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Has anybody read any good books lately?

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What sort of books do people read? 

At bedtime, I have to read a light novel on the kindle - something like Victoria Hislop, Santa Montefiore, Maggie O’Farrell, Kate Atkinson, Claire Keegan.  If reading during the day, it would usually be something factual. I have just finished ‘God an Anatomy’ by Francesca Stavrakopoulou’, which explores ancient beliefs in the Levant from pre Biblical times, and considers how they have shaped western society. The book has been acclaimed by religious and non religious alike, and the author is a non believer. I am now reading ‘The World Before Us’ by Tom Higham. The author is a Professor of Scientific Archaeology and has done much work on the emergence of Homo Sapiens. It is fascinating stuff.

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  • I like reading science fiction along with anything about science, astronomy, finance, tech. Even political biographies.

    At the moment I’m reading two fiction novels - Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts, and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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    I have read Klara and the Sun, and enjoyed it. But I think his real tour de force within SF is Never Let me Go. The movie is brilliant too, pretty true to the original story. And I liked the way it captured the loneliness and bleakness of a all English seaside towns, and the English countryside 

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  • in reply to A

    I have read Klara and the Sun, and enjoyed it. But I think his real tour de force within SF is Never Let me Go. The movie is brilliant too, pretty true to the original story. And I liked the way it captured the loneliness and bleakness of a all English seaside towns, and the English countryside 

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