Currently Reading

[Livia]

The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman. I'm a big fan of the trilogy, His Dark Materials, and I'm loving this one so far.

[Shaun]

Just started reading 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr... loving it, rarely steam through books (I have an annoying tendency to drag them out over a month or more) but am already halfway through after 2 days :laugh: Great settings and characters.

[Marsh.]

The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman. I'm a big fan of the trilogy, His Dark Materials, and I'm loving this one so far.
Is it a sequel to the HDM trilogy?

[Oliver_W]

Is it a sequel to the HDM trilogy?

Prequel!

I'm waiting for my mum to finish it so I can have it haha

[Lostie!]

2 years later I've finally gotten around to reading it in full, just finished earlier this evening. Brilliant book, looking forward to starting The Subtle Knife. The final few chapters especially were addictive. I do wish I didn't already know how it ended but that didn't dampen the enjoyment of reading it for the first time.

Just finished The Subtle Knife (God I'm becoming a slow reader). Brilliant once again and some great plot twists that genuinely caught me off guard which made up for my prior knowledge of the twists in Northern Lights :laugh:

The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman. I'm a big fan of the trilogy, His Dark Materials, and I'm loving this one so far.

I got it for Christmas as a gift from my grandma so I'm really looking forward to being able to jump right in once I've read The Amber Spyglass. Heard only good things.

[kirklancaster]

Re-reading; The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

[Shaun]

Just started reading 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr... loving it, rarely steam through books (I have an annoying tendency to drag them out over a month or more) but am already halfway through after 2 days :laugh: Great settings and characters.

Since this (probably my favourite book of all time, if not a close 2nd/3rd) I've read:

- "About Grace" by the same author (Anthony Doerr). Found the protagonist extremely irritating and one of the least relatable/human ARSEHOLES I've ever read but at the same time the story was pretty rich and odd.
- "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen. I've been trying to steam through the books that've won Pulitzer prizes because the couple I'd already read were terrific - this wasn't any different. A novel about espionage, the Vietnamese revolution, dual citizenship and never quite belonging, it's pretty explosive and moving.
- "Days Without End" by Sebastian Barry. A very sweet and strange gay love story set in the American civil war, with many deeply loveable characters.
- "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin. Very short and tragic story, quite full of histrionics and dark characters, but enjoyed it a lot.

And am now making a headstart on:
- "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. Well it's about time really given me and this forum :whistle: Never knew anything about the case it portrays but it's just written so fascinatingly and whilst I can see why it received such notoriety and scandal upon publishing, it's interesting how much it's noticeably changed fiction and journalism alike since it just seems so matter-of-fact to the modern reader.
- "The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye" by David Lagercrantz - enjoyed his first take on the Millenium trilogy continuation, hopefully I enjoy his second.

[Alf]

This thread

[Niamh.]

About halfway through Robs book The Hung Jury, loving it :love:

[Twosugars]

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima by James Mahaffey.
So good I started rereading as soon as I'd finished.

[RileyH]

Looking for Alaska :love:

[Wizard.]

This thread

:joker::joker:

[glibberglobber]

A Feast For Crows

[Niamh.]

A Feast For CrowsThat one was my least favourite of the series

[glibberglobber]

That one was my least favourite of the series

I only just started it lol

[Moniqua]

Noughts & Crosses

[Moviefan]

First time reading!
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Really enjoying it

Also middle of reading
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[Smithy]

Just finished Kill The Father, so so so good

[Wizard.]

Black by Dean Smith

[Tom4784]

Black by Dean Smith

A king of taste!

[Niamh.]

Just started Robs second Gold & silver books The Poison Pen and I'm nearly half way through already [emoji178] I love those ones

[Niamh.]

Your book hasn't arrived yet Dezzy [emoji16]

[Tom4784]

Your book hasn't arrived yet Dezzy [emoji16]

Not Stu preventing my book from reaching Cork?

[Niamh.]

Not Stu preventing my book from reaching Cork?[emoji23] 24th/25th is the eta

[Alf]

:joker::joker:Like that one did ya? I like the silly little daft jokes too.

[Tom4784]

[emoji23] 24th/25th is the eta

Not these irishphobic delivery dates!

