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i've been working my way through the e.f.benson series about lucia and miss mapp. poking fun of 20s/30s snobbery.
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I've never read any. Do you recommend?
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I’m about half way through The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cottrill
The coroner is Dr Siri (the name was selected in about 2004, before iPads started to use the name) official coroner to the newly communist state of Laos, and there’s a series of 15 mysteries he solves against that background
It has a light touch and reminds me in an odd way of The Little World of Don Camilo, a slightly crazy protagonist who is still wiser and saner than those around him, and likes to buck the system
The coroner is Dr Siri (the name was selected in about 2004, before iPads started to use the name) official coroner to the newly communist state of Laos, and there’s a series of 15 mysteries he solves against that background
It has a light touch and reminds me in an odd way of The Little World of Don Camilo, a slightly crazy protagonist who is still wiser and saner than those around him, and likes to buck the system
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I used to love Don Camillo books...
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herbidacious wrote:I've never read any. Do you recommend?
yes, if you like 'nice' middle-class society with 'upper' aspirations being gently taken the mickey out of.
they are cosy, uncomplicated reads.
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We just read Klara and the Sun with BG, Kazuo Ishiguro's latest. I really enjoyed it, having not expected to; I wouldn't have chosen to read something about AI. We haven't discussed it yet but a couple of the others i spoke to also said they'd really enjoyed it, more than Never Let Me Go, which I haven't read.
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I thought Never Let Me Go was a real curate’s egg of a book - I finished it quite easily and there was some good writing in it, but it annoyed me that the science bit made no sense to me, though this didn’t seem to matter to people who found the inconsistency less glaring
I had a similar issue with The Road by Cormac McCarthy - different scenario, very different book but it didn’t make sense to me
I had a similar issue with The Road by Cormac McCarthy - different scenario, very different book but it didn’t make sense to me
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Talking of curate’s eggs . . . . Has anyone read Rev Richard Coles book on the death of his partner? The Madness of Grief. I love him to bits but I know he is not to everyone’s taste but the book is immensely readable, not overtly religious and very compassionate.
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Pepper Pig wrote:Talking of curate’s eggs . . . . Has anyone read Rev Richard Coles book on the death of his partner? The Madness of Grief. I love him to bits but I know he is not to everyone’s taste but the book is immensely readable, not overtly religious and very compassionate.
I’ve read it, a beautiful account of love. I was hesitant to read it, thinking it might bring up old emotions from when my fiancé died, but i didn’t find it a difficult read at all. If anything it’s too short and ends too early in the roller coaster journey of grief. Personally I found year two to be harder than the first year.
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KeenCook2 wrote:We just read Klara and the Sun with BG, Kazuo Ishiguro's latest. I really enjoyed it, having not expected to; I wouldn't have chosen to read something about AI. We haven't discussed it yet but a couple of the others i spoke to also said they'd really enjoyed it, more than Never Let Me Go, which I haven't read.
I have a copy. It's on my pile!
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I have just finished Chosen by Rev Giles Fraser. It was hard work but totally absorbing. I will, as usual, have to reread to take it all in.
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Looks very interesting indeed, PP.
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It was fascinating because although he is Jewish by descent and terrifically wants to be Jewish there are so many obstacles in his way.
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Seems to be the same with most religions/cultures. Understandable historically but a dilemma in these times.
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I'm currently reading Grace Dent's "Hungry" and thoroughly enjoying it. If you like her writing style in her Guardian columns I definitely recommend it. I've also recently finished "Shuggie Bain" by Douglas Stuart, probably the best book I've read for many years.
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Ltc ...I’ve had Hungry in my basket for a while! I love her on Instagram.
I’ve recently read Girl A by Abigail Dean which I enjoyed.
I’m currently reading a Kate Rhodes easy read murder mystery. They are all set on the Isles of Scilly which is the only reason I read them really...they just make me excited for holidays. But without the crime and bloodshed I hope!
I’ve got Olive Kitteridge to read next.
I’ve recently read Girl A by Abigail Dean which I enjoyed.
I’m currently reading a Kate Rhodes easy read murder mystery. They are all set on the Isles of Scilly which is the only reason I read them really...they just make me excited for holidays. But without the crime and bloodshed I hope!
I’ve got Olive Kitteridge to read next.
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OneMoreCheekyOne wrote:Ltc ...I’ve had Hungry in my basket for a while! I love her on Instagram.
I'd nudge it towards the check out OMCO, it was really good. I borrowed it from the library e-book service so if you use a kindle could be worth looking into getting the library app/Overdrive/Libby if you don't already have it if you read a lot.
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I’m looking for detective novels for mum. She’s worked her way through the Donna Leon ones lately. Has anyone read any of the Elly Griffiths fens ones? I can’t read murder things, they upset me too much. Such a wuss.
ETA. Just seen your post OMCO about the Scilly Isles. Will investigate those too.
ETA. Just seen your post OMCO about the Scilly Isles. Will investigate those too.
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I’ve read one of her’s - it was an easy read but not impressive.
Has she read the ‘Cadfael’ novels, or Lindsey Davies’ ‘falco’ ones?
There are the ones that aero recommended a while back by susannah Gregory both the ‘Matthew bartholomew’ and ‘Challoner’ series. The ‘shardlake’ novels are also very good.
These are all ‘historical’ detectives.
I presume she’s read the very first detective novel ’the moonstone’ by Wilkie Collins?.
There are Andrea camillieri’s ‘montalbano’ ones, set in sicily.
These are all in the same sort of ‘bloodless’ vein as the Donna Leon books.
I’ve read a couple of val mcdermid’s and Kathy reich’s but they are a little more bloody than the others I’ve mentioned.
Has she read the ‘Cadfael’ novels, or Lindsey Davies’ ‘falco’ ones?
There are the ones that aero recommended a while back by susannah Gregory both the ‘Matthew bartholomew’ and ‘Challoner’ series. The ‘shardlake’ novels are also very good.
These are all ‘historical’ detectives.
I presume she’s read the very first detective novel ’the moonstone’ by Wilkie Collins?.
There are Andrea camillieri’s ‘montalbano’ ones, set in sicily.
These are all in the same sort of ‘bloodless’ vein as the Donna Leon books.
I’ve read a couple of val mcdermid’s and Kathy reich’s but they are a little more bloody than the others I’ve mentioned.
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Thanks Scully I’ll investigate. I have all the Shardlake ones on Audiobook. Oddly enough I can do them.
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