Looking for my next book

I’ve just finished The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling. I couldn’t put it down. Her insight is amazing.

I have and she is very popular but I’m not a massive fan.
I’ve just finished Whistler by Ann Patchett and thoroughly enjoyed it. She has a lovely cool, measured way of writing, perfect for a summer read but with some substance.

I’ve read some Santa Montefiori and enjoyed them.

My book group is reading The Artist by Lucy Steeds. It’s very summery, set mostly in the S of France. It has a darker side but that’s what makes the story.

A good timeslip novel is Dark Matter, sorry can’t remember the author but it isn’t Michelle Paver’s book Dark Matter ( it’s good but a supernatural horror) so if you google on Amazon both books will come up.It’s really good.

Thanks folks will check them out 👍

I’ve just read two books by Kazuo Ishiguro: Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go. Very different from his The Remains of the Day. Not time slip but future based. I thoroughly enjoyed both.

I've just finished The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout, it's a thought provoking book.

Santa Montefiore is my favourite author, and I have read every one of her many books. I am just starting the last in her timeslider trilogy, called The Last Encore, released in hardback last week.
The first (not timeslider) book I read was 'Meet me under the Ombu Tree, which I re-read recently and still enjoyed.
Another favourite was The French Gardener, also the Deverill series. I wasn't keen on the village stories about Flappy.

I have just finished The Eights by Joanna Miller. It is a lovely mix of fact and fiction. It is set in Oxford in 1920 when women were eventually allowed to study at the University. It tells the story of 4 undergraduates who have rooms on Corridor 8, hence the name. They have very different upbringings but come together to pursue their dream of a degree despite the problems and discrimination put in their way. A delightful book.

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I've just finished The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout, it's a thought provoking book.

I’ve read a lot of her books and this one is on my kindle wish list. I’m waiting for the price to go down .

On holiday recently I read The Names by Florence Knapp . I loved it and was sorry when I finished it.

I’ve just finished an old novel “Rogue Male” by Geoffrey Household. Got it in the library. Brilliant!

My friend lent me The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
I read it in 2 days, haven't actually read a real book in ages.
Absolutely loved it, highly recommend.

Tenko I threw broad hints that paid off, it was a gift for a recent birthday. 😊 As it is a print book, I could pass it on to my daughter.

This is our book club read for the summer. We will meet mid September to discuss it and choose or next read. It gets great reviews! So 🤞

“Yesteryear is the 2026 debut novel by Caro Claire Burke.[1] The story follows Natalie Heller Mills, a "tradwife" social media influencer, who wakes up one day in the 19th century, where she must learn how to live without modern society.[2] The novel is both satire and suspense.”

Wonderland series by Irina Shapiro - I suggested this series to my WI Book Club not thinking they would like my taste but they loved it. Quite an emotional read imo.

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This is our book club read for the summer. We will meet mid September to discuss it and choose or next read. It gets great reviews! So 🤞

“Yesteryear is the 2026 debut novel by Caro Claire Burke.[1] The story follows Natalie Heller Mills, a "tradwife" social media influencer, who wakes up one day in the 19th century, where she must learn how to live without modern society.[2] The novel is both satire and suspense.”

It's an interesting premise and quite original, having watched The Ruby Franke expose on BBC1, I can't help thinking there were elements of the "smug mom influencer" that may have inspired that part of this book. However, once Natalie wakes up and finds herself transposed to mid 19th century where she finds she has zero influence, that's when the book gathers pace.

I hope you enjoy it FGT

Have you read it Terribull?

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Have you read it Terribull?

I listened to it on Audible. It's one of those books I wish I'd read rather than listened to, sometimes, if I'm not concentrating enough, drifting off to sleep, I feel I've missed pivotal moments.

There's a lot of buzz around the book, I gather it's being made into a film.

I'd be interested to know what you think FGT, maybe come back here and say.

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I’ve just read two books by Kazuo Ishiguro: Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go. Very different from his The Remains of the Day. Not time slip but future based. I thoroughly enjoyed both.

Excellent novels but the sadness stayed with me, particularly Never Let Me Go 😢

I can recommend Miss Benson’s Beetle

Looking at my list from the beginning of this year, these would be my best ones so far: Workhorse - Caroline Palmer, Flashlight - Susan Choi, Buckeye - Patrick Ryan, London Falling - Patrick Radden Keefe, It Could Have Been Her - Lisa Jewell, Gabriel's Moon - William Boyd, Nesting - Rosie O'Donnell.

Books are so subjective though, we all know what we personally like. Don't we?

I will do Terribull 😁
Then will copy & paste it onto your ‘50 books’ thread. I started off the year full of good intentions then events in my life railroaded me as you kindly acknowledged.

I’d like to return as it’s a great thread.

Oh dear. Is this a thread about a thread? I might get deleted.
Apologies for the digression.

Thank you FGT, do return, in your own time