CommentBelow
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I’m sure all of us who are TMC fans on the thread will raise a (virtual) glass with you
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twilightgarden
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I listened to the audiobook after recommendations on here and I really loved it!
it’s not my usual genre, I love crime thrillers, psychological thrillers. I say go for it. Marcellus is waiting. 
prettylittlebookworm
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The other day I finished The Thursday Murder Club for a second time and I loved it so much more than the first time I read it, and I think it was because I know all the characters after reading the rest of the series. I started the second one almost right after it, and I am almost done with that one as well. I have so many new books I would like to read but at the moment I am enjoying rereading this series so I will go with it. One day I will go back to reading books I do not know yet.
StrawberryBanana90
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Has anyone here joined a "silent book club" event?
I've realised there's one fairly locally to me and they do appeal since there's no pressure to read one particular book or even socialise. Ideally I'd like to make some friends but I always feel awkward describing the book I'm currently reading to another person
I've realised there's one fairly locally to me and they do appeal since there's no pressure to read one particular book or even socialise. Ideally I'd like to make some friends but I always feel awkward describing the book I'm currently reading to another person
HoGi
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Pretty similar for me!
Set mine to 104 and I have completed no 92, have 4 on the go at the moment so will bump that up shortly and I'm away for a week next week where I will easily rad a book a day
Chocolategoggler
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Um
So you obviously like slaughter, death and murder. Your first name isn't Attila by any chance?
Sir Lancelot
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Thanks, and apologies; I hadn't realised it was popular here! My bad! I shall dive into the book this weekend
Is there really that much difference in size between the two to make it worth it?….Then again vouchers basically make it free don’t they?! And why wouldn’t you want a spare Kindle?
We all know this thread is full of enablers so you might have come to the wrong place for proper advice…or the right place depending on your point of view!
emerald
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I did this for the whole series of Strike books only last night and, lo and behold, I got one already! Need to put the lottery on now
AllieBee
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Exactly. The whole point of reading for pleasure is that you enjoy it. There's a genre for everyone, just read what you love!
Chocolategoggler
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When I took a load to the library years ago they asked if they could sell them! Maybe it's because books still look brand new after I've read them.
I noticed recently they have a bookcase of books for sale now. Times are hard for libraries so I don't mind supporting them. I'm not sure if these are books people have donated or just old library books.
emerald
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Struggling a bit with House on the Cerulean Sea. I'm about 50% of the way through. It has that kind of corny, nerdy humour that I just don't get on with (reminds me of Doctor Who a little bit). I like how Linus is in slight denial of his attraction to Arthur and I hope the plot moves forward a bit. Will stick with it.
and I hope the plot moves forward a bit. Will stick with it.
LaBlonde
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i think that’s a fair thing to say, and i get it. i think the general themes had the potential to be much intense, or at least for the stakes to be higher, but i honestly loved the twee-ness of it
it’s a book that would probably have grated on me if i didn’t find the characters all so likeable. i want my little green blob to become a bellhop so badly
AllieBee
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Pickled in the pub made me giggle! Although looking at the rest of the titles it probably means pickled as in body parts preserved rather than plain old drunk!
nothanksbabes
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I just finished Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. It is very well written and unsettling but I think the story could have been fleshed out a bit more. Lots left open to interpretation, which I don't have a problem with, but it almost read like even the author didn't really know what the interpretation should be. It also lacked a sense of place for me. The author is English I think, and it was set here but felt American to me, somehow? It was a book that, when I was reading it, I enjoyed the writing, but I wasn't desperate to go back to it so it took a while to finish.
It's an allegory on grief and loss and the writing is beautiful so I still scored it highly on Storygraph, despite my criticisms.
I also just read Poyums by Len Pennie, for anyone who likes poetry (or even those who don't, I'm not a great poetry enthusiast) or is interested in Scots language and feminism.
I think I might put a Marian Keyes audiobook on now for something a bit more light hearted.
It's an allegory on grief and loss and the writing is beautiful so I still scored it highly on Storygraph, despite my criticisms.
I also just read Poyums by Len Pennie, for anyone who likes poetry (or even those who don't, I'm not a great poetry enthusiast) or is interested in Scots language and feminism.
I think I might put a Marian Keyes audiobook on now for something a bit more light hearted
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LaBlonde
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same. i wish azriel was real (and was somehow living with me)
i’m ready for a book focused on him please SJM!
