Reading

[Oma]

Like most of you I always have a book on the go , I read most things apart from Crime thrillers I am not a fan ,

At the moment I am reading the last book in a series of 4 about a fictional village ,life and the going's on of several inhabitants ,
Its by Christine Barlow and called Starcross manor . I am enjoying them .

I like light reading most of the time but during the night I remembered a book I read , must have been in the early 80's
I don't normally remember books but this one was by Clare Rayner and it was so hard to read ,

I don't remember much of the plot only that it took me months to read it was so boring but I was determined to read it ,

I remember it was based on Jewish life from Jesus's time to present day ,but it was all Ruth begat Jacob , Jacob begat Solomon etc ,
Droned on like that for at least half the book .

I am wondering if I should try to find it and try reading it again ,
would I now I am older understand it more ?
would I still find it boring ?

I cant even remember its name but now I am thinking about it its bugging me to find out .

Has anyone else ever read a book that bugs you like this is with me

Im off now to research Claire Rayner see if i can find out what it was called

Just found it , its called The Running years , it doesn't sound as boring to me now so I may give it another go

[Grauntie Mag]

Good luck with that Oma! I haven’t read it but it sounds grim. If you find it hard going, give yourself permission to dump it and read something more to your taste. Life is too short to make yourself read a book you aren’t enjoying. My nephew insisted I read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I didn’t get far before I gave up.

[Gemini]

I agree with Grauntie , life IS too short to persevere with a book which dents grab you. Let us know how you get on this time!
I will send you an invite to the FB bookclub Oma. So many good book suggestions there, and they often point out bargains on Kindle I miss.

[Oma]

GM I have a feeling now it may not have been as bad as I remember, it was just the wrong time for me to read it , but until I look again I will never know

[Plantaholic]

I listen to Audible books, the best one I have listened to was Absolutist by John Boyne and the Lady in White by Wilkie Collins. On Chesil Beach was enjoyable. Mainly I listen to quite light books and love the narrator Ann Dover.

[Gemini]

Plant my mum loves stories narrated by Anne Dover.

[Nanto2girls]

I'm not really a book reader. If i do read a book,it has to be a true story, or biography/autobiography.
I reading one at the moment,that mam had bought last Christmas.
She started reading,but couldn't get into it. I've had a couple of weeks off from it,but picked it up again last night.
Only a few pages left,so will probably finish it tonight.
The book pictured is what i'm reading now.

[Gemini]

I mostly read fiction Nan2 But do like non fiction too, and read several non fiction books each year.

[Sum1Ls]

I’m a reader! My mother used to complain that I always had my nose stuck in a book and I should do something useful.

Nowadays im finding Kindle a boon as there’s no shelf space left...

So, what am I reading now? As usual I have a fair few books on the go at the same time depending on my mood. I’m reading The Making of the British Countryside which is wonderful but very very fat. I’ve got as far the Romans so a long way to go. Also for light reading The Brother Athelstan historical murder series by Paul Doherty, very well written, researched and easy to read. And a wonderful book called Where the Edge Is by Graínne Murphy. It’s dreadfully sad but also consoling with great insight into grief and working through it. And finally a romping funny book by Ann Glenconner who was Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret. She was married to a monster but had that supreme confidence that comes from being born to great privilege. It’s calked Lady in Waiting. 99p on Kindle!

[Sum1Ls]

Whoops just seen that NaN 2 is reading it too!

[Daisy]

I'm always fascinated to see what people are reading.

I generally read rather frivolous books that definitely won't keep me awake at night - I mostly read in bed. Currently I'm reading Daughters of Cornwall by Fern Britton. It's set in 3 different times and jumps backwards and forwards between them, so a bit confusing if I only read for 10 minutes or so. Perhaps if it's wet and horrible tomorrow I'll treat myself to a good long reading session.

Sum1 - The Making of the British Countryside sounds really interesting - probably a good lockdown book if you've got more time than usual.

Oma - I think there's a lot of truth in what you say about reading a book at the right time. Sometimes you just know you don't want to read a sad book.

Does anyone else find that they forget the title of what they're reading on Kindle?

[Oma]

All the time Daisy , I sometimes go back to see what it is ,
Mine usually has it in small writing at the top of each page but often it doesn't it depends on the book

I never remember a authors name unless I look for that too

[Daisy]

Oma - I wish my Kindle put the title at the top of each page, or even each chapter. I've taken to writing a list when I load books on there - I had to check it to see the title of the Fern Britton one, although I had at least remembered who wrote it.

[Gemini]

Daisy, I always feel silly if anyone asks what I'm reading (on the Kindle) as I rarely know the title!

I am going to make a list of all the books I have read this year and tell you which were my favourites