To be losing my love of reading?

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Probably just me being a grumpy cow, but stay with me.

Downloadsd Friend Request by Laura Marshall on my Kindle. Stupid woman accepts friend request from dead person. Why? WHY would you do that? You would say something about sick bastards in the world and block, wouldn't you?

Jojo Moyes The One Plus One. Annoying bint goes to Scotland and comes back.

Sarah Rayner One Moment One Morning. Annoying twats on a train.

Are there any books without a fucking annoying main character?

See I just find crime formulaic.

Dave the Detective is on the verge of giving up because of hinted-at problems in his personal life. Chapter Ond describes Dave the Detective driving to Dullstown and a commentary alluding to Dave the Detective's personal life. Dave the Detective is given Gritty New Case which mirrors his own personal life in some way:

Dave examined Mike's grey, haggard expression.
"She'd been sleeping with him, hadn't she?" Dave asked gently.
Mike looked astonished. "How did you -?"
"Know?" Dave grimaced. "You could say I'm experienced in more than one area, Mike."

Dave the Detective solves the case (did you think it was Mike? It wasn't) and shags Lucy, Mike's wife's best mate. Before they leave Dullstown they leave flowers where Mike's wife was killed. No one gives a shit about Mike, his wife, Dave or Lucy. The end.

The girl's name is Lyra - it did get quite popular, I think. I think the key is to vary your genres. My favourite genre is fantasy, but it would never occur to me to only read fantasy.

Try a non-fiction autobiography- I've just read The Choice by Edith Eger.

It's about her life during the Holocaust and afterwards.. devastating but fascinating too about how she survived & built her life.

I read a lot of historical (e.g. Ww2) non-fiction - my problem now with fiction set in that time is that I stop reading any fiction book with a historical error.

I don't like murder mysteries or romances but I will read books by ex sas such as Chris Ryan because they're never boring.

I've don't normally read non-fiction but I've just read a book by Adam Kay called This is Going to Hurt and it's laugh out loud funny.

Not the best read if you're pregnant though - he's an NHS obs and gynae doctor and it's his real life journal.

Oh yes and I read a completely unexpected book on holiday - a Jackie Collins!! It had been left in our apartment.

Hilarious (without meaning to be I think), sexy & never boring, I'm embarrassed to say i couldn't put it down!

Nothing medical! I am sadly married to one who keeps trying to get me to read his crappy books!

Haha it's not proper medical, it's just really dry and funny (but also a bit sad).

I'd never have chosen it for myself but it was a gift and I literally couldn't put it down.

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. I seriously could not put this down. Completely amazing and not at all how I thought it would be.

Another vote for His Dark Materials here. Read it over and over and I still bawl like a baby over it! I've just ordered a signed hardback of the prequel which is coming out in October, 20 years after the original. So excited!

I'm currently rekindling my teenage love for Stephen King with Needful Things, which is excellent.

Why not try something a bit different like Philippa Gregory - The White Queen is a good starter.

Some other randoms I've enjoyed:
Liane Moriarty - Big Little Lies
Dawn O'Porter - Cows
Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens

You're right though, there's a lot of crap out there to sift through.

Also just read Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear if you like a good crime drama.

Friend request was annoying, i agree.
Books that go back and forth, back and forth. Its hard to find straightforward books these days.

Another vote for A Fine Balance. Amazing book.
Murder mysteries--try some "vintage" writers like Ngaio Marsh and Marjorie Allingham.
The blog: furrowedmiddlebrow.blogspot.fr is a goldmine of ideas (and has links to loads of other book-related blogs).

Its hard finding that sweet spot between poorly written fluff and overly serious depressing grown up book.

Pride and prejudice?

Terry pratchett? Guards guards is a good one to start with.

Never got into the dark materials thing. I liked the girl's name Lyla

It's Lyra in the Dark Materials.

Paula Daly books are good and I adore James Patterson.

Lucy Dawson writes good books too.

Eleanor Oliphaunt was pretty good.

Original and very intelligent but easy to get into and big page turner

I’m currently enjoying the rivers of London series - not your average detective read!

I read The Dry recently which has the structure of crime fiction but was so much better. Dark, though.

I love me a bit of Le Carré as well. The latest one was great.

Also echo Philippa Gregory. I'd never tried until I heard her on the History Hit podcast, and she was so lovely and so brilliant. Good stuff.

My recommendations:

"The Lunar Chronicles" by Marissa Meyer (The 1st book is "Cinder")
It's Sci-Fi with a little bit of Chic Lit, and loosely inspired by classic fairy tales. One of my favourite series of books.

"The Parasol Protectorate" by Gail Carriger (The 1st book is "Soulless")
Steampunk, werewolves, vampires...

A lot of books I've flicked through recently have second person view point rather than the usual first or third.

What about fantasy?

I've started reading The Dresden Files and am enjoying it.
Brandon sanderson - the mistborn series.

I really liked Bernard Cromwell books as well

I didn't like the power (and I loved the idea/and her earlier books)

I recommend: Elinor oliphant is completely fine. It charmed me.

Or swing time, that was good.