Reading as a cheap hobby

Brie

Savvy_Sue said:

Our Shared Reading Group has been tackling "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr - astonishing! Although I was slightly frustrated by the narrative hopping backwards and forwards in time - I kept having to skip back to the start of a chapter to see what date it was, and then back to the previous chapter to see when that was, and so on. 

Also polished off a 44 Scotland Street (Alexander McCall Smith) and a short George RR Martin book called Nightflyers, which I would NOT recommend! Trying to describe it to DH, we are both fans of his Game of Thrones series, I said "Think The Red Wedding, all the way through." 

I enjoyed All the Light.  Makes me want to go to Saint-Malo.

weenancyinAmerica

Margareta Magnusson has written two really good books - I learned a lot from both the Death Cleansing one and the Aging Well one. Recommend them both.

Savvy_Sue

Brie said:

Savvy_Sue said:

Our Shared Reading Group has been tackling "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr - astonishing! Although I was slightly frustrated by the narrative hopping backwards and forwards in time - I kept having to skip back to the start of a chapter to see what date it was, and then back to the previous chapter to see when that was, and so on. 

Also polished off a 44 Scotland Street (Alexander McCall Smith) and a short George RR Martin book called Nightflyers, which I would NOT recommend! Trying to describe it to DH, we are both fans of his Game of Thrones series, I said "Think The Red Wedding, all the way through." 

I enjoyed All the Light.  Makes me want to go to Saint-Malo.

Yes, me too! 

ruby_eskimo

Savvy_Sue said:

Brie said:

Savvy_Sue said:

Our Shared Reading Group has been tackling "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr - astonishing! Although I was slightly frustrated by the narrative hopping backwards and forwards in time - I kept having to skip back to the start of a chapter to see what date it was, and then back to the previous chapter to see when that was, and so on. 

Also polished off a 44 Scotland Street (Alexander McCall Smith) and a short George RR Martin book called Nightflyers, which I would NOT recommend! Trying to describe it to DH, we are both fans of his Game of Thrones series, I said "Think The Red Wedding, all the way through." 

I enjoyed All the Light.  Makes me want to go to Saint-Malo.

Yes, me too! 

Me three!

I've read quite a lot already this year but a couple of books I'd recommend:

My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor: set in Rome and the Vatican during the occupation in WW2, follows the rag-tag group of people who tried to set up an escape line for escaped POW's.  Mixture of prose and "interview transcripts" years later tell the story really well.  Little bit of truth to the tale but most fiction.  Made me want to go back to Rome asap.

Greta and Valdin: brother and sister sharing a flat in Auckland, told from their alternative points of view.  There's no real introduction to the story and you get the backstory on all the characters quite organically, like you would if you met someone for the first time, which might not be for everyone but I really enjoyed the style and found myself wanting to see where it all went.

Masquerade by O. O. Sangoyomi: kind of a retelling of the tale of Persephone but set in medieval Africa.  Loved the imagery it created and the tension building in the story.  

Coxy11

Finished Ruby Wax's How to be Human - will keep for reference and for the mindfulness exercises

Also finished book 5 in the Simon Serrallier series by Susan Hill - The Shadows in the Street. Very good, and she always leaves the books open-ended.

Now on The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings. Strangely set in St Just which is where I spent the Easter Weekend! Enjoying it so far.

Savvy_Sue

Michael Morpugo, Listen to the Moon. He is just SO good ... Set on the Scilly Isles, a young girl is found on an uninhabited island during the 2nd World War ... 

Nelliegrace

I spent a relaxing ten minutes sitting in the cool library and adding a few pieces to the latest jigsaw puzzle. I have finished the Ruth Galloway series, a satisfactory ending, and found the first three of the Brighton series by Elly Griffiths. 

I like reading the series in order, and watching TV series without having to wait a whole week for the next episode. Endeavour was worth watching again. 
I have enjoyed Astrid in Paris. 

Blackcats

I'm enjoying the latest in the Magpie Murders series by Anthony Horowitz - this one is called Marble Hall Murders.  

Wednesday2000

I am half way through a non-fiction book called The Grieving Brain - The Surprising Science of How we learn from Love and Loss.

Floss

Blackcats said:

I'm enjoying the latest in the Magpie Murders series by Anthony Horowitz - this one is called Marble Hall Murders.  

I've spotted that - am waiting for it to be on a Kindle offer! Hope they make another TV series.