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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hi fabbers, welcome to the virtual fabbers book club.

I love this thread, it is so interesting seeing how diverse we are!

What book are you currently reading, or just finished?

Did you like it, would you recommend it?

What have you got lined up next?

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

*bookmarking (pun intended) to come back to

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

Blow Back by James Patterson. I absolutely love his style of writing x

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Mr Wilder & Me - Jonathan Coe.

Easy reading, and I'm really enjoying it. Good 'by the pool' book if anyone needs a holiday read.

I like anything by JC, though.

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By *eardAndBoobs69Couple
over a year ago

South Yorkshire

Just finished book 100 of 2023 - Haunting Adeline - now on to Hunting Adeline - if anyone needs any recommendations then let me know - I looooove to read (mostly spicy books)

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

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Sebastian by Anne Bishop.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wuthering heights.

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

I'm re-reading 11.22.63 by Stephen King, read it once before a couple of years ago and didn't like it much but couldn't remember why so thought I'd give it another go and I am really enjoying it.

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

I commute so get through a few books a week.

This week have read:

The Magic Toyshop - Angela Carter

Still as good as when I first read it although the ending gets me every time!

All The Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks.

Just finished this one and it made me weep but ultimately it was a great read.

Halfway through Good Pop Bad Pop - Jarvis Cocker (so far so brilliant) and about to start The Last Party - John Harris.

Always up for a recommendation or 5.

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By *oudoirGoddessWoman
over a year ago

Fantasy Island

The Count of Monte Cristo. Can’t believe I’m only reading this now!

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Maid at the moment x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Richard Osman - the bullet that missed. Light hearted holiday reading.

Matt Rowland-Hill - Original Sin, a memoir. Looking for answers in the wrong aces. Might be a theme as the one before that I read was Sins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling by Lilly Dunn.

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By *hat3wordsMan
over a year ago

North West & Wales

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By *hat3wordsMan
over a year ago

North West & Wales

"I commute so get through a few books a week.

This week have read:

The Magic Toyshop - Angela Carter

Still as good as when I first read it although the ending gets me every time!

All The Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks.

Just finished this one and it made me weep but ultimately it was a great read.

Halfway through Good Pop Bad Pop - Jarvis Cocker (so far so brilliant) and about to start The Last Party - John Harris.

Always up for a recommendation or 5. "

How many a week?........That is some hardcore reading. Where do you work, the international space station?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Blow Back by James Patterson. I absolutely love his style of writing x"

Oh he's the 'along came a spider' guy right - i don't know if I've ever read any of his books yet... So many books, so little time!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Mr Wilder & Me - Jonathan Coe.

Easy reading, and I'm really enjoying it. Good 'by the pool' book if anyone needs a holiday read.

I like anything by JC, though."

I love a good light holiday read, especially if you are by the pool!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you like suspense, bit of gore and good key characters Post mortem is good it's the 1st in

the scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, which I've read the first 7 books years ago and then stopped reading but I'm going to start again. I've got 1 to 15 but there's 27 in total.

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

I'm reading The suspect by Fiona Barton ,it's good so far .

I've not chosen my next yet ,but have a couple to pick from.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Just finished book 100 of 2023 - Haunting Adeline - now on to Hunting Adeline - if anyone needs any recommendations then let me know - I looooove to read (mostly spicy books)

Oh my gosh i just looked at the review - doesn't sound like an easy subject

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

Books I recently read and recommend:

Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer

Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.

Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.

Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Sebastian by Anne Bishop."

Oh i like a bit of fantasy - would you recommend?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Wuthering heights.

Are you really! Read this a few times over the years

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm re-reading 11.22.63 by Stephen King, read it once before a couple of years ago and didn't like it much but couldn't remember why so thought I'd give it another go and I am really enjoying it."

I used to love Stephen King as a teen. Sometimes we are not in the right place6/distracted when we first read something. Glad you are enjoying it, the second time around

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I commute so get through a few books a week.

This week have read:

The Magic Toyshop - Angela Carter

Still as good as when I first read it although the ending gets me every time!

All The Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks.

Just finished this one and it made me weep but ultimately it was a great read.

Halfway through Good Pop Bad Pop - Jarvis Cocker (so far so brilliant) and about to start The Last Party - John Harris.