[Niamh.]

Not these irishphobic delivery dates!No sign of it today so I'm hoping it will arrive tomorrow because I just finished Robs book which was fab, I really want to see a Gold & Silver mysteries mini series [emoji7]

[Moviefan]

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Start this yesterday morning, on page 275

[Twosugars]

Reading all Maigret novels chronologically

[Moviefan]

Just finished reading today (second time)
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Also started today (1st time read)
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[Smithy]

JUST finished Behind Her Eyes, it was pretty good, although there was one main plot point that I really didn’t like, but the ending just had me like

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[Marsh.]

Why don't you just spoil it for everyone Smithy! :oh:

[Moviefan]

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[Smithy]

Why don't you just spoil it for everyone Smithy! :oh:

What did I spoil you ****?

[Marsh.]

What did I spoil you ****?

The ENTIRE ENDING!

George and Rose are my witnesses! :oh:

[Smithy]

The ENTIRE ENDING!

George and Rose are my witnesses! :oh:

Oh piss OFF you boring old FART


Just finished Jurassic Park, I enjoyed it, I think the book was better, but the changes they made for the film were for the best, apart from cutting them the bits of them in the river I think that’d have been a really cool thing to have in the film

[Ammi]

...not currently reading but just read, Black by Dean Smith...a total must read of a story...amazing book...10/10...

[Tom4784]

...not currently reading but just read, Black by Dean Smith...a total must read of a story...amazing book...10/10...

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[Jase.]

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I literally only read psychological thrillers and this is good so far!

[Jase.]

JUST finished Behind Her Eyes, it was pretty good, although there was one main plot point that I really didn’t like, but the ending just had me like

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omg read her next book "Cross Her Heart" which she released a couple of months back which is even better than BHE. My fave book of 2018 so far and it's getting turned into a tv series :love:

[Wizard.]

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I literally only read psychological thrillers and this is good so far!

I have seen a few people read this maybe I will look into it

[Jase.]

I have seen a few people read this maybe I will look into it

Do it girl! About to settle down in bed with it.

[Jase.]

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I literally only read psychological thrillers and this is good so far!

Bloody brilliant book. The ending had me in tears and the very last page was CHILLING. I'm shook.

[Smithy]

Bloody brilliant book. The ending had me in tears and the very last page was CHILLING. I'm shook.

You should read Behind her eyes, you’d probably enjoy it!


Oh nvm just saw you have, what did you think of the ending?!


I’m halfway through Leah on the offbeat and it’s nowhere near as good as Love, Simon :/

[Smithy]

Just finished The Lost World (Jurassic Park sequel) eh it was kinda meh, a lot of changes in the film bc if they made a film out of what happened in the book it would have been kind of boring? and too similar to the first.

[Moviefan]

Since my last post
I re-read
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First read
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Just finished , this was another re-read

Currently re-reading
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[Jase.]

You should read Behind her eyes, you’d probably enjoy it!


Oh nvm just saw you have, what did you think of the ending?!


I’m halfway through Leah on the offbeat and it’s nowhere near as good as Love, Simon :/

Bloody brilliant! It was a bit out there but I absolutely loved the fact I did NOT see it coming :joker:

Currently reading the much hyped

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And I am SHOOK. It's creepy as **** and I'm only 60 pages in.

[Smithy]

Omg I just finished Kill The Angel (sequel to Kill The Father) and I’m RAGING bc of the cliffhanger that it’s been left on :fist:

[Twosugars]

Ocean Worlds
The story of seas on earth and other planets

[Alf]

Ocean Worlds
The story of seas on earth and other planetsThat sounds boring, was it?

[Braden]

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Almost finished.

Really fun and a great, straight-forward explanation to how the brain works and all the angst that comes along with it. Explores different concepts that are ultimately affected or caused by the brain and contains an array of mindfulness activities to help anyone feeling frazzled. Love Ruby and love this book.

[Smithy]

omg read her next book "Cross Her Heart" which she released a couple of months back which is even better than BHE. My fave book of 2018 so far and it's getting turned into a tv series :love:

You DIRTY LIAR!

