Whatever Happened to Reading for Fun? | August 2023

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I’ve been thinking a lot about reading for fun and fun reads of late, so I thought I would have a chat about it. When I say chat I of course mean tangential ramble. But I would love your thoughts on fun reads and reading for fun. I would also love to hear what the last book you had lots of fun reading was. And if you’ve a question for a possible Q&A leave that in the comments below too. Thanks in advance. #BookTube #FunReading #BookChat
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The Bullet That Missed by Richard Oseman
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang
The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
The Misadventures of Margaret Finch by Claire McGlasson
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Still Life by Sarah Winman
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@ravihudson4700 Год назад

People think it’s weird, but I love reading YA and middle grade books in between darker and heavier books. In fact, I love YA and middle grade in general even though I’m twenty-four. I read everything.

@valholden7199 Год назад

I'm 67 and I love the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver. I've read all 9 books twice - last time was in 2022. I've also listened on Audible. Not sure what that says about me....

@sbeale276 Год назад

Middle grade and ya are great to read, and this is the problem with books being put in categories if your interested in the content it doesn’t matter books can be read by all ages no matter the label on them! Enjoy them i know i do 😊

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I don’t think that’s weird. Read what you want to read and f**k everyone who judges that.

@readingfastandslow Год назад

I read children’s, middle grade and YA as well!

@julieaulava9567 Год назад

I read them, too. Any good story is delightful regardless of the category. Plus, I love passing along books to my 13 year old niece who thinks I'm cool because I give her good books. Win, win!

@jacquelineturner7206 Год назад

I love the three literary mysteries by Anthony Horowitz. I re-read them during lockdown and they were “fun,” even though they involved homicides.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Yes I’ve read some of his books and enjoyed them. Sadly I saw him behaving in a less than ideal way in a signing queue and it put me right off.

@kathy2539 Год назад

People might laugh but when I'm wanting to just cozy up with a comfort read, I revert to my childhood. I listened to the Audiobook of The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton yesterday, I was feeling blah and I decided to lose myself and relax in childhood. I really enjoyed the audio of this, listening to a story of four children having an adventure! I thought that would have been my dream as a kid, to go off on an adventure with a close knit group of friends. This was cozy and nostalgic in the best possible way. Sometimes it's good to go back!

@higgsbosonblues Год назад

I haven’t reread anything from my own childhood, but I do find children’s fantasy, especially the Nevermoor series, very comforting!

@cloudbusting88 Год назад

Yes! I love listening to my favourite Enid Blyton books. Such nostalgic comfort

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I have considered reading all the Famous Five books recently. I’ve read some but never in order.

@chelsealee144 Год назад

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi! Such an unexpectedly funny pirate historical fantasy with the most fun character dynamics and banter. Read it last month and can’t stop thinking about it

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh I’ll look that up. Thanks.

@LeoniRea Год назад

Hi Simon! I totally relate to your desire for “fun” books and have been on the lookout for some myself - so I will be referencing back to your recommendation and the comment section here. I recently read Ann Patchett’s newest release “Tom Lake” and it definitely qualified as a fun read! It’s quite contemplative and calm, while also having some plot points that drive the story and keep the reader interested. I found myself wanting to pick it up all the time and left feeling so happy, simply because the story focused so much on the small joys in life, which was really contagious. All the best to you during your procedure and resting time!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Hope you enjoy any of the fun reads you head to from my list and the fab recommendations from lots of lovely folk in the comment. Speaking of which Tom Lake was recommended loads so maybe I need to read that.

@marcellaandherbooks8733 Год назад

For me the fun books are the ones that remind me of childhood reading, ones that make you want read under the covers deep into the night (or like, 11 pm which is way past my bed time! 😅) For me those are often fantasy or sci fi books, because they have that adventure aspect to them. And I love listening to YA and middle grade books on audio

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Yes. Just that kind of book. The one you’re just looking forward to scurrying off and hiding from everything with. Ha.

@juliae.8237 Год назад

In a slightly different genre I really enjoyed Vincent Van Gogh and the artists he loved by Steven Naifeh. It looks a bit like a coffee table book with lots of pictures, but it is has real chapters with writings about how not only Van Gogh improved his craft by imitating his contemporaries style, but how artists form a living collective art work. Also, the book is a love letter to Steven’s husband who co-wrote a biography on Van Gogh and who had passed before this book came out. It has pictures from their private collection that they gathered during their life together. I figure if you are laid up it might make for some enjoyment looking at pictures.. I guess I am assuming you like Van Gogh- if you don’t, never mind 🙃

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Hahahaha. I’m not very good with books on art. Though I like art, and like Van Gogh - I’ve been to his museum in Amsterdam and wept at the (quite literally) moving exhibition in London.

@brettsbookstack Год назад

Um first, the shirt is everything. Second love this post. And love so many of these books. I think you’d really enjoy the new R. Eric Thomas.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh are they the essays with a birthday cake on I keep seeing about. I think you’re right.

@Georgesmomsu Год назад

I read murder for fun 😂. Fun for me doesnt mean funny, just a book I really enjoy picking up and dont want to put down. I’ll keep recommending The Whalebone Theatre.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I have ordered the American edition of The Whalebone Theatre on your recommendation Su. It keeps getting delayed. I’ll be reading it as soon as it arrives.

@diannaproulx1713 Год назад

I know you already read it for the women’s prize but the last book I had fun reading was Bandit Queens. There was just so much funny banter! I struggle with how to get more people to read it because it has heavy topics of domestic violence and female friendships but it’s also so funny. I still don’t know how the author pulled it off so successfully

@SavidgeReads Год назад

The Bandit Queens is a prime example and one that I should have mentioned. What Parini Shroff has done with that book is brilliance.

@BookwormAdventureGirl Год назад

Your shirt!!! 💙 “Some might say that murder isn’t fun…”. What do they know. 😂 love a fun read! One of my last fun read was The Maid by Nita Prose - also has a murder. 😉

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I really liked The Maid. I have the sequel on the TBR, which is coming out early 2024.

