The Bookworm's Thread 2017

greentiger · 10 July 2017 at 11:12PM

It's been great to see the comments about "Half of a Yellow Sun". I don't have time to get a run a my reading at the moment as I have my grandchildren staying this week, so that's not helping me get into it.

I'm another Phryne Fisher fan, but I haven't read one of the books for ages. I've made do with the TV series, which I actually did enjoy.

pollypenny · 13 July 2017 at 9:13AM

I've only just started this month's book group choice - I couldn't see the print on the first copy!

Luckily they had another in the library. It's Wild, by Cheryl Strayer. Excellent. I couldn't put it down and am half way through. I'm off to the USA tomorrow so will have to leave it here. I can't risk leaving it at DS' place.

sugarbaby125 · 13 July 2017 at 11:01AM

I have just finished Nashborough by Elsie Burch Donald. I enjoyed reading this book as a 'light' read. The characters in the book were a bit too cliched at times for my liking. Nevertheless, I did care about the characters and wanted to find out what happened to them. It is set in America and starts from the late 1920's and spans a few decades of 2 powerful families in the American South. I would give it 7/10

Primrose · 13 July 2017 at 12:15PM

Just finished "Once we were Brothers" by Ronald H Balson. It's about two young men who spent their childhood in Poland before it was overrun by Germany in the war and subsequently and ended up on opposite sides of the Holocaust They both survive and the novel starts with them both in the latter stages of their life. A gritty read but found once I'd started it I was reluctant to put it down.

loocyloo · 16 July 2017 at 7:56PM

I've just read

really good, and not the outcome I predicted :0)

I've not come across this author before, and am looking forward to reading the next book in the series, 'persons unknown' and a 'stand alone' called 'Homecoming'.

I seem to be stalling on crime/similar type fiction at the moment. I keep picking up other books from the library but can't get into anything!

sugarbaby125 · 16 July 2017 at 11:37PM

i have just finished Things I couldn't tell my Mother by the actress Sue Johnston. I really got drawn into her life story and I loved the fact that even though her relationship was far from perfect with her Mother, writing the book made her unearth really positive aspects of her relationship with her Mother. I found her life fascinating. I would give this book 9/10

Hobsons_Choice · 17 July 2017 at 2:15PM

loocyloo wrote: »

I've just read

really good, and not the outcome I predicted :0)

I've not come across this author before, and am looking forward to reading the next book in the series, 'persons unknown' and a 'stand alone' called 'Homecoming'.

I seem to be stalling on crime/similar type fiction at the moment. I keep picking up other books from the library but can't get into anything!

I also loved "Missing Presumed" Loocyloo, and then went on to read "Homecoming". I enjoyed it, but be aware that it's not a Crime/Adventure novel. Try Sabine Durrant if that's the genre you like - brilliant writer!

VfM4meplse · 18 July 2017 at 8:19AM

Let's take a moment to celebrate our poster-girl :T:T:T

Spot the wisdom within the note

[Deleted User] · 18 July 2017 at 10:23AM

I heartily agree VfM4 There is nothing that compares to opening a book from the library and diving into a different world .In between my library books and book club book I am trying to read and declutter some of my books on my shelves as well I normally have two books on the go at once one in my bag and one by my bed

see my signature below which roughly translates as too many books not enough time

:)

pollypenny · 19 July 2017 at 8:19PM

Graham Norton's novel, Holding, had me gripped and smiling from the start! It's very well written, the guy has such a way with words, as we know.

David Mitchell's Back Story was quite amusing and interesting.

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