BHE > CHH

CHH felt too predictable the only bit I didn’t guess was

she was the daughter as well as the mother

[Smithy]

I read lily allens autobiography last week too, (got through it in a day :skull:)

I really enjoyed it,

Just about to start You Let Me In

[Niamh.]

Just started Stephen Kings Sleeping Beauties

[Jessica.]

I'm reading Cabin at the End of the World, it's interesting but it feels a bit simple, if that makes sense.

[Sticks]

This thread

[MTVN]

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Aw this was a lovely little book :flutter: really simple and easy to fly through but very touching

[Underscore]

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[Wizard.]

Being an English student I don't think I have read a book that wasn't part of my course for 3 years... can't wait to finish in May so I can start reading for pleasure again.

[Benjamin]

Looptail

[Livia]

Mythos, by Stephen Fry. It's an audio book but it still counts.

[Livia]

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman. It's the prequel to Practical Magic. I'm enjoying it, so far, 7/10.

[Mystic Mock]

Forces Of Nature.

I've only ever really completed reading Horrid Henry Books and The Rats by James Herbert in the past so I'm trying to add this book to my very tiny list of completed Books.:laugh:

Away from that long winded explanation, I so far am enjoying this Book in a different kind of way to how I enjoy fictional storytelling, it was really fascinating to find out how Bees make their Beehives, tbh I'm not the brightest person in the world so I don't get all of the terminology, but it is a very clever and well written Book imo.

[Mystic Mock]

Technically a Comic Book, but I've read Batman Hush which I loved.

And now I'm gonna try out The Walking Dead and see if it's better than the TV Show.

[Ammi]

...Gaslight by Eloise Williams...I guess technically an older children’s book book but it’s very gripping/absorbing...


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[Tom4784]

I read a chapter of Normal People on the bus to work, it's pretty decent although the unorthodox writing style is throwing me a bit.

[Niamh.]

I read a chapter of Normal People on the bus to work, it's pretty decent although the unorthodox writing style is throwing me a bit.

Did you watch the TV show?


I just finished John Grisham's The Reckoning, I'd give it a 5/10

It was well written but the story was pretty thin, the whole middle section of the book, the war story was totally unnecessary to the main story I thought, I'm not sure if it was there to somehow explain Pete Bannings mindset or to somehow justify what he did but it didn't work for me. Basically he murdered "the wrong guy", I have that in quotes because even if he was the right guy it doesn't in anyway justify him being murdered. pete murdered a guy who had an affair with his wife, which technically wasn't even an affair for her because pete's was presumed dead at the time, not only that he made her go crazy and had her committed.

The book was depressing as **** as well with no light at all in it

[Tom4784]

Did you watch the TV show?


I just finished John Grisham's The Reckoning, I'd give it a 5/10

It was well written but the story was pretty thin, the whole middle section of the book, the war story was totally unnecessary to the main story I thought, I'm not sure if it was there to somehow explain Pete Bannings mindset or to somehow justify what he did but it didn't work for me. Basically he murdered "the wrong guy", I have that in quotes because even if he was the right guy it doesn't in anyway justify him being murdered. pete murdered a guy who had an affair with his wife, which technically wasn't even an affair for her because pete's was presumed dead at the time, not only that he made her go crazy and had her committed.

The book was depressing as **** as well with no light at all in it

No, not yet. I'll finish the book first, it's only 200+ pages but I'm stretching it out a bit since I have nothing to read after it :laugh:

[AnnieK]

I've spent a lot of lockdown reading.

I've discovered Teresa Driscoll and her thriller books are very good. Also Mark Edwards is another author I have enjoyed.

Just finished the Silent Patient by Alex Micaelides. Engaging with a good twist at the end

[Tony Montana]

Loads of comic books.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Pet sematary (the first book i’ve started reading in about 6 years :worry:)

[Ammi]

Pet sematary (the first book i’ve started reading in about 6 years :worry:)

...look at you...:flutter:...fetch the reading spectacles....are you enjoying it..?...

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

...look at you...:flutter:...fetch the reading spectacles....are you enjoying it..?...

Ggjjgg

I’m only about 20 pages in so nothing has happened yet really :skull:

[Smithy]

Got about 100 pages left of the ballad of songbirds and snakes

[Niamh.]

Is it good Smithy?

