Hi everyone. Having a few weeks off from writing my ms so I can come back to it with fresh eyes. In the meantime I'm planning to read as much as I can. I usually read thriller/ chick lit although I do enjoy the classics too, and will read pretty much anything. Does anyone have any book suggestions? In particular anything which might help stretch my critical eye?
Thanks
Penny Gadd 1 hour ago
"The Time Travellers Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger is fantastic.
Agreed. I read it twice in one month.
Re: my recommendation of Iain Banks, I later realised that at the time of writing that I'd just finished Complicity for the 2nd time*, I'd already started on another book, The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (the name he used for his science fiction) for the 3rd or 4th reading... My favourite of his books (not a thriller, nor science fiction) is, however, Espedair Street. Perhaps the best ever novel about a rock group and one musician's experience of the music industry.
*The only reason that I haven't read it more often is that I don't own a copy, myself: I had to borrow it both times.
"The Time Travellers Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger is fantastic.
"The strange case of the Composer and his Judge" by Patricia Duncker is a fascinating and exhilarating take on the thriller genre. Really it's a literary novel in disguise!
OK, but don't spoil it for others!