@Bessie-On-Wheels Год назад

Have you tried the 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window and Disappeared. By Jonas Jonasson?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I did. I tried that and, in the same vein for me at least, A Man Called Otto and they weren’t quite my vibe. Though I know lots of people LOVE them.

@starfishmeditation7983 Год назад

Maybe try one of Jonas Jonasson's books I always find then fun. I still chuckle at some of The Hundred Year old man that climbed out of the window and disappeared and I must have read it at least 5 years ago. Loving the T-shirts by the way. 😀

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I have had a few recommendations for that book ‘fun’nily enough, sorry couldn’t help it. I have some very rogue T-shirts, niche some might say. Ha.

@whatsadiereadnext Год назад

Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers. Just love it and a hug of a book

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Totally agree. Really loved that book. Must read more of her novels.

@Emelectric1001 Год назад

Have you read Remarkably Bright Creatures?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I haven’t. Who is it by?

@Emelectric1001 Год назад

@@SavidgeReads Shelby Van Pelt

@triciapearce8545 Год назад

That's the book I was going to recommend. I'm sure you will love it, Simon ❤📖🔖❤

@tyghe_bright Год назад

This month, I've been doing GarbAugust--a reading event dedicated to the appreciation of trashy books. It's been loads of fun, and given me permission to read without attaching any importance to it. A pleasant surprise? Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus. For anyone who likes horror, it's an actually good book and lots of fun.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I’ve started to hear lots about Garb-August, if only I had known before I may well have joined in!

@tyghe_bright Год назад

@@SavidgeReads It was started by @criminolly Hopefully you can join in next year!

@readingwithsammi Год назад

I had so much fun reading Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake it warmed me from the inside out in a perfectly summer way.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I have struggled with Patchett before but have to admit I did almost pick this up at the airport a few weeks ago.

@ChrysalisInvictus Год назад

I felt this escapism recently when reading Hot Milk by Deborah Levy... I don't think the subject was fun but the hot European summer feeling was wonderful. I'm looking for another book that takes me to a similar atmosphere. A fun book to me takes me to a place I want to be. I love reading an immersive experience of somewhere unique or vivid that feels relaxed, like a holiday

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Hot Milk is a great book. One you have to work at. But totally get what you mean about it’s holiday vibes. Another thing I hadn’t thought of as an aspect of a fun book, setting.

@Melissa-he3lo Год назад

The second book in the Elderly Lady series (so far just two and I think that will be it) is An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed.

@NicolesBookishNook Год назад

I love reading for fun and that doesn’t mean I’m also not taking in art. You can read literature and have fun too. It’s a bit weird when people say it’s not art if you’re reading for fun; indirectly saying literature/art must be full or jargon and sad.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Do people say it’s not art when you’re reading for fun? Who are these people? Rid them from your life. Art is in the eye of the beholder.

@NicolesBookishNook Год назад

@@SavidgeReads I see it all the time but no one will say it to me personally outright because they know I’ll debate them on it 😂

@SavidgeReads Год назад

@@NicolesBookishNook debates are good though. It’s when people just railroad with opinions I can’t be doing with it. Ha.

@NicolesBookishNook Год назад

@@SavidgeReads I think it’s because people are used to throwing up a “hot take” on Twitter or wherever and most of the time, no one says anything against it because Twitter is a dumpster fire and full of fights, so a lot of people just don’t want to step in it. But I’m not on 99% of social media, so I don’t mind a good debate. Not many negative connotations to it, for me.

@ariannelg Год назад

Fun books: books with easy text, dialogues and light prose that don’t require much thought 😅 Agatha Christie for me, though I haven’t read many

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Agatha is perfect for that. I was thinking that just the other day. Sometimes old school kind of writing can help, not too old. Modern classic ish.

@gazcarr28 Год назад

A great video and a reminder of what reading should be about. My last fun read was Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris, just a great story and a real page turner. I sometimes end up reading things that are hard work but with an empty house, no children and a glass of whisky fun books are sometimes needed to escape the usual messiness of life.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I’ve never read any Robert Harris. One day I must give him a whirl.

@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 Год назад

The books I’ve really enjoyed and were fun reads are The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny Marvellous Light by Freya Marske Writers and Lovers by Lily King Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur I’ve started listening to The Bee Sting All The Little Bird Hearts Loving them both. I can’t think of one translated book that was “ fun”. 🍀👋☘️☕️📚📕📖💐🇮🇪

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Fab list of books there. I’ve not read a single one! I have a couple on the shelves though 😉

@emiliewin3 Год назад

Enjoyed this video with chat about recent reads. Marian Keyes is my go to for fun books that I can't put down! Not light-hearted topics, but the way she depicts families and the conversations or 'banter' they have is brilliant reading and a go to place for comfort. A book I read recently that I had a lot of fun with was Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and also Bridget Jones's diary which I read alongside the book chat podcast with Pandora Sykes - so much fun and recommend that episode if you've not listened! Hope the procedure and recovery goes well and you find some fun reads to keep you entertained!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Marian Keyes is such a brilliant, brilliant call. I read Grown Ups before meeting her for Sky Arts Book Club and she and the book were both fabulous. I need to get back to more of her books. I’m nervous of Sittenfeld as I really didn’t like Rodham. I loved Bridget Jones when it came out a fab fun, and funny, book!

@ariannelg Год назад

I’ve read Marian Keyes a million years ago (it feels like) and it was a fun read!

@bookssongsandothermagic Год назад

Great topic. I try to always read for fun, and, to be fair, don’t read a lot of 19th century classics because sometimes it can feel like you’re wading through treacle. The House Keepers looks good, I’ll look for that. I started Daisy Jones and the Six but haven’t picked it up again because it felt a bit “slight” and so far not quite as insightful and beautifully done as the script to Almost Famous (which seems comparable….possibly). I’ve enjoyed the books by Hiromi Kawakami, they’re fun and light. I like Blake Crouch’s books too, but I don’t know if you go into genre fiction much….?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

It depends on the genre to be honest. I’ll dabble in almost anything if the mood is right. Daisy Jones, like any book, won’t be for everyone and as I always say with any book someone isn’t really vibing with, even if I love it, if you’re not loving it. Don’t read it.

