Oct 2022 what are you reading today?

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I've just started reading The Blacktongue Thief.

I'm listening to Hold Back The Stars on Borrow Box.

I read 100% on Kindle. I am new to audio books. It is great to listen when carrying out mundane tasks, makes me feel productive.

What are you reading today?

I’ve just finished “The Beloved Girls” by Harriet Evans and loved it. It’s slightly spooky and skips around in time including a nostalgic, ( for me), trip to teenage life in the 80’s. It’s got a great ending that leaves you thinking about it for days.

Tried and gave up on a couple of books.

Just started The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

Very good. Life's too short for mediocre books!

Nearly finished Vanity Fair, much easier to read than I thought. Might try Barry Lyndon sometime if it's good.

Next up Remote Sympathy and Buddenbrooks.

Big books good for the winter.

I've not read Barry Lyndon, but the film (Stanley Kubrik) is a masterpiece. Every shot is like a piece of artwork.

I finished "The Martian" by Andy Weir. . I enjoy science fiction books that are based in reality, and "The Martian" does a great job of presenting a believable scenario. The characters are well-developed and the plot is thrilling. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys science fiction.

Finished the family remains by Lisa Jewell last night, and have literally just picked up my next book from my stash!
It’s A slow fire burning by Paula Hawkins.

Just finished The Lincoln Highway. Was slightly sceptical as didn't love a Gentleman in Moscow as much as many, but did really enjoy this one.

Now just started The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy's new book. It's as cheery as always.

Yes, Still Life is brilliant - warm and expansive and full of happiness - I loved it.

Just finished The Island of Missing Trees by Élif Shafak - more YA than I was expecting but still lyrical in places - now reading What Time is Love by Holly Williams, a quick read with the idea of seeing what would happen if a couple met in three different decades, how different would their relationship be in different time periods - really enjoying the 80s/90s bit right now.

I don't feel worthy of adding to this as I never read "in" books, just stick to the same old stuff.
I'm currently reading Dying Inside by Damien Boyd. It's the 11th out of 12 detective books in the series. I had read them all but numbers 9 and 10 were pretty awful and it seemed he'd run out of ideas. However this one is much better so I'll persist.

Reading All The Living And The Dead, by Hayley Campbell. I’m finding it as uncomfortable as expected in places, as it doesn’t leave any details about death out. At times I feel she tips over into mawkish, but then I think maybe I’m mistaking frankness for mawkishness? I firmly believe that allowing a 7 year old to access photos of the victims of Jack The Ripper and the subsequent drawings from them (her father was Alan Campbell, who illustrated the graphic novel From Hell) was not a sensible parenting decision. At times, this book seems to revel in the more gory details of violent death.
I’m leaning towards Caitlin Doughty, Sue Black and Mary Roach being far better authors on the subject.

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I'm reading Dear Edward it's wonderful so far

I have started The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly. I have read all of her books, but only really liked the first, The Poison Tree. There is the weirdest editing fail in the early pages that I cannot stop thinking about, so am recording it here:

p10) "There's no door to Cora's rooms, just a beaded curtain made of beer can ring-pulls that tinkles as they part it and step into a different world."

p12) a character says she is going home leaving the other three in Cora's room;
next para:

•   *"Behind the door to Cora's rooms hangs a beaded curtain made of beer can ring-pulls. It tinkles as they part it and step into a different world."
  

I am used to there being an astonishing number of typos in the early pages of currently published books; errors you would think the author, their editor, and the proofreader would have picked up; the sort you could forgive occurring once or twice 400 pages in, when the eye was exhausted. But this was just so odd.

The book is a disappointment, also, so far. Such a lovely cover, though.

Dorothy L. Sayers - Gaudy Night.
A glimpse of the strange tropes and mores of England in the 1920s-30s.

I have just been to the library today so have a pile of books waiting along with the ones that sneak into my bag in the charity shop.
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I have just finished the Starless Crown by James Rollins. I loved it, I do enjoy fantasy novels, especially Robin Hobb. Apparently I was a pain when I was reading said book as I was really engrossed. I might even have said, Can't you see I am reading! 😳
It's not the best book I have read by any means but the story moves along from character to character at a fair pace.

Before that I listened to Scenes of Gaiety, which I loved though it was a little slow to start. As a PP said, not as good as the Jackson 'Mr' Brodie's but very readable.

I have "Hearts full of Headstones' by Ian Rankin, the latest Rebus novel on Audible. I have been listening in bits and pieces but I think I will stop until I have a day when I can pick up my crochet and listen uninterrupted.

So I have picked up J D Rob's Forgotten in Death from the library as it's formulaic, I know the characters but I love NR's books as a comfort read when I am tired.

Quite embarrassing when you run into your lovely but quite serious minded friend in the library and she checks what you are reading. I am hoping she noticed the brightly covered Penguin Book of Contemporary Short Stories rather than the TWO J D Robb books. I guess I am beyond redemption 😂

I'm halfway through Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice. I gave it to my son and he really enjoyed it so gave it back to me to read. I read Thursday Murder Club first. I am impressed so far.
My son (19) was never much of a reader and one of my triumphs this past year has been getting him to read for pleasure. He is high energy and gets bored easily so I suggested he take a book when out walking to the sheep fields near his home and sit for a bit. It became a habit but trickier now with cooler weather and less daylight!

I am so impressed MondaytoSunday that you turned your DS into a reader. My 2 DS had loads of books when they were young, reading was very much part of our lives but they very rarely read now. Both in their 20s.

MadeleineUsher those would really grate on me too. It’s pretty inexcusable.

I’m re-reading Gianrico Carofiglio’s books. They have an intelligent, insightful but slightly flawed protagonist who is a criminal lawyer. And, obviously, various crimes, some involving drugs. Set in Bari, Italy.

Two thirds of the way through Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnett on audio - really enjoying it.

Have also just started reading The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley. Had it on the shelf a few years and thought I should give it a go as it seems the right time of year for it.

I'm reading The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings which was mentioned on the 'dated' thread I think. Finding it beautifully descriptive and am thoroughly enjoying it.
Turns out my 83 year old mum read it out of her school library.

I'm halfway through Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice. I gave it to my son and he really enjoyed it so gave it back to me to read. I read Thursday Murder Club first. I am impressed so far.

I have just downloaded this from the library and hoping it will keep me occupied on a flight back to the UK tomorrow.😁

How does it compare to The Thursday Murder Club @FiveShelties?

I didn't really enjoy TTMC, but a friend has lent me The Man Who Died Twice, and I am prepared to give Richard Osman another go.

I am reading Four Winds by Kirstin Hannah - enjoying it so far - more engaging than I expected.

I am doing a 52 book challenge this year and this is only 41 so need to read a lot in next few weeks.