What are you reading just now? Looking for holiday recommendations

[TurnTheRadioUp]

I'm ideally looking for something relatively well written and interesting without being difficult (Milkman, I'm looking at you).

[shumway]

My recommendations are The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo, Biloxi by Mary Miller, Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger, Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli, The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash, Florida by Lauren Groff, Sight by Jessie Greengrass, The End We Start From by Megan Hunter, A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume, The Nix by Nathan Hill.

[crosspelican]

I'm reading Game of Thrones and it's fab. 😳

[Arct1cTern]

I adored Where the Crawdads Sing and currently reading The Lost Man by the author of The Dry - Jane Harper. It’s really good so far.

[MadeinBelfast]

I'm hoping to make my way through this list:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/25-great-books-to-see-you-through-the-summer-1.3899475?mode=amp

[TurnTheRadioUp]

These look perfect

[sleepwhenidie]

I just finished Sing Unburied Sing and I loved it.

Educated by Tara Westover is amazing.

[Arct1cTern]

modernmrsdarcy.com/2019-summer-reading-guide/

Modern Mrs Darcy always does a good summer list.

[UnderPompeii]

Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Vendy Glander was quite a good read. Also Small Island by Andrea Levey.
I can't read anything too heavy these days but do like a good story so following with interest.

[Arct1cTern]

I loved Educated.

[TurnTheRadioUp]

I keep picking Educated up and putting it down again. Is it not very heavy going?

[TurnTheRadioUp]

Loving the Mrs Darcy list!

[Arct1cTern]

Not really.

[highlandcoo]

I'm really enjoying The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas but completely different) at the moment. Very readable and engaging.

And on these threads I always recommend The Observations by Jane Harris. Funny quirky narrator and intriguing storyline.

[Iamblossom]

@highlandcoo I absolutely loved the hearts invisible furies

[HarryPotterFan436]

I just read The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman. I really enjoyed it.

[Iamblossom]

Cannot recommend Jenny Eclair's books enough. All of them. Even if you hate her as a comedienne. Just sooo good. Great for holiday reading.

[Iamblossom]

@HarryPotterFan436 loved that too!

[Iamblossom]

Loved Bitter by Francesca Jakobi

[HolidayReads]

Anything Rachel Abbott! So gripping but nice and easy

[Iamblossom]

And anything at all by Belinda Bauer. Love her stories and style of writing. There is always a plot within a plot that just keeps occurring to you long after you have finished the book. So clever.

[Iamblossom]

Everything written by Amanda Prowse is also very good and very readable. I do enjoy her books they are always focussed on an issue, alcoholism, Sepsis, death of a child...

[Iamblossom]

And if you want something that will last all holiday, grip you, upset you, make you cry and stay with you for months, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.

[DeadDoorpost]

How We Learned To Lie by Meredith Miller
Lord of the Flies
84K by Claire North.

Don't know if they're what you're looking for but they're what I'm currently reading that aren't difficult to understand (I'm also reading The City and The City by China Mieville but that one's a mind bender)

[QueenofCBA]

I just read East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it!

[sleepwhenidie]

Educated or at all heavy going, I read it in 2 days, totally gripped. A Little Life on the other hand OMG. It’s amazing but harrowing.