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Dr Who comes up a fair bit. The Second Coming only a little. (I've never seen either of them!)
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3. I Love the Bones of You by Christopher Eccleston. I think this is only the second autobiography I've ever read (the previous was Andre Agassi's). I can't remember why I bought it, as I'm not a massive fan or anything (though The Leftovers is one of my favourite shows, and I was surprised to note just how many things he's been in that I've seen). It was, though, a really good read: the central narrative covering his relationship with his Dad is moving and made me reflect on mine with both my son and my own father. 4. Feral by George Monbiot. I like Monbiot and unsurprisingly enjo
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Just finished Halo 3 and it was brilliant - so, so much better than 2. I loved the return to CE's control room at the end. Between that and the warthog run it really felt like a farewell greatest hits tour at the end - wish they'd included one of CE's bridges as well. I'm going: CE: 10 2: 5 3: 9 I think in some respects it was better than CE - certainly it had genuine epic scale, and it made it feel like you're part of a war, which CE didn't do in quite the same way. But for some reason I just prefer the simplicity and feel of the original. Unlikely analogy, b
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1. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. As briefly posted above, I loved this. Great book to start the year. 2. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton. I really enjoyed Evelyn Hardcastle, but sadly didn't think this was particularly good. The story is pretty intriguing and generally entertaining enough, but I found the writing continually jarring, with really clunky dialogue. I personally always find this kind of thing really distracting, and it definitely significantly impacted my enjoyment.
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Papillon is good.
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I've decided I'm going to use lockdown round 58 to become perhaps the world's greatest Instant Pot soup cook.
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I studied a load of Conrad at uni. Lord Jim and Nostromo were my favourites, as I recall. I always found his stuff challenging but rewarding.
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The Windrush Betrayal is a brilliant book. Definitely up there with the very best I read last year.
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Just finished too - I also loved it.
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I just started Piranesi this morning too. Very much enjoying it so far. My Kindle and Audible backlog is becoming ridiculous. Need to ban myself from looking at sales.
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Loads of George Orwell's books free on Kindle today.
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I read that a few years back: loved it. Amazing how many of those stories made it into The Wire. Spoiler: I distinctly remember
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92. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout - short but powerful novel. I really liked the description of the narrator's relationship with her mother. 93. Infinity in the Palm of your Hand by Marcus Chown - I very much enjoy this kind of popular science stuff which explains fascinating complex concepts in a way people like me can understand.
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I'm actually a pretty slow reader I think - certainly books take me longer than my Kindle always suggests it will. I read plenty of fairly short books this year, including several that I would assume are essentially novellas, and didn't tackle many really long ones. But my numbers are mainly inflated by Audible audiobooks, which I listen to at 1.35 speed - it's pretty easy to get through one of those a week: I listen whenever I'm walking, cooking, eating, washing up etc. My main reading time is while putting the kids to sleep. Once we finally sort their sleeping out my available ti
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87. Trans Like Me by CN Lester - An enlightening and thought-provoking book on a topic I felt I should attempt to understand a little better. 88. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - I'd never heard of this before I read about it on here. I loved the characters and really enjoyed it overall. I thought the first half was a little slow at times, but the second half was great. 89. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman - I listened to this on Audible (courtesy of the recent sale), where the different narrators added to the experience, but o