@hopefullyherereading Год назад

If you haven’t read it yet, All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro may fit both the WIT and “fun” list.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I need to read her work. I’ve seen Jen read quite a few and have a mixed relationship with them but very keen to give her a whirl or two.

@hopefullyherereading Год назад

I’ve also been hit and miss - but found this one really fun and dark (which just screams summer vibes). Hope you enjoy it if you get to it.

@nathansnook Год назад

i personally love all the hard and heavy stuff, but if you want fun silly smart girl lit, i recommend Francoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I love all the hard and heavy stuff too, I just can’t do it all the time. It’s like anything, if I just binged on the fun stuff I would be craving the hard and heavy. That said Lapvona is bang on both. So there are those deliciously dark books. I liked Bonjour Tristesse.

@amy_harboredinpages8272 Год назад

Fun for me are... lately, grim dark fantasy... a sprinkling of humorous banter, but a whole lot of battle scenes, and some found family, and butt kicking... and maybe not everyone survives... because of the backdoor political mechanations and betrayal!... I'm in deep...

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Hahahaha. Sounds like you are. I love that a fun read means so many things (similar or different) to so many people!

@melissafirman1962 Год назад

Old God's Time is not going to be a fun book whatsoever. Just sayin'. 😶 I've been trying to give myself more permission to read more fun books. A recent favorite was None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive by Carolyn Prusa. I mean, that title alone. It's set during a hurricane, which certainly isn't fun, but the writing is propulsive, and I finished it in less than two days. A few other recommendations: The Book of Delights by Ross Gay (short essays); We Love Anderson Cooper by R.L. Maizes (short stories); Cat Brushing by Jane Campbell (short stories, debut author at 80 years old and these are a bit on the raunchy side); Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky; and Sounds Like Titanic by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman (memoir).

@SavidgeReads Год назад

As I mentioned I don’t really get fun vibes from any of the Booker longlist so I won’t be assuming that about Sebastian Barry. I have Cat Brushing on the TBR and would like to get to that at some point.

@read-a-long Год назад

Fun (WinT): Jagannath and Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu Fun: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars, Lightfall Series, Singing Hills Cycle Series, The Hereafter Bytes, The Princess Bride, Lamb

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ooh thank you for the recommendations!

@TheLeniverse Год назад

Your Tom Selleck shirt is amazing! Where can I get one? Books that I have found surprisingly fun lately (like you I tend to find "funny" books not fun at all, and if they are additionally described as "heartwarming" I am practically allergic to them, hence my surprise at enjoying these books): Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune Less "heartwarming" but very much fun: The entire Spellslinger series (YA) by Sebastien de Castell Murder is fun but not funny: Seishi Yokomizo's detective books starting with The Honjin Murders Black comedy: Death and the Penguin by Andrej Kurkov or anything by Aarto Paasilinna. Sadly I've got nothing fun for Women in Translation and I wonder if women have to write grimmer books in order to get translated?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I don’t think they do, but maybe the ones that are grimmer sadly get noticed to translate internationally. Food for thought. I must read some TJ Klune. I’ve had his on the shelves for ages. I can’t remember where I got the Tom Selleck tshirt. I think it was through an Instagram ad!

@anitahayne8621 Год назад

These were fun reads for me: Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane, The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory, Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld, The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, and The Whispers by Ashley Audrain.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I quite liked Daughter of Time. Just read another of hers and loathed it. Rodham… I couldn’t deal with all the cupping of Bill’s balls 🤣. Liked The Other Boleyn Girl a lot.

@anitahayne8621 Год назад

@@SavidgeReads Well you do have really great taste😘. In the book Small Mercies: the main character is a mother who kicks a#* and takes no prisoners. Her daughter is missing and she takes on the mob to find her. Set during the early 1970s when racial violence was taking place in Boston.

@lizdorrington2851 Год назад

Hi Simon, thank you so much for this video. What's deemed as a fun read for one person may not be for someone else. I hope you will rest well after your procedure, I do have some suggestions for you such as: How Not To Die Alone by Richard Roper, The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman, The Audacity Of Sara Grayson by Joani Elliot, The Unlikely Adventures Of The Shargill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal & The Opposite Of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson. I hope these are OK. I would love it if you would consider doing a Q & A. Please take care of you.❤

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Yeah I agree. Totally different for every person but still fun to discuss and get other peoples thoughts and recommendations, I wouldn’t have got your lovely ones if I hadn’t done the video 😉

@chiming_ Год назад

All Yours by Claudia Pineiro seems right up your street. But you have probably read it already? Penenka by Ronan Hession was great too. It gave me goosebumps and was a quietly sad book which I consider to be one definition of a “fun read”. Both are short books which is an extra bonus. And many well written middle grade books out there which adults would find absolutely amazing.

@theresaemig2328 Год назад

I just added a comment recommending All Yours before reading thru existing comments. Great minds!! 😁

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Sooo many of you have mentioned All Yours, I have not read it yet. Thanks to all of you though I will be. This is why it’s so great to get recommendations, especially the ones on mass. I have the Hession on my shelves. I know mum loved that!

@chiming_ Год назад

@@theresaemig2328 🙌🏻

@chiming_ Год назад

@@SavidgeReads good to know Louisa loved Panenka too.

@nkcish Год назад

Short and such wicked fun, 'Bad Marie' by Marcy Dermansky. Or anything by her, really but Marie is the best. I'm in the middle of The Housekeepers right now and loving it 2 books that were fun for me in a kind of madcap, macabre way are Nobber' and 'Everybody Knows Your Mother is a Witch', but I'm guessing you've read them already.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Nope not read any of those apart from The Housekeepers. Thank you for the recommendations.

