More For This Week
Last week, Paul Weimer kicked off the “…on Anything, Really” Avid Reader special with his Top 5 Reads of 2016 — and this Thursday it will be Karen McMillan’s turn. If you want to do some prep ahead of time, you can check out Karen’s Top 5 from last year:
An Avid Reader Special: Karen McMillan’s Top 5 Reads Of 2015
A few weeks back I promised you a fortnight of book reports. Now, just on a month later (because reading and posting on books always takes longer than you think!) I’ll be bringing you the last of the 5 books I listed then, namely Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth.
My posts on the 4 previous books are:
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Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Also this week, I’ll be continuing my Tuesday feature on poems that are broadly themed around “the sea” — check back tomorrow for that. 🙂
I’m interested in your comments on The Three Body Problem; I started that book and gave up on it about 1/3 of the way through for the reasons you cite. I’m looking at your recommendations though.
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Nalini
As you’ll have gathered, despite the many growing recommendations from others, it is a book I really struggled with.
You may enjoy Zero World, though,because it strikes a nice balance between action, character development, and plot twists and turns. But I think it will appeal most to those who enjoy a good thriller as well as SF afficionados.