I have also bought The Correspondent today, based on seeing how many people enjoyed it on here. And while I was there I also bought Broken Country!
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I have joined the waiting list at the library for it. I figured that even though it’s 99p I’m not rushing to read it so might as well wait.
Do you all think The Correspondent worked ok on Kindle? I was going to get the book because of the format but if it Kindle didn't take anything away from it, I'll get that.
Or I could just stop waffling and pay 99p!
Or I could just stop waffling and pay 99p!
I've just finished Norwegian Wood, what a beautiful book, even with the sad subject matter in places. Can anyone recommend any others by Haruki Murakami please?
i LOVE murakami! i personally would recommend kafka on the shore and IQ84 next; i’ve heard amazing things about his non-fiction too but have never read any!
I would like to second Kafka on the shore!
I have just finished reading Against the loveless world by Susan Abulhawa and thought it was brilliant. Very sad, and probably more true and accurate than I would like to think. There’s descriptions of grape and sexual assault so read with caution. It was a very moving read though.
I also read Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, which I also really enjoyed, although I do feel it could have been 100pages or so shorter and probably still told the same story…
Thank you for the heads up, I'm also on a library reserve list and desperate to read it. You've made my Monday!
I’m reading it atm, I think it’d be fine on kindle but I do like the way it’s laid out in the book - mostly letter to page.. and I like the cover design but I’m ridiculous and you should buy it for 99p.
I was minorly obsessed with the concept of 1Q84 for a while 🫣
The Correspondent is so high on my want to read list this year. However i think it’s a book I want to read in paper format so will reserve from the library.
Murakami is one of my favourites. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is my personal favourite and it never gets mentioned.
Happy to help!I was doing really well on not buying any books this year, til I saw this post
I read Against the Loveless World last year, and found it incredibly powerful. I want to read one of her other books, Mornings in Jenin, but need to brace myself.
I am also ridiculous so have bought the Kindle version and if I love it, I'll no doubt buy the book.
I read The Correspondent on kindle and there was no issue with formatting for me and I loved it too.
Weirdly I have a thing for epistolary books and have read most of Janice Hallett’s books plus 84 Charing Cross Road, which started me on this path of loving these books, so if anyone has recommendations on other authors or books, please share that
Last night I finished The Gift by Cecelia Ahern, a book that has been sat on my bookshelf unread for more than 15 years.
Unfortunately it was not worth the wait and only a 2 star read for me. I may have even DNF it if I hadn’t had it for so long, but I was determined to see it through. It’s been really satisfying to finally get it read and cleared so I may target some of the other books that have been sitting on my shelf for more than a decade. It’s time to read them or get rid!!
The book I ordered from America is arriving tomorrow! It’s been fun watching the tracking - it was at Heathrow yesterday!
Unfortunately it was not worth the wait and only a 2 star read for me. I may have even DNF it if I hadn’t had it for so long, but I was determined to see it through. It’s been really satisfying to finally get it read and cleared so I may target some of the other books that have been sitting on my shelf for more than a decade. It’s time to read them or get rid!!
The book I ordered from America is arriving tomorrow! It’s been fun watching the tracking - it was at Heathrow yesterday!
I finished Actually I’m a Murderer by Terry Dreary last night - he of Horrible History fame and I can’t decide if I liked it or not 
. I’m not sure if it was meant to be funny or not and it felt a bit of a drag at times
. I’m not sure if it was meant to be funny or not and it felt a bit of a drag at times
Fifteen years! Wow. The oldest one my list is from December 2018 I believe. Still don’t wanna read it though! So far this year I’ve read two books I’ve recently purchased/wanted to read, and once I’ve finished my current one, two older ones from my kindle library.
I had a terrible reading year in 2025, probably my worst ever. So many DNF’s and no concentration I’m currently on my second book this year so I’m hoping the bad reading curse is broken 
Question on The Wedding People - Did you like it from the beginning? I see it’s popular everywhere and yet I got a few chapters in and ditched it. Not sure whether it was my reading curse or the book? Should I restart it?
Thoughts on Kirstin Hannah. My favourite was The Nightingale and feel her other books are so OTT. I find with her novels, that I’m reading along, getting engrossed and then she chucks everything including the kitchen sink in terms of misery, suffering and incredulity. It’s almost as though I should finish her books a few chapters before the end
Question on The Wedding People - Did you like it from the beginning? I see it’s popular everywhere and yet I got a few chapters in and ditched it. Not sure whether it was my reading curse or the book? Should I restart it?
Thoughts on Kirstin Hannah. My favourite was The Nightingale and feel her other books are so OTT. I find with her novels, that I’m reading along, getting engrossed and then she chucks everything including the kitchen sink in terms of misery, suffering and incredulity. It’s almost as though I should finish her books a few chapters before the end
I found the first few chapters of the wedding people a bit dull, and a bit dreary, but not enough to make me not want to continue. I enjoyed it but I wouldn’t say I LOVED it. It made me consider my ratings as well to be fair.
How do you guys rate books (I wish goodreads had ten stars instead of five). I used to rate most things 4 or 5 if I thought it was alright, but then sometimes I’ll see a book I rated five a few years ago and not remember a single thing about it!
So I think this year my five stars will be reserved only for books I absolutely loved and/or would read again. Four will be ones I enjoyed but ultimately pretty forgettable. Anything below that is still TBC (The wedding people would be a four)
How do you guys rate books (I wish goodreads had ten stars instead of five). I used to rate most things 4 or 5 if I thought it was alright, but then sometimes I’ll see a book I rated five a few years ago and not remember a single thing about it!
So I think this year my five stars will be reserved only for books I absolutely loved and/or would read again. Four will be ones I enjoyed but ultimately pretty forgettable. Anything below that is still TBC (The wedding people would be a four)
i feel the exact same about kristin hannah. she obviously does insane levels of research but she just tries to pack so much stuff in. the last book i read of hers was the four winds and all the suffering in that was just completely pointless and it made me angryThoughts on Kirstin Hannah. My favourite was The Nightingale and feel her other books are so OTT. I find with her novels, that I’m reading along, getting engrossed and then she chucks everything including the kitchen sink in terms of misery, suffering and incredulity. It’s almost as though I should finish her books a few chapters before the end
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