[Smithy]

Yeah, it’s split into thirds like THG books the first two were great but it’s final one is dragging a tad

[Beso]

Re reading irvine welshes, bedroom secrets of the master chefs

[Livia]

Justice Alternatives by Pat Carlen, I'm studying... but actually, it's very engaging for a text book.

[Niamh.]

Yeah, it’s split into thirds like THG books the first two were great but it’s final one is dragging a tad

Oh Think I'll buy those :love:

[Cherie]

Normal People

[Smithy]

Oh Think I'll buy those :love:

Oh no I mean it’s one book out it’s split into parts, part one is the lead up to the games, part two is the games and part 3 is the fallout :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Oh no I mean it’s one book out it’s split into parts, part one is the lead up to the games, part two is the games and part 3 is the fallout :laugh:

ohhhhhh, I'll buy that then :laugh:

[LaLaLand]

[Sorry to bump a thread after 6 months of inactivity] but...

I'm currently listening (audiobook) to Jack Kerouac's On the Road for the first time and for someone who has such wanderlust and desire to get out there, travel and see America in particular this book just makes my heart full. Those descriptions of the dusty, desert roads and box cars with towns sailing by... Ugh! :love:

Especially in the current climate, it's nice to sit back and imagine being out there.

Currently one hour in of a massive nine hours and I'm already just loving it.

[Tom4784]

I've read two books lately, Ring by Koji Suzuki and Penpal by Dathan Auerbach.

It was interesting to read the original Ring, which felt a lot more science fiction-esque than the ghost stories of the films, but I did have a massive issue with it that really prevented me from enjoying it. in the original book, instead of a reporter and her ex-husband investigating the tape, it's a reporter and a friend from school and his friend, it turns out, is a serial rapist that gloats about his crimes to the main character and the main character does nothing about it, in fact at one point, he invites the bastard into the home he shares with his wife and daughter and it's just repugnant. THEN, when the rapist dies, we get forcefed a redemption arc where we get told he lied about raping women because he was a virgin and he ends up saving the day and I'm just nonplussed by the whole thing. It's annoying because it completely ruined the book for me when the core story and it's differences to the story we all know are quite fascinating. Like, there's no ghosts coming out of the TV this time, Sadako/Samara doesn't actually appear at all, and everything that happens has nothing to do with ghosts but her psychic powers going out of control in death.

Penpal was better and had some straight up eerie moments that have stuck with me, but the writing is so formal, stiff and long winded that the author somehow made a 200 page book feel too long, which is a real shame because the story itself is excellent, but the writing is just.... frigid.

[Sticks]

Mein kampf

Bizarrely that was once a recommendation by the late Tony Benn, so people could see how dangerous some ideas are.

I am currently in the middle of Tamed, Ten species that changed the world, by Professor Alice Roberts

[Alf]

The guy from the band Mumford and Sons (Marshall I think is name is) read a book recently, he praised the author on Twitter. You should see the vile abuse he got for liking a book.

[Alf]

This tweet is all it took for him to be declared a Nazi, Facist by the mob.



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[Scarlett.]

This isn't a thread about politics

[Alf]

Bizarrely that was once a recommendation by the late Tony Benn, so people could see how dangerous some ideas are.

I am currently in the middle of Tamed, Ten species that changed the world, by Professor Alice RobertsI'm not really reading it, I just said it because I'm a troll and I need to live up to that title.

I just read something about it the other day, that Mein Kampf is available to buy on Ebay while Some Dr Suess books are no longer available.

[Alf]

This isn't a thread about politicsI'm talking about books.

[Mystic Mock]

Chaos Seeds First Book, The Land: Founding.

It won't appeal to everyone, but I've personally liked the first few chapters that I've read so far.

[Mystic Mock]

If we can count Manga I am currently reading Doron Dororon.

I know that it's not doing very well commercially, but I think that it's really fun.

And in particular Dora and Kusanagi have a good dynamic imo.

I'm also waiting for the translation of the 41st Volume of Berserk.:devil:

[Beso]

Shaun Ryder's new book.

[Mystic Mock]

I've started reading Salem's Lot yesterday.

I've only read two chapters so far, but they've been interesting in an odd way so far.

[Niamh.]