Always up for a recommendation or 5. "

Commuting is a great way to cram in your reading! How many books do you think you'll read this year?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The Count of Monte Cristo. Can’t believe I’m only reading this now!"

Another one from my teen years. Are you enjoying it?

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

"Sebastian by Anne Bishop.

Oh i like a bit of fantasy - would you recommend? "

Yes I love all her books.

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"Books I recently read and recommend:

Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer

Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.

Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.

Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother. "

I'll have to look out for Small Mercies, I love Dennis Lehane's books one of my fav's is Mystic River the last couple of chapters were a whirlwind! And I loved his Kenzie and Gennaro series just wish he had written more of them!

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By *eardAndBoobs69Couple
over a year ago

South Yorkshire

"Just finished book 100 of 2023 - Haunting Adeline - now on to Hunting Adeline - if anyone needs any recommendations then let me know - I looooove to read (mostly spicy books)

Oh my gosh i just looked at the review - doesn't sound like an easy subject "

It's not - I like dark spicy books but this is really dark - I'm loving spicy mafia books at moment - Beautiful Creatures series by JT Geissinger is fab - lots of banter n sexy talk or Salacious Players Club series by Sara Cate about a sex club (soon to be made into movies!)

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

"Books I recently read and recommend:

Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer

Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.

Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.

Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother.

It's pretty recent. If you like Dennis Lehane check out George Pelecanos or S A Cosby. I agree with you about Mystic River.

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By *elescopes1Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

Thomas Hardy - Time Torn Man by Claire Tomalin.

It's Hardys biography. He's the greatest writer of all time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just finished 'Impossible to forget' - would recommend.

Currently reading 'Postcards from a stranger', I'm enjoying it so far. About half way in

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By *urchoicenowCouple
over a year ago

Ashford

Currently reading the Harry Grimm series by David Gatwood.

Really enjoying them

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By *ilkstressWoman
over a year ago

Drasnia

"Sebastian by Anne Bishop.

Oh i like a bit of fantasy - would you recommend?

Yes I love all her books. "

I love Anne Bishop's Black Jewels and The Others series'. They are some of my favourite books to re-read.

I'm currently re-reading the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep. Currently on book 13, six more to go.

If you want some fantasy book recommendations, there are a few here:

https://www.fabswingers.com/forum/lounge/1452533

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Currently trying to get through Fellowship of the Ring, feels like an age since I started it this time round but determined to not be defeated this time

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By *ohndom2023Man
over a year ago

Hastings/Greenwich

Whats a book, where can you find such a thing and how do you switch it on?

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By *apidaryMan
over a year ago

Chipping Norton

Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love.

Such a wonderful book. Impossible not to read it and feel happier, and that the world is more full of interest and possibility than it seemed to be in the moments before you opened the pages.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Currently reading Small Worlds.

I started it a while back but life got in the way. I picked it up again two weeks ago and read when I’m on a commute couple times a week. Anyway it’s gorgeous. I would recommend. If you know me in the forums you won’t be surprised that I love it, like I love Open Water, because it Centers Black characters in London that are familiar and relatable and to see experiences that are relatable and familiar written down so beautifully and lauded by award givers is representation that warms my stomach.

I’m reading The Happy couple next. Got a signed copy of this book, Naoise Dolan’s second, because her first was so good.

Sorry these likely won’t interest many people but they’re very me.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

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By *e renard de la campagneMan
over a year ago

Surrey mostly when over

On the go at the moment

The French Revolution by Stephen Clarke. Great book and not too dry

the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Riveting read and well written so far

Waiting, Brothers by David Talbot

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I start a new course tomorrow so I'm reading a textbook for that: Western Architecture, by Ian Sutton

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes. Another story I know well, But I’ve never read it. So I’m reading it for the first time. Heathcliff is a boring miserable sod. I’m about 1/5 in to it.

But it really good, I hope she writes more……

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Maid at the moment x"

It sounds interesting - are you enjoying it? Is it a true story?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank"

I would like to read that at some stage

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Richard Osman - the bullet that missed. Light hearted holiday reading.

I've got the Thursday club on my to-read pile

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"If you like suspense, bit of gore and good key characters Post mortem is good it's the 1st in

the scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, which I've read the first 7 books years ago and then stopped reading but I'm going to start again. I've got 1 to 15 but there's 27 in total."

Oh tick tick tick!

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Wuthering heights.

