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the Road by Cormac McCarthy. Pass the razor blades
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Kraken by China Mieville
Yet another of my enormous Xmas haul. Only 36 pages in and I'm already enthralled - China comes up with some fantastic (in both senses) scenarios and some of his dialogue is amazing "My google-fu is strong" is a classic |
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'The Outcast' by Sadie Jones. For book that has had many good reviews I was left quite disappointed, though I can imagine this being made into a film quite easily. The story starts very promisingly, and has some echoes of 'Catcher In The Rye' but I felt that the themes it tried to cover were too complex for the writer's simplistic prose - though admittedly it is a debut novel. I pretty much skim-read the last 100 pages or so. Couldn't help feeling that the author has a massive chip on her shoulder over something?
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Bitten - Kelley Armstrong.
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I read two books about dogs and cats recently. Each of them really took me 10 minutes according to the book review said.
Why do Cats Meow? Why do Dogs Bark? |
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Journey By Moonlight, by Antal Szerb. Atmospheric, intelligent, intriguing. Blown away by this novel from a Hungarian writer picked up from a charity shop. The best 75p I've spent. Sort of mystery, sort of Donna Tartt.
Finishing Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen. Much more funny and interesting than expected. Also finishing TheFinkler Question, by Howard Jacobson. Hilarious and touching at the same time. |
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Dearly Devoted Dexter, having finished book 1 of the Dexter books.
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The High Flyer - Susan Howatch
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Imogen Edwards-Jones and Anonymous- Pop Babylon
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Transition-Ian Banks.
That man never fails to please me
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Taste of Sorrow - Jude Morgan.
It's historical fiction about the Brontes. |
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Just finished Devils Star by Jo Nesbo, I liked it, found the writing far superior to Larsons novels, looking forward to reading another one of his.
Started Portnoy's complaint - Philip Roth. |
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Stolen - Kelley Armstrong.
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The Whisperers - John Connolly.
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House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds.
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Even the Dogs - John McGregor, Loved his other two books, so REALLY looking forward to this
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When Good Friends Go Bad by Ellie Campbell.
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I am reading the Other Hand by Chris Cleave at the moment, before that I finished behind the scenes at the museum on Christmas day
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Heartstone by C.J. Sansom.
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The Family ~ Martina Cole . Thought her last 2 or 3 were below her normal very high standards but about half way through her latest and it,s looking like her best for a while
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1984- george orwell , cracking read
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Fascination by William Boyd
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The Family ~ Martina Cole . Thought her last 2 or 3 were below her normal very high standards but about half way through her latest and it,s looking like her best for a while
Am reading Kimberley Chambers- The Feud |
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miss read, 'fairacre roundabout'
very enjoyable
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1984- george orwell , cracking read
Anyway, I'm reading Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein which is about gently directing people to make better choices for themselves and wider society. I expected it to be somewhat dry but all the anecdotes and examples make it very interesting. |
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