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What will be your last book of the year?

109 replies

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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Everythingaches · 29/12/2024 09:05

Finished Frankie last night, really loved it.

Chinam · 29/12/2024 01:17

Frankie by Graham Norton. I’m about a third of the way through and really enjoying it.

Jabtastic · 29/12/2024 01:16

Mine will be Orbital or Fight Club as I'm halfway through both.

SwordToFlamethrower · 29/12/2024 01:11

R A Salvatore 1000 orcs

AutoP1lot · 29/12/2024 00:42

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint. I'm really enjoying it.

Italiangreyhound · 29/12/2024 00:29

S.E. Shepherds 'New Memories'

TigerDroveAgain · 29/12/2024 00:16

mugglewump · 28/12/2024 15:48

Butter - beautifully written and really draw you in.

Ooh - I'm reading this at the moment: might not be my last book of 2024 but enjoying it

MillicentMaybe · 29/12/2024 00:11

Sophie from Romania, Rory Cellan-Jones. I am stretching it out by only reading when I’m downstairs. Upstairs on my Kindle I’m reading Hatchet Hill by David Gatward, but will probably finish that in a day or so. Not sure what’s next.

A pp said they’re going to read 100 books by the end of the year. Goodreads announced a couple of weeks ago I’d read 101 books this year! One of the great joys of being retired.

NonComm · 28/12/2024 23:50

Just finished The Offing by Benjamin Myers. I was very underwhelmed tbh.
The one before that was Ashes to Admin by Evie King which was very compelling.

SayithowitisYorkie · 28/12/2024 23:33

Am currently reading The Testaments, the follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Attwood. Not at all festive but I can’t put it down. Such a great read.

lucy6058 · 28/12/2024 23:25

I just bought Butter today, won't finish before the New Year, but excited.to start. Comes highly recommended (by Waterstones!!!)
Have been listening to Hotel Avacado, an hour left so will finish that tomor. Really enjoying it, Bob Mortimer has very odd thoughts, but I enjoy hearing them!!!

medprocesspain · 28/12/2024 23:06

What have you done? by Shari Lapena. Only started it this morning but already over 1/3 into it so should finish it over the next three days.

suburberphobe · 28/12/2024 23:00

A clockwork orange

Brilliant film.

I'm reading a book I bought at the airport, loving it. It's light reading, just started it.

The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas.

FuckOffCleanShirt · 28/12/2024 22:54

"The Glutton" by AK Blakemore will be my last book of 2024.

So far, it's a fabulously creepy, funny, sensorial and intriguing festival of 18th century France. I'm really loving it.

gingersnappz · 28/12/2024 22:44

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

This is also a book I wish I hadn't read so I could read it again!

gingersnappz · 28/12/2024 22:43

Lonxy · 28/12/2024 15:49

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

Lacuna is one of those books you wish you hadn't read so you could read it again! Beautiful!

roseyposey · 28/12/2024 22:37

Notmydaughteryoubitch · 28/12/2024 20:16

For those suggesting they will finish the year with Seventh Son - honestly don't. I really rather enjoyed it until I hit the last couple of chapters and I don't know the last time I've been so angry with a book! I'm not saying don't read it but I really wouldn't want to see the year out with it.

@HPandthelastwish - I recently read BBO and very much enjoyed and Once and Future Witches is great, as is WSM. The Strike series is amazing!

I started reading Seventh Son this evening and it’s leaving me a bit cold. It’s lacking depth, so far.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 28/12/2024 22:13

All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker. I’ve really enjoyed it but ready for it to finish now so that I can start the new Jonathan Coe book which I got for Christmas.

WhisperTree · 28/12/2024 22:09

Starting to re-read AS Byatt's Possession - promised myself I would.

After that, The Silence of the Girls is also on my TBR pile @Queenfreak

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 28/12/2024 20:52

A Passage to India, because someone I'd lent it to finally returned it - and I remembered how much I love it.

MonOncle · 28/12/2024 20:52

I’ll finish Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb for sure, that will take me to 39 books for the year. I’ve also got about 6 hours left of Wolf Hall to go on audio, though I don’t think I’ll manage it all in time which is incredibly annoying as I was hoping for a nice round 40!

RamblingEclectic · 28/12/2024 20:52

With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die well by Kathryn Mannix, wasn't intended to be for the end of the year, but it's very suitable and I've really been enjoying her insights and storytelling within this non-fiction book on her medical and personal experiences with the dying.

Thmssngvwlsrnd · 28/12/2024 20:31

Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton Very lighthearted and funny, despite the murder!

Luminousalumnus · 28/12/2024 20:28

Hotel Avocado Bob Mortimer.

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

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