@joinbookland Год назад

Any book that grips me and that I can't put down I consider great fun! I just finished The Appeal by Janice Hallett which is an epistolary mystery. Fun and funny too. Have you tried her works? I'll definitely pick up more by her.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I’ve not but The Appeal has been recommended to me quite a bit and it seems I should listen. Hahaha.

@kathleenwalsh3556 Год назад

Hi Simon Soooi agree wth yr definition of a fun read. Still Life so brill. U cd try A Gentleman in Moscow, doesnt sound riveting but is! An aristocrat, sentenced (in book,s opening) to the confines of a posh Moscow hotel what the hell does he do! This charming......and resourcefulman. I,m sure S Winman loved it!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I have tried A Gentleman in Moscow and sadly didn’t get on with it at all. It was a DNF for me. Couldn’t have been mood but I think the authors not for me though. But thank you for the recommendation and looking for books loved by authors you love is always a great way to find more books you may love.

@readingfastandslow Год назад

Hi Simon! I also have to take a hit of lighthearted/fun between heavier books (emotionally and literally 😂). I’d recommend Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, The Change by Kirsten Miller, Broken Light by Joanne Harris

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh thanks for those recommendations. I’ve not read a Joanne Harris in ages. I should. I’ll check all the others out you’ve recommended. Thank you.

@Melissa-he3lo Год назад

Your title got me and I’m glad it did! I agree with you. What’s the point of reading something your feel like you have to drag yourself through? Along the lines of Osman, try An Elderly Lady is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten. She is really bad and I was shocked by how much I was rooting for her!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ooh thanks for the recommendation. I shall look that series up. So pleased you found the video and enjoyed it. Speaking of enjoyment, I’ve just read the latest Osman and really, really enjoyed that. Might be my favourite.

@UKLeonie Год назад

'Fun' books for me remain romance based, especially black romance books under 200pgs. I always need to mix a quick romcom between the non fiction and educational 800pg literature.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I read a few romance books during the height of the panny d and I can completely see why people find them escapist joyous (sometimes brilliantly smutty) fun.

@wendyluvsbooks1580 Год назад

I love a good cozy murder mystery and I still highly recommend Daisy darker by Alice feeney …….. very good plus I love Ali McNamara books she writes really positive books two I loved were Secrets and seashells at rainbow bay and another is Hope and happiness in bluebell wood , 📚💞📚

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Hahahaha. You do love that Daisy Darker I’m getting the feeling Wendy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@angelaluz405 Год назад

The last book I read that was fun was (no, I am not kidding. it really does exist and I really did read it) the novelization of the cult classic film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. The book is by Jeff Strand, who is a favorite horror author of mine who sometimes combines horror and humor in a delightfully silly way. I have no shame in saying that I loved the Tomato book. It was nothing but good fun. Plus, my sense of humor and Strand's are somewhat similar. A actually laughed out loud at the book, which never happens.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Hahaha. That does sound like it could be a lot of fun 🍅

@michellehood3523 Год назад

I usually head to horror for a fun read. The last one I loved was A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger, a wonderful lesbian vampire romance about a potty mouthed Cockney prostitute. Funny and full of heart. You say you have seen the Misery film but not read the book. I liked it and it is one of Stephen King's shorter books. I love his stuff (particularly the big books) but I think you may find him hard to digest at times. Last year I finally got round to reading The Count of Monte Cristo. It took me about three weeks but it was the most wonderful piece of escapism I have read in years.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Funny and full of heart is a loooooovely description for a book. I can’t believe I’ve still not read a single Stephen King fiction book.

@julieaulava9567 Год назад

Great topic Simon. Im finding I need to read a fun book between some of my heavier reads to catch a breath and just laugh. After reading The Other Eden, I read both The Housekeepers and The Bullet That Missed. Totally enjoyed them. Fun for me is something I can read without having to think too hard and just takes me on an adventure. It doesnt ask too much of me. If I laugh out loud now and then, all the better. One of my favorites is Christopher Moore' The Lamb. Its about the missing years of Jesus with his best friend Biff.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ooh I’ve not heard of The Lamb. I don’t do too well with books around religion or religious beliefs but it could be the book to break with tradition. Glad you enjoyed The Housekeepers and The Bullet That Missed too.

@jeanny_doe Год назад

I stumbled upon this video and channel by accident and cheered as the books shown (except yellowface) were books I haven‘t seen everywhere before. I am absolutely sick if the 10 tiktok books you see everyone and noone seems to read anything else. But maybe I‘ m to old for that stuff with my 37. I‘m intrigued by your channel already.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Awww thank you. I hope you keep enjoying it if you stick around! Thrilled you found a mix of books. Though I have to admit, I do tik and tok on occasion and I’m 41. Hahaha. I think it’s for all ages but that algorithm can repeat content like crazy.

@katherinereunanen1303 Год назад

Last fun book I read - why mummy swears by gill Sims. I don't have kids, I don't drink or swear, I picked the first book in the series up spontaneously, and I really enjoyed it, it made me laugh. I reserved and read the second book immediately after the first, which I almost never do. The book's are told over a year, each chapter a month and smaller day entries from there,which made it a quick and easy read.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Sounds like just the sort of book you needed without having any idea you needed it. Those can be some of the best reads.

@wordyuiop Год назад

12:11 I’m not sure if this is helpful as I’ve just started and can’t speak to whether it’s any good, but I picked up Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann and translated by Anthea Bell, for this same reason. I needed something fun and a flock of sheep trying to solve the murder of their shepherd sounded just right 😂

@SavidgeReads Год назад

That sounds bonkers in a fabulous way. I just looked it up and it’s a bit tricky to get but definitely sounds like it could be good. I have also seen she has a new one coming that sounds very Thursday Murder Club. A little too much maybe hahaha.

@cdal1621 Год назад

Laughing so hard - how many times do you think you said the word “fun” ?!! Gosh 😅we should have a contest about that number !!! So funny - it’s just great

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ha. Have a treat everytime I say fun. I should have said that at the beginning.

