Reading Challenge 2024

Paladin said:
How about The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, or Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. Both have good reviews, neither would be in my regular list of books I must read before I die.
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I feel bad saying this because I'm usually happy to embrace most of what people nominate. But neither of those seem to grab me.

However, as ever, it's about what everybody feels works best as a group, so I'm happy to either sit it out or give one a go, depending on my mood. Just using this post to register my thoughts!
 
Paladin said:
How about The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, or Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. Both have good reviews, neither would be in my regular list of books I must read before I die.
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I've read Shuggie Bain and highly recommend it as the joint read.
 
RobMCFC said:
I feel bad saying this because I'm usually happy to embrace most of what people nominate. But neither of those seem to grab me.

However, as ever, it's about what everybody feels works best as a group, so I'm happy to either sit it out or give one a go, depending on my mood. Just using this post to register my thoughts!
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I looked at some reviews for group reads and those cropped up. Both look a bit sad and depressing, which ain't my preferred reading.

Two further suggestions:

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. The book behind the film currently showing.
 
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Paladin said:
I looked at some reviews for group reads and those cropped up. Both look a bit sad and depressing, which ain't my preferred reading.

Two further suggestions:

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. The book behind the film currently showing.
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Both of those look interesting.

IIRC, somebody came on here and suggested A Man Called Ove last year.
 
  1. Fairy Tale – Stephen King - 5/10
  2. Wolf Pack – Will Dean - 7/10
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I used to wonder why people bothered reading DI What’s-his-face book #17, yet here I am on Tuva Moodyson book #5.

Tuva is a newspaper reporter in the small Swedish town of Gavrik. Once you get past the old “why do so many bad things happen in and around such a small place?”, these books by Will Dean are very well put together. Part of the appeal for me is the location: the gun shop in town, the supermarket, the fresh food cart run by Tuva’s best friend, the chimneys of the Grimberg Liquorice Factory and Utgard Forest all feel like familiar characters.

In the last book, the author expanded the locations to take in the nearby town of Visberg, and this expansion allows him to re-use a character from the previous book. Wolf Pack centres on a group of survivalists who have set up a heavily fortified compound on the edge of town. When a local girl goes missing near the compound, the police need to rely on Tuva to use her reporting skills to gain access to the tight-knit and secretive group.
 
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