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Fiona’s 2024 12+4 Reading Challenge
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The only one here I've read is Cutting for Stone which I loved, so hope you get to it!I also have Exiles on my list & I'll be reading Demon Copperhead with a book club.
Happy Reading!
All the Broken Places, Demon Copperhead and Cutting for Stone are all good to excellent. I hope you'll like them as much as I did. A lot of others look very interesting, I can't wait to read your reviews. Happy reading!
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Nice mix of books.
Good luck and happy reading 📚
Hope you enjoy your books, Fiona. It looks like a great list. I've read Demon Copperhead, Cutting for Stone and The Marriage Portrait, and liked them all. Best wishes with all the books you decide to read this year.
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I’ve read The Winter Queen, Demon Copperhead, and Cutting for Stone and thought they were all great! I didn’t realize there was a sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas! Added to my TBR. Enjoy!
First book completed The Opposite of Lonely by Doug Johnstone
Number 5 in the Skelf series set in Edinburgh. Three generations of women undertakers / private detectives.
4 stars
Second book completed Antarctica by Claire Keegan
Collection of short stories which was I think her first publication.
Love her writing
4 stars
Fiona~I really love the books you selected. I loved Demon Copperhead, The Marriage Portrait, and Cutting for Stone. Several others on your list, I definitely want to read. Enjoy your Challenge!
This is a great mixture of books. I've read several of these authors before (Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Feeney, Jane Harper, Belinda Bauer, Kate Atkinson), but not any of their titles on your list. And I didn't realize that Laline Paull had written another book. I read The Bees a few years ago, and it was extraordinary. I'll be interested to see what you think of Pod. Happy reading!
Butterflycager wrote: "This is a great mixture of books. I've read several of these authors before (Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Feeney, Jane Harper, Belinda Bauer, Kate Atkinson), but not any of their titles on your list. ..."I loved The Bees and looking forward to reading Pod
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Third Book completed White as Snow by Lilja Sigurdardottir
Third in Arora series which I’ve enjoyed. Set in Iceland
4 stars
Fourth book completed Pod by Lalline Paul
I absolutely adored The Bees so had high expectations for Pod. Took me a while to get into the book whilst I struggled with names. By the end I thoroughly enjoyed - thought provoking around climate change / impact on oceans too.
4 stars
Fifth Book completed Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Have been engrossed and enthralled all week. Finished in time for my book group’s discussion tomorrow evening.
5 stars
Fiona wrote: "Fifth Book completed Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Have been engrossed and enthralled all week. Finished in time for my book group’s discussion tomorrow evening.
5 stars"
So glad that you enjoyed it! I like Barbara Kingsolver, and I know you'll have an interesting discussion tomorrow.
Sixth book completed All the Broken Places by John Boyne
Linked to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas telling the story of Gretl the sister
4 stars
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Seventh Book completedSalt Lane by William Shaw
First book in the Alex Cupidi series although The Trawlerman is a sort of prequel
4 stars
Eighth Book completed Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Drawing on Agatha Christie (And then there were none) for inspiration with ghostly twists
3 stars
Ninth Book completedNorthern Spy by Flynn Berry
Set in Northern Ireland towards the end of the Troubles
4 star
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Tenth Book completed Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
Do love the writing - the dark humour amongst the murders
4 stars
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Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
Do love the writing - the dark humour amongst the murders
4 stars"
I've enjoyed everything I've read by Belinda Bauer so far.
Eleventh book completed The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
Crime set in Moscow in 1876 with a quick trip to the seedy backstreets of London thrown in. Enjoyed the start and the end but dipped a bit in the middle. And I do wish I had kept a note of the different characters
3 stars
Twelfth Book completed Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby
Was looking forward to reading this having heard the author at Bloody Scotland a few years ago when she was writing the book.
Unfortunately I struggled with it - found it difficult to maintain the thread of characters and timelines. However did make me check out some of the history of Burgess, McLean and Philby. The author is Kim’s granddaughter
2 stars
Whilst in theory I have finished the challenge I hope to read the remaining four books
Congrats on officially finishing the challenge! You've read a good variety. Hope you get a chance to read the remaining four. You have plenty of time!Happy Reading!
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Congratulations on finishing the challenge! Good luck with the final four.
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Congratulations on finishing the challenge - hope you enjoy the last four books too! :-)
Thirteenth Book completedThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Enjoyed the setting - perhaps a bit long and I think I preferred Hamnet
5 stars
Fiona wrote: "Thirteenth Book completedThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Enjoyed the setting - perhaps a bit long and I think I preferred Hamnet
5 stars"
Love Maggie O'Farrell--still need to get to this one!
Book Fourteen completed Exiles by Jane Harper
Always love JH books
4 stars
Have started both Shrines of Gaiety and Cutting for Stone - they’re both lengthy but hopefully I’ll finish them both before the year end
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The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin - completed 25.8.24
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer - completed 8.8.24
Northern Spy by Noah Berry - completed 25.7,24
All the Broken Places by John Boyne -completed 22.5.24
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney - completed 17.7.24
Exiles by Jane Harper - completed 8.12.24
The Opposite of Lonely by Doug Johnstone - completed 11.1.24
Antarctica by Claire Keegan - completed 18.1.24
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - completed 6.4.24
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell - completed 2.12.23
Pod by Lalline Paul - completed 25.3.24
And my plus 4
Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby - completed 14.10.24
Salt Lane by William Shaw - completed 30.6.24
White as Snow by Lilja Sigurdsdottir - completed 16.2.24
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese