What are you reading for March?
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You must realize Spare was ghost written? That Harry is neither remotely intelligent nor articulate, quite the opposite, he left school at 16 a total academic and oral failure. |
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My pleasure! I'm not surprised there's a line for this one. Her books always seem really popular! The other book with a similar premise is called Skip to the End by Molly James. It's much lighter and sweeter than the Serle book. I definitely think the Serle is worth the wait! |
Anonymous
Oh, that book sounds even more interesting than the new one by Rebecca Serle. Sometimes I feel like even if I live to be 997 years old I still won't have had enough time to read all the books that appeal to me. 
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Anonymous
I think The Four Winds gets REALLY good! Heart wrenching. The audiobook narration is outstanding. |
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| I’m listening to The Rachel Incident right now. I just put Huck Finn on hold so I can reread it before I read James by Percival Everett. |
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| Started reading “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells. Got it through Libby. It is a light sci fi story and was highly recommended by friends. |
Anonymous
While the book may have been ghost written Harry attended Eton until age 18 and then went on to Sandhurst Military Academy. He did struggle somewhat through Eton which comes as no surprise after having dealt with the horrible death of his mother at age 12. He may not be a stellar academic but he is both intelligent and articulate as evidenced by interviews you could listen to if you were so inclined. You don't sound too bright, though, making things up about Harry for no reason whatsoever. |
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I just finished Piglet by Lottie Hazell, and I LOVED it. Got it from a NY Times review.
It's about a cookbook editor whose fiance betrays her, and then she becomes ravenously hungry. Not much of a plot but incredibly suspenseful and well written, and I just tore through it. Not sure what to read next! I have a huge stack of books but nothing's calling me. I find it hard to get into a new world when I'm still in the thrall of the one I just finished. |
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The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whelan Turner — loosely Greek history inspired fantasy. A reread of books 1-5 for me, but my first time reading Return of the Thief. I was honestly surprised that it didn’t disappoint; the series is incredibly well done and the unique points of view in each books are a always surprising and feel like they should be outputting (where are my favourite characters?!) but always come through in the end making me more excited about the characters than I expected.
Also a reread of The Fire’s Stone by Tanya Huff (solid fantasy one shot with a significant romance subplot). And have been read Miss Silver mysteries by Patricia Wentworth. Recommend by my mother and solid mysteries where most of the characters are likeable but generally the victim(s) and villain(s) are less so. Set just postwar so they feel historical to me. And about 1/4 of the way through middlemarch — enjoying the gradual development of all the characters and their interconnected relationships and social environment. This one is on audio from the library; ask the others I own. |
Anonymous
He barely graduated from Eton and he only took 2 A-level exams. He got a B in Art and there was controversy teachers helped him cheat and a D in geography. He’s privileged not intelligent. Ghost written books shouldn’t even count as being written by a celebrity. The celebrity name shouldn’t be down as the author. |
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I just finished a book called "Valentine" by Elizabeth Wetmore.
It is about a bunch of unhappy women in Odessa Texas in 1976. And their children and their men. Some of the men are scoundrels, some are not. I liked it. It is a debut novel for the author and I look forward to seeing what else she may write. I downloaded it from my library. |
Anonymous
I am not interested in your personal insults. This is the book thread, not the Meghan Markle fan club. You will need to correct your data however. Harry did not take A levels. He finished school at 16. A levels are studied for 2 years exclusively (there is no other schooling) for students aged 17-18. |
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Just finished Chain Gang All-Stars. It was an absolutely brutal read. But I loved the characters and writing.
I was feeling guilty because I mistakenly put a hold on a large print copy. Then I realized I, with my -9ish prescription, am who the large print copies are made for. |
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| I read Another Day's Pain by KC Constantine. It will be published next month. An American treasure that few people have read. |
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| Read Nutshell by Ian Macewan. Story is told from the perspective of a fetus. His mom is having an affair with his uncle and plotting the murder of his dad. The book was enjoyable until the ending. The ending was terrible. When previously the book spent pages and pages developing events, the author spent a page or two only providing a partial resolution. It felt like the author really enjoyed writing the book, then got completely sick of writing the book and just quit a few pages from the highly unsatisfactory ending. Would not recommend. The premise and prose was excellent. Too bad the terrible ending ruined it. |