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[Kath]

Just finished The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier. It was reduced (still under £2) and I've loved her other books - those that I've read.

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[Daniella]

Just finished "Keep the Home Fires Burning" by Simon Block


Here's my Goodreads review:
"Keep The Home Fires Burning" is a stirring story about the strength and resilience of the members of the Women's Institute in Great Paxford as they draw together to help one another and their village get through the horrors and heartache of World War II. Simon Block does a marvelous job of providing insight into the thoughts and motivations of the characters viewers came to love in the wonderful ITV series that was cancelled. I look forward to reading more about these women.

Just started "A Test of Wills" by Charles Todd

[Jenny]

I have started reading a new book named "Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte(Tales of love, madness and death)(Annotated)(Translated)Horror Story in English" from amazon.
This is actually a Spanish book but translated in English. I must say the translation is very good.I almost finished reading it.
Amazon link(Not affiliated):https://www.amazon.com/Cuentos-madnes...

I found only this book translated in English.All other books in amazon are in Spanish and I don't know Spanish. If you want to read then just copy the link.

[Elizabeth]

Just started The Valkyrie by Deborah Davitt. No link because I had to do quite some digging through 'science fantasy - alternative history' on the kindle to even find it. Seems like a reasonable amount of research went into the roman empire and ancient religions, the hypothesis being that the empire never fell and gods of all pantheons are alive but not so well. We'll see.

[Pam]

Read book 2 of Mary Renault's Theseus series - The Bull from the Sea - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2431484129.

[Patti (baconater)]

The Valkyrie

There's your link, Elizabeth.

I set aside Circe during the flight. I wasn't finding it engrossing enough to cut through the annoyance of spoiled children running up and down the aisle.

I started and am almost finished One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Thought it a fitting read to wrap up our time in Azerbaijan. It's not a happy story.

[Jim]

But One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one hell of a good book

I'd recommend his The First Circle and Cancer Ward as well

Dave might like August 1914

If you want history and want to be harrowed then The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 fits the bill nicely. It's not harrowing because of atrocity stories, it's harrowing because you realise how people can set out to create hell, administratively

[Patti (baconater)]

Dave told me to never read Cancer Ward. He reckons I'd never recover from it.

[Elizabeth]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "The Valkyrie

There's your link, Elizabeth.

I set aside Circe during the flight. I wasn't finding it engrossing enough to cut through the annoyance of spoiled child..."

Thankyou!

[David]

Solzhenitsyn is another one of those on my reread list that I want to try to get around to.

The one I'm reading now is pretty harrowing history too: Man's Search for Meaning, but also very good.

[Jim]

David wrote: "Solzhenitsyn is another one of those on my reread list that I want to try to get around to.

The one I'm reading now is pretty harrowing history too: Man's Search for Meaning, but also ..."

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is the obvious place to start with Solzhenitsyn

[Pam]

Read book 1 of Tanith Lee's Secret Books of Paradys - The Book of the Damned and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2432456016.

[Pam]

Read book 2 of Tanith Lee's 'The Secret Books of Paradys' - The Book of the Beast- and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2432456637.

[Patti (baconater)]

That was quick, Pam.

I started Ruth Rendell's final book just before I fell asleep last night.

I'll have to start it again today. No memory of what I read...

[David]

Jim wrote: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is the obvious place to start with Solzhenitsyn."

It was either that or Cancer Ward which I read first. It was so long ago I can't remember.

But this time around when I reread them, I think I'm going to start with the Gulag Archipelago, get the big one out of the way first.

[Jud]

I finished Six Seconds, it was good but not fantastic. There was the odd wee sentence that felt out of keeping with the tone of the rest of the book which kind of jolted me out of the story from time to time.

I then read A Book of Nonsense which was not worth the time nor the effort, it really was nonsense!

Now I've started Get Some but a few pages in and I'm undecided if I'll keep going. a few pages more should make up my mind.

[Kath]

Just finished two books I enjoyed very much - and entirely different!

The Cypher Bureau by Eilidh McGinness is about the Polish mathematicians who were behind the cracking of the Enigma code. They only recently got the acknowledgement of their part in it. A novel based on the truth.

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.com/2018/...

And Zak Fisher and the Angel Prophecy by Carl Ashmore. Excellent!

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.com/2018/...

[Karen]

David wrote: "Just finished The Dry . Very good indeed. Five stars.