Are you really! Read this a few times over the years

It’s great isn’t it. I read it every few years too. Saw Emily recently and kind of explains why the book is so dark

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm reading The suspect by Fiona Barton ,it's good so far .

I've not chosen my next yet ,but have a couple to pick from."

It sounnds like a mystery /thriller

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just got given a book on helping build my self esteem.

I think, she was taking the piss...

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.

I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Books I recently read and recommend:

Small Mercies - Denis Lehane. A great crime writer

Strong Female Character - Fern Brady. Funny and painful Her story of life with undiagnosed ASD and eventual diagnosis

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe. The story of the sackler dynasty. This one might make you angry.

Say Nothing - Same Author. A very well written account of some of the people involved in the abduction and killing of Jean McConville in Belfast 1972.

Currently reading The Empire of Water by Abraham Verghese. A slow dreamy book covering a family history. Starts with a 12 yr old girl discussing her impending marriage with her mother. "

Oh you have an interestingly wide list.

You might like The Witness by Nicola Tallant

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Just finished book 100 of 2023 - Haunting Adeline - now on to Hunting Adeline - if anyone needs any recommendations then let me know - I looooove to read (mostly spicy books)

Oh my gosh i just looked at the review - doesn't sound like an easy subject

Take a look at The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker. It's harrowing, so you will need to do self care if you read it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

I would like to read that at some stage "

It’s a gorgeous book. Read it a few times. Stunning writer.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Thomas Hardy - Time Torn Man by Claire Tomalin.

It's Hardys biography. He's the greatest writer of all time."

I've read Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but nothing else by him

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Just finished 'Impossible to forget' - would recommend.

Currently reading 'Postcards from a stranger', I'm enjoying it so far. About half way in

They sound interesting

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By *ormalfornorfolkMan
over a year ago

Norwich

“A brief history of motion” by Tom Standage. Quite dense.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Currently reading the Harry Grimm series by David Gatwood.

Really enjoying them"

Oh i think i might have read one of those

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Currently trying to get through Fellowship of the Ring, feels like an age since I started it this time round but determined to not be defeated this time"

I read that as a teen, i loved it

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Whats a book, where can you find such a thing and how do you switch it on?"

.. I listen to audio books!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love.

Such a wonderful book. Impossible not to read it and feel happier, and that the world is more full of interest and possibility than it seemed to be in the moments before you opened the pages."

That is a great recommendation!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Currently reading Small Worlds.

I’m reading The Happy couple next. Got a signed copy of this book, Naoise Dolan’s second, because her first was so good.

Sorry these likely won’t interest many people but they’re very me. "

It sounds really interesting - I'll see if its on Libby

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

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By *entlemanFoxMan
over a year ago

North East / London

Practical Self Sufficiency.

How to grow your own food. Not quite the literary heights of some of the other posters, but a fun experience.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"On the go at the moment

The French Revolution by Stephen Clarke. Great book and not too dry

the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Riveting read and well written so far

Waiting, Brothers by David Talbot

Xx"

I love autobiographies - i will add that one to my list

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I start a new course tomorrow so I'm reading a textbook for that: Western Architecture, by Ian Sutton"

Good luck !!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes. Another story I know well, But I’ve never read it. So I’m reading it for the first time. Heathcliff is a boring miserable sod. I’m about 1/5 in to it.

But it really good, I hope she writes more……

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I just got given a book on helping build my self esteem.

I think, she was taking the piss..."

Are you going to read it?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.

I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min

Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.

I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min

Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper "

It’s one of my specialist subjects lovely. I adore the stories behind them and what makes them tick xx

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By *vilgasamWoman
over a year ago

The dot in the i

I’m just reading brothers Grim, did you know Snow White was only 7, the originals to all the fairy tales are so twisted

Definitely recommend

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"“A brief history of motion” by Tom Standage. Quite dense."

The theory sounds interesting

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

I'm reading The Keep Within by J.L Worrad and really enjoying it. It's fantasy/horror with a dark, Jacobean feel. The characters and interactions sing from the page.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Practical Self Sufficiency.

How to grow your own food. Not quite the literary heights of some of the other posters, but a fun experience.

Oh i read a book on how to be prepared for surviving the apocalypse.. I've forgotten now what i was supposed to do lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.

