Recommend me a book
 

Anyone got any recommendations? Just finished You Like it Darker By Stephen King which was pretty good, I was going to read The Shining but I don't think I want to read another Stephen King book straight after

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I know it's a controversial opinion but I didn't love the film version of that ^

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A landscape of frozen darkness punctuated by grim, gray days.
The feeling like a buzz in your teeth.
The scrape of bone on bone. . .
Paul Gallo saw the report on the news: a mass murderer leading police to his victims' graves, in remote Dread's Hand, Alaska.

It's not even a town; more like the bad memory of a town. The same bit of wilderness where his twin brother went missing a year ago. As the bodies are exhumed, Paul travels to Alaska to get closure and put his grief to rest.

But the mystery is only beginning. What Paul finds are superstitious locals who talk of the devil stealing souls, and a line of wooden crosses to keep what's in the woods from coming out. He finds no closure because no one can explain exactly what happened to Danny.

And the more he searches for answers, the more he finds himself becoming part of the mystery. . .

Oh I like the sound of that one, have you read it?

…I like Jodi Picoult stories, personally …but it’s a completely different genre…I tend to like ‘people’ stories…:laugh:…I also recently read the Rachel Joyce trilogy of ‘Harold Fry’ stories which I liked a lot…

Yes when I was on my golf holiday, iv read 3 other of his books he is very well thought of and has around 15 books

Ill look into those, thanks Ammi

Just checked and they don't have that on Audible, they have a good shot of his other books though, any other stand out one by him?

Have you read any Jack Reacher as they are great (and the tv series too)

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Killing Floor is the first book in the phenomenal best-selling Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. It introduces Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode. Trained to think fast and act faster, he is the perfect action hero for when times get tough.

Margrave is a no-account little town in Georgia. Jack Reacher steps off a bus and walks 14 miles in the rain to reach it, in search of a dead guitar player.

But Margrave has just had its first homicide in 30 years. And Reacher is the only stranger in town. He seems the obvious fall guy. As the body count mounts, only one thing is for sure: they picked the wrong guy to frame for murder.

Now a major Prime TV series starring Alan Ritchson.

I watched a few episodes of the series and I did quite like it but it was one of those I just forgot to get back to

Metamorphosis by Kafka about a guy waking up one day transformed into a giant cockroach type insect

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The sounds really strange Matt :laugh:

Sophie Hannah books are very gripping Niamh.

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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Burial Rites is a dark yet thrilling work of
historical fiction. When a young woman is sentenced to death for murder in the remote
wilds of Northern Iceland in 1829, a priest is given the task of proving her innocence
and saving her life. With time running out, and the harsh Icelandic winter drawing ever
near, will Agne’s secrets be uncovered and her life be spared? Based on a true story,
with its sparse, atmospheric setting, and characters you feel like you can reach out and
touch, Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites is an unputdownable must-read.

Ohhhhh that sounds very interesting and it's on Audible as well. I think you must have similar reading tastes to me LT

Is it all Poirot stuff she writes?



:laugh2: Nah

Just finished Confession by John Grisham, never a bad story told by him, this one centres around the death penalty in Texas

Just bought the last book LT recommended but I might come back to that one, I like John Grisham

I would have sent it to you but my bro in law took it with him when he visited last week :laugh:

aw thanks, I download most books on audible these days though, I'm in the car a lot so I listen to them when I'm driving. It's a revelation for me, this audio-booking. I get through so many books and pod casts

Nope, she's done a lot more previous to the 3 Poirot ones.

Thanks, I'll look her up

Oh my, you and your new fangled ways, we were having this discussion as my bro in law has a Kindle and before that they used to holiday in Malta quite a bit so they would post books in advance to the hotel to save carrying them :laugh: I love the smell and feel of a book , might try audio just to see if I get on with it, what platform do you use?

