Would just like to say that I've now finished 1984. Am glad to have finally read it but wow is it unremittingly depressing, especially the section in The Ministry of Love! Obviously I knew its reputation before reading it but I definitely need to read something lighter/more upbeat now - think I might try The Return of Sherlock Holmes as haven't read that collection of little stories yet.
Just started The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride, the latest crime story involving the long suffering Logan McRae and his hilariously un-pc boss DCI Steel. In this one, our hero is banished to the rural wilderness of Aberdeenshire and is coping with rural crime - shoplifting, a juvenile graffiti artist who is making political statements (painting willies on electoral posters) and wandering cattle. Then a body is found and McRae is up to his neck in it.
If you liked Into the Darkest Corner and Before I Go to Sleep then this is right up your street. I'm about 40% into it right now and it is a real page-turner. Got great reviews on Amazon and I can understand why.
I've just started this one.....around 20% into it and finding it good so far
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A Prisoner of Birth - Jeffrey Archer
Enjoyable but I didn't understand the mistaken identity part. Seemed a bit far fetched to me.
Terrific court room scenes.
I've started reading Dead Man's Footsteps by Peter James (Roy Grace 4). I'm hoping that Peter James will have toned down his fascination with Brighton Mortuary in this one!
I'm going to start listening to the Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, narrated by Dan O'Grady. A bit of light relief after Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki.
Loved The Left Hand Of Darkness. Not my normal thing but really interesting. Great feeling of the cold and a fascinating look at a world without a constant sexual imperative. A lost gem.
Now on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin which is reasonably engaging if a little moribund in terms of prose.maybe it loses something in translation.
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, I've never read anything by him before and he is very like his father, Stephen King, but somehow not like him, if that makes sense. Just a couple of chapters in and I'm intrigued. (Reminded me a bit of Rose Madder though)
I am about to start Wonder - the Julian chapter - a short story which is a follow up to Wonder by RJ Palacio, a book which I really enjoyed a couple of years ago.
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Only a bit in but it's looking good.
I've just started this one.....around 20% into it and finding it good so far
Enjoyable but I didn't understand the mistaken identity part. Seemed a bit far fetched to me.
Terrific court room scenes.
Just started The Night Circus. Brilliant so far! Oddly enough, can't remember the author's name. :-P
I'm going to start listening to the Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, narrated by Dan O'Grady. A bit of light relief after Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki.
2nd in a series. Read the first one a couple of weeks ago and loved it, this ones even better so far.
Now on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin which is reasonably engaging if a little moribund in terms of prose.maybe it loses something in translation.
Shades of Alice in Wonderland, perhaps, but so warm and inventive.
Haven't read Grisham in ages, and this was very good.
All in the title really, a book full of humorous anecdotes about the Ashes