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Started My Year of Rest and Relaxation over the weekend. Oh boy.

I started reading Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett last night; not really sure why other than that I spotted it in the library. After reading American Gods I wasn't in a hurry to get back to Gaiman, but Good Omens is proving to be quite chuckle worthy and I'm only a few chapters in!

Two really lovely books I read recently, both by Japanese authors, might be worth considering too - The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Housekeeper and The Professor. Both very charming and delicate, and dealing gently with delicate situations in their own way.

Yes it was, great show

I agree on Under The Skin; the film was amazing and I read the book after, and was even more impressed with the film! Also I picked up Neil Young Journey's on DVD - Young drives from his old family home to Massey Hall and does a solo show; featuring loads of great tracks. Worth a punt if you...

Some lovely covers in there too. That Night Gaunts cover is very Hopperesque.

I'm not keen on him either but I don't have that TV channel anyway so I'll stick with the books!

I felt a bit like that with MIlkman, but finally found that I had really enjoyed reading it.

I read Never Mind by Edward St Aubyn over the weekend - the first in the "Patrick Melrose" series. I haven't seen the tv show, or read any of his other books, but I'll definitely be checking out more. Superb writing; reallly acerbic, funny and very very dark too. I'm now thinking of moving onto...

I'm about half way and I'm still unsure if I like it or not, but the narrative voice is engrossing

Good dread or bad dread?

I've just finished A Man Called Ove and am about to start Milkman by Anna Burns, with some trepidation I have to say. Reader reviews of this one have been very mixed.

That's on my To Read list

Recently read: Neil Gaiman - American Gods The Guest Cat - Tikashi Hiraide The Travelling Cat Chronicles - Hiro Arikawa The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko Agawa Starting today - A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

I just finished Convenience Store Woman today! I enjoyed it, now to find something new! 😁

I'm now reading Convenience Store Woman, having read The Guest Cat, My Year of Meats, The Ocean at the end of the Lane and another one I can't remember in recent weeks. @jonah folks have been raving over Sally Rooney's Normal People, Rachel Cusk's Kudos, Lincoln in the Bardo; I'm sure there's...

I recently read I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith for the first time, which I really enjoyed. It's a lovely light read. I have just started My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki. I'm aiming to read Japanese-set or Japanese-related books for an upcoming trip to Japan in December!

I'm still reading Birds of America by Lorrie Moore, but I just finished a great Paul McCartney biog - Man on the Run (Paul McCartney in the 1970s) by Tom Doyle which looks at Macca's post -Fabs career up to Lennon's murder in 1980. It's a fantastic read; it really shows what a slog Wings was and...

On a recent trip to Brighton I read The West Pier by Patrick Hamilton; which is set in Brighton and very enjoyable Now reading Birds of America by Lorrie Moore.

I'm with you Snakey! Yeah I wanted to read Sebald as he was recommended by various friends over the years, and I also wanted a break from fiction for a while. I'm glad I read him but I'm done now!