Hi Mel It’s always so interesting to see the books that people are reading. Thank you for sharing yours. I’m always looking out to see what people are reading in cafes and on trains too. I’ve just read This Could Be Everything by Eva Rice that I found in a charity bookshop and I really loved it. I’ll be looking out for The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets next!
Oooooh! I'll have to keep an eye out for that one. I really love her writing style. I'm a total magpie with my reading habits....I'm all over the place and always looking out for the next shiny object :) xo
Ooh, another Team Spike person! I never read the Butcher books, although I did like the series. My husband’s a huge fan though, so they are in our library. I started reading ACOTAR#2 and put it down again. Let’s just say one of my edit notes for my book 2 reads: “ugh, this sounds so annoyingly Feyre!” And I hadn’t even started ACOTAR back then. I will return to it, cause I have to finish it before I start your Hedge book! I am a bit sad about Maria Corelli, although I am certain I’ve read male diatribes. It can’t be her only book right?
I know. Thelma is supposed to be another of her bestsellers though and tht’s definitely a Gutenberg version. From the bits of description Kim reading …. Is she deconstructing and reconstructing her faith?
There's definitely some close examination of her faith, of Christianity in general in this book....but it veers so wildly into the realms of WTF that I was left a bit bewildered. I think if that whole section was removed, it would've been quite an enjoyable read.
I'm forgiving the Corelli book because it was her first and MOST of it was good, it was just that really jarring bit that knocked me off-stride. And I'm laughing at the Feyre reference...stick with #2, you will be vindicated. And yay, Team Spike! xo
I love the Jackson Brodie mysteries. "The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets" just went on my list. And as for the Hale (I think) I get what you mean about the critical. I've pretty much given up on books like that when it's just TOO too.... You hit a point where you almost put it down because you know where it's going.
Exactly! I feel like I'd read the book already, just with different names and a different setting. Very Hallmark channel - which, I know, has an element of comfort in the predictability, I just feel like it can get lazy just plugging into the same tropes. I didn't know Case Histories was the first in a series!! Or did I know that?!? If I did, I'd forgotten. Now I'm excited and will be pulling up the library website, forthwith!! xo
Hi Mel. Case Histories is one of several Jackson Brodie books and three of them were included in the Brit series of the same name -- also "One Good Turn" and "When Will There Be Good News." She has other Brodie books, too. Google "jackson brodie books in order" and they are all listed!
I’ve just added The Lost Art… to my list. Thank you!
It's brilliant....I'm sure you'll love it!! xo
Hi Mel It’s always so interesting to see the books that people are reading. Thank you for sharing yours. I’m always looking out to see what people are reading in cafes and on trains too. I’ve just read This Could Be Everything by Eva Rice that I found in a charity bookshop and I really loved it. I’ll be looking out for The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets next!
Oooooh! I'll have to keep an eye out for that one. I really love her writing style. I'm a total magpie with my reading habits....I'm all over the place and always looking out for the next shiny object :) xo
Ooh, another Team Spike person! I never read the Butcher books, although I did like the series. My husband’s a huge fan though, so they are in our library. I started reading ACOTAR#2 and put it down again. Let’s just say one of my edit notes for my book 2 reads: “ugh, this sounds so annoyingly Feyre!” And I hadn’t even started ACOTAR back then. I will return to it, cause I have to finish it before I start your Hedge book! I am a bit sad about Maria Corelli, although I am certain I’ve read male diatribes. It can’t be her only book right?
PS did some googling “sorrows of satan” was apparently a bestseller, can’t find a Gutenberg copy of it though.
I wish all of her books were available on Gutenberg...I would've thought her bestseller would be there!
I know. Thelma is supposed to be another of her bestsellers though and tht’s definitely a Gutenberg version. From the bits of description Kim reading …. Is she deconstructing and reconstructing her faith?
There's definitely some close examination of her faith, of Christianity in general in this book....but it veers so wildly into the realms of WTF that I was left a bit bewildered. I think if that whole section was removed, it would've been quite an enjoyable read.
I'm forgiving the Corelli book because it was her first and MOST of it was good, it was just that really jarring bit that knocked me off-stride. And I'm laughing at the Feyre reference...stick with #2, you will be vindicated. And yay, Team Spike! xo
I love the Jackson Brodie mysteries. "The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets" just went on my list. And as for the Hale (I think) I get what you mean about the critical. I've pretty much given up on books like that when it's just TOO too.... You hit a point where you almost put it down because you know where it's going.
Exactly! I feel like I'd read the book already, just with different names and a different setting. Very Hallmark channel - which, I know, has an element of comfort in the predictability, I just feel like it can get lazy just plugging into the same tropes. I didn't know Case Histories was the first in a series!! Or did I know that?!? If I did, I'd forgotten. Now I'm excited and will be pulling up the library website, forthwith!! xo
Hi Mel. Case Histories is one of several Jackson Brodie books and three of them were included in the Brit series of the same name -- also "One Good Turn" and "When Will There Be Good News." She has other Brodie books, too. Google "jackson brodie books in order" and they are all listed!