2022 50 BOOKS - OR AS MANY AS YOU CAN MANAGE

Reading 'The Little Red Chairs' by Edna O'Brien and not enjoying it. It is my Book Group choice and I am sure I will realize what I have missed following our discussion.
I am also reading 'The Brothers York' by Thomas Penn, an account of the relationship between Edward 1V and his brothers and the Wars of the Roses; brilliant if you enjoy history.

My first this year is Lost and Found by Tom Winter, his first book. Its bit weird and I think quite disjointed. One of those books that tells the story from two different peoples perspectives. Its a book club read so I need to finish it by next Monday. It will be interesting to hear other book club members views.

Yes I agree Sue, his books are all so different, no common theme at all.

My reading resolution is to try and diversify, away from psychological/crime and read some more historical books, I have ordered River Kings which has great reviews, about the Vikings and their trading routes which went as far as the silk roads. However, the pull of the former is ever present, so I'll probably end up reading more of the usual !

My first book is I Remember You, by Elisabeth de Mariaffi. I intend to finish it, but it`s not doing a lot for me so far. It`s another of those books without inverted commas for conversation, and that annoys me.

I’ve come late to William Boyd. I love his books, they’re each so different, not like some other authors who seem to write the same book, just with different characters.

TerriBull

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I’ve got “Any Human Heart” by William Boyd to read for my book club. Never heard of the author.

William Boyd is a terrific author, I have read Ordinary Thunderstorms, Waiting for Sunrise and Brazzaville Beach, I plain to read some more of his stuff. I think Any Human Heart was dramatised for tv a while back, although I can't remember too much about it.

Many thanks, looking forward to reading it now

Glad to see this thread started for 2022. I kept forgetting to post last year but I probably hit my goal of 50 books. Great to know that audio books count too as these can be borrowed from our library via Borrowbox.
I have just read Julian Clary's How Dogs Changed my Life.
Happy New Year and Good Reading, everyone!

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I’ve got “Any Human Heart” by William Boyd to read for my book club. Never heard of the author.

William Boyd is a terrific author, I have read Ordinary Thunderstorms, Waiting for Sunrise and Brazzaville Beach, I plain to read some more of his stuff. I think Any Human Heart was dramatised for tv a while back, although I can't remember too much about it.

Grandmabatty, although I am now a Kindle fan, there is something special about reading a signed copy, enjoy Autopsy!
My sisters and I used to go to book signings over the years before the pandemic. Some at the Edinburgh Festival, Mitchell Library, Glasgow book shops, or our local libraries.
I have signed copies from Marion Keyes, Christopher Brookmyre, Denise Mina , Val Mc Dermid, Phillipa Gregory and ( non fiction) Tom Devine.

I’ve got “Any Human Heart” by William Boyd to read for my book club. Never heard of the author.

Thank you for the new thread, Terribull and it’s lovely to see it so busy already!

My no 1 to start the year has been Dewey The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron. It was a Christmas present more than ten years ago and I’ve only just got round to reading it.

“Churchill and Orwell The Fight for Freedom” by Thomas E. Ricks. Very thought provoking and giving an insight into how and why both men were against totalitarianism whether of the left or the right and how close we came to defeat in WW11.

Lighter reading is “Strange Affair” by Peter Robinson, a DCI Banks story.

For a bit of nostalgia I've started re reading some of the Georgette Heyer novels. Frederica at the moment.

GreyKnitter I love books by Rosamunde Pilcher and read Winter Solstice just before Christmas. I've just started reading one of my Christmas gifts from Mr BA - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. It's one he heard a review for on Radio 2. Probably something different to what I'd have chosen for myself but so far so good - I'm very much enjoying it

Thank you for the new thread TerriBull. Looking forward to seeing what people will read this year.
My #1 is Death Comes to Pemberley P D James.
An homage to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice; the story starts six years after the weddings at the end of P and P and we remeet some familiar characters. The prose style is 19th century but being P D James it is also a well crafted murder mystery and police procedural. An interesting hybrid.

Not jealous at all Grandmabatty…ok, only a weeny bit, enjoy the book.

I going to start the year with Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell. It's the last Kay Scarpetta novel. She sent me a signed copy (I know, I'm a poser?) and I haven't started it yet. This is definitely a New Year's resolution I will try to keep.

Just finished Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love. Exceptionally, listened to it as that was the only format available from the library. Beautifully acted, and kept me engaged with seesawing sympathies. But I think I might have stopped reading as the twists started to irritate, and I would have stopped reading the book. Will have to be very judicious about which books I’m prepared to listen to. Perhaps only very short ones!

I’ll join this year if I may. I’m an avid reader, have been since I was a child and read for transitory entertainment. Generally murder mysteries or frothy novels, not historical.
Anyway, right now I’m reading The Weekends of You and Me by Fiona Walker.

Welcome to the new thread Grannmarie, I always welcome recommendations, some of my favourite books were among those that seemed to go down well on MN. It's good to have our own smaller reading community here on GN too

Thank you, TerriBull.

In the run up to Christmas, I was re reading How far is it to Bethlehem by Norah Lofts. It was recommended on a GN thread like this last year, I really enjoyed it and it is now my December reading.?

After Christmas, I had a sofa ? day and read The Man Who Died Twice, the new Richard Osman. I laughed out loud a few times, also it was interesting to learn a bit more about the characters' back stories.

I have just started reading How to Fall in Love by Cecilia Ahern, not sure about it yet. I sometimes find her books a hit or a miss?

I have chosen Anxious People by Fredrik Backman for our Book Group meeting at the end of January. I read it last year and found it very different, quirky and heartwarming, set in Sweden with a particularly Nordic sense of noir and humour. I've just heard that it is now on Netflix, dubbed/ subtitles.

Reading ? has been my distraction during the pandemic. I come from a family of avid readers, my Dad took us to the local library every Saturday, I can't remember a day without reading.

I'm looking forward to your recommendations. ☺

I posted on this last year but kept forgetting. Will do better in 2022.
Starting with The Reckoning by John Grisham. A tad overlong with a predictable twist at the end.

Sorry, Melanie Golding, not another Maggie.

I’m currently still reading my Christmas choice:

1. Christmas on Coronation Street, Maggie Sullivan - a cosy, nostalgic read set in WW2 and starring a young Elsie Tanner

and I’m also halfway through

2. Little Darlings, Maggie Golding, which is a well written and intriguing mystery, but there are some other-worldly goings on that aren’t to my usual taste.