The Wine Books and More group didn't let a little thing like a worldwide pandemic get in the way of their monthly catch up in April. We all gathered around our screens and over Zoom shared what we had been reading. Two hours later we all had a much larger TBR (to be read) pile! Here are a few of the books we shared:
David Eddings
I had forgotten how readable and funny he is!
I had forgotten how readable and funny he is!
Chilbury Ladies’ Choir – Jennifer Ryan
Very readable book and a window into WWII. The story skips between 4 or 5 people which come together as a story as a whole. All belong to the choir.
Linda Costillo
She has such a lovely way of explaining things.
She has such a lovely way of explaining things.
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
Very great writer but there are lot of story lines going on
Call of the wild - Jack London
Saw the movie had come out so reread it. It is a great story of heroism and finding your place in the world. It doesn’t have the fluffing out that modern texts do.
Saw the movie had come out so reread it. It is a great story of heroism and finding your place in the world. It doesn’t have the fluffing out that modern texts do.
Blue Moon – Lee Child
Really enjoying it- old Jack Reacher is great!
When the Floods Came – Clare Morral
Dystopian novel, following a family and their children. Interesting to read during a global pandemic.
Dystopian novel, following a family and their children. Interesting to read during a global pandemic.
Kin – Snorri Kristjansson
A Viking murder mystery set in AD times. An interesting story from a time period I enjoy/am interested in
A Viking murder mystery set in AD times. An interesting story from a time period I enjoy/am interested in
The Whole Day Through – Patrick Gale
Lots of character building
Lots of character building
The Last Town - Blake Crouch
The best of the Wayward Pines books. Really enjoyed it
The best of the Wayward Pines books. Really enjoyed it
Disgrace- J M Coetzee
Disturbing in many ways but thought it was brilliant 5 stars. Sat there for some time afterwards in thought.
Disturbing in many ways but thought it was brilliant 5 stars. Sat there for some time afterwards in thought.
Nazi Officers Wife – Edith Hahn-Beer
True story about women who is sent to work for the German. She is Jewish. A
very interesting story
This is How You Loose the Time War- Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Two authors telling the story of two aliens writing letters to each other in the middle of a time war. Different and unusual and I really enjoyed it
Two authors telling the story of two aliens writing letters to each other in the middle of a time war. Different and unusual and I really enjoyed it
The Testaments – Margaret Atwood
Set 30 years after events of Handmaid’s Tale. Really good, brings together everything. Interesting that it doesn’t contradict the TV series.
Set 30 years after events of Handmaid’s Tale. Really good, brings together everything. Interesting that it doesn’t contradict the TV series.
The Girl who Lived Twice – David Lagercrantz
The first two he wrote weren’t that good but now he has got it and found his way. Really good.
The first two he wrote weren’t that good but now he has got it and found his way. Really good.
Trauma Cleaner – Sarah Krasnostein
Crime, murder and biographies.
Crime, murder and biographies.
Freakonomics- Steven D Levitt
A great deep dive into topics you would never even consider that they might be linked
A great deep dive into topics you would never even consider that they might be linked
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