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InterstellarDrifter · 10/08/2022 15:25

Please recommend me some Autumn, Winter, stormy weather, snowstorm books that I can browse and buy ready for the later months.
Halloween ghost stories set in autumn and winter will be very welcome too Smile

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Saucery · 10/08/2022 15:28

Michelle Paver, Thin Air and Dark Matter.
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell.

Saucery · 10/08/2022 15:31

And not forgetting the ultimate in Snowed In With Something Horrible novels, The Shining by Stephen King,

Riverlee · 10/08/2022 18:04

The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey

The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe

PritiPatelsMaker · 10/08/2022 18:10

The Snow Child is a wonderful book.

How about Autumn by Ali Smith. I've read the last one in the Quartet first so haven't read Autumn but Summer was a really well written and thought provoking book.

InterstellarDrifter · 10/08/2022 18:29

I've read (and loved) Dark Matter, The Shining and The Lion, Witch Wardrobe Smile
I'll enjoying browsing the others. Thanks for the suggestions.

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MaryasBible · 11/08/2022 19:07

I’m always pleased to see I’m not the only person who loves seasonal reading. I’ve got a few chunky fiction books lined up for darker evenings.

I’m wondering if it’s too early to read The End of Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher…

LadyWithLapdog · 11/08/2022 19:11

If you haven’t watched it, line up that BBC mini-series, The Terror.

InterstellarDrifter · 11/08/2022 22:43

@MaryasBible please share your chunky finds  it only seems to be the colder and darker months that I like to match my reading with.

@LadyWithLapdog thanks for that suggestion. That's definitely on my list.

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MaryasBible · 12/08/2022 16:26

InterstellarDrifter · 11/08/2022 22:43

@MaryasBible please share your chunky finds  it only seems to be the colder and darker months that I like to match my reading with.

@LadyWithLapdog thanks for that suggestion. That's definitely on my list.

In my “ready for autumn” pile so far is…

Sarum - Edward Rutherford I hope I enjoy this as much as I did Ruska. It’s huge.

Wolf Hall it’s all dark rooms and atmospheric. Lush.

Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett this is the final part of a trilogy I’ve loved so I’m saving it to cheer myself up during inevitable rain.

I don’t think any of them are particularly autumnal but there’s something lovely about curling up in the evening with lamps on and a book you’re desperate to read.

XYZnn · 16/08/2022 09:51

We are all very hot and bothered with this weather sadly, but you are right, nothing like a good book to cure it. I have finished last week a book by Yviebeth Bardug who is a new author. It is an excellent books and I am hoping she will bring new ones out. Nora Roberts is also one of my favourites, she writes a lot about Ireland and lastly Iliona Andrews, a husband and wife novelist.

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