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If you're joining late, fling means "read now and see if you like it," marry means "keep for later because you surely will," and kill means "it sucks/you won't like it, toss unread."
If you're familiar with any of these, let me know what you think!
Take Three Tenses: A Fugue in Time, by Rumer Godden. Three generations in the same house, seen simultaneously. (Who am I kidding, there is no way I would ever kill this.)
The Steep Approach to Garbadale, by Iain Banks. Mainstream novel about a family that has a video game empire? Banks' books are very unpredictable for me in terms of whether/how much I'll like them.
The Magician's Assistant, by Ann Patchett. A magician's assistant and also widow discover surprising things after his death or maybe faked death.
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks. An ancient Haggadah uncovers mysteries. The premise sounds great but I read something else by Brooks and really disliked it.
And the Ass Saw the Angel, by Nick Cave. Nick Cave's southern gothic. I have taken a few cracks at this and never gotten far, but I love his music. Might just need more sustained concentration.
Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson. A woman repeats her life in multiple variations. I love this premise.
Ladder of Years, by Anne Tyler. A wife and mother runs away and starts a new life. I often like Tyler but I'm having a knee-jerk "Did she let her kids think she was DEAD???" response to this one.
The Tiger Claw, by Shauna Singh Baldwin. Novel based on Noor Inayat Khan. Possibly depressing.
The Lords of Discipline, by Pat Conroy. Semi-autobiographical novel about military academy. I like the setting and I like Conroy, but for some reason I have never gotten far into this one. Try again?
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I love Rumer Godden and would marry all her books except Pippa Passes, which made me cringe.
Oddly, Godden's An Episode of Sparrows felted like a darker take on Streatfeld's Thursday's Child. I never read Godden's Thursday. Here it is Wednesday....
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If you like Godden you should DEFINITELY read Thursday's Child. It's like a darker take on Ballet Shoes.
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