Books #42

[Caffeine Fiend]

Hi all. I havent posted in quite some time but couldnt not give my favourite 10 books (in no order)

Beartown - Fredrik Backman
Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart
Born a Crime - Trevor Noah
The Godfather - Mario Puzo
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
All The Bright Places - Jennifer Niven
A Woman is No Man - Etaf Rum
Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
Boys Dont Cry - Fiona Scarlett
Weyward - Emilia Hart

 

[Carapop]

So, thanks to NetGalley, I’ve just discovered a genre that I never before knew existed, or could imagine existing.

Dinosaur Erotica: The Omnibus

Three novels. Three dinosaurs. Sixty-five million years…

www.goodreads.com

 

[veronica71]

How much time do you leave between finishing a book and starting a new one?

About 20 seconds

 

[nbt]

Comes to catch up on thread



Exits thread

 

[ordinaryjelly]

Houston. We have a problem.

My top ten list is currently 33 books long. Every time I go to take one out I feel like I am removing a family member.

Come back tomorrow for tomorrow's trauma.

 

[OwlHen]

I just got a £20 Waterstones gift card for my birthday…unexpected book joy!

 

[Carapop]

I’ve been reading some reviews and someone has kindly included some highlights, it’s even better than I expected, the dinosaur can talk!

 

[StephenTJackson]

My Top 10 books, in no particular order:

The Will of the Many - James Islington
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce
The Secrets of Strangers - Charity Norman
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne
The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells



I've also had a thought, after we've shared our favourite books, should we do the opposite and list our 10 least favourite, worst books.

 

[Harlot O'Scara]

Would people be interested in us doing our own list? Posters give a Top 10 and I'll compile them into an overall list?

There might not be enough of us to get 100 novels but I bet it would be more varied!

 

[nbt]

I know the topic of conversation is sensible at the moment and so I apologise for lowering the tone…

but is there an update with the dinosaur porn?

 

[anniemouse]

Anyone else see other people’s top ten and go “oh I forgot about that one, I loved it!”

 

[StephenTJackson]

I totally understand Kindles, I get the point of them. And if I got one I'd definitely read more casually just picking it up for five minutes etc.

But I just love real physical books. I don't want books and bookshops to die.

The smell, the feel, the shelves of achievement, the shelves of future reads, the joys of hours in a bookshop just browsing surrounded by fellow readers.

 

[Carapop]

No five star reads this month.

 

[Kerrie86]

My April round up -

Seven summers - Paige toon. I rated this 2/5 which seems a bit harsh now. It wasn’t bad but seemed to drag on a bit
Funny story - Emily Henry. 4/5, actually quite liked this, it was sweet and the supporting characters were great.
The price of honey - liane moriarty. 4/5 which seems high but in my defense I was stuck in a&e at the time. Good little short story.
Into the weeds - BK Borison. 3/5 I find a lot of her characters feel a bit flat. Ultimately starting to accept that she’ll likely never improve upon Good Spirits for me.
Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid. 5/5! Really really loved this. Devoured it, I thought it was so engaging.

currently also about halfway through the audible version of Project Hail Mary, and I started a book called Love, Wine and other highs by Lauren Rae which I got about 20% through and then took advantage of the new dnf section on goodreads.

27 unread books left on my kindle because all of my April reads were new ones!

 

[Carapop]

I’m sure it was here that I once read that book buying and book reading are two separate hobbies

 

[susielee]

My top 10 isn’t as grand as others and definitely lacks some of the “classics” but I love them all, other than number 1, the rest are in no particular order.
1. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
2. The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffengger
3. Wild Swans - Jung Chang
4. Kill For Me Kill For You - Steve Cavanagh
5. American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
6. Pet Semetary - Stephen King
7. The Names - Florence Knapp
8. Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
9. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Audible version)
10. I Regret Almost Everything - Keith McNally (not sure if memoirs are included, but it’s a brilliant book!)

 

[Katykatykaty]

I’ve gone through my five stars on Goodreads and picked the ten that made the most impact on me and/or ones I love to reread. In alphabetical order -

• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
• Frank and Red - Matt Coyne
• Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
• Saving Noah - Lucinda Berry
• Such Quiet Girls - Noelle Ilhi
• Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins
• The End of Men - Christina Sweeney-Baird
• The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
• The Stranger in her House - John Marrs
• Three Hours - Rosamund Lupton

 

[anniemouse]

Here’s mine in no particular order

1. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
2. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
3. A Man Called Ove, Fredrick Backman
4. The Foundling, Stacey Halls
5. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
6. I Who Have Never Known Men Jacqueline Harpman
7. Dear Mrs Bird A J Pearce
8. In Memoriam Alice Winn
9. The Nightingale Kirstin Hannah
10. The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood

 

[dressinggownofdoom]

Reading is so good because you can spend as much as you like both money wise and time wise on it and nobody can say anything about it because it’s improving, even if you’re reading about faeries shagging dragons or men in masks chasing women through the woods

 

[StephenTJackson]

So last year I read the epic slab of a book The Count of Monte Cristo and it became one of my favourite books ever. I have now just finished The Three Musketeers, and loved it also. Even if I will say I prefer The Count of Monte Cristo. TTM is still a really engaging, dynamic story, that holds your attention from start to finish. And still reads very easily in spite of its age. Just a really great book.