Books #37

[Pinkii]

Is anyone elses daily 99p kindle deals not updating?

 

[mindlessness]

Thank you! Sir Charles' line about finding eggs depressing is completely missing in the translation. I wonder why.
I really don't understand why the translator used "wheat cake", there are other terms that would be more fitting. Especially since wheat cake is not really an expression used in my language. It doesn’t sound natural at all.

I find translation choices so interesting! Are you enjoying the book overall?

 

[CommentBelow]

I didn't cry at the end but other bits in the story got me and I do find her writing so easy to read and poetic in parts. I LOVE how TJR finds these unusual areas (tennis, NASA etc..) and just immerses the story in it. I always come away feeling like I learned a lot especially in this one where she interspersed it with actual historical events.

I definitely liked that aspect.

Anyone that liked Atmosphere should watch For All Mankind on AppleTV!

 

[twilightgarden]

This is awesome. Not jealous at all.

Hopefully you get approved for it too!

 

[Pinkii]

@ToolaRoola what did you think of ‘the love of my life’

i have tried to read this 3 times and get soo bored so quickly for some reason.

 

[ordinaryjelly]

I’m reading Good Girl atm, what did you think of it?

It has been a real Marmite book when I look online. I quite liked it but found it a bit slow going in places.

Spoiler

the constant club scene references frustrated me

With a read though.

 

[WeepingCassandra]

It is scones which as a British person I didn’t realise were so particular to the UK. But I love a scone. They are difficult to describe, so this is what the internet says
“Scones are a British afternoon tea staple and they’re delicious served with jam and clotted cream. Not quite cake, but not really a biscuit or pastry either, scones have a unique texture that’s entirely their own, crumbly and buttery, soft on the inside and lightly sweetened. Scones are traditionally made with flour, butter, sugar and milk.”

Very similar to deep south American biscuits, if that helps.

 

[AllieBee]

Is that thing on instagram opinion or fact? I only ask because my husband definitely reads more books by women but obviously that's a sample of one, so am curious to know if he's an outlier or it's just someone's opinion!

I probably read more by women but not on purpose - more to do with the fact that a lot of the stuff I read is romance or romantasy which has more female authors.

I think he was talking about a study that had been done? Not sure which one i had to watch with volume down and haven't been on insta since. Will go and have another look

 

[QueenBW]

Would love to know why the title was ever different to begin with!

...also according to reddit the US version of the book includes a bit where the MMC gets a vasectomy, which I don't think is in the UK one? But I read it a while ago and didn't much like the book so my memory is poor on details!

Pretty sure that's not true. I haven't reread it this year but I've read it like three times and that feels like something I'd remember.

 

[chickhicks86]

Yay, I’ve found you all! I missed the new thread starting.

I’ve started reading the first Crescent City after loving ACOTAR. I haven’t got a bloody clue who, what or where anyone is

I gave up! I just couldn't get my head round who everyone was.

 

[daisynoon]

I just finished 'Someone You Can Build A Nest In' and I agree with a lot of the reviews that it was a surprise to 'realise' it's written by a male author. It handled sapphic (sort of...non-humans are involved but definitely female ones) relationships really well.

My reading definitely skews more towards female authors, but my favourite genre is mystery and men write a lot of great ones (even if Agatha is the Queen).

I am so curious about Someone You Can Build a Nest In, would you recommend it? Already aware of the "non-human" part

 

[lilamay]

Just started There Are Rivers in the Sky and already put off by a passage suggesting stuff that goes in the Thames in London can end up in Oxford. Is it worth carrying on with or is it full of errors?

Couldn't it? The Thames does go through Oxford.

 

[twilightgarden]

Plenty of time to read them all before then ! I’ve just started it tonight!!!

Let us know what you think!

 

[Marylou]

I’m so pleased it wasn’t just me. There were parts I really enjoyed and other parts that were just ridiculous. Did it feel like two books squished together to you? Like all the stuff with tv house, Maddie’s death and the immediate police fallout was one story and then the kidnapping and torture of Laurel was another story? Lucinda Berry is usually brilliant but this just wasn’t it!

That's actually quite an apt way of describing the book. Laurel's kidnapping and torture was awful. Eugh, the indepth portrayal of her body breaking down was gross. Sad thing is, I wasn't invested in her character so really didn't care.

 

[Crumpet41]

I gave that one 3 stars normally rate Claire's books a bit higher so can't have enjoyed it that much. And tbh I only read it last month and I can't remember much about it all!

It’s taken me a little bit of getting into the story . I don’t know if this is because the story isn’t that great or because I loved my previous read so much. I was at the point of DNF but it has picked up a bit so I will continue reading.

 

[HoGi]

Finished talking at night by Claire Daverley

3 stars, it was good in some places but other times felt like a repeat so it dragged.

if you like sally rooney books or one day, you’ll probably like this.

I love talking at night, but i hadn't read any Sally Rooney. After reading Normal People it made me realise it was a complete rip off and got downgraded to a 3*

 

[daisynoon]

I know for some reason amazon cannot let us see the kindle deals in categories anymore but I do wish they could let us exclude graphic novels at least!!!!!

I started sorting by price for this reason, but it's not a solid fix, unfortunately!

 

[Chocolategoggler]

I did buy one 2023 but Honestly I prefer to read from my ipad

I do too.

 

[shhh1712]

I read it last week- my first Emily Henry book. I really enjoyed it; I reckon stick with it

Thank you! I read a little more last night so will keep going, it’s also my first Emily Henry read and had heard good things so I purchased a couple from vinted, I think the other one I have is happy place.

 

[QueenBW]

I love romance and reading for fun and enjoyed TLH quite a bit but I guess I am a snob in that I expect panelists at an event to do better and don't consider shouting "useless" a valid critique of anything other than maybe if you were reviewing one of those advertised on late night TV gizmos that are truly useless