…let us know how you go with the Burial Rites one, Niamh…I might have a read of that one as well if you recommend it…

I do still love to read a book and the smell and feel of it but I am in the car a lot so it's a good way to kill two birds with the one stone so to speak and the journeys fly by, it's great, plus if I'm doing a bit of work, like I was doing some painting over the weekend and I had a pod cast on while i was doing that. I use Audible, it's €7.99per month, you get 1 free credit with that, so you can buy one book but there's a lot of free books and pod casts on there too so i never really spend more than the flat fee. i usually buy one book and I have a free true crime Pod cast I listen to as well which I still have over a hundred episodes to get through

Will do :love:

great thanks will give it a try

“Mila 18” by Leon Uris. (1997)

If you want something to stir you, try this. It’s amazing.I remember years ago starting to read this in the early evening and I sat up all night reading. I’ve re - read it several times since. You need good eyesight though as all the editions are very small print….

One review from Amazon sums it up well….

Leon Uris ranks at the top in my opinion as a brilliantly gifted writer. He captures the historical drama of WWII and Nazi Germany, along with the torment and never-ending struggle of being Jewish in Warsaw, Poland. This is indeed a fictionalized account of that time period, but his characters probably do have counterparts in real life. Upon reading this book, one has to admire the courage, determination, endurance and raw guts of these people. You may have read about life in the Warsaw ghettos, but this book takes you into their homes, introduces you to people who face poverty, starvation, sickness, and terror on a daily basis. The author gives a first-hand account of Jews in the ghetto being constantly intimidated and threatened by the Nazis and how they manage to survive in such horrible conditions. Reading this will horrify you one minute, then make you cringe and then touch your heart as no other book you may have read in a long time. I highly recommend this as Leon Uris always delivers fascinating and emotionally charged books, leaving you spell-bound and unable to put the book down.
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If you want something that doesn't make you cry :hee: and you like domestic - type thrillers, my wife is currently really enjoying a book called ‘The Husband’s Secret’ by Liane Moriarty.

Cecilia thought she knew her husband.
That is until she finds an envelope with 'to be opened in the event of my death' written in his hand. Unable to resist temptation, she opens it, and learns a shocking truth he has never dared reveal.
Now Cecilia faces a terrible choice.
Because revealing her husband's secret will hurt those she loves the most . . .
But could the consequences of staying silent be worse?

Thanks Jet, I wouldn't need good eyesight because I would get the audio version :smug: Not usually a war book type fan but that has gotten some great reviews so I'll keep it in mind.

I see your wife's recommendation got a pretty decent review score too. I like those type of books every now and then as well when i want a lighter read so that's also going on my list, thank you :love:

Mila 18 is more about the amazing characters and their courage in dealing with what happens to them than the war. The characters really draw you in - you end up really caring about them as if you know them...well I did anyway. :bawling:
I didn't know you could get an audio version, thanks for that info! :D

David Nicholls
' One Day'
&
'Starter for ten'

Also check out Mitch Albom's ' The 5 people you meet in heaven ' & the sequel to that ' The next Person You meet in heaven ' .

Both are great writers

….ahhhh, I read that quite a long while ago and I really liked it…I’m not sure if I’ve read the sequel, though…I must check that out…thank you for the reminder of the book, GoldHeart…:love:…

That's cool :wavey:
Be prepared for getting teary......that's all I'll say for the sequel to Mitch Albom's heaven book, it's both emotional and deep. Very well written .

…yeah, I recall his characters being ones that we have immediate connections with so I imagine the sequel will be a great book also…I’ve also just seen that there are movie versions of The 5 People You Meet in Heaven…so I might see if I can try to catch one of those streaming so that I can recap before the sequel…its such a long time since I read it and I’ve probably forgotten so much….

Yeah the movie of 'The 5 people you meet in Heaven ' was actually quite good ......Jon Voight is in it , I recommend it :) .

…I’ll see if I’m able to find it online to watch or on a streaming site…Jon Voight is generally a good watch…I recall with The Champ movie, crying for days…

@NIAMH @Ammi

Also depends what style you're into I guess....but if you like gothic/ creepy stuff then Ransom Riggs collection of ' Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children ' ...is another interesting read . I saw the movie twice ,and I'm now on the second book .

Thanks Goldheart, I'll have a list of books to get now!