Books #43

[epl000]

I’m almost halfway through Yesteryear and feel a little confused. I don’t quite get what’s going on

Stick with it! I really enjoyed the twist, although it is very far fetched.

 

[Marylou]

@anniemouse I'm so glad it wasn't just me with regards to Theo of Golden. It took me over a week to read whereas I read The Drift in 2 settings.

 

[Blueblue123]

Just finished the audiobook of Victorian Psycho, thought it was really good. The main character was really unhinged. Had funny bits too.

 

[ToxicPony]

After struggling through Theo of Golden and many other mediocre books, I devoured The Drift by C.J. Tudor earlier this week. Wow! What a twist!! Has anyone here read it?

Bloody loved The Drift! Was gripped all the way through.

 

[Chocolategoggler]

This is one of my favourite reads of last year. I really got sucked in. Samuel West narrates the Audible version, and he does a very good job. I also bought the paperback afterwards to see the words on the page, because it is quite scholarly. It's definitely on my re-read list at some point. Very detailed and takes you on a journey.

Ooh!I think I'd like to listen to the audio.

 

[Em28_]

A while ago but yes!

Am I just unsympathetic or a bit daft or did it just not make any kind of sense at all?

 

[daisynoon]

Me too! It’s like bookish bingo?!

I also like being reminded of books - someone has Reluctant Fundamentalist on their list which reminded me I liked that book enough that I intended to read the authors other books but never have.
Speaking of adding to my TBR, I’m surprised Waterstones don’t have double stamps on for Bank Hols but relieved in a way as I wanted to go to Daunt or Bookbar over the weekend but know the lure of double stamps would sway my purchases towards Waterstones/Foyles.

Waterstones have really pulled back on the perks lately! I'm veering more towards bookshop.org for my online purchases as a result.

 

[Pinkii]

I can’t get over the proportion of 5 stars ratings this book has on Goodreads!
I’ve realised I don’t like it for similar reasons to Babel - so much heavy handed telling.. only 40 pages to go! I’m not usually a DNFer but I do wish I’d given up on this the first time I considered it - I didn’t expect 300 pages to be so tough to get through.

ATM I’m eyeing up a palette cleanser of London Falling (narrative non fiction could be a good change of genre!?), Paige Toon’s latest for some low reading effort/romance, Cecile Pin’s Celestial Lights (liked wandering souls plus it’s shortish) OR staring at a wall until the official thread top 100 lands and picking whatever I haven’t read that’s got the most votes!

Just finished Celestial Lights and found it very mid tbh probably because I never really connected with the main character.

I did enjoy the human side of being an astronaut though and the personal
Sacrifices youbhve to make., so if anyone’s put off thinking it’s super space heavy, it honestly isn’t. But yeah, I just didn’t really gel with the main character enough to properly care.

Also the ending felt really rushed and kind of fell flat for me too.

Interested to hear yours/ people’s thoughts if you’ve read it.

 

[LaBlonde]

I was so bored by this one. I read the second and it was only marginally better. I also have the fourth coz it was a 99p deal but need to wait for the third, but unless they are amazing, they’ll be functional reads rather than something to enjoy. I just somehow do not care a jot for any of the characters in that world.

same! i didn’t overly mind the first, but the second one was so boring that i skimmed a huge amount of it. she’s a decent enough writer and i’ve really loved a lot of her other books, but she tries so hard to make the whole town charming that it backfires and makes me find them all annoying

 

[Hannahebee]

Also, because I have got so many of them it's hard to say which one I am looking forward to reading the most @StephenTJackson.

 

[Chocolategoggler]

i love this book (though it’s been a while since i’ve read it!) - i remember the use of letters being really clever. i’ve never seen the film version and now i must!

I really like the film version. It's on You tube.

 

[Lola123]

Agree - I’m nervous for the follow ups to Lessons in Chemistry and Trespasses that are coming out later in the year.

Also reminds me.. has anyone read People in Love?

It feels like a completely different shift in writing/plot from Bonnie G.

yes I have, I listened to it last month

 

[Hannahebee]

I've seen this series recommended elsewhere too, I'll definitely put it on my to-read list now.

I know some people loathe the term "cosy murder/mystery" but I love a good low-stress whodunit with a shit ton of aristocrats who have barely adjusted to electricity. It's my comfort zone, be it a book or TV series.

I have recommended this series on here before @pinkmug and if you are looking for other cosy murder mystery series would also recommend the following:
The Miss Underhay series by Helena Dixon.
The Lady Eleanor Swift series by Verity Bright.
The 4 books in the Henry Fleming Investigates series by Jay Gill.
The Lord Edgington Investigates series by Benedict Brown.

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

Thanks to whoever recommended 'The Tent, the bucket and me'. I added to my wishlist and it has just gone on sale for 99p. Have bagged it.

 

[Marylou]

There are 7 of Steve Cavanaugh's Eddie Flynn series on Kindle daily deals today. I'm on the fence and don't know whether to buy or not. I know they've been spoken about a lot on here but I'm nervous to buy all 7 in case I loathe the 1st one. What do I do book friends??

 

[Carapop]

Yes!
Will it win any literary prizes? Probably not. Did it speak to my emo teenage soul? Absolutely.

Ahhahaha. I’m sold! The author also has a new book on Netgalley

Two Sisters | Laura Dockrill | 9780008587062 | NetGalley

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.

www.netgalley.co.uk

 

[anniemouse]

After struggling through Theo of Golden and many other mediocre books, I devoured The Drift by C.J. Tudor earlier this week. Wow! What a twist!! Has anyone here read it?

No but I have it on my shelf. I also hated Theo of Golden. I think I jumped to the last chapter to find out the ending

 

[Eureka]

Someone in a recent thread recommended a series of detective novels and I cannot for the life of me remember what the author's name is..they were a series with a police offer at the centre, English based. Can anyone help??

Male or female officer?

 

[Harlot O'Scara]

I saw an interesting point about how we view male vs female deaths and the stakes of them, that we have a more emotional connection to the death of women whereas books where men die are usually crime, spy or war related.

Men regularly die en masse in fiction without people batting an eyelid. I guarantee that more men died in the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan than women in those books in that article combined.

Literally thousands of nameless men died in the book I just read, a Bernard Cornwell depicting the Battle of Crecy (where as many as 4500+ men died in a matter of hours in real life).

This kind of crime content is often written by women, for women, and they generally have female characters (heroes and victims) because it's assumed that's who the intended audience will relate to the most.

 

[Carapop]

'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' film: Cast, plot & release date

We have a new director taking charge. Everything we know about the adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation'.

www.russh.com

Ooooh I didn’t realise this was being adapted!