True grit by Charles Portis

Was rather wonderful.

Also Dove mi trovo by Jhumpa Lahiri

In poetry - The kids by Hannah Lowe was an unexpected delight.

Long tongue of the sea by Isabel Allende was very moving too.

Struggled with Hamnet until the ending, which I think she did manage to land, but I found the writing style a bit annoying.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on December 31st 2021 at 15:27:44

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Best books read 2021 ...? (General Chat) - paulg, Dec 31, 12:58:41
- "invincibles; we won fucking loads of games" by Arrigo Sacchi (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Dec 31, 19:25:50
- "Is the game on tommorow" by WOTB (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 31, 16:33:26
- ... (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 31, 15:48:45
- True grit by Charles Portis (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 31, 15:27:44
- A couple of Mick Herron's 'Slow Horses' books, Spook Street and London Rules (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Dec 31, 15:19:52
  - I'm thinking of re-reading them from the start (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 31, 16:12:44
    - They just get better & better. The characters are great, especially Lamb, they're filiming (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Dec 31, 16:53:28
- The Lamplighters gets a second vote (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 31, 15:17:44
- Why We Kneel & How We Rise (Michael Holding) was interesting / eye opening (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, Dec 31, 15:07:35
- The Sorrow of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Dec 31, 14:33:25
  - Cheery (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 31, 15:34:03
- Virtue Signalling for Beginners 😜 (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 31, 14:33:00
  - Is it virtue signalling if it’s true though? (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 31, 14:38:17
    - Doesn’t everyone? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 31, 14:44:17
- I enjoyed Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Dec 31, 14:23:06
- You lot are right up yourselves. The Beano Annual 2021. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Dec 31, 14:05:00
  - Been reading through the 2000ad Ultimate Collection (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 31, 15:33:01
  - 👍🏻 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 31, 14:35:03
  - i only didn't mention it yet because (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 31, 14:08:33
    - You're just saying that to appear more 'real'- you unmasked yourself below vv (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Dec 31, 14:21:46
      - Damn ... I've been rumbled (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 31, 14:34:32
- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Robert Tressell) for 3rd time (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 31, 13:44:52
  - try Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle'. Massively relevant. (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Dec 31, 14:12:20
    - 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 31, 15:23:52
  - The socialist manifesto towards the end is a bit (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 31, 14:04:08
  - One of the Wroth’s posters is a big fan (Tressells Broadbrush? I may have not quite (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Dec 31, 14:01:12
    - I'm going to take a look at that, thanks BWOD x (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 31, 15:22:43
    - Not come across the Greenwood (General Chat) - paulg, Dec 31, 14:08:07
      - 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Dec 31, 14:35:16
  - First read it nearly 50 years ago... (General Chat) - neverblue, Dec 31, 13:51:48
- I absolutely loved Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Dec 31, 13:43:14
- The Lamplighters by Emma Stone (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, Dec 31, 13:37:35
- My sources suggest (General Chat) - Steve Downes, Dec 31, 13:35:29
- The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 31, 13:05:00
  - That's on my to read pile (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 31, 15:15:40
  - The ragged trousered philanth (General Chat) - paulg, Dec 31, 13:11:29
    - Have you read it though? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 31, 13:31:12
      - Not likely as hes a rabid tory (n/m) (General Chat) - Garboldisham, Dec 31, 15:11:50
        
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