Bookworms 2020

rosewoodspa

 I loved the Clan of the Cave Bear series too, apart from the very last one. I'd ordered it for the publication day and when it arrived dived straight in - and it was terrible. It got awful reviews too, so it wasn't just me.  I also love Little Women plus Alcotts other books - An Old Fashioned Girl and Eight Cousins. Anne of Green Gables is another old favourite plus LM Montgomery's Emily of New Moon books.  All these really old ones are free on Kindle too, which is even better. My favourite ever author though is Guy Gavriel Kay who writes historical fantasy. I prefer his earlier books to the later ones and Tigana has to be my very favourite, although Lord of the Rings always used to be.

Rose

rosewoodspa

Had to add. Just checked on my Kindle and Ive got 426 books on there!! That doesn't include the ones that are total works either so if I run out I've got plenty to reread.

gettingtheresometime

DianneB said:

Please can I join in? I have been scouring the thread and noting titles to order from ebay and Amazon, I really miss being able to browse for books in charity shops and the library! How I regret my 1 in 1 out regime since moving to a smaller house, otherwise I would have a stash of loved books to re read.
Anyway hard to choose my 3 favourite books so can I go for favourite authors?

1. Susan Hill
2. Peter May 
3. Michelle Magorian 

Just a thought does your council subscribe to the BorrowBox app? 

dolly84

Welcome DianneB and Charly. 

rosewoodspa - Anne of Green Gables - I'd forgotten about that, I must look out for that when we can go out again.  I am having the horrible feeling that two of my much loved books have been decluttered, I was asking DD where The Children of Green Knowe and A Traveller in Time are and she doesn't know, I'm sure they were on her bookcase at one time. 

Charly27

rosewoodspa said:

 I loved the Clan of the Cave Bear series too, apart from the very last one. I'd ordered it for the publication day and when it arrived dived straight in - and it was terrible. It got awful reviews too, so it wasn't just me.  I also love Little Women plus Alcotts other books - An Old Fashioned Girl and Eight Cousins. Anne of Green Gables is another old favourite plus LM Montgomery's Emily of New Moon books.  All these really old ones are free on Kindle too, which is even better. My favourite ever author though is Guy Gavriel Kay who writes historical fantasy. I prefer his earlier books to the later ones and Tigana has to be my very favourite, although Lord of the Rings always used to be.

Rose

Rose I felt exactly the same about Clan of the Cave Bear series in common with many of her fans. I read the first three as a young adult then many years later I was very excited to discover she’d written three more. I can imagine your disappointment was something like mine reading the last book. A very unsatisfactory ending to the series. I wonder if she’ll ever write book 7. Anne of Green Gables I loved, never read Emily of New Moon. Thanks for recommendation. Nearly finished Beekeeper. 

Gers

I'd like to ask for advice.

My 92 year old mostly bed-bound and frail DM enjoys reading (and railing at the gods whilst watching TV).  I had a thought that perhaps some of the YA books would be an interesting detour away from the world of  her usual type of fiction. 

I was looking at Dr Seuss but am not familar with them enough to make a decision.  Then the new YA stuff is a world away from my ken too.

Would anyone advise such books for her? And if so, which ones?

Thanks

rosewoodspa

I've read quite a few YA books, mostly dystopian fiction. Would she enjoy that sort? Some I really enjoyed:
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World - Charlie Fletcher
The Timer Rider Series (7 I think) - Alex Scarrow (Also Plague Nation trilogy)
After The Fire - Will Hill
Rose

dolly84

Drum roll please.  I have finished The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber.  Does anything need to be 800+ pages long?  This certainly didn't, it is well written and the characters are great but you know every thought they had, just too much rambling detail really and a very unsatisfactory ending.  I'm glad I stuck with it sort of and just to be perverse I have chosen The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton as my next book, it is the same length, set in a similar period, if I don't get to grips with it I won't carry on with this one.

DianneB

Gers said:

I'd like to ask for advice.

My 92 year old mostly bed-bound and frail DM enjoys reading (and railing at the gods whilst watching TV).  I had a thought that perhaps some of the YA books would be an interesting detour away from the world of  her usual type of fiction. 

I was looking at Dr Seuss but am not familar with them enough to make a decision.  Then the new YA stuff is a world away from my ken too.

Would anyone advise such books for her? And if so, which ones?

Thanks

How about some childrens classics like Tom's Midnight Garden? I hadn't read that in over 50 years but it still gripped me when I re read it before passing it on to my DGD. Also more recent classics like Goodnight Mr.Tom and I Capture the Castle, all very easy to read. Another childrens book thats well worth a read is Carries War, I love that book! HTH. Good luck with your search.

Wednesday2000

candygirl said:

am reading this at the moment,  about the mind/ body connection. Very interesting:)

I've read that too. I read it when I used to have fibromyalgia and I think it is very true.