I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min

Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper

It’s one of my specialist subjects lovely. I adore the stories behind them and what makes them tick xx"

You might like Thomss Quick - the making of a serial killer by Hannes Rastam

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I’m just reading brothers Grim, did you know Snow White was only 7, the originals to all the fairy tales are so twisted

Definitely recommend "

Oh i didn't know that! Very twisted and dark

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm reading The Keep Within by J.L Worrad and really enjoying it. It's fantasy/horror with a dark, Jacobean feel. The characters and interactions sing from the page."

Sounds great, i love books that draw you in

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

"I’ve just finished the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Was fascinating tbh. And a very dear forumite recommended The Stranger Beside Me which is about Ted Bundy. Will start that one in bed tonight.

I’m on a bit of a serial killer thing at the min

Ooooo i love programmes on serial killers. We had a very interesting talk from one of the female news casters who reported on the Yorkshire Ripper

It’s one of my specialist subjects lovely. I adore the stories behind them and what makes them tick xx

You might like Thomss Quick - the making of a serial killer by Hannes Rastam"

Thanks lovely. I’ll add that to the basket now

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By *dmundwilsonMan
over a year ago

Llandudno

Was reading a kurt vinnegut ‘boted from armageddon’ or something. Really good. Alan Moore’s Jeruslaem fab! Great white shark hunt, hunter s th0mpson is a sl0g but genius.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like? "

I don't know what it's classed as. I dislike chick lit, histórical fiction (I like historical non fiction) and horror/crime/thriller. I love biography and autobiography, the fiction I read and thoroughly enjoyed was The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

^^ the last fiction that should say

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I just got given a book on helping build my self esteem.

I think, she was taking the piss...

Are you going to read it? "

I may do, recent events have knocked my confidence. Hugely.

I may never recover from the shock, nor upset. Things are in flux, I may never be able to directly converse my intentions again, to the fairer sex.

Oi, answer ya sodding pm's already.

Oh look, I did it. That was easy

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

I'm currently reading Ulysses-James Joyce, but I'm going to start again and skim read as I stopped reading when I got ill.

Also reading on my phone, The Long Earth-Terry Pratchett. I keep forgetting what it's about but catch up with myself when I read more.

I have a terrible memory for names and characters.

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By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

'A Little Hatred' by Joe Abercrombie. It's been a while since I read fantasy that was this good.

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By *Cocksucker84Man
over a year ago

newcastle

Currently reading Mayflies by Andrew O' Hagan. Not too far into it but reminds me a little of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart which was brilliant so I think I'm going to like it.

Haven't read much recently. Put more down than I've picked up.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Covent Garden

Nothing as of yet but last book was The Count of Monte Cristo. The original unabridged version which goes on forever. I love it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've got the Thursday club on my to-read pile "

All three in the series are good fun. Really light, nice writing style and no need to put it down!

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

"Commuting is a great way to cram in your reading! How many books do you think you'll read this year? "

I don’t know. Maybe I will start a count. Possibly more than a hundred just reading for fun. More if I include uni texts - but who reads those all the way though?

"Currently reading Mayflies by Andrew O' Hagan. Not too far into it but reminds me a little of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart which was brilliant so I think I'm going to like it.

Haven't read much recently. Put more down than I've picked up. "

Thanks for this. I shall look Mayflies up. Loved Shuggie - found Mungo a much harder read though.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures"

No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures

No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call "

You should try Bill Bryson's travel books, autobiographical with loads of humour, they are really entertaining books.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures

No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call

You should try Bill Bryson's travel books, autobiographical with loads of humour, they are really entertaining books."

Ok thank you

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By *apidaryMan
over a year ago

Chipping Norton

Bryson is excellent; good call. His science books are just as readable, and just as much fun. Sparklingly superb writer, and comes across as a really likeable genuine guy.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

White Line Fever - Bio of Lemmy (late Motorhead founder). Great read. Up next is Keith Richards bio.

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

Have you tried travel writing? There's something nice reading someone's adventures

No I haven't. I might give it a go it seems logical since I enjoy autobiography and biography. Good call

You should try Bill Bryson's travel books, autobiographical with loads of humour, they are really entertaining books."

He's great. A short History of Everything is brilliant

I'll add Dervla Murphy, she cycled from Europe to India, she had a great way with people.

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

Oh great, The Satsuma Complex is next in my pile! Looking forward to it. Have you read Bob Mortimer's autobiography? It's very funny, as you'd expect.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

Oh great, The Satsuma Complex is next in my pile! Looking forward to it. Have you read Bob Mortimer's autobiography? It's very funny, as you'd expect."

