#1167

I’ve got this on my to read pile.

Similar vibe - just finished this which is a series of essays about the lore of the South Downs tied together with a loose narrative about exploring family history.

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#1168

I absolutely loved this right the way through. Ended up with a massive list of books, films, and TV that I need to track down, and places I want to visit. Discovered some really amazing stuff.

It’s factual yes, but there is a narrative driving the thing along as well which helps to sustain your interest. It helps that he writes really well too.

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#1169

This looks ace. I’m going to have to check this one out too.

#1170

You rate it?

#1171

I’ve read it and liked it a lot. It doesn’t run out of steam, but it does become increasingly personal, which you may or may not buy into. I did.

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#1172

Recently read:

The last house guest, did not like this at all.

Such a fun age…excellent book, race and privilege and fun and mothering.

The Guest List…very much what it says on the tin, an easy thriller with levels of betrayal and relationships that makes it compelling.

Half way through Queenie and it is BRILLIANT.

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#1173

Such a Fun Age was great! Lent it to my friend immediately after finishing and now trying not to pester her too much about hurrying up and reading it because I want to discuss it with her!

Read Queenie this week and loved it, too :blush:

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#1174

Yeah that sounds fine. It’s normally the lack of stuff changing in such monothematic books that makes the second half stale. Cheers

#1175

Which one?

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#1176

Lucy Foley one.

It’s a good read, bombs along, pretty sure the main guy is based on Bear Grylls or someone of that ilk as well.

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#1177

Recently read:

Fleur Jaeggy- Sweet days of Discipline

Short novella set in a girls boarding school. Jaeggy has a strange, offbeat view of the world and a good sense the intimate/distant relationships between the girls

Marguerite Duras- Four Novels

Four novellas by Duras, who is becoming one of my favourites. She has a spare economic style which really appeals to me and her characters are naked and vulnerable, almost pathetic

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#1178

I haven’t read a thriller for ages.
I like good, fast paced psychological thrillers.
Any recs? @Slicky @Scout @anyone

#1179

The silent patient was good, the Other Half of Augusta Hope not quite a thriller but that kind of thing is excellent, Idaho is a good thriller as us My Sister the Serial killer.

Jane Harper thrillers are all very good.

#1180

I’ll look those up on goodreads, thanks!
Read my sister the serial killer last year :+1:

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#1181

It was a pretty light read but enjoyed it - not much depth to it, bit like having a chat with a stranger in a pub. Happy to chuck it in the post if you want to read it!

#1182

Apparently I already have TSP and TOHOAH marked as ‘want to read’ :nerd_face:

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#1183

Ah no worries. I find reading real books harder than ebooks due to the times I can eke out some moments but thanks!

#1184

Haven’t been able to focus much on books lately due to mostly focusing on articles/historical documents for reading groups etc, I did finish Lola Olufemi’s “Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power” which was pretty great. Focuses mainly radical criticisms/interventions of topics like reproductive justice, transphobia, islamaphobia and migrant solidarity.

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#1185

Thought Queenie was just OK :confused:

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#1186

I recently read The Last by Hanna Jameson. A murder mystery/survival thriller set in a hotel in the Swiss alps against the background of global nuclear conflict.

It was all written in a diarised format which I found effective as it created a bit of distance from some quite grim detail in places and also helped the story clip along nicely.

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