Originally Posted by andallthatjazz:
“Where did you buy this as it's not available till Feb 2014?”
“Where did you buy this as it's not available till Feb 2014?”
Got it from Net Galley.
What are you reading at the moment? (Part 4)
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Originally Posted by RyJa:
“I've just started wolf hall but finding it a bit hard going. Did you find this? I will continue with it as I love books based in this period
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“I've just started wolf hall but finding it a bit hard going. Did you find this? I will continue with it as I love books based in this period
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I've read Wolf Hall and adored it but I know that some people found it a bit tough, at least at first. Some people took a while to get used to the narrative technique which is constantly from inside Cromwell's mind. Imagine that everything that's happening is only seen from his position - so the description of other people, the political and social issues, even the setting is all as he would perceive it. None of it is the narrator directly telling us anything as a separate entity from him. Also usually when Mantel says 'He' she means Cromwell - that's just another way of making the reader feel closer to him. I think it's a really clever book and Bring Up the Bodies is the same but they're not everyone's cup of tea.
I finally finished the Casual Vacancy after a few false starts. The beginning needed a good editor, it was dull and too many characters are introduced too quickly. Once it hit its stride, about 1/3 of the way through, I was hooked. It was Krystal and her fate that I found fascinating and I don't know if I would have enjoyed the book without that sub-plot.
The only thing that really irritated me was Fats' obsession with "authenticity". By the middle of the book I was rolling my eyes every time it was mentioned. I'm still not sure what the point of it was.
The only thing that really irritated me was Fats' obsession with "authenticity". By the middle of the book I was rolling my eyes every time it was mentioned. I'm still not sure what the point of it was.
Originally Posted by the_lostprophet:
“I've read Wolf Hall and adored it but I know that some people found it a bit tough, at least at first. Some people took a while to get used to the narrative technique which is constantly from inside Cromwell's mind. Imagine that everything that's happening is only seen from his position - so the description of other people, the political and social issues, even the setting is all as he would perceive it. None of it is the narrator directly telling us anything as a separate entity from him. Also usually when Mantel says 'He' she means Cromwell - that's just another way of making the reader feel closer to him. I think it's a really clever book and Bring Up the Bodies is the same but they're not everyone's cup of tea.”
“I've read Wolf Hall and adored it but I know that some people found it a bit tough, at least at first. Some people took a while to get used to the narrative technique which is constantly from inside Cromwell's mind. Imagine that everything that's happening is only seen from his position - so the description of other people, the political and social issues, even the setting is all as he would perceive it. None of it is the narrator directly telling us anything as a separate entity from him. Also usually when Mantel says 'He' she means Cromwell - that's just another way of making the reader feel closer to him. I think it's a really clever book and Bring Up the Bodies is the same but they're not everyone's cup of tea.”
Thanks : ) I'll keep reading it!
Just finished Hangover Square, very good. Now I'm reading The Blackheath Seance Parlour which is excellent so far. Really funny but spooky as hell. One of those books you just can't put down.
Originally Posted by Bonnie Parton:
“Just finished Hangover Square, very good. Now I'm reading The Blackheath Seance Parlour which is excellent so far. Really funny but spooky as hell. One of those books you just can't put down.”
“Just finished Hangover Square, very good. Now I'm reading The Blackheath Seance Parlour which is excellent so far. Really funny but spooky as hell. One of those books you just can't put down.”
I've ordered that today. It's my neck-of-the-woods so I'm very interested to see what it's like.
Originally Posted by GirlfromEireann:
“Currently reading 'Tigers in Red Heat'.....really enjoying it. Much morevthan it first seems It is very dark”
“Currently reading 'Tigers in Red Heat'.....really enjoying it. Much morevthan it first seems It is very dark”
Do you mean Tigers in Red Weather?
If so, I am loathing this. Turgid prose, really slow and Daisy's passage of the book in particular was beyond dull.
Originally Posted by Bonnie Parton:
“Just finished Hangover Square, very good. Now I'm reading The Blackheath Seance Parlour which is excellent so far. Really funny but spooky as hell. One of those books you just can't put down.”
“Just finished Hangover Square, very good. Now I'm reading The Blackheath Seance Parlour which is excellent so far. Really funny but spooky as hell. One of those books you just can't put down.”
just looked up the latter -sounds amazing, may have to treat myself
Just finished Cold Season, by Alison Littlewood, which was OK, and am now reading Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry.
Finished James Whale "Almost a Celebrity". The life story of the popular late-night talk host. Old Whaley's got enough chips on his shoulder to keep the McCain factory going for decades .. still he's one of the finest broadcasters out there and he's got some great tales to tell.
Finished Arnaldur Indriadson's Black Skies. No Erlendur or Elinborg this time round but we get to learn more aboout Sigurdur Oli's background and follow him as he gets to grips with what seems on the face of it a murder involving debt-collecting. Written around the time of the credit crunch, this also gets to grips with the state of the over-levearage of theIcelandic banking industry prior to the collapse.
Finished the Blackheath Seance Parlour by Alan WIlliams. Wow. That was a page-turner. The characters were so brilliant you end up cheering for them. The plot was genuis and really surprising. I had a look online to see what else he'd written but it was a first novel. Gutted but will definately watch this author. More! It's one of those books you can't wait to get back to and think about all the time. Best book of the year so far.
Just finished The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson. I really enjoyed it. Not sure what to read next now though!
Originally Posted by Bonnie Parton:
“Finished the Blackheath Seance Parlour by Alan WIlliams. Wow. That was a page-turner. The characters were so brilliant you end up cheering for them. The plot was genuis and really surprising. I had a look online to see what else he'd written but it was a first novel. Gutted but will definately watch this author. More! It's one of those books you can't wait to get back to and think about all the time. Best book of the year so far.”
“Finished the Blackheath Seance Parlour by Alan WIlliams. Wow. That was a page-turner. The characters were so brilliant you end up cheering for them. The plot was genuis and really surprising. I had a look online to see what else he'd written but it was a first novel. Gutted but will definately watch this author. More! It's one of those books you can't wait to get back to and think about all the time. Best book of the year so far.”
Just read the blurb on Goodreads, I've added it to by ever burgeoning 'to be read' list.
I'm about 100 pages from the end of The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. It's one of the better fairy tale retellings I've read, the writing is beautiful.
Originally Posted by Cellar_Door:
“I'm about 100 pages from the end of The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. It's one of the better fairy tale retellings I've read, the writing is beautiful.”
“I'm about 100 pages from the end of The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. It's one of the better fairy tale retellings I've read, the writing is beautiful.”
One of my favourite reads so far this year. Very atmospheric.
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