2022 50 BOOKS - OR AS MANY AS YOU CAN MANAGE

Book number 2 - Fisher of Men by Pam Rhodes who used to present Songs of Praise on BBC tv. I have only just discovered that she is also an author and really enjoyed this book. It is about a new curate and perhaps to get the best out of the book it may help if you are part of a Christian church where you live. To me it was just an enjoyable, easy read that is of course ‘comfortable fiction’ but having said that it does also focus on the problems people have to cope with in their lives. It is the first in a series and I intend to read them all and other books by this author.

I finished readingThe Silence by Susan Allott
A story interwoven between a missing person and the Stolen Generation in Australia.

#1 The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Gripping but the ending left questions, for me anyway.

Some good suggestions on here for me to look into.

So far this year I have read Magpie by Elizabeth Day which was interesting but a little disappointing.

Also How to Kill Your Family Bella Mackie - I really enjoyed this one - good twist at the end.

Book 5
The Guest List-Lucy Foley
This is so like her previous novel, The Hunting Party, really only the location has changed, at times I felt like I was reading the same book.
As in her previous novel, all the characters are truly unlike able, you couldn’t care less who was murdered, or by whom, they are all really unpleasant characters.
I think you need to like at least a few of them, or you don’t care what happens, Hannah was the best of a bad lot.
I won’t be buying any more Lucy Foley.

# 2 The Siege by Helen Dunmore. It’s set in the first year of the siege of Leningrad in WW2. Harrowing but fine writing.

At last I`ve finished I Remember You, really did not enjoy it, and will avoid this author in future. Just about to start book 2, Trick of the Dark, by Val McDermid.

Severnsider I agree about The Remains of the Day, it is very good, and on my re-read list for this year.

I like the Irish writer, Sheila O'Flanagan and I'm half way through "The Women Who Ran Away". It's good.

Just finished ‘Here we Are’ Graham Swift.
I thought I was going to enjoy it, definitely seemed to be my kind of book, but I was left feeling a bit disappointed.

Thanks Terribull for starting this thread again this year. I think, like a lot of others, I start off the year with all good intentions of updating with each of the books I read but after a while just forget to do so. Hopefully I promise to try harder this year!
First book for 2022 is A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris. I think you would call this a physiological thriller so very different from her well known book Chocolat which I think was her first novel. I really enjoyed A Narrow Door although the ending was a bit disappointing. I only read for pleasure theses days so only what I enjoy. If I start a book and don’t like it I just don’t continue to read it. I like to give my finished books a score out of 10 so would give this first one of the year 8/10.

Just finished 'American Dirt' - not easy reading, there's a world out there that we don't know about!

I needed something restful after that, so I'm re-reading 'The Remains of Day' - soothing.

#3. In A Dry Season by Peter Robinson.

Maggiemaybe, Sara1954
I’m tempted by Shriver dealing with a long married couple facing aging…

and it’s available on my library app. Thanks

Maggiemaybe
That didn’t really appeal to me either, although I am a Lionel Shriver fan, but I did enjoy it, quite humorous.

I think that was the only Kate Atkinson I didn’t get on with, Cs783.

I’ve just downloaded another audiobook:

5. The Motion of the Body through Space, Lionel Shriver

I’ve looked at it before, but am easily put off by characters with daft names. I’ll see how it goes with Serenata and Remington. The book’s about older people and exercise, so I thought it might be appropriate to “read” on my walks.

My #3 Kate Atkinson ‘Emotionally Weird’. In a moment of fandom backed by an Amazon discount offer I topped up my Atkinson holdings. This one should not have got past the editor but it did make me splutter with laughter at times.

If anyone else is inclined to try it, don’t bother with the especially confusing kindle version. Apparently in print there are different fonts which distinguish different characters.

#2 starting tonight in bed, Into the Dark by Karen Rose.

I have just re-registered with Gransnet so that I can join in. Hello everyone. Always been an avid reader but it is too easy nowadays to get distracted. My plan for 2022 is to alternate between books I haven't read before and reread. I am a big fan of many classics but like to try other genres. First book of the year, finished yesterday, was The Essex Serpent. I really enjoyed it.

I’d like to join this year please as books are my lifeline. It’s just difficult to remember what I’ve read so to record it here will be interesting.

I’ve started this year with The Man Who died Twice by Richard Osman and I’m now reading Windswept and Interesting by Billy Connolly.

I’ll be watching and hoping for recommendations.

Just finished The Dry by Jane Harper, really enjoyed it. Detective story set in Australia. Now reading The Coward by Jarred McGuinness. Only half way through, tale of a trouble boy with an alcoholic father. Next in the list Wish You Were Here, by Jodi Picoult, very good reviews

I'm now onto:

4. The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward

Has anyone else read this? Despite all the hype and praise, I don't like it at all. I'm finding it weird and unsettling and very confusing. Unfortunately it's my Reading Group choice so I have to stick with it. I'm just hoping it makes a bit of sense by the end.

I would like to join in again this year. I posted till I had read just over 50 books then stopped posting last year.
My first book this year was
The secret gift of Lucia Lemon by Celia Anderson
I have just finished The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman . I enjoyed this.
I now have the Libby app on my iPad so will look through posts to find some new authors.
Happy reading.

I’m still enjoying In Plain Sight, Grannmarie. It took me ages to get those decorations down and put away, so it came in very handy. I just download any audio books from the local library service - both our two nearest branches have closed recently, so I’m glad we’ve got this at least.

Sarah1954 I was given Starve Acre as a present last Christmas, as you say a bit weird but quite absorbing, I enjoyed it too.

Thank you, cs783