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[Margo]

I've just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - or as Cherie says, the potato book lol I really liked it. I listened to the multi-cast production and it was very well read. It was a gently listen after the shrillness of voice acting in Waking Gods.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances last night - finally! I'll start Proof of Life later today. This is my real life book club selection to be discussed next week.

[Margo]

Janice wrote: "I finished Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances last night - finally! I'll start Proof of Life later today. This is my real life book club selection to b..."

Think you'll be finished in time for The Collapsing Empire? ;-p

I started City of Dragons today - for the survey says challenge.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I loved the potato book too, Margo. :)

[Lisa]

I finished my reread of Ship of Magic. I enjoyed it just as much this time around. I can't link it as I'm on my phone.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I finished Lincoln in the Bardo and loved it. It is brilliant. It took me 30 or 40 pages to get used to the style, but I loved it.

I am listening and enjoying Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

I also started Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

[Margo]

Lisa wrote: "I finished my reread of Ship of Magic. I enjoyed it just as much this time around. I can't link it as I'm on my phone."

I tried to add ship of magic but the tool isn't working for me. I might get on to my next Hobb series next year.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I also tried to link it, Margo and couldn't. Weird because I linked the other three books in my post. Only Ship of Magic seems not to work.

[Janice, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "Think you'll be finished in time for The Collapsing Empire? ;-p."

A Proof of Life is a paperback, and The Collapsing Empire is on audiobook, so they shouldn't conflict. I'm currently listening to Blood Work, and if I'm not finished it in time, I will set it aside for the buddy read.

[Janice, Moderator]

Ship of Magic

When I typed in "Ship of Magic", it didn't activate the search. I tried with "Ship Magic" and the search worked.

I think something is broken in Goodread's search function.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "I think something is broken in Goodread's search function."

I still maintain it is the worst search function I have ever encountered. And that includes my work website's, which is pretty appalling.

I picked up The Likeness last night, which i have wanted to read ever since I put down In the Woods. I just decided stuff all the challenges and the like. Just read it.

So I am. And it will surprise no one who has read Tana French, my lunch break went a bit long today as I just couldn't stop.

[Sarah]

lol. I really enjoyed that one Rusalka. As soon as I saw you had picked that one up it reminded me to get back to the series. Reading Nesbo at the moment has made me realise how much I have missed crime thrillers. I might read a few of them until I'm thrillered out then head back to my fantasy worlds.

[Margo]

You're right rusalka - doesn't surprise me at all ;-)

[Margo]

I'm listening to City of Dragons and I'm not really enjoying the narration by saskia butler. This series has had 3 different narrators and I'm on book 4! This one is very breathy and does all the males with a cockney accent :(

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Mysteries, particularly murder mysteries, are always my comfort reads.

I thought I was a bit weird, until my grandfather passed away. At his funeral, Mum got up and talked about his love of murder mysteries, and how that was something they bonded over. And then I realised it was something she and I did, over TV or books, and then Dar would join in when he visited.

So I realised it was incredibly learnt, and at least if I was weird, I could blame others for it ;)

[Sarah]

I am very pleased my book tastes aren't learnt otherwise I'd be reading mills and boon. I guess my mum reading them could have created an aversion to them (and romance generally) in myself which is basically what i have.

[Peggy]

My dad doesn't read, my mum mostly reads thrillers and more action-packed books (Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Lee Child, John Sanford). Some horror too I think. She would never touch a fantasy book. I think there would be some historical fiction novels that we'd both enjoy.

[Lisa]

Janice wrote: "Ship of Magic

When I typed in "Ship of Magic", it didn't activate the search. I tried with "Ship Magic" and the search worked.

I think something is broken in Goodread's search function."

That's odd, Janice. I was on my phone at the time but I tried to link it once I got back on my iPad and it didn't work for me either. At least we know what to type now if it still doesn't work at a later date.

[Cody]

my mum reads horror although infrequently and my dad used to read fantasy (until game of thrones put him off) and now mainly reads local history

[Margo]

Cody wrote: "my mum reads horror although infrequently and my dad used to read fantasy (until game of thrones put him off) and now mainly reads local history"

It put me off watching GOT on TV anyway - all those blood baths. were they really necessary??

[Margo]

my mum got my hooked on agatha christie. she still calls them "nice" murders lol

[Peggy]

I started Between Shades of Gray yesterday. My one-before-last book for the survey challenge.

[Cody]

Margo wrote: "Cody wrote: "my mum reads horror although infrequently and my dad used to read fantasy (until game of thrones put him off) and now mainly reads local history"

It put me off watching GOT on TV anyw..."

I think with my dad it was more the last 2 (or 3 depending on how you look at it) books, they are a slog and it is pretty obvious he is adding stuff in so he doesn't have to finish writing it (perhaps loves it too much)

The TV show actually has my top 3 actresses of all time in it :P :P

[Janice, Moderator]

My dad's preferred genre is mystery. He was getting free Kindle downloads and complaining about women mystery authors going on in depth about what the characters were wearing. I told him that's what he gets when he's going for the freebies and that it wasn't restricted to women authors. So I suggested Tana French and Gillian Flynn to him. No fashion concerns there.

My Mom's preferred genre was Christian non-fiction and fiction.

Me, I live in a world of fantasy, so it's no surprise that it's my go to genre.

[KimeyDiann]

I finished 1Q84 last weekend. I think that was probably the longest audiobook I have ever listened to, over 46 hours. I really enjoyed it (most of it anyway), all the way up until it ended. I felt like none of my questions in the story were answered. Over 900 pages and so much was left without explanation. I gave the book 4 stars despite my frustration with the ending. Are all Haruki Murakami books like that? I don't know if I want to read anything else of his if it is.