I have. You'd know who wrote it even if his name wasn't on the cover

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

Just started re-reading the Iain M Banks books, halfway through Consider Phlebas. Also got a pile of stuff waiting to be read, and a few that I'm partway through. I got stuck on the Joycean chapter of Alan Moore's Jerusalem, I love the writing but incredibly difficult to concentrate on it. Oldest thing on the part-read pile is "Wild Cards" by George RR Martin - been there 40 years now, really must get back to it!

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By *obilebottomMan
over a year ago

All over

Small World, A Terrible Kindeness, You are not alone and Old babes im the wood are the ones I read most recently. All very good indeed.

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford

Some wonderfully stimulating suggestions here. Thank you all, and thank you to Midnight for starting the thread!

I don't read nearly as much as I'd like, because of my work and home situation, but over the past month or so:

Dante's The Divine Comedy (3 volumes, parallel text edition). A staggeringly moving, profound, universal, and yet hilariously, pettily localised and specific meditation.

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. A recommendation from someone I teach. This was such a pleasurable, fascinating read - as scabrously, inventively, macabrely funny as How The Dead Live, and as chromatically, explosively lyrical as The Famished Road. Set during the Sri Lankan Civil War.

The Collected Ghost Stories, by M.R James. Nobody has ever done it better. The terror of a crumpled sheet, a glint spied from distance in what should be an empty room, or the voice in the ear that no-one else in your crowded train carriage can hear. Always taut, understated, and yet visceral.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just read Jack & Jill by James Patterson on holiday as I finished The Fate of Wizardoms 3 books on my kindle and couldn’t download the next 3. Author Jeffery L Kohanek. Like fantasy Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time. Game of Thrones. I read Lord of the Rings maybe 7 times. Films were ok but not a patch on the books. Helen Lowe is a good read too although I’ve been waiting 3 years for the next book in her Daughter of the Night series. Love reading.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm not reading anything. I can't seem to get my reading head on at the moment

What genre do you like?

How about these:

The bee keeper of Aleppo - christy lefteri

Mr Atkinson's rum contract - Richard Atkinson

Will Smith autobiography

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

I recommend john Sanford, the "prey" novels

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By *inAndTonic21Couple
over a year ago

Merseyside

Anything by BA Paris - thrilling xx

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By *ostindreamsMan
over a year ago

London

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By *ostindreamsMan
over a year ago

London

Finished Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Voted the best Sci-Fi of last year on Goodreads. Well worth it.

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By *hrisukbishareCouple
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"I’m just reading brothers Grim, did you know Snow White was only 7, the originals to all the fairy tales are so twisted

Definitely recommend "

Did you know most of the brothers tales were written and gathered by women who get/got no credit. The brothers just edited the book. Great play called Grandmother's Grimm which tries to correct the patriarchal norm.

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By *hrisukbishareCouple
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Loving Ian Rankin Which Files which is not a rebus novel. Listening audio book as I drive South

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

Ginger baker...hellraiser.. it's a re..read actually

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By *hrisukbishareCouple
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Loving Ian Rankin Witch Files which is not a rebus novel. Listening audio book as I drive South

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By *ellanbennyCouple
over a year ago

cambs

Currently reading Terry Pratchet's Witches Abroad.

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By *alico_KittyWoman
over a year ago

Kittys Lane

I'm currently on book 23 of James Patterson's Women's Murder Club Thrillers x

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

Further update in The Keep Inside... It's a cracker!

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By *BootyfulDayWoman
over a year ago

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Oooooo I need to start reading again so gonna be having a wee nosy at everyone’s book selection

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By *ycanNightsMan
over a year ago

Workington

Not long finished fight club...

Finally got to read it... having watched the film first. Really enjoyed it

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By *estarossa.Woman
over a year ago

Flagrante

The Maid- curious whodunnit, written from a neurodivergent perspective, really enjoyed it.

Only just getting back into reading, after 10 years

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By *ack688Man
over a year ago

abruzzo Italy (and UK)

I’m reading Yellowface by R F Kuang which is really good so far, very different from her book Babal which I read a little while ago. It’s likely to be Weyward by Emilia Hart next which I’ve been looking forward to for a while, but the to be read list just gets longer.

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