I'm reading The Snowman by Jo Nesbo - was literally hooked after two pages!
It's the first I've read of his - do you need to read them in a particular order?
It's the first I've read of his - do you need to read them in a particular order?
What are you reading at the moment? (Part 3)
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Just started Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson. Absolutely love the quirkiness of her books and I'm engrossed already
Halfway through Jon McGregor's 'Even the Dogs'.
Would definately recommend this fantastically written, moving book which gives you a candid view into addiction and homelessness. Yes, it's grim but so well written it doesn't feel oppressive, just very real. Will definately give McGregor's other
books a try after this one. If anyone has read his others - 'If nobody speaks of remarkable things' or 'So many ways to begin' - I'd love hear what you think of them.
Would definately recommend this fantastically written, moving book which gives you a candid view into addiction and homelessness. Yes, it's grim but so well written it doesn't feel oppressive, just very real. Will definately give McGregor's other
books a try after this one. If anyone has read his others - 'If nobody speaks of remarkable things' or 'So many ways to begin' - I'd love hear what you think of them.
I read a couple of Kathy Reichs books in quick succession, "Fatal Voyage" and "Grave Secrets". Always a reliably good read!
I've just moved on to the first in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, "Fool's Errand". It feels a bit like coming home as many of the characters featured are in the Farseer Trilogy which I read at the end of last year.
I've just moved on to the first in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, "Fool's Errand". It feels a bit like coming home as many of the characters featured are in the Farseer Trilogy which I read at the end of last year.
Originally Posted by ImaPlum:
“I read a couple of Kathy Reichs books in quick succession, "Fatal Voyage" and "Grave Secrets". Always a reliably good read!
I've just moved on to the first in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, "Fool's Errand". It feels a bit like coming home as many of the characters featured are in the Farseer Trilogy which I read at the end of last year.”
“I read a couple of Kathy Reichs books in quick succession, "Fatal Voyage" and "Grave Secrets". Always a reliably good read!
I've just moved on to the first in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, "Fool's Errand". It feels a bit like coming home as many of the characters featured are in the Farseer Trilogy which I read at the end of last year.”
Love Robin Hobb. Have you read The Liveship Traders trilogy? It ties in with both of the others as well.
Just started Insurrection by Robyn Young. Cracking, much better than her previous Brethren trilogy.
Jackie Collins - Thrill. Not one of her best but sticking with it as my aim is to read every one of her books. However any book of hers which isn't a Santangelo book is hard to get into for me at first.
Originally Posted by rossyrahrah:
“Love Robin Hobb. Have you read The Liveship Traders trilogy? It ties in with both of the others as well.
Just started Insurrection by Robyn Young. Cracking, much better than her previous Brethren trilogy.”
“Love Robin Hobb. Have you read The Liveship Traders trilogy? It ties in with both of the others as well.
Just started Insurrection by Robyn Young. Cracking, much better than her previous Brethren trilogy.”
I haven't read the Liveship Traders books yet - but I will add them to my ever growing list
Inferno - Keith Lowe
It's the story of the firebombings on Hamburg during WW2. I wouldn't normally choose a book like this but I lived in Hamburg for 6 months in 2006/2007 and it's fascinating to learn about some the history of the city.
It's the story of the firebombings on Hamburg during WW2. I wouldn't normally choose a book like this but I lived in Hamburg for 6 months in 2006/2007 and it's fascinating to learn about some the history of the city.
Originally Posted by Wee Tinkers:
“Halfway through Jon McGregor's 'Even the Dogs'.
Would definately recommend this fantastically written, moving book which gives you a candid view into addiction and homelessness. Yes, it's grim but so well written it doesn't feel oppressive, just very real. Will definately give McGregor's other
books a try after this one. If anyone has read his others - 'If nobody speaks of remarkable things' or 'So many ways to begin' - I'd love hear what you think of them.”
“Halfway through Jon McGregor's 'Even the Dogs'.
Would definately recommend this fantastically written, moving book which gives you a candid view into addiction and homelessness. Yes, it's grim but so well written it doesn't feel oppressive, just very real. Will definately give McGregor's other
books a try after this one. If anyone has read his others - 'If nobody speaks of remarkable things' or 'So many ways to begin' - I'd love hear what you think of them.”
Jon McGregor is my favourite author, I don't know which is my favouite, So many ways to begin, is beautiful, he is incredible at describing everyday ordinary events and circumstances, and making them beautiful. It is a really touching story, it is his writing that makes it.
If nobody speaks of remarkable things, I adored at the time, I loved the style etc, but it is so long ago that I read it, 10 years, that I really should re-visit it.
I too enjoyed Even the Dogs, it's so sad, but he is never patronising or judgemental, it felt like I was watching a video, the World he described was so real.
About a week after reading it I got on a citybus and there were two addicts a few seats back, one of them the girl kept saying how she was going to change and she was going to get her child back and show everyone, and then asked the guy did he have any money? and it was just like reading the book, so sad, and so inescapable it would seem.
Originally Posted by KitKat21:
“I'm reading The Snowman by Jo Nesbo - was literally hooked after two pages!
It's the first I've read of his - do you need to read them in a particular order?”
“I'm reading The Snowman by Jo Nesbo - was literally hooked after two pages!
It's the first I've read of his - do you need to read them in a particular order?”
IT helps with the earlier books - Redbreast, Nemesis, Devil's Star .. there's a developing story line throughout the novels regarding the death of Hole's partner Ellen Getsjen
Originally Posted by dymafi:
“IT helps with the earlier books - Redbreast, Nemesis, Devil's Star .. there's a developing story line throughout the novels regarding the death of Hole's partner Ellen Getsjen”
“IT helps with the earlier books - Redbreast, Nemesis, Devil's Star .. there's a developing story line throughout the novels regarding the death of Hole's partner Ellen Getsjen”
Thanks, I definately want to read the others so need to start at the beginning clearly!
I finished The Snowman and am now reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,
Fiction:
Breeding Ground ~ Sarah Pinborough. Wyndhamesque post-apocalyptic yarn
Non Fiction:
Anticancer: A New Way of Life ~ Dr. David Servan-Schriber.
Breeding Ground ~ Sarah Pinborough. Wyndhamesque post-apocalyptic yarn
Non Fiction:
Anticancer: A New Way of Life ~ Dr. David Servan-Schriber.
Got two on the go since my girlfriend bought a Kindle.
On the Kindle im currently reading P.G Wodehouse and when she wants the Kindle back I revert to physical books, in which I am currently reading Gore Vidal, 1876
On the Kindle im currently reading P.G Wodehouse and when she wants the Kindle back I revert to physical books, in which I am currently reading Gore Vidal, 1876
Originally Posted by -Sid-:
“Eleni by Nicholas Gage ”
“Eleni by Nicholas Gage ”
I read this having seen a 'recommendation' on the tearjerker thread. What do you think Sid?
About to start Alone in Berlin, by Hans Felada. Set in 1940s Berlin, the Waterstones assistant told me this is amazingly good. So I am looking forward to it.
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