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What are our weekend reads?

I am reading Conviction by Denise Mina.

There are about 46 characters and it is all a bit disjointed. I usually like her books so am going to persevere for a little bit longer.
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Devil's Cub since Tattlers told me it's a follow on from These Old Shades.
Yes I couldn't wait and bumped it up the tbr list. :ROFLMAO: :rolleyes:
 
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Time of the Child by Niall Williams. Not sure whether I like it or not, its very descriptive, beautiful prose, and good character development but is taking a long time to get to the point of the story!
Oh I loved it so. But I can see why it might be a grower, it’s a slow read.
 
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What are our weekend reads?

I am reading Conviction by Denise Mina.

There are about 46 characters and it is all a bit disjointed. I usually like her books so am going to persevere for a little bit longer.
literally just started glorious exploits (after abandoning bristol keats at the halfway point 🤣) - very fun and witty so far!
 
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I'm flitting between three books - Sally-Ann by Noel Stretfield under her Susan Scarlett pseudonym about a shop girl who appears by chance in a high society wedding. I'm listening to Absent in the Spring by Agatha Christie, under her Mary Westmacott pseudonym. I thought she only wrote romances under this name, but this one is very introspective.

Then I've got The Raven Scholar which I'm really enjoying but which is around 600 pages so I need to devote some proper time to finishing it! I'm about halfway through. It's an illumicrate version so have to be careful reading it.

literally just started glorious exploits (after abandoning bristol keats at the halfway point 🤣) - very fun and witty so far!
I couldn't get into it the first time I tried it, then I went for the audiobook (narrated by the author with his Irish accent) and it worked a treat. Just so different! And I really liked how it adds such a human element to Ancient Greece.
 
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I’m reading Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall. Loving it so far but there’s a big reveal coming at some point (there’s been a murder but don’t know who, or who’s been accused!) so I hope that doesn’t let it down.
 
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I couldn't get into it the first time I tried it, then I went for the audiobook (narrated by the author with his Irish accent) and it worked a treat. Just so different! And I really liked how it adds such a human element to Ancient Greece.
i imagine that it’s much more fun in audio! i’m enjoying it but you can tell that being able to hear the dialect would add so much. i might try and listen to it!
 
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I'm reading Storm in a C cup by Caroline Flack. Not really sure why I bought it, but it's my S book for the A-Z challenge and been on my kindle for years
 
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I wanted an easy read as I’ve been slumping and Sarah Morgan usually delivers. I bought this on 99p deal last year.

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I’m still reading The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I’m really enjoying it, I read The nightingale a couple of years ago, and really enjoyed it. Read The Women earlier this year and thought it was ok. But I really like the story and main character of The Great Alone
 
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Happy to say i seem to be getting out of my slump..Really devouring My Name Is Emilia Del Valle by Isabel Allende... I don't like historical fiction but there's something about her books/writing that I really enjoy.. when I finish that tonight it's onto the upcoming Ocean Vuong
 
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I used to love reading, but since having kids (9 years ago) I've found it really hard and have only read a few books. The only ones I've read are by Paige Toon. I like just a modern easy to follow chic lit style. Can anyone recommend any other authors that are the same style?
 
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I'm flitting between three books - Sally-Ann by Noel Stretfield under her Susan Scarlett pseudonym about a shop girl who appears by chance in a high society wedding. I'm listening to Absent in the Spring by Agatha Christie, under her Mary Westmacott pseudonym. I thought she only wrote romances under this name, but this one is very introspective.

Then I've got The Raven Scholar which I'm really enjoying but which is around 600 pages so I need to devote some proper time to finishing it! I'm about halfway through. It's an illumicrate version so have to be careful reading it.


I couldn't get into it the first time I tried it, then I went for the audiobook (narrated by the author with his Irish accent) and it worked a treat. Just so different! And I really liked how it adds such a human element to Ancient Greece.
You learn something new every day. I loved Noel Streatfeild books when I was young, and still pop on to a couple of them to read read now and again (White Boots and Curtain Up my favourites) but I had NO idea she wrote under a pseudonym! Off to check this out!
 
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Just finished colony by annika Norlen and I really enjoyed it. I would recommend if you like character studies but a reasonably fast pace.
 
You learn something new every day. I loved Noel Streatfeild books when I was young, and still pop on to a couple of them to read read now and again (White Boots and Curtain Up my favourites) but I had NO idea she wrote under a pseudonym! Off to check this out!
I used to love The Children on The Top Floor when I was a kid. Made even more nostalgic because it was my Nans book and I would read it during my week in the summer at her house. I'm always looking for it in charity shops.
 
Not much reading happening here this weekend with F1 on and the Eurovision. Also randomly bought myself a puzzle book when out shopping this week and been doing that when I’ve had a few spare moments 🙄🙈
 
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What are our weekend reads?

I am reading Conviction by Denise Mina.

There are about 46 characters and it is all a bit disjointed. I usually like her books so am going to persevere for a little bit longer.
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz, and These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer.

Enjoying both, one as hardback and one as ebook.
 
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