Books #23 Reading Chats. Unproblematically Pleased With Our TBR Piles

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OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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in memoriam for me too - i’ve owned it for a while but haven’t read it as i know it’s going to break my heart! :(

also: court of wings and ruin (i meant to continue the series this year and somehow have read absolutely none of them yet) and the invisible life of addie larue (which big biscuit picked for me and i haven’t got round to yet!) 💙
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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Happy Place - Emily Henry
Heir of Fire - Sarah J Maas
Murder in the Family - Cara Hunter
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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So if I say it here I need to read them right?

Yellow Face by T F Kuang
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolvwr
The Winners by Fredrick Backman.

Feel like theyre all quite lengthy ones too 🙊
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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Good question!
Remarkably bright creatures by Shelby Van Plat
And every morning the way home gets longer and longer by Fredrick Backman
Carrie Soto is back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (I’m reading all her books and this is the only one still to go!)
 
Caffeine Fiend said:
So if I say it here I need to read them right?

Yellow Face by T F Kuang
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolvwr
The Winners by Fredrick Backman.

Feel like theyre all quite lengthy ones too 🙊
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I finished Demon Copperhead this week. I really enjoyed it but it’s long (over 600 pages) and it felt quite slow paced especially at the start so don’t expect to race through it. Well worth the time though.

My 3 to read before the end of the year are -

Book 4 of the Cormoron Strike series (I think that’s where I’m up to!)
A Lady's Guide To Scandal by Sophie Irwin
Bournville by Jonathan Coe
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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My next one is definitely going to be Before My Actual Heart Breaks but I pick based on my mood so I am not sure after that.

I’d like to restart / finish The White Spider (about climbing ascents of The Eiger) ans I started that in 2019 when I was actually on holiday there but I DNF it for no reason other than just struggled to prioritise reading.

I will also want to read a Christmas themed novel, just not sure which one yet.
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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Murder at St Saviour's by Merryn Allingham
Thirty-Four going on Bride by Becky Monson
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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Oooh!
I feel like mine change by the day and I’m continually desperate to read everything next.

1 - Iron Flame
2 - The Bee Sting
3 - The Goldfinch

None of which are the 3 books I need to read to complete my A-Z!
 
SaintLeo said:
I finished Demon Copperhead this week. I really enjoyed it but it’s long (over 600 pages) and it felt quite slow paced especially at the start so don’t expect to race through it. Well worth the time though.

My 3 to read before the end of the year are -

Book 4 of the Cormoron Strike series (I think that’s where I’m up to!)
A Lady's Guide To Scandal by Sophie Irwin
Bournville by Jonathan Coe
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I started it on borrow box but then got a copy for 50p in the charity to sent it back on borrow box cause I wasnt in the right mood but I got Shuggie Bain vibes
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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ooh ooh i read the arc of Death Valley.

Mine.. probs
Mona Of the Manor by Armistead Maupin
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
I love you but I have chosen darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?

Mine are:

-Death Valley by Melissa Broder (anyone read this? Just love her)
-In Memoriam by Alice Winn
-Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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I don't have a set three but definitely a two! One I'm saving for Xmas:
1 - The Year of the Locust - Terry Hayes
2 - The Woman in Me - Britney Spears

My next book is an ARC from Sarra Manning, The man of her dreams. She wrote one of my favourite books Unsticky but I find her writing a bit hit or miss
 
Caffeine Fiend said:
I started it on borrow box but then got a copy for 50p in the charity to sent it back on borrow box cause I wasnt in the right mood but I got Shuggie Bain vibes
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Yeah definitely Shuggie vibes, I thought the same. Very similar themes but it didn’t feel quite as bleak as Shuggie did at times.

Obviously it’s a contemporary take on David Copperfield which I’ve never read (I’ve tried but Dickens is not for me!), but I was intrigued enough to Google the synopsis. Demon seems to be really faithful to the original even down to some of the character names, so if anyone is a Dickens fan it might be an interesting read from that point of view too.
 
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OnlyHereForTheLolz said:
I don't have a set three but definitely a two! One I'm saving for Xmas:
1 - The Year of the Locust - Terry Hayes
2 - The Woman in Me - Britney Spears

My next book is an ARC from Sarra Manning, The man of her dreams. She wrote one of my favourite books Unsticky but I find her writing a bit hit or miss
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Has the Terry Hayes book actually been released? I thought it was still languishing in the works!

I‘Ve just discovered this thread and I’m loving some of the suggestions.
 
Elle said:
OK, another question (nosy little book bleep arent I!): what three books are you DEFINITELY planning to read before the end of the year and are most excited about?
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I caved & ordered Britney's book so plan on devouring that when it arrives. Then my local book club have Tomorrow X3 picked for November & The Bee Sting for December. Plus I've to catch up on the book club pick for here too!
 
SaintLeo said:
Yeah definitely Shuggie vibes, I thought the same. Very similar themes but it didn’t feel quite as bleak as Shuggie did at times.

Obviously it’s a contemporary take on David Copperfield which I’ve never read (I’ve tried but Dickens is not for me!), but I was intrigued enough to Google the synopsis. Demon seems to be really faithful to the original even down to some of the character names, so if anyone is a Dickens fan it might be an interesting read from that point of view too.
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I've been putting Demon off until I've read Copperfield, but even though I've got the audiobook with Richard Armitage, I haven't made it very far. I was thinking about skipping it, and now I feel as though I should try again 😅
 
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