Just about to start
Children of Time"

I thought The Dry was great too, and really enjoyed her second book, Force of Nature
I've also just finished two books set in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London, which I thought were excellent - The Ashes of London and The Fire Court: A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London - can almost smell the smoke and ashes of the ruins and it's well imagined, how the landscape and skyline changed so radically plus what happened to all the poor who had nowhere to go... Terrific stuff, and I am sure there is a third book to come.
Am now back to Iceland, and finished The Darkness, which was OK, an odd ending. Have now started The Reckoning which seems to be shaping up ok. I read the first in the series a while back, and it was entertaining.

[David]

Karen wrote: "David wrote: "Just finished The Dry . Very good indeed. Five stars.

I thought The Dry was great too, and really enjoyed her second book, Force of Nature"

Yes. I'll be adding that one to my list of books to get around to reading sometime soon,

[David]

Just finished If Angels Fall , which was fairly decent but not great.

Just started Fools and Mortals.

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh my gawd, the Ruth Rendell is doing my head in.

The main character needs a slap upside his head.

I keep having to skip read whenever he appears in the story. It's either that or toss my kindle.

[Natasha]

Just finished Infinite Love is the Only Truth: Everything Else is Illusion by David Icke. I normally enjoy a good thick slice of Icke bonkers, but not so much with this one.

A good way through The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 by J.B. Morrison. Laugh-out-loud funny, and really rather sweet.

Just started Dietland by Sarai Walker.

[Pam]

Read two very different books:

Memory by Margaret Mahy, review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2437971448

The Exile Waiting by Vonda McIntyre, review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2437987231.

[David]

Just finished Man's Search for Meaning . Easy to see why so many regard it as one of the most important books they've read.
Highly recommended.
Just started Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World.

[Patti (baconater)]

I finished the Rendell.

I hope the next book I've chosen will be an improvement.

The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder

[Pam]

Read a short story collection - Mango Shake edited by Debjani Chatterjee and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2439123382.

Then did a retrospective review of volume 1 of a Louise Cooper YA trilogy, as I've just read volume 2 - Daughter Of Storms and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441623871.

[Pam]

Read volume 2 of the Louise Cooper YA trilogy - The Dark Caller and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441623301.

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm getting little fed up with the constant mention of colour in The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder

Okay, I know it's the point. And I'm only on page 37.

It's feeling like the poor relation of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished The Sins of the Father - unfortunately it ended on a cliffhanger so I either buy book 3 or google what happened!! Now started White Bones - 18% in and enjoying it.

[David]

Finished rereading Pratt of the Argus . Pretty good, much as I remember, but not up to the classic Reggie Perrin though.

Just started rereading The Big Sleep. Nice.

[Benjamin]

I've just started Elmet, which apparently made the Booker shortlist last year. Not at all bad so far.

[Pam]

Read volume 3 of the Louise Cooper YA trilogy - Keepers Of Light and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441657359.

[David]

Just finished Fools and Mortals .

Good stuff.

[Pam]

Finished Traveling with the Dead by Barbara Hambly and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1406034683.

[Kath]

Just finished a true story by Stuart Ayris. It's about his time last year as a volunteer in a wildlife park. Very uplifting. Bolivian Rhapsody

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[Pam]

Read Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1725519485.

[Daniella]

Just started "The Confectioner's Tale" by Laura Madeleine

[Patti (baconater)]

I gave up on The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder a few days ago.

Then I looked at and discarded several books. Then I read a couple of short stories. Then I discarded several more books.

Finally I started Nobody's Slave. About 15% in. I'm hoping it'll be worth sticking with to the end.

It sucks being on holiday without something that's gripping.

My own fault, I think. It's difficult to settle with so much on my mind with the move n all.

[Pam]

Read volume 7 in the Flavia de Luce series As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1638817076.

[Pam]

Read volume 8 in the Flavia de Luce series Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1638817023.

[Pam]

Also read Nemesis, book 1 in a series by Louise Cooper, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2448679413.

[Jenny]

Started reading lolita

[Jenny]

Started reading

[David]

Finished rereading The Big Sleep - excellent, of course.

Just started The Boy on the Bridge - started well - looking good.

[Kath]

I enjoyed The Boy on the Bridge. Hugely!

[Kath]

If you like sci-fi and speculative fiction, Dead Reckoning and Other Stories by David M Kelly is a goodie.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[David]

Kath wrote: "I enjoyed The Boy on the Bridge. Hugely!"

I'm liking it lots so far.

[Patti (baconater)]

I want!

[Patti (baconater)]

I got it!

There's the next on my TBR sorted.

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I got it!

There's the next on my TBR sorted."

If you haven't read it, there's another book (standalone - not part of the TGWATG series) by M.R. Carey I also liked quite a bit and would recommend:

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