfer

It's set in Buffalo in the early 20th C and is the story of the development of electricity, along with a woman who challenges conventions of the time.

Thanks fir new thread, VM.

Goldiegirl

I have a personal reading challenge this year.

I want to read the books that have built up, before I buy any more.

I've currently got 13 books on my Kindle waiting to be read, and 17 physical books, which have been hanging around since I got my Kindle in 2012.

I read the first of my 'real' books last week. Although I love my Kindle, it was a pleasure to hold a book and turn the pages.

The book I read was called Judicial Whispers by Caro Fraser. It's the second in a series of stories about a set of barristers in chambers. I read the first in the series nine years ago. Once I've achieved my little challenge, I'd certainly consider reading more in this series.

Purple_kitten

I've been dipping into the 2019 Almanac and the Nigel Slater chistmas chronicles.



I have today started reading The Toy Makers.

leelad

Thank you for the link VfM, will watch in the next couple of days. Also thank you for setting up this thread.

flubberyzing

I'm also a Lee Child/Jack Reacher fan. I've probably read about 15 of his now, and have enjoyed them all. I'm going to take a little break from them though, as I read a lot of them last year, and need something different.
Yesterday I finished 'The Circle' by Lee Eggers, which was much better than I'd expected. Basically, what might happen if all the big players on the internet, Google, Facebook, Twitter etc, all joined forces to make one mega-site.
Then I started 'The Hobbit', which I've never read, but have had sitting on my shelves for some years now.

Syman

I have read all of the Reacher novels, the later ones get a bit "samey" but i read them anyway.

Managed 69 books last year, looking at 60 or so this year on the Goodreads challenge
Clicky

Finished this today

Was a bit of a mind melt. Based around a murder, suicide and a "Cult".

next is:-



according to the reviews it is SAW meets Agatha Christie!

rchj4

It takes me about two weeks to read one paperback ! But that comes to approx 25 books / year so perhaps that's not too bad .
I'm just finishing & loving The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley . I have been reading her Seven Sisters series with great enjoyment . I don't read them back to back , though .
She gives me
insight into different parts of the world & different racial cultures that I could never experience personally .