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I've lost my concentration span, please help me find something 'easy' but not trashy

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LowLevelBlinging · 11/09/2014 08:55

My favourite book recently by a million miles was The Goldfinch. In fact, I loved it so much that I've struggled to follow it.

I'm also studying and working, so by the time I get DCs to bed I find my concentration span is pretty poor.

So, can anyone recommend me something easy but not trashy? Non-fiction recommendations welcome too.

If it helps, these are the kind of books I've enjoyed:

The Nineteenth Wife
The Psychopath Test
All of David Sedaris' books (devoured!)
Nothing to Envy
How to be a Woman
The Song of Achilles
This Thing of Darkness (LOVED this)
The Lewis trilogy

I've just ditched a James Ellroy book as I couldn't follow who was who and the slang was hard work for me.

Any recommendations gratefully received!

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LowLevelBlinging · 11/09/2014 09:05

Oh I'd love a 'page turner'! It happens so rarely.

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TheTravellingLemon · 11/09/2014 09:03

I just finished I Am Pilgrim and it's exactly what you need. I don't normally go in for thrillers, but it was such a great read. Again, the term 'page turner' would normally put me off, but it wasn't trashy at all.

Goldfinch is next for me.

LowLevelBlinging · 11/09/2014 09:03

(what's with the accidental links happening around MN at the moment btw?)

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LowLevelBlinging · 11/09/2014 09:02

I loved Nothing to Envy

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LowLevelBlinging · 11/09/2014 09:01

I think I'm prejudiced against Jojo Moyes; I always lumped her in with chick lit and Jodie Picoult. Is that unfair?

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GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 11/09/2014 09:01

Technically a YA book but I loved A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge.

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 11/09/2014 09:00

Oh, and Nothing to Envy: real lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 11/09/2014 08:59

Didn't mean that to come up as a link!

Also try My Year of Meat by Ruth Oseki

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 11/09/2014 08:57

Anything by Jojo Moyes, in particular The Ship of Brides.