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solania · 17/10/2022 10:14

I’m really struggling to settle to reading atm. Combination of phone addiction, toddler DS and a postgrad degree that required a lot of reading, all of which have made it very hard for me to concentrate. I miss it though, reading used to be my solace at all times, and now I hardly ever sit down and lose myself in a book.

I’m off on holiday in November and the place I’m going keeps mentioning in their blurb that x or y space in the house is perfect for curling up with a good book. It has made me really want to do this very thing, but I know I will find it hard!

Recently I’ve enjoyed: rereading all of Jane Austen, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Disobedience (Naomi Alderman), rereading Cadfael, and several nonfiction works around the bible/Christianity. I also like history (non fiction). I also love Terry Pratchett, Tamora Pierce, Hilary Mantel, Philip Pullman, and honestly many others which I can’t think of just now!

Anyone got any suggestions for a book that will pull me in and allow me to fulfil my fantasy of curling up on a couch with a book (in the evening when the toddler has gone to bed and dinner/cleaning up done etc…if I don't fall asleep first!)

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Riverlee · 18/10/2022 21:07

Robert Harris - writes good fiction books set in historical time periods
Chronicles of St Mary’s -
Seven Sisters -Lucinda Riley

gavisconismyfriend · 18/10/2022 21:15

The Song of Achilles - based on Greek mythology, was a surprisingly beautiful love story
Or for rather gruesome, suspenseful crime fiction, Peter May’s trilogy set on the Isle of Lewis, a different crime in each book, so they stand alone too

Clawdy · 20/10/2022 16:50

Anything by Eve Chase, especially her first, Black Rabbit Hall.

blankee · 20/10/2022 19:46

Riverlee · 18/10/2022 21:07

Robert Harris - writes good fiction books set in historical time periods
Chronicles of St Mary’s -
Seven Sisters -Lucinda Riley

Ooh I love Robert Harris. Conclave was the most recent I read. There was one I fancied trying, so I will see if I can remember which one. Thank you!

blankee · 20/10/2022 19:46

Clawdy · 20/10/2022 16:50

Anything by Eve Chase, especially her first, Black Rabbit Hall.

Never heard of Eve Chase, going to google her now

blankee · 20/10/2022 19:47

gavisconismyfriend · 18/10/2022 21:15

The Song of Achilles - based on Greek mythology, was a surprisingly beautiful love story
Or for rather gruesome, suspenseful crime fiction, Peter May’s trilogy set on the Isle of Lewis, a different crime in each book, so they stand alone too

Ooh thank you, as a lover of mythology of all kinds that sounds right up my street. I will investigate

Happyfeet57 · 14/07/2023 09:48

Seven Sisters is great by Lucinda Riley .Easy to read

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