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Post by ffiscool on Feb 6, 2022 23:25:51 GMT
I’ve not read properly for ages.
I’ve got a new Kindle, so any fiction recommendations please of new-ish stuff, say last 5 years?
there’s so much out there, don’t know where to start
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Post by criswell on Feb 6, 2022 23:59:59 GMT
Sorry I can't help with newish stuff. I don't know I've every read anything less than 5 years old.
The book I'm reading at the moment is 2007 but I wouldn't especially recommend it. It's not a bad read but it's quite daft. The main character enters an alternative reality where reworked fairy tales are real. Some of the changes are interesting like it was the dwarves who tried to murder snow white because she is so horrible. It's the Book of Lost Things by John Connolly. Before that I read Elizabeth Gaskell's Gothic Tales.
What sort of thing to you like?
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Post by jellybean on Feb 7, 2022 8:51:19 GMT
Remember there are book categories on the forum ffiscool, have a look there for good stuff to read. Edit:- Just had a look, it's under the "General" heading. |
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Post by ffiscool on Feb 7, 2022 10:12:40 GMT
Ah yes, thank you
I’m not sure anymore tbh. I used to love romantic and anything by Maeve Binchy, Penny Vincenzi
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Post by jellybean on Feb 7, 2022 10:23:38 GMT
I've downloaded "The Keeper Of Happy Endings" by Barbara Davis.
Not read it yet, but it gets good reviews.
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Post by willowsmum on Feb 7, 2022 23:15:54 GMT
I loved The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margo by Marianne Cronin which I read recently. Sad but also funny if you know what I mean.
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Post by Hezz on Feb 8, 2022 0:25:35 GMT
Remember there are book categories on the forum ffiscool, have a look there for good stuff to read. Edit:- Just had a look, it's under the "General" heading. Was about to say the very same thing, JB. Have you read any good crime/thriller books lately? |
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Feb 8, 2022 0:35:05 GMT
Do you like mysteries? I read "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman. It was released in 2020 and is a series. The third in the series was just released. Its about a group of retirees living in a retirement village in the UK who solve mysteries. I've read the second in the series also and found them both to be very enjoyable.
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Post by willowsmum on Feb 8, 2022 0:36:20 GMT
Just to chip in on the thriller front, one of the best ones I've read recently was The Memory Wood by Sam LLoyd. I really enjoyed it.
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Post by jellybean on Feb 8, 2022 8:40:46 GMT
Remember there are book categories on the forum ffiscool, have a look there for good stuff to read. Edit:- Just had a look, it's under the "General" heading. Was about to say the very same thing, JB. Have you read any good crime/thriller books lately? It's been months since I read a book Hezz, at the minute I can't seem to get into the book reading mood 🙄😴 |
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Post by Ira on Feb 8, 2022 9:00:36 GMT
jellybean Whereas I'm currently in a book reading flow and can't get into anything else. But I just finished the third book in a series that I'm really into and don't want to start anything else yet, so I'm waiting for the next book to arrive.
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Post by ffiscool on Feb 8, 2022 10:37:33 GMT
Do you like mysteries? I read "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman. It was released in 2020 and is a series. The third in the series was just released. Its about a group of retirees living in a retirement village in the UK who solve mysteries. I've read the second in the series also and found them both to be very enjoyable. I actually have that as a hardback, will read it. |
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Post by ariella on Feb 9, 2022 8:28:43 GMT
Is anyone on Goodreads? You get plenty of good suggestions and can read reviews. The latest books by favourite authors come up too. Reading is my main form of relaxation. I actually get stressed if I don’t get my usual daily read in the bath or read in bed. I love history fiction and time-slip novels but have read many good contemporary books. Not really much of a ‘chick lit’ reader but I have a few good ones. I won’t tell you how many books I have!! Let’s just say there’s 2 bookcases in the lounge, 2 in my bedroom, one in each other bedroom.  My friend is a vociferous reader, I don’t know how she does it, and usually has a number of books on the go at the same time. We do the Goodreads book challenge each year. This year my target is a low 25 because I have some huge books to read. Hers is over 100 and she’s already read 23 this year!! She sent me a parcel of books last month and one was The Thursday Murder Club, so I’ll be reading that at some point this year too. |
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Post by jellybean on Feb 9, 2022 10:41:25 GMT
Your friend doesn't have budgie then, ariella 😂 I like reading, but, I'd find that a waste of a day if I did nothing else but read 🥺🥱 |
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Post by criswell on Feb 9, 2022 13:57:52 GMT
I mostly read at bedtime and sometimes before I get up if I wake up early. Like you jellybean I like to do other things during the day. Although if I'm reading something really gripping then I might read it during the day. ariella We also have many bookcases, and because I'm a huge nerd I have catalogued our books in a database, although there are a lot of books that haven't been catalogued yet. I will never have time to read them all. Many of them are academic books that I use for teaching but the majority are fiction. Last year I read all of the Jeeves and Wooster novels and really enjoyed them. I also read Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events for the first time which was also fun. |
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