Books #4 the book lovers thread!

[Katykatykaty]

Right, husband and child are out so I have about an hour to myself. Head down, time to get Her Last Breath done and dusted and out of the way so I can start an actually good book! I speed read from 80-90% last night, now the last 10% to go! Come on, come on!

And I’m done! Time now to get myself into What She Knew.

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

It is waaaayyy past my bedtime but I had to stay up to finish Three Hours. Absolute rollarcoaster of a book. Read it in just over 24 hours which I haven't done for a long time.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I had a gut feeling that PC Beard was a wrong 'un.

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

I’m keen for this, what exactly is invovled? (Maybe a stupid question)

No, not a stupid question at all. It's just a nice excuse for everyone to sit down and read at the same time. There's sometimes a games element such as "Turn to page 56 of your current read and share the first line." Or mini quizzes, photo prompts, Q&As. I quite enjoy reading sprints where everyone reads for 15 minutes then reports back to say how many pages they've read in that time.

If it's just a day long readathon, it's typical for people to choose shorter reads, such as graphic novels or short story collections. But there's no right or wrong way to do it. The last readathon I took part in, I just focused on the book I was currently reading.

Hope this makes sense!

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

I have that job, #sorrynotsorry

I had a friend that was a proof reader and her work load was *insane*. Like she was expected to finish 500+ page books in a day

 

[Smca53]

For those crime/legal thriller lovers out there I’ve been reading the Eddie Flynn series by Steve Cavanagh and really loving it.

 

[Gamu]

You’re right, this thread is my favourite. My grievance is with the things that stop me dedicating more time to reading

Can anyone suggest a quicker way to checking kindle book prices? I have several books in my Amazon basket. Each day I check through them one by one to see if the kindle price has decreased. But I have to click on the book, change it to kindle format and then check the price. There’s got to be a quicker way?!

Put the books in your wish list on kindle format and check it periodically from low to high price. If you have kindle app on phone it will tell you when a price goes down
Also 1st day of month loads of books go to 99p for a few days I live for that day!

 

[Oohthedrama]

If it's just a day long readathon

if it’s gonna be over the bank holiday weekend when likely a lot of you have plans (not a bank holiday here!) I wonder if it would be an idea to spread it out over 3/4 days and therefore there’s more flexibility.

your baby though so your rules!!!
biscuits books readathon!

 

[Oohthedrama]

Also downloaded the I heart NY book that was mentioned here so will start that next

FAVOURITE SERIES

 

[francaispangol]

This is a rogue one, but Marcus Rashford’s book. Came up on my Libary app via audiobook and honestly if any of your have teens or young children who struggle with resilience and working hard to get where they need to go or self belief and confidence, buy it

Not a child but probably need this at 22

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

Any other WFH-ers do a bit of work then read a chapter? Just me? I figure its only time Id use having idle chit chat with colleagues....

 

[Custard cream]

I have just started I heart New York after everyone raving about it on here and so far I love it! Have the rest of the series too - bought the box set on eBay for £17 - so that will keep me going for a while!

 

[Lola123]

Do you ever get into a slump post book, everything I keep opening on kindle is not doing it for me

 

[Lola123]

I went for welcome to cooper! They weren’t at all for me this month, first month I’ve felt a bit let down by them all tbf

 

[ordinaryjelly]

I do read the reviews, not usually before I read a book but sometimes after. I am always curious to see if other people disliked/liked the same bits I did, but I wouldn't not read a book because it had 540 1* reviews or automatically want to read a book because it had glowing 5* ones. Like this thread, we all like different things. Some popular books here I have read and thought meh, some books I have seen panned on here I have read and enjoyed.

 

[Oohthedrama]

You should listen to this is going to hurt! Best audiobook ever!

oh I loved this book, I loved his humour. I now want to see what it’s like as an audiobook
I just found the switch was made to be an audio, I get irritated at the hype around certain authors, Beth O’Leary was one of them and it instantly makes me dislike them but I’d have rated it higher as an audio because it brings it to life.

 

[50sGirl]

It’s Amazon First Reads day.

Amazon First Reads

 

[Katykatykaty]

I got my husband to pick a book of my wish list for my next read and he picked The Last House on Needless Street. I am hooked!! I normally read for about ten minutes before going to sleep but I’ve been on an hour tonight and don’t want to stop. Only the thought of a 3 year old waking me up at 6am is forcing me to close the kindle app.

 

[twilightgarden]

I have probably at least a years worth of First Read books I haven’t read yet My kindle is jam packed thanks to 99p deals and NetGalley

 

[Dxmon]

recently finished my dark Vanessa. Read it in under 4 days, utterly gripping yet dark too. It’s about a relationship between a teacher and pupil. Not something I’d usually pick up but it was gripping.

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

Short chapters are the best. You definitely do read more because of it.

I hated the long chapters in My Dark Vanessa. It really put me off.