What are you reading? Book recommendations please! 📚️
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Awwww, thanks @StarryEyed I was having a lousy day Wednesday, so your timing was very good with the kind words :) How are you today?
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It was lovely thank you @SmellyBin, lots of different bookshops! I was pretty tired and a bit achy in the hip the following day but I'm back to my usual now which I'm relieved about😅
One bookshop was called Murder & Mayhem and it was just full of crime fiction and non fiction, paranormal, horror etc etc, I've never seen a bookshop like that before!
I'll share some photos I took because it was very picturesque and a beautiful little town😍
I did make a rogue purchase in Richard Booths Bookshop which is the Grays Anatomy book. I find the human body so fascinating and interesting to learn about it. It goes into so much detail about every single nerve, tendon, bone, muscle etc with diagrams.
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How was your Hay trip @Mary_Scope ?
I've been pretty much in a crash this whole summer @SmellyBin Sometimes I feel okayish for a couple of days, then back to square one. Being able to read, even just for a short period of time, is always a pleasure.
My library has informed me that I've borrowed 20k worth of books since I joined. 😄 It was printed on my loan receipt. So grateful for libraries.
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I see you were posting as I was typing @Mary_Scope Those bookshops look awesome!
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What? You only bought the one book @Mary_Scope What a restraint :)
But thanks for sharing the pics, it looks like an awesome day out - good for you. And I am glad you're recovered by now. And nice that your wallet probably didn't hurt as well, life is expensive enough as it is.
Wow, 20k books for you @MissMarple Way to goooo! And of course you can recall every single one of them, plots included ;)
The crashes are not something I wish on anyone, I am surprised how balanced you sound every time we meet here. I honestly don't know what else to say, but that I am really hoping that the next one will stay away for longer period than what you describe.
Is the weather an extra bother for you (if that is a proper sentence, not sure…)?0 -
I discovered some great authors through the library to whom I couldn't have given a chance if I had had to buy their books. I don't know how balanced I am @SmellyBin 😄 I tend to post when I'm feeling well enough both physically and mentally. It is incredibly hard to live with chronic fatigue and PEM. The weather makes it worse, yes. We are facing another heatwave in England. What is the weather like in your neck of the woods at the moment?
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Ha I know @SmellyBin, I have too many books I need to read before I add many more to my bookshelf😄 I did take photos of lots of new books I want to read eventually though! Thank you for the kind words😊.
I saw a really interesting non fiction book called Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women which I was really tempted by🤩 Has anybody heard of that or read that before?
They were very cool @MissMarple, lots of them felt very old fashioned in the best way! The architecture was beautiful. 20,000 worth of books is amazing!! Wow. What are your favourite authors you have discovered through the library? I hope the crashes ease a bit when the weather finally cools down.0 -
M.W. Craven, Steve Cavanagh, Helen Fitzgerald, Anthony Horowitz have become authors whose new releases I'm always interested in @Mary_Scope The Hungry Dark by Jen Williams stands out as a horror-type book which I don't normally read and wouldn't buy, but one day I was in the right mood and it was available through my library, and I loved it.
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I started reading the Eddie Flynn series a while ago @MissMarple as I really enjoyed Kill for Me, Kill for You. My friend has met Steve Cavanagh and is a huge fan. I'd love to read a horror book, it's not something I've ever done before but I love a horror film. I'll have to look The Hungry Dark up. Is it gory at all?
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I have finally finished Selfish Girls😅It took just over a month which is pretty long for me to finish a book but it was so hard to get into but once I was about 60ish pages in, it finally started to pick up! It was pretty good but a bit rushed and confusing towards the end.
I've started What A Shame by the same author now and I am finding that to be a lot more fast paced and enjoyable 😄
I haven't heard of those authors before @MissMarple but it's always so nice when you discover a gem! You keep reminding me to sort myself out and get a library card😅 I've just read the premise for The Hungry Dark and it sounds quite spooky!0 -
The Hungry Dark is quite spooky @Rachel_Scope As far as I remember it's not blood and intestines, more lurking shadows and supernatural phenomena. I would also recommend The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward for a horror/thriller. Her writing is excellent.
Libraries offer so much nowadays @Mary_Scope Ebooks, audiobooks, free online courses… Some have 3D printers that you can use. And it's a really easy way to support authors as they earn royalties for each public library loan.
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Being ill as we are is very hard on me emotionally. The cruel ridiculousness of it, the utter weirdness of things, the feeling of other-worldliness.., it is often like I am in a parallel universe. Therefore I am so glad to be able to spin and read.
During the hot weather in June and July I was doing okayish, but these past few weeks were more difficult. Today should be the last one with tropical temperatures, I sure hope so @MissMarple
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How are you both feeling today @MissMarple @SmellyBin? Has it cooled down where you guys are?
