[JumpTheShark]

I just picked up a bunch of promising-sounding books in a charity shop.

Room by Emma Donoghue - A five year old called Jack narrates this novel. He has been living locked up in a single room with his mother for his entire life. A strange Him visits almost nightly, bringing them food and other basic supplies. Jack is happy but Ma is clearly not, and one day starts to plot their escape.

I found this unputdownable and compelling, but it was of course necessary to make the child more than plausibly precocious to make the novel readable in child-thought. Well worth a read.

Broken Silence by Danielle Ramsay - A typical whodunnit with a DI narrating. Utterly cliched, from the going through a divorce, drinking too much and barely hanging onto his job protagonist to an unbelievable level of corruption throughout his colleagues to his love interest being the psychologist on the case. Yawn. I figured out the murderer before I was halfway through the book which is extremely unusual for me.

Morgue Drawer Next Door by Jutta Profijt - A German novel translated into American English. A ghost narrates, helping a forensic pathologist solve murders. The main character, the ghost, was supposed to be some kind of loveable crook, a car thief in life. Whether it was the author or the translator I don't know but the colloquialisms were way OTT. It was trying far too hard to give the ghost a cool, street voice. Cringeworthy. The murder mystery wasn't very interesting either.

I'm now moving onto The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry.

[Buntym]

Reading 'Rivers of London' by Ben Aaronovitch and really enjoying it.

[marianna01]

Just started 'Tuscan Rose' by Belinda Alexandra.

Last week it was 'Iris & Ruby' by Rosie Thomas and have another one by this author lined up - 'The Potter's House'.

[poppycat]

Currently reading Abiding Evil by Alison Buck. Very good spooky, atmospheric thriller, would probably be a good book to save for a dark winters night with the wind howling outside whilst snuggled under a duvet!

[guernseysnail]

Originally Posted by kira nerys

Amazing,wasn't it?,no way you could've worked out that twist!!,I thought it was genius
I have read a couple of his others,he is a very good writer,although I dont think he will beat you're next,but definately worth reading.

The twist was indeed very clever! I shall be looking out for his books at the library this week!

[DJames99]

Originally Posted by poppycat

Currently reading Abiding Evil by Alison Buck. Very good spooky, atmospheric thriller, would probably be a good book to save for a dark winters night with the wind howling outside whilst snuggled under a duvet!

I read that earlier in the year I loved it and it was so cheap in the kindle store for quite a big book.

Currently reading 11/22/63 about 200 pages in liking it so far although I've really got to stop reading Stephen King I find his books really hard to put down and I've got an essay that needs writing.

[kira nerys]

Just bought the new Skulduggery Pleasant book Kingdom of the wicked,I know its a tween book,and I'm a grown woman,but Skulduggery is my guilty pleasure!!

[mabbus-cattus1]

Halfway through Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay. Would definitey recommend it.

[RAINBOWGIRL22]

I am struggling with Sophie's World - I just cannot seem to get into it, plus I am reading a natal hynotherapy book and have just opened Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" again (of of my all time fave books!!)

[Shizuku]

Just finished Blind Faith by Ben Elton.

Now reading The Borrowers Omnibus - Mary Norton. It has been on my bookshelf unread for about 20 years, only just got round to it!

[RyJa]

I have just read The Kingmakers Daughter by Philippa Gregory and enjoyed every page!

[MissMusique]

I challenged myself to read all the Alex Cross novels, and I'm on the penultimate one! It's taken me about 2 and a half months so far which I reckon is pretty good going seeing as there's 18 of them!

The first couple I thought were not very well written at all, and sometimes it's irritating when Patterson doesn't let you figure out who the killer is - he just introduces somebody that you've never heard of. Also Cross doesn't seem to be that good a detective to me, he seems to get lucky more often than not!

But I like them in my own way but will be glad when i've finished the series and can start something new. Probably a change of genre, I've had enough of guts and gore for a while!

[benjamini]

Biog about Charles Dickens by Claire Tomlin. Very interesting. Especially after the huge ressurgence in interest.

[wuffles]

I've just bought The Fellowship of the Ring. I was going to get all three parts of the trilogy in a gift pack but decided to hold off in case I don't like the first one!

[Sandy_Louis]

Originally Posted by poppycat

Currently reading Abiding Evil by Alison Buck. Very good spooky, atmospheric thriller, would probably be a good book to save for a dark winters night with the wind howling outside whilst snuggled under a duvet!

I'm so glad I clicked on this thread, I've been looking for something good to read. I'm off to the Kindle store to download this one

[Beautiful_Harv]

Craig Robertson- Snapshot

[stoatie]

"Hate- My Life In The British Far Right" by Matthew Collins.

[Chris65757]

Berlin, The Downfall 1945 by Anthony Beevor, and Back to Sanity by Steve Taylor.

[poppycat]

Originally Posted by Sandy_Louis

I'm so glad I clicked on this thread, I've been looking for something good to read. I'm off to the Kindle store to download this one

Hope you enjoy it! I was up til 2am this morning as I couldn't put it down and wanted to see what happened at the end. I thought it was an excellent read and very good value as well.

[trinity28]

the help by kathryn stockett

[striing]

Generosity by Richard Powers

[kira nerys]

Birthdays for the dead-Stuart Macbride,seems ok so far,although not finding it as easy to get into as the Logan Mcrae series.
I finished Kingdom of the wicked by Derek Landy yesterday,fantastic as always!

[-Sid-]

Originally Posted by stoatie

"Hate- My Life In The British Far Right" by Matthew Collins.

Ooh I think I'm following him on Twitter. Might read that at some point.

I'm currently reading an apocalyptic novel - Last Light by Alex Scarrow . I'm not very far into it but the premise is fascinating and I like that the chapters are nice and short!

[Lizzy11268]

The Wrath of Angels - John Connolly. Absolutely adore his novels. Charlie Parker is perhaps (for me) one of the best fictional characters ever created.

[Havelock Vetinari]

Currently reading Ash by James Herbert, the third part of the Ash trilogy. So far very good, it's obvious something creepy is going on, but as to what. No idea.
After that it's the final have to, reread of the Wheel of Time. In readiness for the final book in January. In between will be Nordic crime novels.