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First book of the year...

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golddustwomen · 01/01/2021 22:06

Started 'We Begin at the End - Chris Whitaker' tonight. Really enjoying it so far, which I am glad about as my expectations are quite high with this one..
Anyone else started a new book today?

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burnoutbabe · 02/01/2021 15:07

Just finished one by one by Ruth weir
Which was okay, sane as Thursday club minders which I fished last week, also okay.

Got hunger games prequel to read next.

Blackcountryexile · 02/01/2021 14:59

@wlv12
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you find comfort in reading.

novaparty12 · 02/01/2021 09:50

Just started where the crawdads sing. Think it will be good, Finished the silent patient yesterday. Was a little disappointed with it as was the same as all the other of the same genre, although I didn't see the twist coming.

SJaneS49 · 02/01/2021 09:41

Final few pages of The Book of Dust volume 2 then will be moving on to Hamnet today.

Alltheprettyseahorses · 02/01/2021 09:32

I read Jilly Cooper's Between The Covers as my first book of 2021. It's a cracking collection of funny and thoughtful essays, I'd really recommend it. Fairly short, so easy to whizz through in a couple of hours. I've got Caitlin Moran's More Than A Woman and the new Terry Pratchett, The Time-Travelling Caveman, up next.

Divebar · 02/01/2021 00:44

@NeedToKnow101

Oh dear. I have menopause brain.... that doesn’t bode well. 😟

AuntieDolly · 02/01/2021 00:11

I’ve started “The Doll Factory”. Quite enjoying it so far.

claracluck1978 · 02/01/2021 00:11

Eat Drink Run

I like Bryony Gordon's Instagram and need some inspiration to shift & shed several stones

NeedToKnow101 · 02/01/2021 00:08

@Divebar

Miss Smillas Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg.
@Divebar - can you let me know how you get on? I started it last year but couldn't get into it.
NeedToKnow101 · 02/01/2021 00:07

The Underground Railroad by Colsen Whitehead.
Just started it.

sofiathe2nd · 02/01/2021 00:05

The Familiars, started off promisingly but starting to get irritated by the main characters hopeless naivety now

HeddaGarbled · 02/01/2021 00:03

The Searcher by Tana French. Really good so far.

wlv12 · 02/01/2021 00:01

Vinnie Jones’ autobiography about the loss of his wife Tanya. Lost my mum Christmas Day and found myself ordering it during another restless night. Really enjoying it.

Divebar · 01/01/2021 23:08

Miss Smillas Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg.

mylipsarechapman · 01/01/2021 23:05

I've just started The invisible life of Addie LaRue. Pretty good so far.

MrsBartlet · 01/01/2021 22:58

Finished Monogamy by Sue Miller this afternoon which I loved. Just started A Promised Land by Barack Obama.

BrimfulOfBaba · 01/01/2021 22:56

The Essex Serpent. Circe was my favourite book last year, so beautiful!

keeganface · 01/01/2021 22:54

I'm reading The Nesting by C J Cooke. I'm enjoying so far.

YakkityYakYakYak · 01/01/2021 22:53

The book I’ve just finished is The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, would really recommend if you’re looking for something fairly lighthearted.

WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo · 01/01/2021 22:53

I started Born Survivors by Wendy Holden today. So far so good.

TheoriginalLEM · 01/01/2021 22:52

Reading The starless sea by erin morgenstern, she wtrote The night circus. So far so.good but i find myself having to re read passages. That says more abput me than the book though

buckeejit · 01/01/2021 22:52

Thursday night murder club. So-so.

YakkityYakYakYak · 01/01/2021 22:51

I’ve also started a new book today - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I rushed to finish the last book so I could start fresh on 1st Jan Smile

freddiethegreat · 01/01/2021 22:49

Downloaded ‘The Girl Behind the Gates’ last night. Started about 12.30am. Appear to have finished it. (Recommended!)

Haggertyjane · 01/01/2021 22:48

The silent patient.

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