Books #29

Caffeine Fiend · Tuesday at 8:30 PM

CommentBelow said:
It’s possible I just didn’t connect with any of the characters, possibly doesn’t help that I don’t have any sisters

Speaking of character driven.. did you see Backman mention on instagram that he’s editing a new book atm?

Nooooo but life is kicking my ass lately and this has really brightened my day

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However I have just gone to his instagram and seen the lovely post hes written about his wives birthday

Gem_woody · Tuesday at 9:14 PM

I got the KU offer too, thank you! I would have missed that otherwise as the promotion ends on 17th July

Booklover · Tuesday at 9:39 PM

This is my birthday present from my lovely son and girlfriend.

I've stacked them in order of what I'll read. Really enjoying Homecoming by Kate Morton.

LaBlonde · Tuesday at 9:40 PM

Booklover said:
This is my birthday present from my lovely son and girlfriend. I've stacked them in order of what I'll read. Really enjoying Homecoming by Kate Morton.

happy birthday!!!

that’s a great haul - i loved cleo and frank, and really liked at the table.

CommentBelow · Tuesday at 9:48 PM

Caffeine Fiend said:
Nooooo but life is kicking my ass lately and this has really brightened my day
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However I have just gone to his instagram and seen the lovely post hes written about his wives birthday

Oh that post got me

and made me realise that I’ve assumed his wife is Kira from Beartown anytime he’s mentioned her in any other post.

HoGi · Tuesday at 9:49 PM

Merpedy said:
More of a rant

I picked up Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein as it sounded like something normally look. I’m maybe less than 50 pages in and I’m really not loving it

She sets the scene and it’s a bit like… you’re sort of pushing the idea of a doppelgänger here and also all these other literature references don’t seem to be relevant and come off as a bit conspiracy-esque spiritualism vibes

She then discusses how the algorithms confused the two too. Interesting BUT she doesn’t go on to explain whether she tested that theory at all. It’s just something she seems to have concluded on one tweet she replied to

Any other “social media flawed” book would have gone in on this, especially because it mentioned machine learning and that was somewhat topical but Naomi… makes a conclusion based on seemingly one tweet. Love it.

Has anyone read it? Does it get better???

Also i have to say im just tired of everything being about Covid conspiracies

Oh no I picked this up at the weekend as its my work bookclub pick

Caffeine Fiend · Tuesday at 9:51 PM

CommentBelow said:
Oh that post got me and made me realise that I’ve assumed his wife is Kira from Beartown anytime he’s mentioned her in any other post.

Ha yes. Exactly how I imagine her too.

does that make him Peter?

He is a green flag though. I adore how he writes women, I love that he writes strong women, brave and courageous women. Well rounded, dimensional women. He also writes quirky women and unconventional 'womanhood' beautifully too. He also writes toxic masculinity so well.

Cannot imagine ever disliking a book he writes.

Merpedy · Tuesday at 9:53 PM

HoGi said:
Oh no I picked this up at the weekend as its my work bookclub pick

Plenty of people seem to love it!!

I think it depends what you expect from it? I think my line of thinking was more along the lines of how podcasts on similar subjects (Missing Crypto Queen and the like) have dealt with it

I’m also just very critical on books I’m reading lately. A lot of them just go into the DNF pile these days

twilightgarden · Tuesday at 10:03 PM

Hi bookworms. My reading is very slow this month and not sure why, feeling more like a book snail

than a bookworm

I have a free Sunday so hoping to get loads of reading done then

slugella · Tuesday at 10:24 PM

I just saw that We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter is a series now on Disney, I read the book a few years ago and liked it. Has anyone seen the show?

061wan · Wednesday at 12:01 AM

Caffeine Fiend said:
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Klaxon. Klaxon. Klaxon. Look what appeared for me today.

Usually says 'not eligble'

Thrilled to have gotten this as well

thank you!

Katykatykaty · Wednesday at 7:16 AM

061wan said:
Thrilled to have gotten this as well thank you!

Just realised I got offered Audible free for 3 months not KU as I already pay the astronomical monthly charge for that.

Caffeine Fiend · Wednesday at 7:21 AM

Katykatykaty said:
Just realised I got offered Audible free for 3 months not KU as I already pay the astronomical monthly charge for that.

Worth a go though

if you like audio books anyway?

LaBlonde · Wednesday at 7:49 AM

twilightgarden said:
Hi bookworms. My reading is very slow this month and not sure why, feeling more like a book snail than a bookworm I have a free Sunday so hoping to get loads of reading done then

but that little

is so adorable! the ministry of time has put me into something of a book slump so i’m struggling through the end of this month too, we’ll make it

(i did hit 50 books in my 2024 reading challenge though!

i set 70 as my target but i might need to up it)

wishiniwasskinny · Wednesday at 7:55 AM

I feel like such an amateur reader and thought I was a real book worm

I’m reading my 16th book of the year (Blue Sisters). Enjoying it now I’m halfway through but felt a slow start. I do have a 5 month old though so she’s a distraction from my reading

Katykatykaty · Wednesday at 8:04 AM

Caffeine Fiend said:
Worth a go though if you like audio books anyway?

I intend to, I love audiobooks but it wasn’t till I saw @061wan’s post that I realised I’d misread your post. I was too excited at being offered anything for free by Amazon to realise we’d been offered different things.

AllieBee · Wednesday at 8:14 AM

Booklover said:
This is my birthday present from my lovely son and girlfriend. I've stacked them in order of what I'll read. Really enjoying Homecoming by Kate Morton.

Great selection and happy birthday to you!

daisynoon · Wednesday at 10:05 AM

I think I'm going to have to DNF The Last Murder at the End of the World. I'm really enjoying the cadence of Adjoa Andoh's voice narrating, and... that's it.

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LaBlonde said:
but that little is so adorable! the ministry of time has put me into something of a book slump so i’m struggling through the end of this month too, we’ll make it

(i did hit 50 books in my 2024 reading challenge though! i set 70 as my target but i might need to up it)

Hooray for 50 books! Can I steer you away from One Night in Hartswood if you haven't already read it? I know we were both interested in it a while back, but it's so poorly written, it's likely to prolong a slump.

StephenTJackson · Wednesday at 11:01 AM

daisynoon said:
I think I'm going to have to DNF The Last Murder at the End of the World. I'm really enjoying the cadence of Adjoa Andoh's voice narrating, and... that's it.

Oh it's awful. I didn't dnf it, but still hated every word of it when I read it.

LaBlonde · Wednesday at 11:07 AM

daisynoon said:
Hooray for 50 books! Can I steer you away from One Night in Hartswood if you haven't already read it? I know we were both interested in it a while back, but it's so poorly written, it's likely to prolong a slump.

i sadly read it a few weeks ago

and i completely agree - it was sweet enough but i don’t know why on any level you would choose to set a book in the 1300s and do absolutely no historical research beyond “they rode horses and i think wore tunics maybe”. knowing that it won a major romance writing competition blew my mind because how.

i haven’t read murder at the end of the world but i HATED evelyn hardcastle by the same author so i’m validating you!

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