[KimeyDiann]

I started The Girl with All the Gifts on audio earlier in the week. So far I'm really enjoying it. And I started Shadow and Bone in text last night. This is the first written book I've read in a while, I've been mostly just listening to books lately.

[Janice, Moderator]

I really enjoyed The Girl With All the Gifts. I have Fellside by the same author to listen to.

[Cherie]

I started listening to The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes while I was waiting to start the buddy read for The Collapsing Empire, after reading the summaries of about seven other books in my daughter's free Kindle downloads. They were all psychological thrillers/horror stories. Ugh! Some of them I can listen to, but not the ones that start off with women being chased by some demented guy or have titles like Say You're Sorry or While You Were Sleeping or Right Behind You. I started listening to The Stranger Within but it got too creepy.

[Cody]

Janice wrote: "I really enjoyed The Girl With All the Gifts. I have Fellside by the same author to listen to."

there is a film about this book, i am not sure whether i saw it in HMV or it is a netflix style thing but there is definitely a film

@cherie i struggle with things like that also, i do like horror but i find the psycological thrilers tough and rarely finish, i tihnk this is more down to me than the quality of the book though

[Sarah]

I downloaded the film Cody. Definitely a film. I've not watched it yet though. Not read the book yet but I'll probably watch the film first.

[Cody]

Sarah wrote: "I downloaded the film Cody. Definitely a film. I've not watched it yet though. Not read the book yet but I'll probably watch the film first."

ah cool, sometimes my memory does deceive me so i am glad i was right :P i hope you enjoy it.

there is also a film for John Dies at the End which although is not near as good as the book

1) has an 'only fools and horses joke at the start'
2) has dcent SFX despite its low budget and
3) is fairly well actd (including paul giamatti)

this is a fairly good intro into those books (which as above are much better)

[Janice, Moderator]

I think the movie of The Girl With All The Gifts is on Netflix, though I could be mistaken.

[Julia]

Margo wrote: "I've just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - or as Cherie says, the potato book lol I really liked it. I listened to the multi-cast production and it was ve..."

I loved that book, it was the first book I read that was in the epistolary format.

[Sarah]

I have read John Dies at the End and loved it. Wasn't so keen on the second book so I probably won't continue. I haven't watched the film though but it could be a laugh.

[Margo]

JuliaOrlando wrote: "Margo wrote: "I've just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - or as Cherie says, the potato book lol I really liked it. I listened to the multi-cast production..."

I've read a few formated thatbwas Julia, but none worked as well as this. They usually come across as a bit dry - the other exception is Letters of a Successful TD

[Cody]

Sarah wrote: "I have read John Dies at the End and loved it. Wasn't so keen on the second book so I probably won't continue. I haven't watched the film though but it could be a laugh."

That's odd, I thought the second one was better but each to their own :) the third one which came out recently was very good also in my opinion, horror comedy seems to work when done well

[Sarah]

I think I just got fed up of too many WTF books in a row. It was probably bad timing.

[KimeyDiann]

Janice wrote: "I think the movie of The Girl With All The Gifts is on Netflix, though I could be mistaken."

Ooh, I'll have to look that up!

[Cody]

Sarah wrote: "I think I just got fed up of too many WTF books in a row. It was probably bad timing."

I know what you mean, I even get this with series I really enjoy, I just find myself jaded and need a break :)

[Cherie]

JuliaOrlando wrote: "I loved that book, it was the first book I read that was in the epistolary format..."

You might be interested in Letters from Skye. I thought it was really good.

[Travis]

KimeyDiann wrote: "I finished 1Q84 last weekend. I think that was probably the longest audiobook I have ever listened to, over 46 hours. I really enjoyed it (most of it anyway), all the way up until i..."

It's actually the open ended make your mind think aspect I like about Murakami. What are some of your questions. Not that I guarantee I'll know. Often I don't with him.

[Esther]

Cherie wrote: "
You might be interested in Letters from Skye. I thought it was really good."

the audiobook is nicely done.

[Roz]

I'm reading The Child. I was a bit confused in the beginning, trying to make the connections between the various characters and the events, but i have some of the pieces in place now. The author puts out the information in dribbles, like she did in her previous novel, The Widow. Good so far.

[Sarah]

I finished Nemesis for the all about me challenge. So I've completed the challenge now (well part 2). Now I can have a more leisurely read for the rest of the year. I started The Illustrated Man for the group read short stories theme. I'm also chipping away at The Vagrant as I want to finish it by the end of the year so I can clear out my "currently reading" shelf a little more.

[Dem]

Finished Little Fires Everywhere
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2041241760

[Peggy]

I'm reading The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, my last book for the survey challenge.

[Travis]

I picked up some free books from audible so I just listened to Anne of Green Gables. It was such a wonderful listen. The narration was super great. I expected to not enjoy the book at all to be honest

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis sivarT wrote: "I picked up some free books from audible so I just listened to Anne of Green Gables. It was such a wonderful listen. The narration was super great. I expected to not enjoy the book at a..."

This makes me very happy. This was one of my favourite books as a kid, and I am glad it stood up. How awesome is Anne!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I just finished The Likeness, and picked up The Paying Guests. As the obvious light and fun read after the suspense and mind-tricks of Tana French is the suspense and mind-tricks of Sarah Waters. Pfftt

[Travis]

Anne is pretty great. Side note Rachel McAdams was the narrator is anyone is interested.