Bookworms 2020

Skibunny40

I love the Miss Read books - haven't re-read them in ages but I find them so soothing and restful, perfect for these strange times. Thanks for reminding me allie 23!

MrsStepford

I have Kindle Unlimited and read Scottish crime fiction and MM romances, mostly. For the blog on my website, I review a lot of books about low carb diets and health generally. Last book I read was The Case for Keto, by Gary Taubes. With his first two books on fat and low carb, I felt like I needed a science degree whereas this is really accessible. In the past he seemed to overcompensate for being a journalist not a doctor, by cramming his books with science. Whereas doctors writing books on food, tend to strip out the science by about 90%. 

Charly27

Finished ‘The Lost Sister’ by Tracy Buchanan. It was a good read for me. I could have read it all in one sitting if my life was like that. It was a real page turner and I couldn’t predict the ending, lots of twists and turns. Not sure what to read next as I just found out our library has reopened. Yeah! I’ll update you all when I decide. 

Charly27

So having searched the bookcase of doom. I found one more paperback fiction book. Unfortunately it was book 7 of The Lakeshore Chronicles by Susan Wiggs. I read the first book last year and obviously grabbed it in a CS thinking it was the next! I’ve downloaded book 2 to my Kindle and have the others saved in my list. It is called The Winter Lodge and immediately opens with a recipe for Kolaches and chapter one has engaged me with the characters again so all good. 

Because Layla Saad’s book is a workbook I’m making progress which appears to be slow but it’s important work & can’t be rushed. 

ruby_eskimo

I loved The Familiars @[Deleted User] and have The Foundlings on my wish list for the library.  Our local library opened again last week so on Friday I went along and picked up the 7 books which have been sitting there waiting for me since March!

Managed to finish a few more books off of my TBR pile over the last couple of weeks:

- Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix: a "horror" set in a store very similar to IKEA which was amusing, especially as the book is set out like a furniture catalogue
- Daniel by Henning Mankell: didn't really enjoy this one as it dragged a lot but still gave it 3/5
- Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson: I loved the Moomins growing up and my mum buys me a special edition book every Christmas
- An Enormously English Monsoon Wedding by Christina Jones: not my usual kind of thing (a romance book), and felt it could have been half as long
- The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan: a nice and interesting start to a detective novel series, may look for the rest at the library
- The Tin Ring by Zdenka Fantlova: a harrowing tale of Holocaust survival.  I actually went to see her talk about her experiences and picked up the book while I was there.  She's a very inspirational woman.
- Bomb, Book & Compass by Simon Winchester: telling the life story of Joseph Needham who started out as a renowned scientist and later developed a love of China and dedicated the rest of his life to exposing all the scientific advancements that China has made.  Didn't think I was really going to like it (I had picked it up for 99p in a charity shop years ago) but it was littered with anecdotes and made what could have been a dry subject matter actually very interesting.
- Spectacles by Sue Perkins: This is exactly what I needed, a book to make me laugh out loud multiple times, would recommend if you need some light relief in these interesting times.

Currently working on Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams which I should finish tomorrow hopefully.

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Thanks @ruby_eskimo I hope you enjoy 'The Foundling', I found it an enjoyable read.  Your comment on 'Bomb, Book and Compass' - having picked it up years ago and not thinking you'd enjoy it - reminded me of a book I was given a while ago.  I had been doing a course several years ago when discussion came round to what job we do. The course leader gave me a copy of 'Dibs' by Virginia M Axline when she found out I teach special needs kids.  I was pretty sure I wasn't going to enjoy it and it sat on my bookshelf for years.  One evening I was looking across my bookshelves looking for something to read and I picked this up and read it.  I absolutely loved it and have reread it and recommended it to many people since.  It is such a life-affirming book and now one of my all time favourites.

Wednesday2000

ruby_eskimo said:

- Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson: I loved the Moomins growing up and my mum buys me a special edition book every Christmas

I used to like the cartoon. I've never read any of the books.

Wednesday2000

I finished the midlife crisis book and I've started The Source by Dr Tara Swart. I did start it before but I forgot about it.

The Source: Open Your Mind, Change Your Life by Tara Swart

ruby_eskimo

@Wednesday2000 the books are nice for a little escapism although this one was a bit heart-wrenching as Moomintroll woke up in the middle of hibernation and had to fend for himself.

Finished Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams last night; resonated a lot with me for the mental health aspects covered and also very topical and portrays the other side of those seemingly innocent micro-aggression's that people of colour experience.

On to Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge as I'm trying to educate myself so I can be more of a black ally.

Wednesday2000

ruby_eskimo said:

@Wednesday2000 the books are nice for a little escapism although this one was a bit heart-wrenching as Moomintroll woke up in the middle of hibernation and had to fend for himself.

They sound very cute.

I did buy the Malory Towers collections but I haven't got around to reading them yet. They remind me of my childhood. I was going through the books on my kindle today and seeing which ones I still haven't read.