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Best book you've read recently

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petronella23 · 27/01/2024 08:49

I read a lot where I think 'yeah, fine, that was ok' but what have you read recently that made you think 'THAT was a cut above'

So maybe particularly gripping/funny/moving or whatever.

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RoseGallica · 02/03/2024 17:43

I’ve just finished Go as a River by Shelley Read. I loved it.

AlwaysFreezing · 02/03/2024 16:33

Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano
And "Burial Rites* Hannah Kent, loved both.

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, which wasn't as good as other books by her. I still enjoyed it, but just not as much as I normally do!

iwannacoolrider · 28/02/2024 20:42

Trust Me by Lesley Pearce, it's centred around two little girls who are sent to Australia for a better life after the war, haven't been able to put it down.

Prior to this the two that have stood out are The Push by Ashley Audrain and Naomi's room by Denis Maceoin.

TheRainItRaineth · 28/02/2024 17:34

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is absolutely wonderful. Seconded!

Nudgethatjudge · 28/02/2024 17:33

Recdnt book that hooked me was Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow.

Thought I would hate it and it would be a chore to reac. But loved the characters. Was sad to let Sam and Sadie go.

VelvetThunder · 28/02/2024 17:30

I liked the tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's journey not so much. Heather Morris spoke to Lale to get his story and it shows. Cilka's family weren't so happy about the story that Heather wrote of Cilka.
I've just finished the boy who followed his father into Auschwitz which I thought was really good.

Villagetoraiseachild · 28/02/2024 17:28

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions, very enjoyable.
Also The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes.....All my book club liked that one!

Soccermumamir · 28/02/2024 17:21

I've just finished reading, 'Confessions of a forty something f* up'. Absolutely brilliant.

useitorlose · 28/02/2024 17:20

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent - I listened to the audiobook and was absolutely gripped from start to finish.

tobee · 27/02/2024 02:43

Thank you @purpleme12

purpleme12 · 26/02/2024 23:18

The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult

tobee · 26/02/2024 23:14

purpleme12 · 23/02/2024 13:35

Glad it's not just me people seem to rave about it!
My favourite ever book is about the Holocaust but The Tattooist of Auschwitz just made me feel nothing!

Out of curiosity, which book is that?

chillycat · 24/02/2024 18:57

Marriage Portrait I loved and then went back to Hamnet which I had started and not carried on with. Loved them both for the lovely, descriptive writing and phrasing.

Demon Copperhead was good but not an easy read.

Now reading the new Jane Harper book - all of hers are good for crime/ mystery fans.

Bellabluea · 24/02/2024 13:00

Not a new book but I’ve just finished ‘I am pilgrim’ by Terry Hayes and it was just sublime.
I also recently loved Demon Copperhead and A little life.
I don’t post here a lot but I’ve loved getting recommendations!

thisiswheretheseagullfliesaway · 23/02/2024 13:37

Call the Canaries Home by Laura Barrow best this year so far.

I hate autocorrect

purpleme12 · 23/02/2024 13:35

Glad it's not just me people seem to rave about it!
My favourite ever book is about the Holocaust but The Tattooist of Auschwitz just made me feel nothing!

StepCombatAttack · 23/02/2024 13:32

purpleme12 · 30/01/2024 00:32

Honestly I thought the Tattooist of Auschwitz was rubbish

Me too. And Cilka’s Journey.
Important stories but so badly written.
I enjoyed Mudlarking, by Laura Maiklem recently. It’s a fascinating account of things she finds washed up on the banks of the River Thames.
I didn’t realise you had to be licensed to poke about on the river banks.

LethargeMarg · 23/02/2024 07:31

In memoriam is amazing and my favourite book of last year
I've just finished Zone of Interest (reminded me of the boy in the striped pyjamas -a grown up version) which I enjoyed but got a bit confused with
Before that I read a fantastic YA book called 'a boy like me' which was a bit like heartstopper if it was set in 1994 and less of a fairytale.

Whereisthecatks · 11/02/2024 10:31

A Dark Matter by Doug Johnstone. 1st book in the Skelfs series, 3 generations of women running a funeral directors combined with private investigators. Dark humour and great use of language.

2mummies1baby · 10/02/2024 18:02

In Memoriam by Alice Winn.

holycrabsticks · 30/01/2024 09:50

Yellow face

Umanresources · 30/01/2024 01:52

Just finished reading Blood Harvest by Sharon Bolton. Really enjoyed it and stayed up till 5 the other morning, then finished it the following day. It was a real page turner.

SunflowerSeeds123 · 30/01/2024 01:42

Following on from an earlier poster, All the Light...by Anthony Doerr is brilliant. I was very let down by the recent adaptation. They changed the bloody story! But the book is very much a must read.

purpleme12 · 30/01/2024 00:32

Honestly I thought the Tattooist of Auschwitz was rubbish

BlueFairyBugsBooks · 30/01/2024 00:26

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 28/01/2024 22:18

I read The Tattooist of auschwitz by Heather Morris last year a true story and very thought provoking. I have just started Cilka's Journey which is the story of one of the character's in the first book.

It's only based on a true story. There's a lot of controversy as to how true any of Heather Morris' books are. Which isn't to say they aren't really really good. But they are technically fiction.

My 5 star reads so far this year are
The quelling by C.L Lauder
Artifical Wisdom by Tom Weaver
Munich Wolf by Rory Clements
The Villa by Jess Ryder.

I've almost finished Good Girl Deprogramming by Michelle Minnikin and it's looking like another 5 star.

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