The Bookworm's Thread 2019

Merlin's_Beard

chrissie57 wrote: »

Another very quick read that I thought would be amusing but wasn't. The drawings were not my style and the largest part of rhe book was cats shown as humans - it got tedious very quickly

I read that a few years ago and just thought it was trying too hard. Cats can be evil b******s without anthropomorphising them, so why bother to change them?

Just finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. Really quite different to what I normally read, but for all the dramatic hints throughout it was the normal human kindness and connections that were the really gripping bit.

VfM4meplse

^^Cats are smart, but if you don't like them, don't expect them to like you

Book 6:



6.5/10. A very sad story, which made me think hard about why troubled people struggle in life. I felt a particular anger towards her casually cruel adoptive mother. The author isn't a brilliant writer, but this is her true story and she does convey what is a complicated real-life story with simplicity.

chrissie57

January choice for my crime themed Readers Group.

Group opinion was that it is well written, draws you in and gets you involved with the characters but there a lot of questions left unanswered and too many plot holes in general.

For myself I liked the Derbyshire setting and agreed it was well written and involving. However I am in gerneral sick of the endless stream of crime novels where the main detective has so many personal problems you wonder why they are allowed to do their job - presumably because their instintive genius is such that they solve all murder cases single-handed...and breathe:o:rotfl:

Also, I knew who the murderer was right from their first appearance:(

lala1974

Hi folks, is it possible for me to join? I'm book crazy.


I'm currently reading Winter Moon by Dean Koontz.


Recently read Friend Request following lots of good reviews but it wasn't for me.


Lala

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I am reading The Clockmakers Daughter by Kate Morton and I am really enjoying it and its my book club book of the month this month . Quirky and a bit of a ghost story, but the writer has very cleverly woven all the strands together beautifully

VfM4meplse

Book 7:


7.5/10 - a good refresher, but at times a bit basic and very repetitive - a deliberate editorial decision to allow key concepts to sink in? Definitely aimed at the beginner, but distinguished the discipline from other branches provides a useful summary of milestone studies in the field.

I'm aiming for 8 by the end of this miserable month...we shall see!

chrissie57

A Judgement In Stone by Ruth Rendell
Women murders the family she works for because she is illiterate - not a spoiler, you are told this as the book starts. Rendell then goes on to show how this comes about. This was always one of my favourite Rendell titles and re-reading it after 40 odd years has not changed that

Goldiegirl

JackieO wrote: »

I am reading The Clockmakers Daughter by Kate Morton and I am really enjoying it and its my book club book of the month this month . Quirky and a bit of a ghost story, but the writer has very cleverly woven all the strands together beautifully

I've read other books by Kate Morton and enjoyed them, so will probably buy this one when it's a reasonable price on Kindle.

I've just finished 'The Marriage Game' by Alison Weir. Somebody gave me this book about 3 years ago.

This book was a novel about Elizabeth I's various protracted marriage negotiations.

I normally enjoy anything about the Tudors, but didn't like how Elizabeth was written in this book, and the negotiations were worse than the Brexit negotiations. Probably not a good choice of book at present!

VfM4meplse

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I've just finished 'The Marriage Game' by Alison Weir. Somebody gave me this book about 3 years ago.

This book was a novel about Elizabeth I's various protracted marriage negotiations.

Good write-up, I'm encouraged to get hold of a copy at my library, novel or counterfactual dependent - which is it?

pollypenny

Fatherland.

Robert Harries' book was written in 1992 and reissued a couple of years ago. I'd forgotten it, really.

It's a detective thriller set in a Germany where Hitler and the Nazis rule, with the expected atmosphere of terror. Reminds me of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther books, of which there are 14 now. They trace the development of the Nazi party along side the various murders. Good page turners.


Edit: just looked up Philip Kerr to check the details of first book. Sadly he died of cancer last March. Ironically, the first book in the series is March Violets. The last is Greeks Bearing Gifts.