Bookworms 2020

pollypenny

Blood Ties by Alexander Hartung, the second Pohl thriller was very gripping, good twists. 

I've just started Never Greener, Ruth Jones' first novel. So far, so disappointing and trite. It's our next book group focus, so I'll stick with it. 

Blackcats

Based on a recommendation from a previous iteration of this thread I really enjoyed The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan.  It was a bit implausible in places but it was a nice gentle book.  

elsien

Claire Mackintosh - After the End. 
It's a change from her usual crime novels. This is about a couple with a young child in intensive care who cannot agree about which course of action to take, pursue treatment abroad or let him go. The book takes two paths, following a different outcome from the court case. I found it an interesting read; it lost momentum slightly in the middle but then picked up again, and one of the endings was a really didn't see that coming moment. 

Also just reserved The Secret Barrister.

dolly84

Returned some books to the library yesterday and was walking past one of the displays they have with recommended reads and saw My Cousin Rachel, I love this and haven't read it for years.  My library book pile is big and a couple of the books look like huge undertakings, you get 3 weeks and 3 renewals at our libraries so 12 weeks total, I need to crack on.

Fridayschild

dolly84 said:

I have moved on to 'The Way Home - Tales From a Life Without Technology by Mark Boyle.

Dolly84 - that sounds very interesting, so I've added it to my "wish list". 

This is such an interesting thread and I'm really enjoying what everyone is getting stuck into. 

I have finally completed Bill Bryson's "Little Dribbling" and in fact, found it quite amusing in the main, and could definitely sympathise with his frustrations at some of the changes that have occurred over the last couple of decades.  What I will really take away from the book though, is his deep and abiding  love and admiration for our small island(s), seen through the eyes of someone who chose to live here rather than by accident of birth, and how it is too easy to take for granted our rich history, stunning countryside and unique sense of humour to name but three. Overall an enjoyable read. 

Onto a thriller next; Blacklands by Belinda Bauer.   

FC

dolly84

I have finished The Way Home by Mark Boyle.  I found it very thought provoking, I am trying to live sustainably within modern family life so it made me think about some of the things I am still doing, I liked the idea that he is living with whatever his own patch of Ireland could offer him and nothing from outside of that.

I have now moved onto The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.

pollypenny

I ditched the Ruth Jones book - Never Greener. I'm very disappointed as I consider her an intelligent, funny woman. Sadly the book seemed just chick-lit soft !!!!!!. 

Now reading Lenny Henry's Who am I again?    It's ok. 

denmark15

I completely agree about Never Greener Pollypenny but I had not come across anyone else who did not like it! 

ziggy2407

Started Book 15, based on recommendations from this thread "The Trouble with Goats and Sheep" 

betasam

8. Everyday tidiness, which was one of those gift books with a tip or quote for each day of the year - I can't say it was inspirational, although I have cleared my desk of clutter since reading it!
9. Thirty-three teeth by Colin Cotterill. Set in Laos, just after the Communists came to power in the 1970s, it's one of a series of murder mysteries with the country's sole coroner as the protagonist. Well-written, with a lot of detail about the country and its traditions, but I was slightly uncomfortable with the supernatural content - lots of spirits, some malevolent.

Thank you for your continuing recommendations - my wish list is growing! I have to admit that my 2020 book-buying moratorium has been broken - I succumbed to the temptation of The Book People's sale!