Just finished :

The Girl You Lost. It was a very good read although I predicted a lot of the ending (not all)

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Just Started :

The Game You Played, not sure what the fascination with missing kids books is atm maybe it's an algorithm thing because I'm listening to these on Audible :laugh: This one is pretty interesting so far

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[Niamh.]

Just finished :

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I enjoyed this one, it's about time travel, didn't realise it was a series, I've just downloaded the 2nd book :

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[Kate!]

Just finished :

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I enjoyed this one, it's about time travel, didn't realise it was a series, I've just downloaded the 2nd book :

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It's Kerrys birthday today. God bless.

[Niamh.]

The Running Grave. This is my favourite series, this might be my favourite one of them yet as well, I'm about 3/4's of the way through it

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[OnTheRight]

Ben Cohen - Carry me home

[Sticks]

This thread :joker:

[Ammi]

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[Ray.]

Recently re-read The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, and am currently reading Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - one of the very few Poirot books I hadn't yet read.

[Beso]

My life in the firm.

By Vee Agra

Millwall's top girl.

[Zizu]

My life in the firm.

By Vee Agra

Millwall's top girl.


Phew !


I thought women were moving into football hooliganism as well as everything else !!


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[Ray.]

Though I bought it a few weeks back, I'm just now starting up on The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis, about a group of nihilistic teens who get caught up in the sinister machinations of a brutal serial killer who's menacing the streets of '80s LA. That's a very broad and basic summary that probably doesn't do justice to the full scope of the story, but it's a serviceable one all the same. Thus far it's your basic Ellis fare, i.e., a group of physically perfect, bisexually promiscuous teenagers who lead the sort of carefree and materially rich but emotionally soulless lives that many of us probably half-wish we could have lived when we were teenagers lol. But that's not a slight against it. I'm enjoying it immensely with its almost obscene litany of '80s pop culture references.

[Benjamin]

The Thursday Murder Club

[Niamh.]

Just started this, I like it so far, Graham is a very good story teller

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[Ammi]

Just started this, I like it so far, Graham is a very good story teller

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…oh, reading the synopsis on this it sounds like a story I would like and Graham has such an engaging way about him…if that carries into his writing then I’m sure I’ll like his style so I’ll give it a go…sounds like a nice summer read also…

[Niamh.]

…oh, reading the synopsis on this it sounds like a story I would like and Graham has such an engaging way about him…if that carries into his writing then I’m sure I’ll like his style so I’ll give it a go…sounds like a nice summer read also…

Yeah i think you would like it, I'm actually listening to the audio version and he narrates that as well

[OnTheRight]

Brian O'Driscoll - The Test

[Niamh.]

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Imagine losing the most important ten years of your life …

Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She’s newly married to the wonderful Nick and is pregnant with her first baby.

There’s just one problem.
All that was ten years ago …

Alice has slipped in a step aerobics class, hit her head and lost a decade. Now she’s a grown-up, bossy mother of three in the middle of a nasty divorce and her beloved sister Elisabeth isn’t speaking to her. This is her life but not as she knows it.

Clearly Alice has made some terrible mistakes.
Just how much can happen in a decade?

Can she ever get back to the woman she used to be?

[Beso]

A new chapter of trainspotting has just been released by Irvine Welch. Not bought it yet, awaiting a loan of one from a pal. Or I might shop lift it from whsmith to punish them for their over priced cigarettes.

[Livia]

I'm reading Mapp and Lucia, fourth book in the series by E F Benson. I'm a big fan of his, his ghost stories are excellent. I've completely gone off modern novels.

[Niamh.]

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Imagine losing the most important ten years of your life …

Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She’s newly married to the wonderful Nick and is pregnant with her first baby.

There’s just one problem.
All that was ten years ago …

Alice has slipped in a step aerobics class, hit her head and lost a decade. Now she’s a grown-up, bossy mother of three in the middle of a nasty divorce and her beloved sister Elisabeth isn’t speaking to her. This is her life but not as she knows it.

Clearly Alice has made some terrible mistakes.
Just how much can happen in a decade?

Can she ever get back to the woman she used to be?

Really enjoyed this one, the same Author wrote the book version of Big Little Lies. I'll probably read a few more of her books

[Kate!]

