I read it last year and I second @LaBlonde's comments, it's a masterpiece of a book. So worth the commitment of reading it.
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Too late now, but lots of classics like this are free on Project Gutenberg. I also want to read it after being influenced on here, but my Borrowbox is bombarding me with all my reservations being ready at the moment....
I have started The Count of Monte Cristo, about 4 chapters in and so far I like the writing style. I just haven't reached for it for a week or so as I'm flitting between other books, but I do want to go back to it.
Currently also reading The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli, so far it reminds me of The Scarlet Pimpernel, with someone working 'underground' to save people (witches in this case). Enjoying so far. I do like a bit of fantasy to distract myself from my anxious brain.
I also recently devoured Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns (a duology). I like her writing style too, so I think I will try her more recent book, The Knight and the Moth.
Currently also reading The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli, so far it reminds me of The Scarlet Pimpernel, with someone working 'underground' to save people (witches in this case). Enjoying so far. I do like a bit of fantasy to distract myself from my anxious brain.
I also recently devoured Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns (a duology). I like her writing style too, so I think I will try her more recent book, The Knight and the Moth.
I started Theo of Golden this week as I’d seen it mentioned here. It feels very much like Christian fiction. Is he God or something as he’s very secretive about where he came from and he seems to have a bottomless pit of money”
I’m currently reading Stasiland by Anna Funder. I’ve been meaning to read it for a while and finally felt in a non-fiction mood
I’m finding the writing style a bit too fiction-y. I’m about halfway through and there’s been 3 stories, one of them probably completely made up by a nut job, and the writer questions some of the stories a bit - there’s clearly some details missing. Which makes sense given everything
It’s a really interesting topic but I’m surprised that the book is so praised/valued even in history circles
I’m finding the writing style a bit too fiction-y. I’m about halfway through and there’s been 3 stories, one of them probably completely made up by a nut job, and the writer questions some of the stories a bit - there’s clearly some details missing. Which makes sense given everything
It’s a really interesting topic but I’m surprised that the book is so praised/valued even in history circles
i love that dulogy so much (i think of ravyn far too often still
) - the way she does the magic is so unique and clever.i literally just finished the knight and the moth last week and i didn’t love it anywhere near as much as her previous books sadly. there IS an amazing gargoyle though!
It does seem to be Christian lit, and the author makes no secret of his own faith and beliefs. It’s an easy read but nothing special. Rather rams morality down the throat of the reader I think. It seems to be often compared to The Correspondent, too.
I’m torn between pushing through and finishing it or just DNFing. I’ve finished worse this year.
I can't read any new book that is hyped to oblivion - puts me right off
Yeah they're action, but laugh out loud funny as well.Are the Hoon books more like action books? That’s why I’ve put of reading them as that’s what I assumed. But if not I’ll read them because hoon makes me literally laugh out loud
There is a bit of a reveal towards the end. I don’t regret finishing it but I wouldn’t recommend it either!
It does have a similar vibe to The Correspondent. I didn't find it too preachy, but I was in need of an easy, cosy book and that fitted the bill.
Thanks! I will check them out after I have finished the 2 DCI Logan books I have allowed myself 12 + 13. I might go down to one book at a time after this.
It is so much easier when a series is finished because I can just blitz through them. But knowing more Logan books are being written I refuse to get to the end and then wait for the next installment. Book 22 is due in July.
I found 2 more British Library Crime Classics today so my collection is getting bigger. These are the 2 I bought.
Surfeit of Suspects is quite a good one.
Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac is one I'd very highly recommend. Started it one morning and blitzed through the first hundred pages without any effort. Was such an engaging and easy read, but great story. And quite the ending.
I think some are more harder to get than others but I will continue to keep an eye out.
I must admit I'm always on the look out in charity shops and car boots for any in the series. A charity shop was what first got me started on this series. Now I have a double deep shelf full with books in the series.
Just finished Margot’s Got Money Troubles and finding it hard to understand the hype around this book
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