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What are you reading?

Just finished The Real Meal Revolution by Prof Tim Noakes, a very interesting read and made a lot of sense to me.
Have got Life without diabetes by Prof Roy Taylor on the shelf, so will read that soon.
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I have just finished reading "Material World", by Ed Cooper, which is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read. It deals with salt, sand, iron, copper, oil and lithium. The part that I found most interesting was the section on sand, which is the raw material for computer chips. The manufacture of these in incredibly complex and difficult, and only Taiwan has the ability to produce high-end chips, but China's sabre-rattling means that the whole world is vulnerable.
A must-read!

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Just finished Guernica by Dave Boling. He's primarily a journalist and I found that was noticeable in his writing style which for me spoiled the novel a little.

Next up "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves" by Karen Joy Fowler which I picked up from a charity shop a while ago.
 
Just started on book 2 of the year. I’m slacking! I did find Demon Cooperhead far too long and not really sure I enjoyed it. Next one is All the Colours of the Dark, Chris Whitaker. My third book on the trot set in America, coincidentally, but the author is British and I’ve read him before and he’s excellent, it’s a crime novel but not as we know it. I’m impressed so far.
 
Finished Shadows of Death, now started Faithless in Death, bot by J.D.Robb. American Police Procedural.
 
Last night I finished the Christmas romance I was reading, and today I started this month´s book club choice: 'Down among the sticks and bones' by Seanan McGuire. This is the second book in her 'Wayward children' series and actually the idea is we read the third book as well, because the organiser considered they are "too short" to have only one as our read of the month. She has a point, but I would not mind to have a shorter book for once so it will give me more time for other books I´d also like to read. The good thing is if I manage to read both, that would make 3 books in the first month of the year and I can feel a bit smug about it! Well, 3 fiction and half of 'Think like a pancreas', extra smugness points 😎:D

That would also mean we read 4 books by Seanan McGuire in this club, and much as I enjoy her style, I will suggest not adding more of her works to the list. I want to read other authors too!
 
Origins Reconsidered, Leakey and Lewin.

A book to make you go - ook.

I met Louis Leakey and held the casts of various skulls. The one of the Taung child - A. africanus, reduced me to tears. He was quite taken aback.
 
Now finished Faithless in Death,now started Forgotten in Death by J.D.Robb.
 
Just started this

Story of one of the RAF aircrew that got shot down and captured in iraq during gulf war 1

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I finished "Down among the sticks and bones" in 3 days, and honestly could have been one day if I wanted to. It is a short novel. Waiting to see if I can borrow "Beneath the sugar sky" , the next of the same series. The other girls in the club said it's as quick to read as the previous one, so I'm not worried about starting it a few days later. And honestly didn't feel like paying for both books in one month. 9 quid each for less than 200 pages sounds too much now, the 99p Kindle offers have spoiled me :rofl:
 
Oh, and I also finished the main part of 'Think like a pancreas' ! Just left the annexes. A book I'll surely go back to from time to time.
 
I started book 3 of 2025 last night. The Satsuma Complex by comedian Bob Mortimer. It was ok, easy to read. As I haven’t slept ( hubby got called to his mother’s care home at 1am she’s on end of life care) I actually finished it. I started another straight away about 4am. You are Here by David Nicholls, he of One Day fame. It’s about a couple of lonely divorcees who meet whilst walking the Coast to Coast trail. So far so good, they’re just getting to the Lake District which is my stomping ground.
 
Finished Forgotten in Death enjoyed.
Now started Devil's Bargain by Stella Rimington.
 
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Let us know what this is like. I have it on my kindle wish list.
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It’s long! I did enjoy it but think it could have been condensed into a shorter book. An interesting storyline. Definitely try it.
 
Finished Devils Bargain I enjoyed it, a secret service book.
Now Started The Clifftop Murders by Rachel Mclean.
 
Book 6 of the year. Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers. I read Small Pleasures by the same author and really enjoyed, this one is set in the 60s too, the protagonist is an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital. She’s very forward thinking and really cares about the patients. She remembers the first psychiatric hospital she visited and was absolutely shocked by the insulin wards! I enclose an excerpt. It’s true I Googled it. They did this to schizophrenia patients in the 50s and 60s. Absolutely shocking!
 

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Just finished "The World for Sale" by Blas and Farchy, about the billionaires who trade in oil metals and food, and who have enormous power, which they wield with little regard for morality, or even the law.
Now reading Simon Winchester's "Exactly - how precision engineers created the modern world" - shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.
Both books are absolutely fascinating and highly recommended.


 
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