Really enjoyed this one, the same Author wrote the book version of Big Little Lies. I'll probably read a few more of her books

I've always fancied reading something from this author.

[Niamh.]

I've always fancied reading something from this author.

She writes really good and fleshed out female characters which I like

[Glenn.]

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Just read this. Quite disappointing. Thought it was going to be a bit spookier.

[Ammi]

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Just read this. Quite disappointing. Thought it was going to be a bit spookier.

…did you watch the miniseries, Glenn…?…it was quite spooky, I thought…

[Niamh.]

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Just read this. Quite disappointing. Thought it was going to be a bit spookier.

Oh my son had to read that for one of his Uni modules, he loved the TV show but he was disappointed with the book too, he said it was totally different

[Glenn.]

…did you watch the miniseries, Glenn…?…it was quite spooky, I thought…


The one on Netflix? Yeah I did which is why I had higher expectations for the book. It’s not the same story as the series and the only thing that is the same are the main characters names and Hill House itself.

I was expecting more from it.

[Glenn.]

Wanted a good ole ghost story to read

[Ammi]

…The Amityville Horror was very good in book form, I thought…

[Oliver_W]

Night and Day by John Connolly.

When I read the inner-flap I thought it sounded awesome, I didn't realise (it didn't say) it was a short story compilation :laugh:

That's fine, I am enjoying the stories, but I thought they'd all come togethet somehow, the one with the library has potential to be a book on its own.

[Niamh.]

Just about about to go sit in the sun and start this https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250517/19258597a7ccfa4e1ade8e7c79a9ca52.jpg

[Ammi]

Just about about to go sit in the sun and start this https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250517/19258597a7ccfa4e1ade8e7c79a9ca52.jpg

…I like the storyline synopsis …I see that it’s a miniseries also and not one that I’d noticed before so I might try that soon…

[Niamh.]

…I like the storyline synopsis …I see that it’s a miniseries also and not one that I’d noticed before so I might try that soon…Oh, is it? I might watch that after I finish the book. My daughter actually got it because she's in the middle of doing a PhD in Chemistry, but she couldn't get into the book at all, I'm enjoying it, though [emoji23]

[Ammi]

Oh, is it? I might watch that after I finish the book. My daughter actually got it because she's in the middle of doing a PhD in Chemistry, but she couldn't get into the book at all, I'm enjoying it, though [emoji23]

…yeah it’s on Apple TV…I watched a little bit earlier, only around 10 minutes but I’m going to continue with it…

[Redway]

It’s Not You: Dr Ramani Durvasula.

[Niamh.]

Ammi I think you might like this one I just started, it's a kind of a sliding doors type idea

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The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life?

In the wake of a catastrophic storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son's birth. Her husband, Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends for her to name the infant after him. But when the registrar asks what she'd like to call the child, Cora hesitates...

Spanning thirty-five years, what follows are three alternate and alternating versions of Cora's and her young son's lives, shaped by her choice of name. In richly layered prose, The Names explores the painful ripple effects of domestic abuse, the messy ties of family, and the possibilities of autonomy and healing.

With exceptional sensitivity and depth, Knapp draws us into the story of one family, told through a prism of what-ifs, causing us to consider the "one . . . precious life" we are given. The book’s brilliantly imaginative structure, propulsive storytelling, and emotional, gut-wrenching power are certain to make The Names a modern classic.

[Oliver_W]

Jerusalem by Alan Moore - despite the name it's about Northampton, jumping around different times with interconnected people.

[Ammi]

Ammi I think you might like this one I just started, it's a kind of a sliding doors type idea

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The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life?

In the wake of a catastrophic storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son's birth. Her husband, Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends for her to name the infant after him. But when the registrar asks what she'd like to call the child, Cora hesitates...

Spanning thirty-five years, what follows are three alternate and alternating versions of Cora's and her young son's lives, shaped by her choice of name. In richly layered prose, The Names explores the painful ripple effects of domestic abuse, the messy ties of family, and the possibilities of autonomy and healing.

With exceptional sensitivity and depth, Knapp draws us into the story of one family, told through a prism of what-ifs, causing us to consider the "one . . . precious life" we are given. The book’s brilliantly imaginative structure, propulsive storytelling, and emotional, gut-wrenching power are certain to make The Names a modern classic.


