50 Book Challenge 2015 Part 4

I hate to say it, Cote, but am getting a bit tired of Genghis too. I'm 35% or so in, and it's all getting a bit samey.

Remus - I agree with you re The Girl With All The Gifts. All of it was just very silly.

Just bought, 'Station Eleven' and, 'The Ocean at the End of the World.'

Book 87 - 'The Girl With All the Gifts'
I was really disappointed with this, although I did finish it. I thought it was a great concept but poorly orchestrated. I kept going because I was interested to see how the character of the sergeant developed (the only one who seemed to have anything other than a completely one dimensional character). Found the ending both disappointing and rather silly. I don't recommend it.

Book 86 - Another re-read of a children's book. Feeling better now though (fingers crossed) so can hopefully progress to more thought-provoking reads again. :) Thanks for asking, JoylessFucker. The cooler weather does seem to be helping, and I'm making sure that I'm eating and drinking lots too (any excuse!).

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Can you expand on what's amazing about no 39? Sounds good !

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China and Fight Club are both £1.99 on the Kindle at the moment.

Ah, Extra Virgin rings a bell Best, think I've read it and enjoyed it :) didn't know there were more, will look into the sequels....

Oooh I will check it out, thanks Best

Bedsit Disco Queen is £1.99 today and Ocean at the End of the Lane is a stunning 79p!!! I think both have been strongly recommended on these threads so I have snapped them up...

Definitely on for a Bone Clocks readalong too! Will pop along and mark my place.

Wilting' I can recommend the Annie Hawes books about Italy if you are looking for something in the Travel genre. Much better than Driving Over Lemons.

David Mitchell's book Ghostwritten is £1.49 on the Kindle! I've been meaning to read it for a long time

Have been a bit low and struggling with stuff. Annoyingly, I've struggled with concentration/reading too, reflected in my current reads below (with one notable exception):

Book 35: To Kill a Mockingbird - I thought I'd read this, was convinced I had in fact. But I hadn't. And it has been an absolute joy. I felt a real catch in my chest when it finished. I'm not sure how I feel about the upcoming release, other than I won't be able to resist.

Books 36 & 37: Rainbow Mars & The Flight of the Horse - Larry Niven. I was lent these some time ago after reading (and enjoying Red Mars). Unfortunately, the weakness of Red Mars - the characters and the personal interaction were rmuch more present in these shorter books. [Red Mars is by a different author, which I didn't realise till after I'd read them]

Book 38: Personal Injuries - Scott Turow (of Presumed Innocent fame for those of my era). Run of the mill legal thriller, can't say I'd recommend.

But I have picked up a load of recommendations from you lovely lot, so more added to the TBR pile/wishlist, but also many purchased and am really looking forward to an upswing - in mood and in book selection!

Remus, I hope the cooler weather is helping you and Duchess I will be dipping in & out of the Bone Clocks thread even though I read it last year - I do love David Mitchell and no doubt there will be stuff I've missed ...

Just popping back in:

38. How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid. OK
39. A Song for Issy Bradley by Carys Bray (AMAZING!!!)
40. A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (Bring it on!)
41. The Churchill Factor by Boris Johnson. Better than expected
42. The Accident by C L Taylor. Good page turner
43. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson - holiday page turner
44. Barchester Towers by Trollope, read by Timothy West. Great
45. The Climb by Chris Froome. Loved it.
46. From Doon with Death by Ruth Rendell. Good enough.
47. So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson - quite enjoyable
48. Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - page turner, quite enjoyable.
49. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by R L Stevenson. Weird and wonderful classic.

Now on:

50. Dissolution by C J Sansom
51. Do No Harm by Henry Marsh
52. Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz (audiobook)

Definitely recommend Station Eleven - it is one of my favourite reads of this year, and I was very sorry it had to end. I wanted to remain in that world!

I am going to read Cloud Atlas AFTER The Bone Clocks! I think this will be a real treat as other reviewers have preferred it so I can give a different perspective from reading the accompanying book first.

Station Eleven is Kindle Deal of the day for £1.79 as of 5 minutes ago. It would be rude not to

Both stories take place in the same "universe" but they are not sequels. They deal with almost identical themes in an almost identical format, but imho Cloud Atlas is a far superior novel. In other words, you might enjoy Bone Clocks more if you read it first.

Mumslife, you're thinking of Forever . Noel Streatfield was a great favourite of mine too.

Duchess has set up the Bone Clocks thread - cone and join us!

I'd be interested to follow the Bone Clocks thread, too. I read it a while back but would love to talk about it with all of you.

I finished Bone Clocks already but would love to follow along with you all while you read it in September! David Mitchell is such a skilled writer, he just blows me away. I am so pleased that he has another book coming out!

Glad to hear others are enjoying Station Eleven, definitely one of my favourites of 2015.

Also glad I'm not the only one miscounting. I am trying to reconcile my Goodreads count with this one but still seem to be out by one or two, I blame those confusingly sequenced Game of Thrones books!

Ooh that's great news re new D Mitchell book!

wilting - Enjoy Red Rising (as I know you will )

I snapped up the Churchill biography. Thanks for the heads-up!