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What will be your last book of the year?

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whatausername · 28/12/2024 15:21

Mine will be Henry Mackenzie's The Man of Feeling. What do you hope to wrap up by Hogmanay?

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MissMarplesNiece · 30/12/2024 18:42

I'm coming to the end of Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst which will be my last book of 2024.

DH gave me a copy of Butter for Christmas, I think that will be my first read of 2025.

Time40 · 30/12/2024 18:24

@Gotback I think we might have similar taste in novels. Do you know Angus Wilson? If you don't, you would probably like him. Late Call is superb, as is The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot.

BlueFairyBugsBooks · 30/12/2024 16:01

I'm hoping to squeeze in 3 more by the end of the year.
About to start Childhood Behind Barbed Wire by Bogdan Bartnikowski.

Not sure what my last 2 will be. Probably something easy from my NetGalley list. I've got a few chick-lit type things on there.

Gotback · 30/12/2024 15:48

Time40 · 30/12/2024 14:53

@Gotback Oh, that is such a wonderful novel! One of my favourites. I've read it three times, if not more.

Me too! On my 3rd reading in the last few years after I found it again. It's just perfection.

Decorhate · 30/12/2024 15:10

I’ve just finished Tom Lake which I loved. Not sure I will finish another one before midnight tomorrow but I’m going to see if I have a short one that will do.

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whatausername · 30/12/2024 14:54

Gotback · 30/12/2024 14:51

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (not the actress). Beautiful, witty melancholy.

Oh I enjoyed that one wholly! There's some sort of wisdom among the pragmatism of Mrs Palfrey.

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Time40 · 30/12/2024 14:53

@Gotback Oh, that is such a wonderful novel! One of my favourites. I've read it three times, if not more.

Gotback · 30/12/2024 14:51

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (not the actress). Beautiful, witty melancholy.

Time40 · 30/12/2024 14:50

@highlandcoo There's one line in it that always makes me cry (and I'm not a crier at books as a rule)

Does it relate to a death? I'm getting a really strong feeling that there is a tragic and sudden, unexpected death coming up soon. There has been some foreshadowing that points to it.

Bbq1 · 30/12/2024 14:36

The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas. I like a twisty, psychological thriller/mystery.

Londonnight · 30/12/2024 14:23

The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase

MrsTaytodarling · 30/12/2024 14:22

Trawling through Yellowface by R.F. Kuang...

highlandcoo · 30/12/2024 14:18

@Time40 I love Sue Gee as a writer; she deserves to be more widely known. And Earth and Heaven is my favourite book of hers. There's one line in it that always makes me cry (and I'm not a crier at books as a rule).

SheilaFentiman · 30/12/2024 13:58

Currently reading The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. It’s v good. I’m about a quarter through so might not finish but will try!

SheilaFentiman · 30/12/2024 13:56

Queenfreak · 28/12/2024 20:22

The silence of girls, by Pat Barker.
It was read in my book club before I joined and has come highly recommended. Fingers crossed it's as good as I've been told. Starting tonight

It’s excellent, great choice

Time40 · 30/12/2024 13:29

It's going to be Earth and Heaven by Sue Gee (beautifully written, great period detail ... and just a tiny bit boring - not a lot of actual story).

Santasbigredbobblehat · 30/12/2024 13:28

Audio book-The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Really good, but a bit on the tense side!

Physically reading, I just re read When Marnie Was There, which I loved as a child. And I'm about to start Orbital, so that will probably be my first book of the year.

highlandcoo · 30/12/2024 13:23

I'll probably finish The Bell Jar today and start All the Colours of the Dark ( a Christmas present) later.

I will read the first few chapters of The Count of Monte Cristo for the Readalong, but need to have something else on the go too.

Busywithsomething · 30/12/2024 13:09

Cloud Street by Tim Winton. Finished it this morning. Excellent read.

Starting a Matt Haig book soon which I asked for before I knew it wasn't fiction. I love his fiction so not sure how I'm going to get on with a more reality based book from him .

tobee · 29/12/2024 21:36

Probably Orbital which I'm reading now. It's so short but I'm a ridiculously slow reader 😬

Yuja · 29/12/2024 19:20

I'm about 80% through Victoria Lloyd-Barlow's All the Little Bird Hearts so should manage to finish it by the time the year is out. It's really good so I'm glad to be finishing on a high

teentantrums · 29/12/2024 11:15

Lonxy · 28/12/2024 15:49

Hoping to finish ‘The Lacuna’ and then move on to a Sebastian Faulks.

I've tried to finish Lacuna several times unsuccessfully! Mine is Wintering.

MaloryJingleJones · 29/12/2024 10:31

The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne. 50p in a Charity shop

Hellohah · 29/12/2024 10:29

PocketSand · 28/12/2024 15:46

I'm currently rereading Paul Murray's 'the mark and the void' following 'beesting' and 'skippy dies'. Skippy Dies is my favourite. I'll probably finish before new year.

I'm just over half way through The Bee Sting.
It has taken me about 2 weeks to read this far (I'm normally a fast reader) and whilst I am enjoying it, the lack of punctuation is really annoying. It's a barrier for me really enjoying it 😂
Get it's a literary technique and all that, but I really wish it wasn't 🤦🏻‍♀️

SporesMouldsAndFungus · 29/12/2024 09:17

I didn't enjoy the Seventh son at all, and still feel aggrieved about it 😄. It really put me off SF.

I'm re-reading The hobbit, so think that will be my last book of the year. Reading it again was prompted by DS making us watch the 3 Hobbit films, and regularly thinking I'm sure this isn't what happened in the book.