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What are you reading this weekend?

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SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 20/05/2023 10:53

I'm reading Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant as recommended by another MNer.

What are you reading and is it any good? Wink

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SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 24/06/2023 18:55

Tripe was a bit of a telling typo!

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GalileoHumpkins · 24/06/2023 18:54

I'm reading The Appeal by Janice Hallet and loving it so far.

JaneyGee · 24/06/2023 18:12

I am having a bit of a Stephen Fry weekend. I'm reading his autobiography, Moab is my Washpot, and have started collecting his audiobook recordings of Sherlock Holmes. Laying in a hot bath listening to Stephen Fry read Sherlock Holmes or P. G. Wodehouse is pure bliss.

I've also got a fascinating book about the Inklings. The Inklings were a drinking group at Oxford, mostly academics, whose most famous members were Tolkien and C S Lewis. I love the description of these brilliant men, who could read Greek and Latin and Italian and French and Anglo-Saxon (and god knows what else), sitting in a pub swigging beer and listening to Tolkien read The Lord of the Rings. It's nice to think that even the most brilliant intellectuals still love a good yarn.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 24/06/2023 11:23

Invitation to the Waltz, Rosamund Lehmann. Started it a couple of weeks ago and have lost the thread so might go back and start again.

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SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 23/06/2023 08:06

Not my usual tripe of book this weekend but I've started The Holiday by TM Logan and I'm enjoying it so far. It's set on the south of France if anybody is off there this summer Wink

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woheoi96 · 15/06/2023 22:17

Reading F*ck You Chaos by Dominika Choroszko as part of a book club. It's about decluttering main aspects of life (home, mind, finances). Loving it, so easy to follow and I actually decluttered loads - and the weather has been perfect for it!

AnIntrovert · 11/06/2023 09:06

The Moth by Catherine Burns. It was a Christmas gift which I had completely forgotten about until I found it by accident looking for another book.
OMG, it is so unique.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 09/06/2023 19:54

Lev's Violin, by Helena Attlee. For some reason have stopped reading anything but old favourites for the last month or so, and trying to ease myself in gently.

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SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 09/06/2023 17:38

3kidsaremorethanenough · 08/06/2023 19:09

I'm just finding that she is spending so much time building the characters with all their back stories that the actual plot promised on the bumf at the back has yet to actually happen. And there just feels to be so many unnecessary characters that im having to go back and read who they are again!!! I'm over half way and well without spoiling it for anyone, something has actually started to happen. Disappointing really as I really like Kate Atkinson. Maybe it's me!!! Don't let it put anyone off 🙂

You won't put me off but thank you for your honest reply. I'll give it a go on holiday and if I'm not liking it, I'll just swap to something else till I get back Wink

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3kidsaremorethanenough · 08/06/2023 19:11

Onto this bad boy next 😁

What are you reading this weekend?
3kidsaremorethanenough · 08/06/2023 19:09

I'm just finding that she is spending so much time building the characters with all their back stories that the actual plot promised on the bumf at the back has yet to actually happen. And there just feels to be so many unnecessary characters that im having to go back and read who they are again!!! I'm over half way and well without spoiling it for anyone, something has actually started to happen. Disappointing really as I really like Kate Atkinson. Maybe it's me!!! Don't let it put anyone off 🙂

CallieQ · 07/06/2023 13:24

3kidsaremorethanenough · 06/06/2023 18:32

Shrines of gaiety by Kate Atkinson, has started well, but half way through now and it's lagging a bit, I'm still waiting to find out what is actually happening

Agree... was looking forward to reading but have put aside for now

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SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 06/06/2023 21:42

3kidsaremorethanenough · 06/06/2023 18:32

Shrines of gaiety by Kate Atkinson, has started well, but half way through now and it's lagging a bit, I'm still waiting to find out what is actually happening

I hope it picks up as I've got this one lined up for my holiday.

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Pootle40 · 06/06/2023 18:50

I started 'Wrong Place, Wrong Time' by Gillian McAllister at the weekend.

3kidsaremorethanenough · 06/06/2023 18:32

Shrines of gaiety by Kate Atkinson, has started well, but half way through now and it's lagging a bit, I'm still waiting to find out what is actually happening

TheNewlmprovedMrsMadEvans · 06/06/2023 17:46

ThreeKneeRepeater · 06/06/2023 16:54

I read this a while ago. It’s heartbreaking.
She’s a good writer imo.

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Thanks for the heads up and yes l agree l really like her writing too 😊

ThreeKneeRepeater · 06/06/2023 16:54

TheNewlmprovedMrsMadEvans · 06/06/2023 16:43

Just picked up After the end by Clare Mackintosh read the Prologue , looks promising fingers crossed

I read this a while ago. It’s heartbreaking.
She’s a good writer imo.

TheNewlmprovedMrsMadEvans · 06/06/2023 16:43

Just picked up After the end by Clare Mackintosh read the Prologue , looks promising fingers crossed

AllotmentTime · 27/05/2023 23:45

I love Sarah Waters too but some of her books are SUCH a slow burn 😆 Night Watch is the best IMO.

I’ve just finished The Maid by Nina Prose. There’s more than one maid mentioned on this thread so best to be clear! It’s in the style of Eleanor Oliphaunt (though not quite as perfect), anyone who liked Eleanor should try it.

I have a million new books and samples to try but too stressed to look at something new so fell back on Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (who wrote the Martian). I love it and it’s easy, but it’ll only take me a weekend as I know it so well, and then I’ll have to make a decision again! Thinking about Wanderers by Chuck Wendig.

8state · 27/05/2023 23:36

'Shelley, the pursuit.' I am so sorry for poor Fanny Imlay, Mary Wollstonecroft's other daughter. Also poor Harriet, his first wife. And poor Mary Shelley. PBS was so generous, idealistic and talented, but utterly heartless at the same time. It's a fascinating read. I must have another go at The Little Stranger, didn't get on with it the first time I tried to read it, but it sounds like it's worth persisting.

RashOfBees · 27/05/2023 23:18

Maryandherlamb · 27/05/2023 19:10

The promise by Damon Galgut. Took a bit of getting into, but I'm not sure if that was because I happened to start it on a bad run of shifts so I was always tired when I picked it up. I'm half way through and finally starting to look forward to opening it up at bed time.

Snap. I started reading it about eighteen months ago but gave up. I’ve really got into it this time around. Narration in the present tense is usually a real pet hate of mine, but it works well here.

Amboseli · 27/05/2023 19:12

The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks

DelurkingAJ · 27/05/2023 19:11

Read Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth last night. I am adoring them although am happy to admit they’re a long way from making me think, just rip roaring reads. (I bought the first for DS1 then nicked it from his bookshelf).

Maryandherlamb · 27/05/2023 19:10

The promise by Damon Galgut. Took a bit of getting into, but I'm not sure if that was because I happened to start it on a bad run of shifts so I was always tired when I picked it up. I'm half way through and finally starting to look forward to opening it up at bed time.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 27/05/2023 19:05

I’m bloody loving Spectacles - Sue Perkins’ memoir narrated by herself on Audible.

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