{"id":84733,"date":"2023-09-28T22:03:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovieandtv.com\/?p=84733"},"modified":"2023-09-28T22:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:03:15","slug":"what-book-would-author-ava-glass-take-to-a-desert-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovieandtv.com\/books\/what-book-would-author-ava-glass-take-to-a-desert-island\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT BOOK would author Ava Glass take to a desert island?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WHAT BOOK would author Ava Glass take to a desert island?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Four children, 500 sheep, 20 chickens: no time! In her honest memoir, HELEN REBANKS says what it&#8217;s REALLY life to live on a farm&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>\u2026 are you reading now?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Body In The Library by Agatha Christie. I\u2019d never been a particular fan of Christie, and I realise this is sacrilege. But I was always looking for something more modern, more fast-paced, more cutting edge.<\/p>\n<p>Then, about a year ago, I was searching for an audiobook to listen to while I painted a room in our house, and my husband recommended Christie\u2019s The Moving Finger, read by Richard E. Grant.<\/p>\n<p>And reader, I fell in love. Her incredible ear for voices, combined with her twisted crimes, simply blew me away.<\/p>\n<p>She skewers the upper class, the middle class and the working class with equal delight. And her murders are truly dark.<\/p>\n<p>In The Body In The Library, a young woman\u2019s body is found in the library of a wealthy couple\u2019s country house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75954823-12572631-image-a-24_1695936529491.jpg\" height=\"888\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>UK-based author Ava Glass reveals which book she would take to a desert island and the book that first gave her the reading bug<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s been strangled with the waistband of her own dress. The couple claim never to have seen her before. And so the detectives from the local force begin to trace the woman\u2019s last days, hunting for a killer.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow Christie brings humour to this, and I think it\u2019s this balance of light and dark that I love. In her hands, a grim story of murder is soothing to read and I look forward to returning to it every day.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u2026 would you take to a desert island?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Likeness by Tana French. I\u2019ve read it at least five times and I know I\u2019ll read it many more.<\/p>\n<p>This Dublin-set novel tells the story of an Irish detective assigned to investigate the murder of a woman who could be her doppelganger. She goes undercover as the victim, trying to identify who killed her. It\u2019s mad, twisty and beautiful, and I could live happily in its pages for years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75954821-12572631-image-a-26_1695936554054.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The Secret History by Donna Tartt<\/p>\n<p><span>\u2026 first gave you the reading bug?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is hard to say as I\u2019ve been a voracious reader since I learned the alphabet. When I was 11, I won an award for reading and writing reports on the most books in my school year group. I read 151.<\/p>\n<p>How could I choose just one? But the book that made me want to be a writer was The Secret History by Donna Tartt. It starts with the murder of a major character and then jumps back in time and gradually reveals a story about beautiful, clever killers in a gorgeous wintry setting. It absolutely knocked me flat. I still think about it all the time.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u2026 left you cold?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve already confessed my past difficulties with Christie and I was wrong about her books so I\u2019m probably wrong about this, too. But I couldn\u2019t get through Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.<\/p>\n<p>I sometimes use it as a sleeping aid. One page and I\u2019m out like a light. It cured my chronic insomnia.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly though, I suspect I\u2019m simply not mature enough for it yet. Ask me again in 20 years and it will probably be my favourite book of all time.<\/p>\n<p><span>The Traitor by Ava Glass is out now (Penguin \u00a38.99, 416pp).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/books\/article-12572631\/WHAT-BOOK-author-Ava-Glass-desert-island.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT BOOK would author Ava Glass take to a desert island? 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