@jiji-wr3qh Год назад

just starting the video ... but THAT T-SHIRT!!! It is killing me 🤣🤣🤣

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ha. Glad you liked it!

@stephanieshattuck5293 Год назад

You might like the Mirror Visitor quartet by Christelle Dabos for WIT! They are super fun and devourable books.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh I’ll look them up, thank you.

@myfanw Год назад

I find so many people are so pretenscious these days with their reading. Having to read all the prize predictions and because it's highbrow etc. Or it's "a certain month" I've never stopped reading by mood, I just can't be told what to read 😂😂 I've tried to read prize lists and it's just so draining.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I think it partly depends on the prize. The adventure prize I’m judging at the moment isn’t high brow. It’s just brilliantly written adventure books that take you on a journey. I have to read for work but am getting better at planning and having those books on standby for the right mood.

@JardineraAnge Год назад

Q&A questions: the most overrated and underrated books of last year and this year (or ever). And, which book would you most like to change the ending of and how? ❤

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I’ve not had many as for a q and a. But the first question could be an idea for a video so I’ve written it down. Thank you.

@melmoore2603 Год назад

I started the last three or four years determined to ace those read however many books in a year challenges, and they're great but I've decided they're not for me. I was treating reading like a race, which it shouldn't be. So I'm just reading for fun now. I'm determined to fight the January Purpose plague I seem to contract every year!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I think unintentionally bookstagram and probably BookTube to an extent have made it feel like reading, and buying books, is a race of sorts and that’s a shame. I love hearing about loads of books but sometimes I feel overwhelmed. The ‘January Purpose Plague’ made me laugh. I just set mine to 52 every year cos I know it’s achievable.

@lingerlongerwithbooks Год назад

I read Letter from New York by Helene Hanff and it was a fun read, a slice of bookish joy. It celebrates Helene’s quirkiness, the vibrancy of New York City in a particular time.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I loved her Charing Cross Road book and always forget she wrote more. Thanks for the reminder.

@karonbuxton9979 Год назад

We were in Porto at the same time ! I looked out for you 😂loved Livraria Lello but the non book lovers were annoying ! Just lots wanting to have a photo on the blinking stair case , spoiled the ambience of a beautiful book shop for me , should have known better in august 😂hope you had a good holidaybobs too

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I had the best time. Porto is now one of my absolute favourite cities and will definitely be going back. I thought Livraria Lello was a bit overrated. It felt like a Disney store version of a bookshop. Sort of fake. I can’t quite put it into words. I did buy books though. Of course.

@shareeshreads Год назад

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank. My question is do you have siblings and if so are they big readers like you and your mom?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Lessons in Chemistry a very good call. I do have siblings. We did the sibling tag video earlier this year in fact 😉

@emilyl6746 Год назад

Law school doesn't allow me much time to read for fun. But when I'm able I love, surprise surprise, legal thrillers 😂

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh how interesting when you’re having a break from work that’s what you love 🤣

@adrastea2 Год назад

I am also looking for a happy read. I was given a book called "the readers of broken wheel recommend". I was told it's about a character who love books and the cover is bright yellow so I hope it's fun

@SavidgeReads Год назад

A bright yellow cover does kind off fun vibes doesn’t it! I’ve not thought of that before.

@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 Год назад

Loving the Tom Selleck T-shirt 😍

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Thank you!

@chloetimms960 Год назад

For me the most fun I have is reading well written thrillers with exciting but believable twists. Catherine Ryan Howard's The Nothing Man is probably the most fun I've had since Gone Girl

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ooooh and Gone Girl was such a fun wild ride.

@angiemcdermid4845 Год назад

I adored Adrift by Lisa Brideau. A debut novel by an authour near me about our beloved west coast of Canada home.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ooh I’ll look it up. Thank you.

@HannahGreendale Год назад

Highly recommend checking out Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton to give you a laugh during your recovery period. It's both fun and funny yet serious at times and always heartfelt. The audiobook is especially good; the book is narrated by a foul-mouthed crow (among other animals), and the read is absolutely fantastic.

@theresaemig2328 Год назад

I second this recommendation! Such a good book!!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh I have been tempted by this book before. In fact I feel like I’ve got it, or possibly had it uhoh, on my shelves.

@thelefthandedreader6632 Год назад

I really liked that new French novel, MyHusband. And Vigdis Hjorth’s Long Live The Post Horn

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I’ll be talking about My Husband in my august wrap up 😉

@thelefthandedreader6632 Год назад

@@SavidgeReads , 🙂

@meniiiithings Год назад

Hi Simon! Big Swiss by Jen Beagin was definitely a fun and addicting read for me. For the women in translation month, you should try some Amélie Nothomb. Her books are very short and peculiar, I think you could enjoy them 😊

@marjoriedybec3450 Год назад

Oh absolututely Amelie Nothomb! Wonderful suggestion. I read Fear & Trembling in French. It's mostly funny and slightly bizarre but not anxiety causing. Very witty. Excellent suggestion. Are you listening, Simon ?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh thank you. I’ve read one Nothomb, which I’ve just discovered isn’t on my shelves. Hmmmm. Big Swiss has been recommended to me a few times this year, seems I must get to it!

@marjoriedybec3450 Год назад

If you haven't read Joan Dideon, I find her essays to be quite surprising and "fun." Slouching Toward Bethlehem is a good start with her. Ninety-nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret was snippy but definitely a fun look her interesting life. Me, audiobook read by author Elton John was one of my most-fun reads! It would be a perfect recovery listen. Its the wrong time of year to listen read it but for someone who loves NYC, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is a well-crafted narrative that had me fully-engaged at all times. And then there are the classics: A Tale of 2 Cities, Madame Bovary, Vanity Fair, Les Miserables, My Antonia, Great Expectations, Great Gatsby, Cheri, Nicholas Nickelby. Just avoid Faulkner, Hardy and Tolstoy if you are looking for fun (and I'm a huge Hardy fan.) Currently I'm reading The Count of Monte Christo and I'm finding it really fun, engaging and a page turner. But its still too long! Good luck with the surgery. Sending you healing vibes.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

That’s so interesting, I would never have thought of Dideon as fun and now you’ve said that it makes me more interested to try her work. I can’t say I will ever imagine many of the classics as fun… apart from Conan Doyle and Wilkie Collins, or any of the sensation novels of that era.

