Tips, links and suggestions: What are you reading this week?

The space to talk about the books you are reading, and find out which ones we are reviewing

Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for feedback about TLS. You were unanimous in your thoughts, which makes my life a lot easier!:

MsCarey:

I prefer week-long threads. Sometimes I find even a fortnight-long thread difficult to follow. I have the impression that on a fortnight-long thread some conversations are abandoned because contributors may miss a response nesting in the midst of a dense mass of posts. I don't have any evidence for this - just an impression.

sararichards:

Please don't make these threads go for longer than a week. It always feels somehow fresh when I come to a new list - I am not sure why.
If books are really recommended perhaps there might be a way of highlighting them?

Perhaps we could come up with our own shorthand to indicate that a book is recommended? Perhaps we could do it just by writing: 'My book of the week: title of book'?

aliquidcow:

Personally, once a comment page goes beyond 3 or 4 pages I tend to give up on trying to look through it. Keeping it open for a month would inevitably lead to it growing to a daunting size. I'd rather people just continue conversations from previous week's posts if they're in the middle of one.

AggieH:

Personally, I always appreciate pointers to good book-related articles anywhere. A direct link is a word-of-mouth article recommendation. He would probably be alarmed to know it, but I am a particular fan of @PaulBowes01's discerning links - he's pointed the way to some very interesting, discussion-provoking book articles that I would not otherwise have come across.

SharonE6:

Weekly threads definitely. I don't look at the books in the review list - sorry - but would definitely be interested in hearing about what the team are reading.
I'd prefer new threads on a Monday.

Sorry, a day late, but I'll shift it to Monday from next week.

Getover99:

I also like the introduction being written by the books team. I often think it would be good if the books team were to talk more about what they were reading (or didn't finish). As surely it's 'the more, the merrier'?

So my conclusion is, not a lot changes needed. Of course, you are very welcome to change your mind later and suggest alterations or new features you'd like to see, but for now, I'll keep it as it is. And to carry out GetOver99 requested change, a quick ask around the desk reveals that we are reading:

• Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
• May We Be Forgiven by AM Holmes
• The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
• Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As you can see, most of us are reading for work at the moment. What are you reading this week?

This week we are reviewing:

Non-fiction:
• China's War with Japan by Rana Mitter
• Jane Austen, Game Theorist by Michael Suk-Young Chwe
• The Last Man in Russia by Oliver Bullough
• Time Reborn by Lee Smolin
• Dear Lumpy by Louise Mortimer
• The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
• Money by Felix Martin
• Things That Are by Amy Leach

Fiction:
• Last Friends by Jane Gardam
• Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
• The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
• Finches of Mars by Brian Aldiss
• All is Silence by Manuel Rivas
• Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
• Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman
• A Journey Round My Room, by X de Maistre

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