…I really love the sound of this …we had a conversation actually only a few weeks ago about how having sons/daughters and their life experiences and their characters and everything involved in parenting them etc also impacts in forming of our own characters …and it’s that same kind of sliding door thing which I love to think about…?…I’m away actually for a few days soon and I needed to think about a read for that time so I think that I’ll get this one …thank you so much for the recommendation…:love:..

[Ammi]

…I just downloaded it onto Kindle, I’ll start it this week…

[Niamh.]

…I really love the sound of this …we had a conversation actually only a few weeks ago about how having sons/daughters and their life experiences and their characters and everything involved in parenting them etc also impacts in forming of our own characters …and it’s that same kind of sliding door thing which I love to think about…?…I’m away actually for a few days soon and I needed to think about a read for that time so I think that I’ll get this one …thank you so much for the recommendation…:love:..

Yeah, I love the movie sliding doors as well, because it's something I think about a lot (and I'm sure other people do too)

I hope you like it

[Ammi]

…oh dear Lord, what has Cora done…what has she created…

-dJ-fRGSTEQ

[Niamh.]

…oh dear Lord, what has Cora done…what has she created…

-dJ-fRGSTEQ

:laugh:

[Ammi]

…oh dear Lord, what has Cora done…what has she created…

-dJ-fRGSTEQ

…just after I posted that it got very dark, very quickly…

[Niamh.]

…just after I posted that it got very dark, very quickly…

Yeah....

[Niamh.]

I'm about 2/3 of the way through now, it's such a good book

[Ammi]

I'm about 2/3 of the way through now, it's such a good book

..I’m not so far into it as that, I don’t think…(…I can’t always see page numbers in Kindle…)..but yeah, it’s shaping into a very good read…I felt an instant connection to Cora and I like how the difference of a name was set out straight away in explaining…

[Ammi]

I'm about 2/3 of the way through now, it's such a good book

…it really is such a good book/choice and so well written…I was going to ask you…. Cora’s mother, Silbhe…?…in my reading head I’m pronouncing it as ‘Silve’/like silver without the er sound at the end…is that correct, or…?…

[Niamh.]

…it really is such a good book/choice and so well written…I was going to ask you…. Cora’s mother, Silbhe…?…in my reading head I’m pronouncing it as ‘Silve’/like silver without the er sound at the end…is that correct, or…?…

It's more She-live-ah

**Live as rhymes with give

[Niamh.]

I finished it, it was excellent

[Ammi]

It's more She-live-ah

**Live as rhymes with give

….ahhh, thank you…:love:…I’ll correct/adjust my reading voice…yes it’s excellent so far, I still have a way to go…I have a long weekend away this week and hope to finish it then..

[Niamh.]

….ahhh, thank you…:love:…I’ll correct/adjust my reading voice…yes it’s excellent so far, I still have a way to go…I have a long weekend away this week and hope to finish it then..

When a word in Irish starts with S it depends which vowel comes afterwards as to whether it makes a ss sound or a sh sound, generally speaking E & I, the narrow vowels get the sh sound like in Silbhe and the Broad vowels A, O & U get the ss sound like Saoirse(Seersha which actually has the sh sound at the end lol)

[Livia]

Treasure Island. Reading it to the kids but it's very good, I've skipped on without them.

[Niamh.]

Just started this one

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Hiding her own dark past in plain sight, a TV reporter is determined to uncover the truth behind a gruesome murder decades after the investigation was abandoned. But TWENTY YEARS LATER, to understand the present, you need to listen to the past…

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience’s attention. Her latest story—a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal—is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

Emma Kind has waited twenty years to put her sister to rest, but closure won’t be complete until she can clear Victoria’s name. Alone she’s had no luck, but she’s convinced that Avery’s connections and fame will help. Avery, hoping to negotiate a more lucrative network contract, goes into investigative overdrive. Victoria had been having an affair with a successful novelist, found hanging from the balcony of his Catskills mansion. The rope, the bedroom, and the entire crime scene was covered in Victoria’s DNA.

