What book are you reading atm?? CHAPTER TWO

appledrop

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Me too - I hated everything that happened towards the end, it just didn't feel right or make sense! Serves me right for posting and saying it was great before I even finished it.

Glad we agree, I was like WTF! We won't ruin it fir others in what happens but there you go!

Have you read Hamnet yet?

Beautifully written book.

Dial Hard

breezy1985 wrote: »

The Testaments : Margaret Atwood

Really enjoying it and am flying through it so far. If your into dystopian sci-fi its well worth a read but if that's not your thing and you approach it looking for a book about a window into current society I think you will be disappointed.

In fairness I think most people would know from the Handmaid's Tale whether it was their thing or not, and if not, presumably wouldn't be reading The Testaments in the first place, no?

Foweva Awone

Dial Hard wrote: »

In fairness I think most people would know from the Handmaid's Tale whether it was their thing or not, and if not, presumably wouldn't be reading The Testaments in the first place, no?

Is it a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale?

Currently watching it, but haven't read the book.

breezy1985

Dial Hard wrote: »

In fairness I think most people would know from the Handmaid's Tale whether it was their thing or not, and if not, presumably wouldn't be reading The Testaments in the first place, no?

I actually haven't read the first book. I tried but season 1 of the show and the movie both cover the book quite accurately so I kept giving up.

I suppose my review could probably work for the Handmaid's Tale and I find for plenty of similar books like 1984 too which I also enjoyed as a sci-fi but find the " prophetic" status attributed to the book a bit overblown

breezy1985

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Is it a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale?

Currently watching it, but haven't read the book.

They diverge at the end of season 1 so if like me you found the show got silly after that it's well worth the read

nigeldaniel

Citizens of the galaxy. R A Heinlein.

ClydeTallyBump

Snowflake by Louise Nealon.

Andrea B.

SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND SCHIZOPHRENICS

Dial Hard

Dial Hard wrote: »

After that, it'll be Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam.

I read this over the weekend. It was one of those incredibly annoying novels entirely based around an apocalyptic event, that never actually tells you what the event was. I hate that. The main female character was also incredibly annoying.

So now I've FINALLY returned to The Mirror and the Light. I started reading it before Christmas (I think?), got around 450 pages in and then just needed a break. Nothing wrong with the book at all, it's just a lot of reading about the Tudors. I recently got quite into the musical Six, though, so it seemed like a natural time to go back to Cremuel & Co.

ClydeTallyBump

Now onto Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters.

Tauriel

Hitler's Secret by Rory Clements

This is a historical fiction genre novel about a potential war changing secret that even Hitler doesn't know but for which different competing factions within the Nazi regime are willing to kill for. Add in the allies desperation to get their hands on this secret package as they hope to turn the tide of the war in their favour as it looks like the Nazi war machine might actually succeed in taking over the world.

I found it rather enjoyable.

KH25

Started Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King. It’s written like a monologue from the main character with no chapters so it was a bit difficult to get into at the start. Starting to enjoy it now that I’m used to the style.

Dial Hard

KH25 wrote: »

Started Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King. It’s written like a monologue from the main character with no chapters so it was a bit difficult to get into at the start. Starting to enjoy it now that I’m used to the style.

It ties in with Gerald's Game, so read that next if you haven't already.

Brid Hegarty

'How to Save the Planet One Object at a Time'

Aglomerado

mustang shelly wrote: »

Hitler's Secret by Rory Clements

This is a historical fiction genre novel about a potential war changing secret that even Hitler doesn't know but for which different competing factions within the Nazi regime are willing to kill for. Add in the allies desperation to get their hands on this secret package as they hope to turn the tide of the war in their favour as it looks like the Nazi war machine might actually succeed in taking over the world.

I found it rather enjoyable.

I liked that too!
I read it after reading Chocolate Cake with Hitler - told from the point of view of one of the Goebbels children.

Patrick2010

Dial Hard wrote: »

It ties in with Gerald's Game, so read that next if you haven't already.

That’s interesting, read both books but don’t remember a tie in, must look them up again.
Just finished John Connolly’s The dirty south, excellent as ever.

Loafing Oaf

The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives by Christopher Harding

Highly recommended. Turns some very knotted history into a riproaring read

Caroleia

I just finished Grown Ups by Marian Keyes, first one of hers Ive read since Watermelon. Just not my thing, I thought I might enjoy it more but it let me cold. Seems like it was written to a formula.

HalloweenJack

Island by Aldous Huxley.

Was given this by my best friend who loved it but I'm struggling to get into it. So far (about two thirds through) it feels more like a documentary or a travel brochure. Some interesting discussions and points raised but I'm not mad about jow it's written. Brave New World was written in a far more accessible manner.

Tauriel

Greyhound by C.S. Forester (Originally published as The Good Shepherd).

I actually really enjoyed this book, I didn't quite know how a plot centered on a destroyer and submarines would translate on paper but this was honestly brilliant.

It centers around a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy that is tasked with escorting 37 allied vessels into Derry in Northern Ireland during the Second World War in 1942. The book is concentrated over 48 hours where this navy officer must play cat and mouse with a wolf pack of U-boats, while shepherding his charges safely through U-boat attacks, fuel shortages, damaged and sunken vessels and rescue operations .

Apparently Apple TV made this into a movie starring Tom Hanks but I haven't seen it yet.

ulster

I finished the Tales of the Otori trilogy by Lian Hearn. Epic. Just Epic.

ulster

I did a few Star Wars novels lately too. Dark Disciple was quite good. Though Ahsoka was utter boring.

Joe_ Public

Just finished Ed Caesar, The Moth and the Mountain, about one man, Maurice Wilson, and his insane attempt to climb Mt Everest solo in 1934. Not the best I've ever read, but a real belter of a story in which I could not help but root for the protagonist right to the end.

Loafing Oaf

In the middle of this opus, gripping account of probably my favourite historical period

appledrop

Just finished Hidden Valley Rd by Robert Kolker, very interesting but tough enough topic to read.

About family of 12 children and 6 of boys end up with schizophrenia in America.

smillingsam

Billion Dollar Whale, its a true story of a young guy who is neck deep in financial fraud, it involves the top banks in the world, Hollywood actors, government officials, it very interesting

Tauriel

Coffin Ship: The Wreck of the Brig St. John by William Henry

I really enjoyed reading this novel which recounts the sinking of the famine ship St. John off the coast of Massachusetts in October 1849. The author does an excellent job of setting the scene of the plight of the Irish during The Great Famine and how this drove hundreds of thousands to risk their lives to cross the Atlantic to a better life. The use of illustrations which were published during the time of The Great Famine in England and the use of poetry dedicated to the memory of those countless lives lost really add to the poignancy of this book.

I haven't read a great deal on The Great Famine before this as I would normally lean towards the military side of things but after this book I think I will definitely rectify this.

silliussoddius

Skag Boys by Irvine Welsh

farmerval

Just finished Dear Child by Romy Hausmann.

Brilliant book.. It starts with a woman knocked down by a car while trying to escape from being abducted and locked in a remote cabin and goes from there.

Great suspense throughout as the story unfolds both in flashback and real time.

Dial Hard

I just finished Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich and have officially overdosed on post-apocalyptic fiction, specifically of the sub-genre that has pregnancy/fertility as a theme. Every book I bought over the past year or so seems to be of that ilk. Time for a change, so I started Shirley Jackson's Dark Tales yesterday - I love an oul short story collection - and have John Connolly's The Nameless Ones and Stephen King's Billy Summers on their way to me as we speak.