@marjoriedybec3450 Год назад

You know, I haven't read any Wilkie Collins and he has come up three or four times this year. He's going on my 2024 TBR. TY.@@SavidgeReads Good luck.

@Teaisfortigger Год назад

Completely with you on what makes a book fun. Some books that you may have already read but definitely gel with our shared sense of fun books: Lullaby by Leila Slimani, This Must be the Place by our beloved Maggie O'Farrell, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw, Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa, Alison Bechdel's graphic novels, and Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (my personal queen). All of these have story at the heart of them, and I couldn't put them down! I think you would especially love the Deesha Philyaw short stories, they're for sure a romp while carrying huge weight at their core. Women from the deep South in the U.S. getting up to no good, basically.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Loved Secret Lives, love all Maggie (though not sure she’s always fun for me) loved Fun Home… loathed Lullaby. Hahaha. Mum loves all her books though. Need to look up Ice Candy Man.

@Teaisfortigger Год назад

Upon reflection, Ice Candy Man is amazing but it's also...well, devastating. Ha! @@SavidgeReads

@BeckieArt Год назад

My go to for an easy read is anything by Grady Hendrix, every single one is just so fun. I find I can just devour them. So good!! Also excellent t shirt Simon. Love a bit of Tom!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I think we’d all love a bit of Tom. Hahaha. I have a few of Grady’s books on my shelves and am very keen to get to them. They feel autumnal, I don’t know why that is, but this autumn could be just the time.

@BeckieArt Год назад

@@SavidgeReads haha we do!! Ah have you yes some definitely are autumnal. If you have we sold our souls that's summery.

@Tajjygirl 2 месяца назад

Hey Simon! A pleasure to watch and listen to your videos, as always. Not sure if you still look at these comments, but I read Mona Awad's 'Bunny' in one day this week and I was hooked. Would recommend!

@SavidgeReads 2 месяца назад

I try and keep up with all comments when I can! I have Bunny on the shelves. I think it gives the vibes of what I want for my summer reading. Thank you for the recommendation and for watching.

@Tajjygirl 2 месяца назад

@@SavidgeReads I hope you love it! It's strange and all-consuming to get lost in.

@belhypotheque6417 Год назад

I understand this video as I need to read light hearted books between heavier ones. Im also a 'mood' reader and I pick up so many just to put them on the DNF pile for a while until I feel like them. Thanks for this video. You've swayed me on a couple I'll look out for now. For some reason I've read a couple of 'interwar' books lately that I enjoyed. Book 1 of the Cazalet series by Elizabeth Jane Howard (a bit like downtown abbey in a book with slightly less moneyed/titled characters) and 'I capture the castle' by Dodie Smith. Its a nice period of time to read about for some reason (to me).

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I have read the Dodie Smith and have the Elizabeth Jane Howard books on standby for the right moment. The Claire McGlasson was an accidental interwar read which I enjoyed very much. I just know I will love Shrines of Gaiety though.

@belhypotheque6417 Год назад

Ooh thank you! More to add to my list of what I want to read! 😅

@krzysamm7095 Год назад

Fun books to me are just books that I enjoyed reading regardless of the topic. I have read some outstanding history, biographies, romances, classics etc. That is the one of the joys of reading is that there is something out there for everyone. For instance earlier this year I read What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher and compared it to The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe and really enjoyed both of them ( not my normal Genre ). I also love to read classic Sci-fi even though a lot of people feel that it is out dated. I enjoy the imagination that went into them when we knew so little about space yet even now we still know so little. Bottom line what is run with what is fun, or enjoyable or makes you happy and don’t worry about anyone else.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I’m not worrying about anyone else. I’m more just pondering what makes a book fun, not funny, just fun. And lots of books can be fun in all sorts of ways. I do think though, and I’ve been thinking about this since I made this video, the industry is more geared to serious worthy books than fun ones.

@krzysamm7095 Год назад

@@SavidgeReads I think that there are plenty of fun ones out there they just don’t seem to make it to the awards table unfortunately. But as you said what is fun for one may not be for another. I love murder mysteries but have a friend that prefers historical romance. Looking forward to hearing any further thoughts you have in an upcoming video. What does your Mom think or feel about the “fun” topic?

@valholden7199 Год назад

Oh and I loved Shrines of Gaiety. One of my favourite books of 2022 and definitely fun.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Very excited for it. Kate Atkinson is one of my favourites. She’s just that perfect mixture of fun and literary. Her forthcoming short story collection is brilliant!

@valholden7199 Год назад

@SavidgeReads I love Kate Atkinson too. So now that's another book to add to my ever increasing tbr pile. That and at least two from your discussions.

@rachelsmith3804 Год назад

I've just picked up The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard which looks like it'll be a fun read ☺️

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ooh I’ve not heard of that I’ll look it up!

@rachelsmith3804 Год назад

@@SavidgeReads It's giving 'read at night, under a blanket with a big mug of tea' vibes 😊

@benreadsgood Год назад

I think the most fun I’ve had reading this year has been: I’m A Fan Bandit Queens Demon Copperhead (because of the narration) Chain-Gang All-Stars Penance Still Life All quite dark actually (except Still Life) but just fun to read. I’m listening to the audio of The Bee Sting at the moment and it could well end up on this list. I don’t think it’s ‘funny’ but it’s definitely lightly, enjoyably written. Such an interesting topic to think about though. For me I think fun is mostly about ‘reading without labour’. Not having to work at it. Which means: 1. The writing is easy to read (which can still be beautiful or ‘good’ writing) 2. The book is more plot driven (i.e. I’m not having to work out WHY this book has been written or what is going on) 3. The themes can be heavy, but I’m not left questioning my own mortality or existence Not everyone’s idea of fun fits this (something like Isabel Waidner is definitely not in keeping with 1 or 2, but people find their work fun) but that’s my take on it at least! Thanks for a lovely video as ever, Simon ❤

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh I’ve not thought of making a list of what makes a fun book and how different books fit into that list but I definitely should. You’re right everyone’s fun is going to be different. I just don’t feel like I’m always reading for fun as much as I should and it was noticeable the difference in speed and enjoyment when I did on holiday. Bandit Queens was a total fun read. I should have mentioned that. Oops.