But the twisted puzzle of Victoria’s private life is just the beginning. And what Avery doesn't realize is that there are other players in the game who are interested in Avery’s own secret past—one she has kept hidden from both the network executives and her television audience. A secret she thought was dead and buried . . .

Accused of a brutal murder, Victoria Ford made a final chilling call from the North Tower on the morning of 9/11. Twenty years ago, no one listened. Today, you will.

[Ammi]

When a word in Irish starts with S it depends which vowel comes afterwards as to whether it makes a ss sound or a sh sound, generally speaking E & I, the narrow vowels get the sh sound like in Silbhe and the Broad vowels A, O & U get the ss sound like Saoirse(Seersha which actually has the sh sound at the end lol)

…I should know all of that…Silbhe wasn’t a name I was familiar with so wasn’t sure and was incorrectly pronouncing it Silve ….

[Niamh.]

…I should know all of that…Silbhe wasn’t a name I was familiar with so wasn’t sure and was incorrectly pronouncing it Silve ….

It's not a very common name tbf even in Ireland

[Crimson Dynamo]

Iv gone from Icelandic crime fiction to..

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[Ammi]

I finished it, it was excellent

…yeah I finished it too when I was away, it was an excellent recommendation……it was easy to forget at times that Bear, Julian and Gordon were the same person…


…I thought that it might be difficult to immediately absorb in a new story so quickly but it only took a page or two to absorb in this that I’m reading now…/…I’d recommend, it’s a good story so far…

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Grady calls his wife as she’s driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by a cliff edge, the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there . . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible: a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

Wives think their husbands will change, but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change, but they do.

[Ammi]

…actually I have my next read planned as well, I downloaded Love Untold by Ruth Jones who co-wrote Gavin and Stacey…it’s not about a romantic love, it’s about the mother/daughter bond and relationship…

[Niamh.]

Just started this one

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Hiding her own dark past in plain sight, a TV reporter is determined to uncover the truth behind a gruesome murder decades after the investigation was abandoned. But TWENTY YEARS LATER, to understand the present, you need to listen to the past…

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience’s attention. Her latest story—a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal—is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

Emma Kind has waited twenty years to put her sister to rest, but closure won’t be complete until she can clear Victoria’s name. Alone she’s had no luck, but she’s convinced that Avery’s connections and fame will help. Avery, hoping to negotiate a more lucrative network contract, goes into investigative overdrive. Victoria had been having an affair with a successful novelist, found hanging from the balcony of his Catskills mansion. The rope, the bedroom, and the entire crime scene was covered in Victoria’s DNA.

But the twisted puzzle of Victoria’s private life is just the beginning. And what Avery doesn't realize is that there are other players in the game who are interested in Avery’s own secret past—one she has kept hidden from both the network executives and her television audience. A secret she thought was dead and buried . . .

Accused of a brutal murder, Victoria Ford made a final chilling call from the North Tower on the morning of 9/11. Twenty years ago, no one listened. Today, you will.

This was good, it's the second one of his books I've read, they're good, nothing heavy, nice twisty, mystery styles books

Currently, waiting for this months Audible Credit to download the next installment of the Strike Series, I LOVE these books by JK Rowling

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[Ammi]

…yeah I finished it too when I was away, it was an excellent recommendation……it was easy to forget at times that Bear, Julian and Gordon were the same person…


…I thought that it might be difficult to immediately absorb in a new story so quickly but it only took a page or two to absorb in this that I’m reading now…/…I’d recommend, it’s a good story so far…

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Grady calls his wife as she’s driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by a cliff edge, the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there . . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible: a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

Wives think their husbands will change, but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change, but they do.

…I’ve just finished reading this, it’s another excellent story…:love: … Niamh. …I think this is especially your type of story, Niamh and well worth looking at if you get the chance…

[Niamh.]

…I’ve just finished reading this, it’s another excellent story…:love: … Niamh. …I think this is especially your type of story, Niamh and well worth looking at if you get the chance…

Just started the new Strike book but I'll read this next, thank you :love:

[Ammi]

…I’ve just begun to read Love Untold by Ruth Jones…/co writer of Gavin and Stacey…it’s the first of Ruth’s novels I’ve read so I’m looking forward to seeing her style…

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