What are you reading? Book recommendations please! 📚️
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@MissMarple suggested books by Sharon Bolton to me and currently one is now for sale on Amazon: The Dark.
Has anyone read this? The description makes it sounds rather ominous, well… dark.
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while i was out relief milking in whatever i was given to live in i would read wilbur smith books
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I haven't read that title but saw an interview with the author about it. She talked about the research she did, on those forums. It sounded pretty dark indeed.
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I've brought a recommendation that features a disabled main character: Alter Ego by Helen Heckety. I loved the humour throughout the book and the protagonist's struggles were very relatable.
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Ha, thanks for that @MissMarple Alter Ego sounds interesting, I've downloaded a free sample to try it. Weirdly coincidental, this minute I've just got The House of God from the free little library, apparently a cult classic about doctors and interns. The reviews on Goodreads are all over the place.
And I am thinking of skipping The Dark for now as I am currently not in the right mindset to read about men making life hard for others. The same could be said for the book about the doctors perhaps?Right now I am reading Fangs and Frenemies, so far so good. For free on Amazon.
I can't remember if I ever read a Wilbur Smith, but him being a big name I suppose I must have @michael57 What book by him would you recommend?
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The House of God sounds intriguing @SmellyBin I love dark humour, if it's done well.
I'm currently looking for my next read. Not well to focus on paper/screen at the moment so it should be an audiobook.
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I have read them all up to losing my eyesight all the Egyptian novels were good the Courtney's were good and a lot of individual ones I was rather hooked on his books by reading the book the elephant song
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James Patterson books
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I don't often read story books, it's probably because I don't have much of an imagination, so for me it's just black words on a white page and nothing that vivid or detailed comes to mind, what does come to mind is just vague and grey, so I can't really get into it.
But, if it's a story book based on a TV show that I enjoy watching then that's different, as I know all the characters and the environments they're in, so now I have proper colourful images in my mind of these things and I have a proper impression of what the characters are really like, and I can enjoy it.
Last book I read was Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, if you like the show Red Dwarf or like comedy then I recommend it.
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Helloooo @mary _Scope and @MissMarple always nice to chat about books :)
Is Gone Girl the one with suspicion on abuse or murder? Something to do with storing vomit in the fridge? If so, it was way too evil for me.
I am currently reading Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material and I keep laughing out loud which is good, because it is about undermining yourself or being seen as less by others.
But you Miss are very brave for reading this book. Very timely topic, we need books like these. But I need my distance from this from time to time for my mental health. Thanks for sharing, if I change my mind I’ll know where to find it.
Have you heard of the Melt the ICE knitting pattern for hats? A woman from Minneapolis has a local yarn shop and designed this as a visible protest of ICE actions in the United States and raising funds for immigrant aid agencies. Over 11 thousand has been knitted already! Yay!I am just very thankful for every single human wanting to discuss this or knit a hat to say they’ve had enough. We are way past a grey area, I am finding it hard to find the right words for this.
PS - I am posting this here, because in the original thread I've tried six times to upload my comment, but it wasn't working…
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I finished this book last night and I absolutely LOVED it!!! First book I've given 5 stars too on Storygraph for nearly a year!!😍💙
I picked it up on a whim because the plot really intrigued me. It was about a woman who decided to fake a pregnancy to have a year off work and then start over somewhere new after her husband stole all her money and she's looked down on me for deciding not to have children by people in her social circle.
Well…….it ended up being so funny and so, so heartwarming in a way I didn't expect it!
What are your latest reads?🤩2 -
I think the cover alone would pull me in @Mary_Scope! It sounds like an interesting plot, I'd love to know how she fakes it, I guess I'll have to read it.
I've just started reading Steve Cavanaghs Eddie Flynn series. I'm currently on The Defence and so far we have a Russian mob boss being tried for murder and Eddie Flynn the lawyer/con man has been coerced into defending him because they've kidnapped his daughter. I'm very intrigued so far. I read one of his other books called Kill For Me, Kill For You and I really got into it and never saw the twists coming!
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I've read Motherfaker too @Mary_Scope ! It was a fun read. I was mad about the way the husband treated the main character, and the way she just took it. It was depicted for too long as if it wasn't that big of a deal. I would read other books by the author if any comes out.
If you like a bit unhinged female characters, I recommend trying Sweetpea by C J Skuse, You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace or Julie Tudor is Not a Psychopath by Jennifer Holdich (dark humour serial killers), or Jane Fallon (humorous domestic revenge conspiracies).
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Sweetpea was another 5* read @MissMarple, what did you think of it? I really, really enjoyed it! I've been looking out for the sequel in the charity shops. Have you watched the TV show of it?
Those books sound right up my street! Thank you for the recommendations, I have put them on my list. I'm reading I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait at the moment which I am enjoying, have you read that?0 -
I'm currently reading a Scandinavian author named Lars Kepler, if you enjoy murder, mystery, and edge of seat suspense....check him out
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You are in for a treat @Rachel_Scope with the Eddie Flynn series. After the first couple of books it gets better and better.
I did not finish Sweetpea @Mary_Scope It was a bit repetitive for me, or maybe the main character didn't grab me as much as I hoped. I'm incredibly fussy about my reads. Last month I started something like 25 books, but only finished 3. 😂 I still recommend Sweetpea as I know lots of people like it, and it definitely has merits and a certain consistent vibe. I always try to recommend books that I think the recipient would like, not necessarily ones I liked. Though often the two criteria overlap.
@scottishtom Do the Lars Kepler books need to be read in order?
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Oh wow, Mother Faker sounds intriguing! Thanks everyone for keeping this thread going, I am always happy with new book tips.
The most recent books I would recommend are The Bromance Book Club and Red, White, and Royal Blue. I try not to read books from the same genre after one another otherwise I get soaked in blood with all the murder books I read. Or am knee deep in petticoats, as I read quite a few of the Bridgerton books recently.
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Yes I recommend that, it follows the career of detective Joona Linna, the first book is The hypnotist, and ends with the Sleepwalker....Intense, Thrilling, Scary....kinda was scared to turn of the light😁
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I watched the TV adaption of Sweetpea quite recently @MissMarple, I didn't really see Ella Purnell as the main character when I was reading the book but she played it really well! The TV show is very different from the book though, it felt like two different things but it was still a really good watch!
I have just finished reading I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait and I thoufht that was brilliant! There wasn't much of a plot but a more indepth look at characters and how complex families can especially around mental health and intergenerational trauma.
I think I'm going to start The Inmate by Freida McFadden tonight. I find her books easy and quick to read and most of the time quite good if not a bit predictable😅
I've heard good things about Red, White and Royal Blue @StarryEyed. What did you think of it? I think they made a film of that recently too!
These sound really good @scottishtom, I feel like Scandinavia can do crime and thriller books and TV really well. Do you have a favourite?1
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