@EveningReader Год назад

I completely agree about Taylor Jenkins Reid and how it's more difficult to develop a well-written, propulsive story that appeals to a lot of people than to do something niche. (Also, sometimes people think the niche books are good simply because they're niche, when really they're crap.) That's why I love Ann Patchett, and I just finished Tom Lake and it was wonderful in every way.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I dunno if I can judge the whole niche book thing as I’m not quite sure what a niche book is. Some people might say genre is niche, yet that’s immensely fun and readable often. It’s all so interesting and so much based on the eye/taste of the beholder. You’re the second or third person to recommend Tom Lake, I was tempted at the airport recently. Yet a few people have said it’s quite melancholic. Interesting.

@jenniferrosebruce6385 Год назад

Hi Simon. You look well❤ I am reading Lars Mytting series. Norwegian author. A break away from my fantasy books.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Hahaha. I’m never sure what someone looking well means. I always worry I looked really unwell before hahaha.

@jenniferrosebruce6385 Год назад

@@SavidgeReads next time Ill have to include "still looking well" in my sentence. ha

@SavidgeReads Год назад

@@jenniferrosebruce6385 hahaha dependent on how things go next week I might not be 😉

@charlottemolloy Год назад

Something that's weird is fun for me! I'm reading the Possessed at the moment for that reason. It's an arc out March 2024 so that doesn't help you recommendation wise for now!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I dunno I’ve a shelf of about fifteen 2024 releases on. Ha.

@allisonryder4781 Год назад

I’ll give you a couple of books that I enjoyed on different levels but still could t put down: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen, Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby, Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland. Hope your procedure goes well! 🇨🇦❤. Ooh oooh edit: for total fun /suspend all reality- didn’t put it down: Finlay Donovan is Killing it by Elle Cosimano .. book 2 was good but I DNFed the third. Byeeee

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh thanks for the recommendations. I’ll look these up!

@dqan7372 Год назад

Some really like Marina Lewycka. I'm currently reading The Good Life Elsewhere by Lorchenkov. It has its dark-funny moments about Refugees going from Moldova to Italy. Some just plain dark moments too.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh I have read Lewycka, her debut anyway, and I liked it. Haven’t rushed to go back for whatever reason. The Lorchenkov I shall look up, thank you!

@rachelknowles7363 Год назад

Two books which are fun and funny: Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey Fun WIT books: Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada Convenience Store Woman by Sayata Murata Dairy of a Void by Emi Yagi

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I just got sent Greta and Valdin. So that’s exciting. I’ve read both WIT books except for Weasels so that could be another option. Thanks Rachel!!!

@emmavd Год назад

Thank you, Simon!🌷A couple of days ago, when I started reading Okga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, I would never have thought that I would mention it as a “fun read” (the title alone had kept me from reading it for quite a while😱). However, I’m thoroughly enjoying the weird plot, the characters (especially the eccentric protagonist), and the sense of humour (sometimes to the point of😂). If you haven’t read it yet, I warmly recommended it (and it would also tick the box for women-in-translation month…😉). By the way, thanks for recommending The Trouble with Goats and Sheep. It was indeed a great summer read!😊📚

@ChrysalisInvictus Год назад

I love drive your plow...! I was thinking of that one too!

@emmavd Год назад

@@ChrysalisInvictus 😊

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Drive Your Plow is definitely one I’m keen to read. It’s high up on my TBR with it being one perfect for Women in Translation month. In fact I think it was in my last video about that very subject. Ha.

@kduhy4379 Год назад

Sooo agree, a real fun read and one that has stayed with me

@emmavd Год назад

@@kduhy4379 😊

@anyonymswede Год назад

What happened to reading in your own pace?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Me personally or in general?

@graceannreads Год назад

Sometimes for me fun reading is discovering a new classic. When I was in a slump last year I read A Tale of Two Cities for the first time and I got to interact with the text how I wanted to. I dove into researching the history so I could fully understand it. Now it’s one of my all time favorites.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I think whats really come from the discussion from this video is how mood and moments can mean so many different books are fun books at specific times. It’s been really interesting to see the spectrum of fun. Lol

@shawkitty2524 Год назад

I LOVED "Shrines of Gaiety"! It was my very first Kate Atkinson book, and it won't be my last--heading for "Case Histories" very soon. I hope your reading group loves "Shrines" too. There was enough humor in it, so it was sort of "fun". What is the "Wirral" if you don't mind me asking?

@SavidgeReads Год назад

The Wirral is the area of the UK I live in. It’s a peninsula on the West Coast. You’ve so many more treats ahead with Kate’s books. She is wonderful.

@joangavrilik3009 Год назад

I agree with the others who recommended Shrines of Gaiety and The House of Doors. I also recommend Olga Dies Dreaming, Deaf Utopia, and Anna:The Biography. Good Luck with your procedure - we'll miss you!

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Very excited for Shrines of Gaiety and book club next month. Her forthcoming short story collection is about. Re my time off, hopefully it won’t be long and you’ll hardly know I’m gone but making sure recuperation comes before anything else.

@theresaemig2328 Год назад

I read All Yours by Claudia Pineiro for WIT month & thought it was loads of fun. It’s a fast-paced mystery/thriller. The MC witnesses her husband killing his mistress & decides to help him cover it up.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I saw Jen talk about this a while back and lots of you have recommended it so maybe this is the one to get my mitts on. Thank you!

