Also! Speaking of movie adaptations and casting: I finished Yesteryear recently. I enjoyed it well enough, I think would rate if at like a 3 or 3.5? Anyway, it's already been optioned for a movie with Anne Hathaway and I am very ambivalent about her in the lead role. I think it could be a good film though (and I get the impression the author, who is a podcaster, has wanted it to become a film from when she began writing it - just based on her acknowledgements section etc).
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Anne has bought the rights to it! I think she’ll move into director/production with it, rather than being the lead
Yeah I saw she was exec producing! She's actually mentioned in the acknowledgements too. But this article says Anne 'remains attached to star' as well https://deadline.com/2025/06/yester...dman-writing-amazon-mgm-studios-2-1236441760/
That’s good to know, thanks
Anyone read Alison Weir books?
I thought someone had recommended them on here.
I'm not usually that squeamish, but after hearing how deep dive a research she does for her books I'm a bit scared to read them.
I thought someone had recommended them on here.
I'm not usually that squeamish, but after hearing how deep dive a research she does for her books I'm a bit scared to read them.
Finished The Names today! Flipping heck, what a book. And a debut too! Only one of a handful of books I've ever read that made me actually shed a tear. 
Superb.
Superb.
I liked it, but I don't think it lived up to the hype. It does get better as you get a bit further in and figure out who everyone is.
I know it's been out in hardback for ages, but I had to wait for paperback so it matches the rest of the series on my shelf. But I've just got the latest Eddie Flynn novel Two Kinds of Stranger. So I'm looking forward to starting this tonight.
Love the Eddie Flynn series so much.
Love the Eddie Flynn series so much.
Loved that book. Absolutely amazingFinished The Names today! Flipping heck, what a book. And a debut too! Only one of a handful of books I've ever read that made me actually shed a tear.
I loved it too. I read it really quicklyFinished The Names today! Flipping heck, what a book. And a debut too! Only one of a handful of books I've ever read that made me actually shed a tear.
this is next on my list to read after I get through my book club read. I saw Florence Knapp at an event recently as she was just so lovely and inspiring!Finished The Names today! Flipping heck, what a book. And a debut too! Only one of a handful of books I've ever read that made me actually shed a tear.
Quite a few!
I'm not sure which ones you're considering and what would make you squeamish? I've read her nonfiction biography of the six wives of Henry VIII, and then four out of the six 'fictional' versions of their stories. They are well-researched although I find her too biased towards certain wives, only because she likes different ones to me
It was the Anne Boleyn research. She wanted to know everything, e.g. when would she have stopped feeling her head being cut offQuite a few!
I'm not sure which ones you're considering and what would make you squeamish? I've read her nonfiction biography of the six wives of Henry VIII, and then four out of the six 'fictional' versions of their stories. They are well-researched although I find her too biased towards certain wives, only because she likes different ones to me
The nerve specialist told her the few seconds after her head had been cut off and that she would have felt her head being cut off
I was dreading how she would have translated that to the book.
I made the mistake of finishing it on my lunch break
I really didn’t expect it to get me like it did but what a book!I’ve been meaning to ask if anyone had read this - I keep being tempted but not committing.
I really need to stick to my no hyped books ban (or at least delay reading them) but I’d preordered this one months ago. Anyway, I expected a 4-4.5 but like you thought it was more 3.5. It was very readable, I like the premise and didn’t take me long to get through but
I didn’t love the ‘mystery’ was explained
I don’t know your usual genre of choice but I’d say give it go, all are on kindle unlimited atm so I haven’t paid for them but I would have paid (on a deal of course) for the rest of the series after trying the first
Have books always been adapted to screen at the current rate? It feels like any book with any popularity at all is being optioned nowadays. Maybe I’m just paying more attention? It’s getting a little tiresome though. I’m not sure why it irks me. I think I just want some books to be too precious and perfect to play with.
I think it's probably related to the crisis the entire creative industry is going through. Production costs are high and with popular books, studios think the risk is lower cause at least the book fans will watch. Built-in audience.
Of course it's a double edged sword if they screw up the adaptation and it is part of a series or franchise, but in the end, even if you hated it, if you watched it, it counts for them.
I'm really struggling to get into the 2nd book. I am very early in I will admit but the storyline doesn't interest me so wondering if I've gone into it with the wrong attitude
I have waited years for my husband to take the hint and buy me the set so I'm feeling a bit let down by the hype
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