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Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know a lot about modern books (as a teenager I stuck very much to 19th century literature, for better or for worse) so I had to do a bit of digging to find books I thought hopefully sound interesting to you guys! And would hopefully interest me too, of course. I'm linking the goodreads descriptions, but as said before, be wary of spoilers and the like.
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
483 pages
A pirate swashbuckling adventure on the Indian ocean, set during the 12th century. Lady pirates, magic, and the like. It's one of those 'one last job' stories, if you know what I mean by that. It’s the first of a planned trilogy that hasn’t been finished yet, so I’m not sure if that’s a deal-breaker but that’s some information you might want to know in advance.
The September House by Carissa Orlando
344 pages
I love a good haunted house story and this apparently is one of them (according to a few reviews anyway). If you want a spooky option, this is it. (It’s never too early for spooky imo).
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
273 pages
Psychological thriller, possibly more well-known for the movie based on it. I bought this one a while back and didn’t get round to reading it. Kind of a modern classic, thought it might be interesting if people haven’t read it before to see what the style is like (I’ve never read Patricia Highsmith). Also technically part of a series, but I’m told the plot for each novel is standalone.
And there you go! I hope at least one of those sounds appealing. Poll will be open for 7 days, so get in quick. Once the book is chosen, we have two months to read and discuss the book (which I'll actually do this time, nothing like being the host to finally motivate me lol).
React/discuss at your own pace. All of us are differing levels of busy and differing levels of how much we can read at once, so remember to use spoilers for spoiler-related content so you don't spoil for others! Please be respectful in this regard.
Site rules apply to all discussions. Be aware that books may contain mature themes or language.
The current book club leader schedule is as follows;
Jan/Feb - Cyndi
Mar/Apr- Rowan
May/Jun- Mia
Jul/Aug- Sarah
Sep/Oct- Kadi
Nov/Dec- Daphne
Anyone keen to take the lead in future should let Cyndi know!
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
483 pages
A pirate swashbuckling adventure on the Indian ocean, set during the 12th century. Lady pirates, magic, and the like. It's one of those 'one last job' stories, if you know what I mean by that. It’s the first of a planned trilogy that hasn’t been finished yet, so I’m not sure if that’s a deal-breaker but that’s some information you might want to know in advance.
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.
Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul.
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.
Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul.
The September House by Carissa Orlando
344 pages
I love a good haunted house story and this apparently is one of them (according to a few reviews anyway). If you want a spooky option, this is it. (It’s never too early for spooky imo).
A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.
When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee.
Margaret is not most people.
Margaret is staying. It’s her house. But after four years Hal can’t take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he’s not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine—who knows nothing about the hauntings—arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.
When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee.
Margaret is not most people.
Margaret is staying. It’s her house. But after four years Hal can’t take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he’s not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine—who knows nothing about the hauntings—arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
273 pages
Psychological thriller, possibly more well-known for the movie based on it. I bought this one a while back and didn’t get round to reading it. Kind of a modern classic, thought it might be interesting if people haven’t read it before to see what the style is like (I’ve never read Patricia Highsmith). Also technically part of a series, but I’m told the plot for each novel is standalone.
It’s here, in the first volume of Patricia Highsmith’s five-book Ripley series, that we are introduced to the suave Tom Ripley, a young striver seeking to leave behind his past as an orphan bullied for being a “sissy.” Newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan, Ripley meets a wealthy industrialist who hires him to bring his playboy son, ****ie Greenleaf, back from gallivanting in Italy. Soon Ripley’s fascination with ****ie’s debonair lifestyle turns obsessive as he finds himself enraged by ****ie’s ambivalent affections for Marge, a charming American dilettante, and Ripley begins a deadly game.
“Sinister and strangely alluring,” (Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly) The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confidence man, whose talent for self-invention is as unnerving—and unnervingly revealing of the American psyche—as ever.
“Sinister and strangely alluring,” (Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly) The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confidence man, whose talent for self-invention is as unnerving—and unnervingly revealing of the American psyche—as ever.
And there you go! I hope at least one of those sounds appealing. Poll will be open for 7 days, so get in quick. Once the book is chosen, we have two months to read and discuss the book (which I'll actually do this time, nothing like being the host to finally motivate me lol).
React/discuss at your own pace. All of us are differing levels of busy and differing levels of how much we can read at once, so remember to use spoilers for spoiler-related content so you don't spoil for others! Please be respectful in this regard.
Site rules apply to all discussions. Be aware that books may contain mature themes or language.
The current book club leader schedule is as follows;
Mar/Apr- Rowan
May/Jun- Mia
Jul/Aug- Sarah
Sep/Oct- Kadi
Nov/Dec- Daphne
Anyone keen to take the lead in future should let Cyndi know!
It's frequently much quicker than stated so I'm hoping I have it by the end of the month though I'm going into the library this week and will see if there's a physical copy available.