@carolewatson2113 Год назад

I’m desperate to immerse myself and escape into a book. For some reason, I keep starting then putting down books because they aren’t hitting the spot including Penance by Emily Clark. I need a new Frida Klein book from Nicci French. I didn’t really enjoy Yellowface or My sister , the serial killer - my latest reads. I hate not losing myself in a novel.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

This is where I’ve been a bit of late. I think it might be because I’m trying to force myself through some books for Women In Translation month, which I want to celebrate but aren’t matching my reading mood with their content. So maybe I just need to stop.

@susprime7018 Год назад

I pre-ordered House of Doors, sounds a winner. I loved Still Life and I am very much enjoying A Fire Sparkling by Julianne Maclean and Holy Skirts by Rene Steinke, I loved her book Friendswood very much. Not funny books but so enjoyable. I found The Last Letter from your Lover by Jojo Moyes today, I have liked others by her, so that's a good sign and an old 87th Precinct novel titled Romance by Ed McBain, I loved him. Anything you wish to video is fine with me.❤

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Aaaah Still Life. What a wonderful wonderful book. I’ve read one Moyes and really liked it.

@DebMcDonald Год назад

Murder is my happy place. I love Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murder and Moonflower Murders which fill me with joy. His Hawthorne mysteries are good too. I recently read The Appeal and it’s nonstop and I told anyone who approached me to be quiet. I’ve heard her third book is good. I also raced through Book Lovers which is not my usual read but couldn’t put it down.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh now I like me some Horrowitz books wise (not the biggest fan of the author after a very awkward signing moment I witnessed) but liked his first Sherlock spin off so maybe could head to some of his crime.

@jacquimcmahon9316 Год назад

I have a question if you don’t mind? I feel like I’ve lost my reading mojo a bit just now. When (if) this happens to you how do you get it back? Also, your Porto trip looked fabulous!❤

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Sooooo I stop reading when it’s gone. If I try and force it it just makes me crosser. So I head to tv I love or pop music. A break from books can be good for us now and again. I know, I’m almost shocked I typed that, almost.

@barbaramanickas6580 Год назад

Great video! I agree with your thoughts about reading for fun. Black Cake was one of my favorite books for just the reasons you mentioned. Totally drew me in. Then, I compulsively read it.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Yeah, such a propulsive and compulsive read.

@amylouise3798 Год назад

I recently picked up What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama (tr. Alison Watts) and it sounds like a gentle ‘fun’ read to me about a librarian who is able to make the perfect recommendations for any life situation.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

That sounds like a cosy book indeed.

@karencamer7723 Год назад

I have just read The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Panuk. A love story set in Istanbul. Interestingly Panuk created a museum of the same name in Istanbul showcasing various objects from the book. I’m actually going to Istanbul soon and having read the book I know I am going to be blown away. I think you would like it. Oh and at the end of the book there is a place to get 20:45 the book stamped and free entry to the museum . Hard to believe it’s fiction

@SavidgeReads Год назад

See I would like to try him but I’ve never seen his books described as fun. Interesting.

@whathannahreads Год назад

If you haven’t got to A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, that’s a fun read/romp to me. It’s like queer Sherlock Holmes with a tiny bit of magic.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I haven’t. But I have it on my shelves. Thanks for the reminder Hannah.

@JennieJohnston Год назад

Ok, I hope this doesn’t backfire, but I’m going to recommend Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge as a “fun” women in translation read. It has thriller/fantasy vibes that i would characterize as fun because each chapter features a different beast, and uncovering this strange world is unnerving and intriguing all at once. 😬👍🏻🤞

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Oooh it sounds really good. Thanks Jennie. I shall look it up!

@Docleaf13 Год назад

I had an unexpectedly fun time reading Marple recently, the 12 new short stories by different authors. I would echo what someone else said about Marian Keyes. And another fun read I had this year which was unexpected was Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I read that Marple series and enjoyed a few. It made me just want to head back to all the Marple novels… now that could be fun. Marian Keyes I must read more of. Middlesex was a surprise DNF for me. I thought I was going to love it.

@anitac6475 Год назад

I loved thw first two books in The Last Binding' trilogy by Freya Marske, historical setting, a bit of magic, a bit of romance and a good mystery😊

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I have the first on my shelf. I really need to get to it.

@sbeale276 Год назад

I’m with you as I love a fun read, i always revert to historical crime fiction when i want to escape. Have you read the E S Thomson series, which are set in victorian times and set around an apothecary but don’t want to say anymore in case you want to read it if you haven’’t already. Also i do love the Ben Aaronovitch series rivers of London which are a fun read, which is supernatural crime! 😊

@SavidgeReads Год назад

Ooh I haven’t read the E S Thomson books. I shall go and do some exploring. I’ve meant to try Ben Aaronovitch for aaaaaaages. Thanks for the reminder.

@stuartreynolds4915 Год назад

When God Was A Rabbit by Sarah Winman is hilarious , sad and everything in between , a brilliant book. Then I loved Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon which just reminded me so much of my mischievous gran when she was alive. Hope you get well soon Simon. Lynn

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I’ve read all Jo and Sarah’s books. Utterly wonderful reads and the exact mix of fun with layers I love.

@dianedickson6366 Год назад

Good luck for next week. Heal well. I find all the books by Dawn French are brilliant and fun. I can't be doing with silly stories either in books or shorts they just irritate me. project Hail Mary isn't laugh out loud funny but it is a fun read I think.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I liked Dawn’s latest novel waaaaay more than I expected. The first one I didn’t finish as it was toilet humour to the max and I felt a bit infantile BUT that could have been my mood. I thought her last one was super powerful.

@steelcutoaths3033 Год назад

I DNFed The Hole a few years ago. I wasn’t in the mood to read grotesque descriptions of characters, which is probably part of the discomfort the book wants us to feel. Maybe I’ll revisit it. Maybe.

@SavidgeReads Год назад

I just found it a bit dull and depressing. I wanted escapist fun really f**ked up horror and that’s not what I got.