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What are you reading at the moment? (Part 3)
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Not sure how to quote from another thread, but Bowker's Cat said
Great book. 'Company of liars' is worth checking out as well. to which I reply- Yeah, I fully intend to! Finished The Owl Killers the other night, and it was brilliant. |
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Just finished Adrian Mole The Prostate Years by Sue Townsend
Will start Bobby Robson's autobiography which I got for Christmas in the next few days |
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I've finally got round to reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
Goodness, it's gripping! (Even for someone who vaguely knows the story, having seen a couple of adaptations.) |
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I've finally got round to reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
Goodness, it's gripping! (Even for someone who vaguely knows the story, having seen a couple of adaptations.) |
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I finished the Robert Goddard book I was reading "Borrowed Time" and it was the only one of his books that I really didn't enjoy. I was glad when it was over!
I'm now a quarter of the way into another Bryce Courtenay book "Four Fires" - I really do like his books so far, his writing style is very good. This was from another sortie into the world of second hand books - his books are quite thick, so at least it feels like value for money
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Dark Blood by Stuart Macbride. Damn good read it is too.
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Stoatie said...Not sure how to quote from another thread, but Bowker's Cat said
Great book. 'Company of liars' is worth checking out as well. to which I reply- Yeah, I fully intend to! Finished The Owl Killers the other night, and it was brilliant. (sorry, messed up the quote) I read Company of Liars - there was a good thread where it was recommended, and I always intended to go back and give my review...(but never managed to. ) I think I'm the only person who hasnt really enjoyed it hugely...I thought the writing was poor in many places, too much broad generalisation, the male characters were particularly weakly drawn, they all seemed to be the same person and I was getting them mixed up. However, i enjoyed the story - and read til the end, because i wanted to know what happened. I bought the Owl Killers and began it, but (as Stoatie said) the Wicker Man similarities actually put me off, and I abandoned it... oh dear. |
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Stoatie said...Not sure how to quote from another thread, but Bowker's Cat said
Great book. 'Company of liars' is worth checking out as well. to which I reply- Yeah, I fully intend to! Finished The Owl Killers the other night, and it was brilliant. (sorry, messed up the quote) I read Company of Liars - there was a good thread where it was recommended, and I always intended to go back and give my review...(but never managed to. ) I think I'm the only person who hasnt really enjoyed it hugely...I thought the writing was poor in many places, too much broad generalisation, the male characters were particularly weakly drawn, they all seemed to be the same person and I was getting them mixed up. However, i enjoyed the story - and read til the end, because i wanted to know what happened. I bought the Owl Killers and began it, but (as Stoatie said) the Wicker Man similarities actually put me off, and I abandoned it... oh dear. |
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Ah, that's a shame. Oh well, it'd be a boring place indeed if we all enjoyed the same things.
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House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo.
It's free on Kindle at the moment and I must say it's excellent. |
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House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo.
It's free on Kindle at the moment and I must say it's excellent. I am reading The Noah's Ark Quest at the moment. |
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The Sharpe Companion by Mark Adkin.Loving it at the minute,very interesting book about Sharpe himself and the history of the Penisular War and the British Army in the early 19th Century.
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Really enjoyed Mark Billingham- Lazybones
Am now reading Kevin Sampson- Stars are Stars |
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I finished the Robert Goddard book I was reading "Borrowed Time" and it was the only one of his books that I really didn't enjoy. I was glad when it was over!
I'm now a quarter of the way into another Bryce Courtenay book "Four Fires" - I really do like his books so far, his writing style is very good. This was from another sortie into the world of second hand books - his books are quite thick, so at least it feels like value for money ![]() I will have to look out for "Four Fires", I have just finished the trilogy from Bryce Courtenay starting with "The Potato Factory" then "Tommo & Hawk" and finishing with "Solomon's Song", really enjoyed them.. I also read "Jessica" which I loved. |
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Strange Days Indeed: Golden Age of Paranoia by Francis Wheen. About the basket case decade that was the 70s.
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Half way through 'The Redeemer' by Jo Nesbo and can certainly recommend it.
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I will have to look out for "Four Fires", I have just finished the trilogy from Bryce Courtenay starting with "The Potato Factory" then "Tommo & Hawk" and finishing with "Solomon's Song", really enjoyed them.. I also read "Jessica" which I loved.
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Just started Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn. It's a Christmas present.
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I've finally got round to reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
Goodness, it's gripping! (Even for someone who vaguely knows the story, having seen a couple of adaptations.) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-and-Wife...3527773&sr=1-4 Quote:
Amazon review: And Armadale:I love Wilkie Collins and this book was another which had me racing to the finish as I could not bear the suspense! Aside from the usual nailbiting drama, this book makes you reflect on the dreadful position of women within marriage where the law was more or less entirely weighted on the side of the husband. Do not miss this book. You will be completely gripped by it. Quote:
Armadale tells the devastating story of the independent, murderous, and adulterous Lydia Gwilt. This traditional melodrama also considers the modern theme of the role of women in society.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Armadale-Oxf...3527848&sr=1-1No Name: Quote:
Magdalen Vanstone and her sister Norah learn the true meaning of social stigma in Victorian England only after the traumatic discovery that their dearly loved parents, whose sudden deaths have left them orphans, were not married at the time of their birth. No Name was rejected as immoral by critics of its time, but is today regarded as a novel of outstanding social insight, showing Collins at the height of his powers.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Name-Oxfo...tt_at_ep_dpi_6
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Finished Fall of Giants (Ken Follett) and have mixed feelings about it.
Now reading Chocolate Wishes by Trisha Ashley, which couldn't be more different. |
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I've just finished stepmother's diary by Fay Weldon - I enjoyed it more than her earlier novels.
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The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde 3rd in the Thursday Next series, really quirky books but very enjoyable
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Debbie Macomber - 8 Sandpiper Way
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The girl who kicked the hornet's nest - Stieg Larsson. (enjoyed the first one in the series much more than the second).
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