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So I've just finished Mick Herron's Spook Street - book 4 in the Slow Horses series. It won a bunch of awards and I can see why. I laughed out loud, like fall off my chair laughing, many times. And in terms of plot twist intrigues, there were several shock / gasp moments. I give it 10/10.
I'm already half way thru book 5, London Rules which has started with the same energy that book 4 had. Hurrah! |
Anonymous
| What did you think of book 1? For some reason I’ve never been able to get through book 1 of this series that gets so many kudos. |
Anonymous
| Sorry - what is the meaning of this post - are we supposed to say what we are reading this month or are we having a book club here? |
Anonymous
Yes, it's a follow on from Jan and Feb book clubs - just if you want to say what you read, why you liked or disliked it and what you give it out of 10. |
Anonymous
I only struggled with book 1 because I'd seen the TV version (twice). You don't have to start at the beginning, you could go directly to book 2 if you like. He does a good job of briefly summarizing things so people who have forgotten (or not started reading the books in order) get the gist and aren't lost. |
Anonymous
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The River, the Kettle and the Bird.
10/10 |
Anonymous
| Finally read Olive Kitteridge, liked it but it was pretty strange. |
Anonymous
| Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment (7/10). I really enjoyed The Guest List, and her style of writing in general. She's one of the few contemporary authors IMO who can switch character perspectives (i.e., every chapter is written in a different voice) successfully, without all the characters sounding identical to each other. Good quick suspenseful read. |
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Here is what I read in Feb. but I have to stick to GoodReads 1-5 ratings. I actually gave all of these 4s!
The Unsinkable Greta James - I like to travel and in this book they are on an Alaskan cruise. Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin - about home organizing. Very fast read - I got some tips. The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku - again, very fast read - story of a Holocaust survivor. Salt to the Sea - continuing my WWII "unit" - about WWII but related to German citizens, Prussians, Poles, and Lithuanians that I hadn't really known about. My 8th grader read this book in school and I never read it, so I read it too. Part of Your World - cute rom com. I am reading the Great Alone right now, and liking it so far. |
Anonymous
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Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
10/10 |
Anonymous
| Tried to read Spare, and it's so awful I'm still trying to get through it. I hate not finishing books! But the writing is so self-indulgent, and just over-the-top ridiculous (they don't leave, they "flee", nobody just cries, they "sob on the floor", etc.) I'm finding it a very bad reading experience. I wanted to read it because it's such a point of popular discussion, but my God it's bad. SO BAD. |
Anonymous
| Courting Mr. Lincoln. 10 out of 10. 11 out of 10 if you’re into historical fiction. |
Anonymous
| Reading The Change right now - I think recommended from here? It's a fun ready especially if you are a post-menopausal woman. Also ready The Tenth Muse which I am enjoying as well. |
Anonymous
| The Whalebone Theater - 9/10. The kind of book you can just escape into as you read about these lovable characters from the 1920s through WW2. |
Anonymous
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Just finished The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. I'd say somewhere around 6/7 out of 10.
I loved the main character of Mika Moon, and the kids. I did find the story a bit repetitive and predictable and some of the charm had worn off by the time things were wrapping up. It almost reads like a middle-grade novel but there's a innuendo and a sex scene; otherwise I would have happily handed it off to my 10yo daughter. |