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Post by sarita on Feb 7, 2024 16:18:07 GMT
Finished the very short and shockingly violent Ce que j’appelle oubli Laurent Mauvignier. One long sentence to describe how a homeless man was put to death by 4 supermarket security guards for having drunk a cheap beer. This did happen in Lyon in 2009. I need to recover from this book. 5*. Incredible how some very short stories can pack a lot of emotions.
Not sure what to read next, need to sleep on it.
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Post by froglady on Feb 7, 2024 20:18:17 GMT
Reading The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick. I've read this one, plus 2 others by this Author - enjoyed them all ..  yes, I'm almost 75% through this book and already on the lookout for more of her books on Kindle. |
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Post by eightlegs on Feb 7, 2024 21:16:23 GMT
Doesn't look like I added it but I've been listening to The Rosie Result - Graeme Simsion on audio book, finished it today. Now I need to get on with my "tree" book |
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Post by adelynechan on Feb 8, 2024 9:08:52 GMT
Finished Virgin River by Robyn Carr last night. I can see how this would work well as a tv series, but as a book it dragged on far too much for my liking despite being a nice enough story. About 400 pages long, and to me there were effectively 3 things that happened!
Up next will be my "book by an author with your initials", which, since I am fortunate enough to be an "AC", will be A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie.
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Post by windysisters on Feb 8, 2024 9:09:00 GMT
My next book is Murder on Safari by Elspeth Huxley but I only read a few pages before falling asleep last night.
I found this title via the Shedunnit podcast (via BBC Sounds) which discusses various elements of the Golden Age of Crime Fiction.
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Post by froglady on Feb 8, 2024 15:17:53 GMT
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney is my current read.
Rob Delaney was a guest on Between the Covers and he talked about this book; it is about his child who died very young.
The grief that he felt and feels is very visceral and takes my breath away reading about it.
I suspect that this is a book that will stay with me for a very long time, and I'm only 30% into the book.
There have been some reviews about the book criticising his use of bad language; God I think if I had a child that I lost so young, I would be swearing forever about it.
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Post by froglady on Feb 8, 2024 20:39:17 GMT
Now reading In the Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan.
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Post by sarita on Feb 9, 2024 6:36:58 GMT
Starting Le Chien qui voulait voir le Sud by Seishu Hase, The Boy and the Dog in English.
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Post by froglady on Feb 10, 2024 17:31:09 GMT
Finished In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan - IT WAS BRILLIANT. I eyed the book for ages before I eventually caved and bought it, the idea of an AI detective was too good to resist and I thought this was amazingly done. Both the main characters were so well-crafted, their interactions were spot-on for bringing out the differences between man and machine, as well as pointing out the ways in which they could complement one another. I love crime/mysteries so this was the perfect setting to read this discussion, and the case was built up really well as well. This will definitely make my top 10 of the year, so pleased to have found a new "must-read" series and I already can't wait to read the next book.
Up next will be You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao.
In the Blink of An Eye is a fantastic book! I was worried about reading it as I'm worried about AI in general. So pleased that I have read the book now - I started it yesterday and finished it today. Very much a page turner. |
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Post by froglady on Feb 11, 2024 7:46:26 GMT
Now reading The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.
This is a book about nine young men from the state of Washington - farm boys, loggers, fishermen - who shocked both the rowing world and Adolf Hitler by winning the gold medal in eight-oared rowing at the 1936 Olympics.
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Post by adelynechan on Feb 11, 2024 8:59:57 GMT
In the Blink of An Eye is a fantastic book! I was worried about reading it as I'm worried about AI in general. So pleased that I have read the book now - I started it yesterday and finished it today. Very much a page turner. Glad you liked it!! I too breezed through it in just 2 sittings, it was so gripping and fun to read. I thought the AI was well portrayed - not as something scary/to be feared but actually just a tool with just as many limitations as it does benefits. Hope you agree, given your worries about AI. But even if not, it was a really good crime novel in its own right, Lock can just be seen as one unique angle. |
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Post by adelynechan on Feb 11, 2024 9:04:57 GMT
I finished A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie, was quite good actually! Generally I prefer the Poirots over the Miss Marples, but I did enjoy this one, thought she did well with working up to the reveal and did well to distract me from easily spotting the outcome.
Up next will be Freeze by Kate Simants, as I fancied a travelling book and this one is set in Greenland!
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Post by froglady on Feb 11, 2024 10:35:54 GMT
In the Blink of An Eye is a fantastic book! I was worried about reading it as I'm worried about AI in general. So pleased that I have read the book now - I started it yesterday and finished it today. Very much a page turner. Glad you liked it!! I too breezed through it in just 2 sittings, it was so gripping and fun to read. I thought the AI was well portrayed - not as something scary/to be feared but actually just a tool with just as many limitations as it does benefits. Hope you agree, given your worries about AI. But even if not, it was a really good crime novel in its own right, Lock can just be seen as one unique angle. yes AI may not be as scary as I'd thought. Can't wait for the next book in this series, released sometime next month I think. |
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Post by froglady on Feb 11, 2024 10:39:15 GMT
Also re reading A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.
This is a book I probably read every year as I find it a comforting read.
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Post by eightlegs on Feb 11, 2024 20:09:23 GMT
I've now started The Lamplighters- Emma Stonex on audio, inspired by a true story of 3 lighthouse keepers going missing from their light in mysterious circumstances in 1972 in Cornwall. Need to look up the actual story but will wait until I've enjoyed the fiction.
And for my print book, Knife - Jo Nesbo which is a return to a much loved author, I've read a good chunk already
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