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JennaTooIs · 2023-03-13T16:49:04+00:00

I don't have a lot of room for books so I'd like a few goodens I can reread. What are yours?

LadyPeterWimsey · 14/03/2023 23:04

@ChillinwiththeVillains if you join a library service that uses Overdrive you can borrow books directly onto a Kobo without having to hook up to Adobe Digital Editions. More and more library services are able to be joined online as well, so it doesn't necessarily have to be your local service.

VintageThoughts · 14/03/2023 22:11

Cider With Rosie, Laurie Lee
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy

wetwiped · 14/03/2023 22:05

The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyle
Incendiary by Chris Cleve
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Book by Thief Markus Zusak

I'm short on space but keep one shelf for books I go back to and read again and again, ones I don't want to forget about. These are a few of my favourites

ChillinwiththeVillains · 14/03/2023 21:22

strawberriesarenot · 13/03/2023 22:18

You can't get library ebooks (Borrowbox I think) to load onto a kindle, can you? I would love to be able to do that.

As per pp only onto a kindle fire. But kobo e reader can hold BorrowBox books. But it is a bit convoluted: you need to download an acrobat app called something like e-reader and then link your borrow box book to that app. Once your loans are downloaded you transfer them via usb cable to your e reader. This is our solution for teen so ‘phone doesn’t need to go upstairs and e books still available.

ChillinwiththeVillains · 14/03/2023 21:18

@Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit yes, it definitely felt more diffuse and so less engaging to me. Am hoping this was a sort of setting stuff up novel rather than that he has run out of steam.

daisydalrymple · 14/03/2023 17:47

Most by Agatha Christie

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 14/03/2023 17:35

For chillinwiththevillians Re. Rivers of London. I read amongst our weapons really quickly and I did enjoy it. There is definitely something though that has shifted a bit. I read the graphic novels as well and I really like them. I'm not sure but I think the complexity of the Web of relationships between the characters was a bit overwhelming in this novel. It seemed a bit off to have both the mothers in the birth scene but not to do much with them. They are always so well written usually. I think the author still has a lot left to say but I think his focus was not as sharp as usual. Certainly not as sharp as in the graphic novels.

icelolly12 · 14/03/2023 17:26

"Jane Austen, on the other hand. Can’t stand. Not read her since A level, when I used to have to force myself to read the set text (pride and prejudice), or was it persuasion. Possibly both. Dreadful."

This review of p&p still makes me laugh.."just a bunch of people going to each other's houses" well he's not wrong. 😂

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9377375/People-reveal-favourite-literary-criticism-time-hilarious-Twitter-thread.html

Tomandkit · 14/03/2023 16:27

Genesis of Shannara trilogy by Terry Brooks
Ballet Shoes
Circle of friends Maeve Binchy
The Stand Stephen King
Terry Pratchett especially the witches, Carpe Jugulum is my favourite.
Troy trilogy by David Gemmel

WrinklesShminkles · 14/03/2023 16:15

tatteddear · 13/03/2023 20:54

@Squirrelsnut A traveller in time was my favourite book as a kid and I re read it once a year or so. Never met anyone else whose even heard of it!

Thanks for reminding me of this, it's years since I've read it! Off to download.

ChillinwiththeVillains · 14/03/2023 16:11

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 13/03/2023 19:39

Secret History Donna Tartt
Old Man's War John Scalzi
All the novels of the world of the First Law by Joe Abercrombie
The Rivers of London series Ben Aaronovitch
I love Rivers of London so much I did an assembly about it for world book day. At school I mean I am a teacher. But I would talk about the books and the characters in other schools that's how obsessed I am.

What did you make of the latest: Among(st?) Our Weapons? I was so happy when it arrived but didn’t feel like I enjoyed it anything like as much as the others. Not sure if it was me or Ben A. having off days.

nicetoseetgesunsout · 14/03/2023 16:02

To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Outsiders - S E Hinton
Rumblefish - S E Hinton

MissPattyGilmore · 14/03/2023 15:18

mrsdolittle · 13/03/2023 22:11

I love both of these books. So glad someone else does!! Nevil Shute is a forgotten treasure imo

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Ooh, I came to say a Town Like Alice too, I often reread it (2 books in one, the Malaya part and the Australia section).

Thanks for the reminder to get hold of On The Beach
and now Trustee from the Tool Room - as I’m sure I can trust a recommendation from other ‘Alice’ lovers

LovelaceBiggWither · 14/03/2023 09:08

Dorothy Dunnett, Lois McMaster Bujold and Heyer.

BCBird · 14/03/2023 08:41

Do you have a local library you can use? We can reserve online,they contact you when it's available and then you pick up- perfect.

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JennaTooIs · 14/03/2023 08:26

Thank you for all the suggestions! Can't wait to give some a read.

My flat is rented so unable to put shelves up unfortunately, and most of the flat is taken over by kids stuff lol. I don't like kindles, they take the joy out of reading books for me. But I will definitely start visiting the library/ charity shops.

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Squamata · 14/03/2023 08:19

Can you find space for more books though op? Or library books, charity shop rotation or kindle.

Rereading books is nice for comfort but you would miss out hugely if you never read anything fresh. That's the bit that does your brain good, I think.

You must have a bit of wall you could put a shelf on, or arrange so you have space under your telly etc?

theproudgeek · 14/03/2023 08:13

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 13/03/2023 19:39

Secret History Donna Tartt
Old Man's War John Scalzi
All the novels of the world of the First Law by Joe Abercrombie
The Rivers of London series Ben Aaronovitch
I love Rivers of London so much I did an assembly about it for world book day. At school I mean I am a teacher. But I would talk about the books and the characters in other schools that's how obsessed I am.

Good to see someone else who has read John Scalzi. I got my dad that for his 65th birthday and him and mum keep threatening to 'go green'.

Rubyupbeat · 14/03/2023 07:06

The stand by Stephen King
To kill a mockingbird

There must be others, but I've just woke up.

Orcubed · 14/03/2023 06:55

@Timetochangetheoil oh I loved Back Home! That was one of my rereads as a child/teenager. Don’t know what happened to my copy and tried to get it for dc1 about ten years ago and was unable to source it. Must look again.

Orcubed · 14/03/2023 06:51

strawberriesarenot · 13/03/2023 22:18

You can't get library ebooks (Borrowbox I think) to load onto a kindle, can you? I would love to be able to do that.

I think only if it’s a kindle tablet rather than just an E-reader.

NoHeavenNoMore · 14/03/2023 00:14

The Secret Life of Bees. Love the audiobook too

nocoolnamesleft · 13/03/2023 23:38

theproudgeek · 13/03/2023 17:01

Anything by Jane Austen, Terry Pratchett or (if you like sf) Lois McMaster Bujold.
I have read all three often enough that their characters live rent-free in my head and I will quote at length if even slightly relevant.

If you like Lois McMaster Bujold, you have to start reading Jodi Taylor. Fans of one tend to love the other.

Latenightreader · 13/03/2023 23:34

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Travels with my Aunt
Jane of Lantern Hill
The Blue Castle
Almost anything by Noel Streatfeild, E M Brent-Dyer.

Weatherwax13 · 13/03/2023 23:15

**one of the very few movies that does justice to the book:)
@JoonT