Books & Reading Thread 2025

A wee bit late to this party. But whilst I was a vociferous reader my Audible addiction has now gone into overdrive.

It's too easy to sit in front of my PS5 playing Golf/Cricket/Snooker and have someone read me a story.
 
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Half way through this.
Been a while since I've read any books by Hill but I'm really enjoying this one
 
Finished We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Got it bought to me by my sister in law and didn't know what to expect.

It's a short story around one of 2 sisters murdering their family

I enjoyed it even if it was little strange

Next read is Trespasses by Louise Kennedy and now a TV show. I wanted to read book before watching it
 
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What were best and worst read of the year for you?

Best: tie between

We'll Prescribe you a Cat (Syou Ishida) and Keep on Running - highs and lows of a marathon addict (Phil Hewitt

Worst: Fairy Tale (Stephen King) by some distance
 
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Finished We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Got it bought to me by my sister in law and didn't know what to expect.

It's a short story around one of 2 sisters murdering their family

I enjoyed it even if it was little strange

Next read is Trespasses by Louise Kennedy and now a TV show. I wanted to read book before watching it
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I loved that Shirley Jackson novel . A tiny Gothic masterpiece . Not so keen on Trespasses , I think Bernard MacLaverty covered the same sectarian lust story , with more depth, in Cal all those years ago . Great film too .
 
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What were best and worst read of the year for you?

Best: tie between

We'll Prescribe you a Cat (Syou Ishida) and Keep on Running - highs and lows of a marathon addict (Phil Hewitt

Worst: Fairy Tale (Stephen King) by some distance
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I agree about Fairy Tale, very poor from such a good writer.

Best of the year: a toss-up between The Devils by Joe Abercrombie and James Logan's debut, The Silverblood Promise.

Worst: Fortunately, I've not read any terrible books this year but Ray Celestine's Palace of Shadows was well below the standard of his City Blues Quartet.
 
Best for me this year was “Killing Thatcher” by Rory Carroll.

I just couldn’t finish “The Doorman” by Chris Pavone which surprised me as I’ve read a number of his books and generally enjoyed them. I hate giving up on a book so will likely try again in the new year.
 
The accidental solider by Owain Mulligan.

Finished the audiobook this morning driving to work, absolutely brilliant book.

He is a teacher who hates his job, but he is also in the TA so when it kicks off with the troop surge in Afghan in 06 he mobilises and gets sent to Iraq, it tells the story of his tour. He's a really funny bloke so its quite self depreciating humour but he also tackles some serious issues too.
 
Favourite was Precipice by Robert Harris. I've read a few of his books lately and enjoyed them all.

Worst was Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett. I've tried a few of his books and only enjoyed one - Dodger. And that was because he used a Dickens character and had plenty of additional Dickens references. Wintersmith was one of a number of books I started but didn't finish this year.
 
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