I'm planning on going into town on Friday and signing up to the library then, i've put it on my list of things to do that day😊 That's very cool that some libraries have 3D printers! I don't think i've used one of those before.
I was in Waterstones on Saturday and spotted this book in the new releases section. I thought I'd share as I know we've spoke about this series before😊 Will you guys be reading it? Or have you read it?
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I’m reading a steam punk book by George Mann. I think it’s a series following two investigators in a steam punk, fantasy genre solving weird crimes in Victorian London
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That sounds like a fascinating book @yellowpineapple84, are you enjoying it?
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Yeah, that is part 3 or 4 of the series we were talking about. I never gotten past part two, but am hoping to run into the last two installments (do you call it installments when it is a book, not sure). I've got a voucher for Bookbeat, another online bookservice, hopefully they've got these as e-books. Somehow it is hard for me to wrap my brain around an audiobook…
I am back to doing okayish, but not as up and running as I cannot keep myself from hoping I might miraculously feel. But very glad we had an outing with the wheelchair yesterday, and came across a cat who wanted to be petted. Good thing I am a crazy cat lady =^.^=
@yellowpineapple84 good for you for enjoying this series. I am not sure if I know about steam punk as a genre, I could blame it on the brain fog, but it honestly sounds new to me.
@MissMarple you okay today? Nearing the 21k of books yet 😆
And has anyone read the Sheep of Glenkill? The book that was recently turned into a movie with Emma Thompson and Hugh Jackman, I think it is called The Sheep Detective? I am hoping to re-read it this week, my neighbor got it on her bookshelf. I remember it as being funny and lighthearted: so bring it on!
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I read the whole series @Mary_Scope and I think Body of Lies was a brilliant final book to end the series. A page turner and also thought-provoking. Hope your library visit goes okay and you'll get addicted 😀
It's a bit easier with the temperatures cooling so I've been trying to catch up on things that I'd been putting off. E.g. I've managed to cancel a subcription and change my pillowcase. Big wins! 😄
I read Glenkill shortly after it came out and loved it @SmellyBin Have you read Swann's other series, Miss Sharp investigates with the elderly detectives? I would recommend the first book, The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp, then stopping.
I'm in a bit of a reading slump at the moment, can't really concentrate on anything.
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@MissMarple 'I would recommend the first book, The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp, then stopping.' Good, because I've only read the first of that series 🤭
I am just back from next door to pet the cat and get the book - the highlight of my day, it doesn't get much better, meeting the cat to be clear 🙃
Sorry to read about your lack of concentration, that is indeed annoying. Coincidentally, today's session of the Hormonal Challenge on Insight Timer is about brain fog and the likes. No pressure, though. I remember you not being into meditation. That said, this 10 min session was more of an observation, a reassurance really.
The books by Jo Callaghan are not available through Bookbeat, so I am hoping my friend has somehow found or bought them. The first two I read I got through her. Gosh, books are expensive when you're not reading them via a library. But they do have a lot of books by Robert Bryndza which I will be reading when I use the coupon.
And yay for catching up on things! Are you gonna treat yourself to something nice? I am gonna be horizontal now, but when I get up I'll be getting myself a bowl of crisps and hoping you'll do something similar. We need tiny things to give ourselves a pat on the back, right? Let's virtually raise our juice glasses 🍹
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@Mary_Scope Hello :) I am enjoying this book, I could recommend it. Maybe you could enjoy it too. Hadn’t read any steam punk before and this has been a pleasant surprise and the two main characters are interesting. I think it’s a bit supernatural in parts and some of the storylines/characters are bizarre but great imagination from the author I guess 😂
What are you reading? :)
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Glad you were able to get out in your wheelchair @SmellyBin and it's always a highlight of the day when you see a cat or dog to make a fuss of😍
I feel quite similar about about audiobooks, I feel like it would be much easier for me to loose track of the plot and not fully be present in the story if I don't see the physical words!
It's nice to hear you're feeling a bit better with the cooler temperatures @MissMarple, definetly celebrate those wins! Haha thank you, I'm looking forward to signing up and looking at the different genres I don't really gravitate to and just exploring more worlds😊
It's good to know your opinion on that book, I've been keeping an eye out for the sequel in the charity shops but I haven't come across it yet so maybe that'll be my first library book!I never thought about steam punk being a book genre @yellowpineapple84 but I'm very intrigued now😄 Have you read many other steam punk books?
I finished What A Shame by Abigail Bergstrom yesterday and it was okay and my next book on the list is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. It is a bit of a different book for me but it come highly recommended by a friend who always has great recommendations so I trust her🤣 Has anybody read that?0
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