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  • birdwatcher
    birdwatcher Online Community Member Posts: 127 Empowering
    I'm reading The chimney sweeps son. Can't go to sleep until I've read a couple of chapters of whatever book I'm on. Then I've got another Richard Osman lined up. I've always said I'll not go in a home but would make an exception for the one his characters live at😁
    Does anyone else take theirs to the charity shop and come back with different ones once they've read them?
  • CountryMimi
    CountryMimi Scope Member Posts: 161 Empowering
    Ohhh @birdwatcher that sounds interesting!

    😂😂😂 You'll go into one where his characters live

    No, I haven't done that, but I've taken some to a free little library and taken some before
  • FluffyCatMeow
    FluffyCatMeow Online Community Member Posts: 95 Contributor

    (I know this thread is a year old, so I’m sorry if I’m not meant to post on it)

    What is everyone reading at the minute?

    I’ve got a few books on the go, including a manga called Undead Unluck which is quite good so far

  • jau231
    jau231 Online Community Member Posts: 30 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/852887#Comment_852887

    I do this too, I will take a book or two to the charity shop or one of the book exchanges in a telephone box. I cannot resist picking up another, sometimes more than one too. I am quite guilty of re-reading and do keep a hold of most of my books. But ones that I know I will not read again, I will definetly donate.

  • jau231
    jau231 Online Community Member Posts: 30 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/999727#Comment_999727

    I too have a few on the go! I generally have a couple going at a given time, it is sometimes a non-ficiton with a novel but if they are very different it is fine and not confusing! I am reading Swimming for Beginners by Nicola Gill- the cover almost put me off but I am very intrigued by the story, it is an easy sounding read about a career driven woman who is thrust the responsibility of a little girl of six who gets left behind in an airport by her mum. I am also reading Graham Nortons latest Frankie, it is the first of his I have read and it is good. It is set in modern day and flashes back to Ireland then London in the 50's and 60's, great characters and it just reads itself.

    My favourite reads so far this year have been Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell and The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap.

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 1,657 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    What a great thread!! I love talking about books😄

    Literary contemporary fiction is my favourite with a strong focus on stories on complex female characters. Does anybody have good recommendations for that criteria?

  • FluffyCatMeow
    FluffyCatMeow Online Community Member Posts: 95 Contributor

    I finished vol.2 of Undead Unluck and so back to the nonfiction book The House Divided by Barnaby (love that name) Rogerson

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,784 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I've just started reading Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. It's very Douglas Adams in it's style. a tale about the worlds buildings (and anyone in them) vanishing and the survivors having to go under the earth into dungeons, but like a computer game. Hard to explain, but very silly fun.

  • CountryMimi
    CountryMimi Scope Member Posts: 161 Empowering

    @jau231 Oooo I've seen Swimming for Beginners at a discount shop local to me, so I might have to go and get it, it sounds very interesting! I'm trying to broaden my reading repertoire!

    @Mary_Scope I completely agree re talking about books! Give me a good book any day!

    I'm not entirely sure if this would be classed as contemporary literary fiction, but I've just finished Good Material by Dolly Alderton. Found it to be a real page turner, for sure. The majority of the book is told from a male's POV, but very relatable, navigating the post-break up story of a 30-something and then the last chapter is from his ex-girlfriend's POV and you start to see the real reason behind the break up unravel.

    Some reviews say it was a laugh out loud read, personally only laughed out loud a couple of times, but regardless, it was still a great book and I'll definitely be reading more Dolly Alderton in the future.

    I've just started Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Sophie Cousens

    Whilst I absolutely love a good physical book, I made the decision to get a Kindle late last year - it's cheaper and with my back problems, I'm not restricted to books that are easy to carry. For any other Kindle readers, I've just come across a great site called BookBub which gives you recommendations for books; you can quite literally stuff your e-reader with books for free or up to £9.99 and the site is completely free - I'm assuming they earn commission if you make a purchase through their website.

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