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Old 04-01-2011, 01:35
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The Lost Daughter - Diana Chamberlain.

Okay, I'm a bit behind others who have read this, but it was truly brilliant.

And so out of the genre that I usually read.....i.e. thrillers, mystery and suspense.

I got a new Kindle and she was in the top 5 reviews on Amazon, so I downloaded it for £1.00.

It's the best pound that I've ever spent.
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Old 04-01-2011, 10:45
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Ive dug out and rediscovered my desmond bagely books...just finished running blind and the freedom trap... really good not ott spy books.

anyone remember the tv dramatisation of running blind?... think it was on in the early 80's?... ( memory not that good)
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Old 04-01-2011, 12:27
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1974 - David Peace.

First part of the Red Riding quartet. Starts off brightly enough, but soon descends into a deeply risible 'hard men' potboiler with far too much thrown into the pot. Bent coppers, bent press, bent local authorities, serial killer with secret lair, Charles Bronson revenge flick ending. All set in Yorkshire with lots of the Bay City Rollers. I enjoyed The Damned United and GB84, but this twaddle I couldn't take seriously. And there's three more.
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Old 04-01-2011, 13:38
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Stolen Child by Laura Elliot

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/...olen-child.htm
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Old 04-01-2011, 14:25
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Room by Emma Donoghue. I've only just started and am finding the narrative from a 5 year old a bit off putting but I'll stay with it, I've read some good reviews.
Just finished that - bit undecided, didn't find the later part of the book worked as well as the earlier part
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Old 04-01-2011, 17:15
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Finished Jo Nesbo's The Devil's Star .. top class thriller again from the Norwegian maestro.
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Old 04-01-2011, 17:45
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Just started The Woman In White due to recommendations on DS.
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Old 04-01-2011, 18:58
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Just started Finn Family Moomintroll
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Old 05-01-2011, 10:45
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Freedom Jonathan Franzen, only about 20 pages in but hooked. Hope that lasts
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Old 05-01-2011, 16:48
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Finished Jo Nesbo's The Devil's Star .. top class thriller again from the Norwegian maestro.
He really is ace, isn't he? I can't wait for the release of The Leopard later this month.

I'm reading Engleby by Sebastian Faulks at the moment. It's much better than the previous two Faulks I read.
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Old 06-01-2011, 00:15
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My Childhood by Maxim Gorky - The first book of Gorky's autobiographical trilogy. Just started it and so far it's very good indeed.
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Old 06-01-2011, 01:53
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Tooth and Nail- Ian Rankin.

I got into the series late and have started going back. Got a lot of good'uns for Christmas
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Old 06-01-2011, 09:13
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Escape - James Clavell
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Old 06-01-2011, 12:48
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Alternating between Memories Of Ice by Steven Erikson, and Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson and A.N.Other.
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Old 06-01-2011, 15:51
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Alone in Berlin - Hans Fallada
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Old 07-01-2011, 08:22
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Working my way through Tanya Huff's Blood Ties series of books (on which the TV series appears to be very loosely based) as a guilty pleasure before starting Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth and/or Iain M Bank's latest
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Old 07-01-2011, 12:33
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moab is my washpot, ive just read, bloody enjoyable book.
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Old 07-01-2011, 14:05
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Echo Burning - Lee Child. I'm finding the Jack Reacher books compelling and I don't really understand why. All the ones I've read so far have had ridiculous plot lines, and I've noticed some of the dialogue is repeated throughout all of them.
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Old 07-01-2011, 16:19
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The Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman.

I like the concept and it's beautifully written so far.
Just finished that, absolutely loved it.
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Old 07-01-2011, 16:21
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moab is my washpot, ive just read, bloody enjoyable book.
Really enjoyed that book too, so many little gems of stories throughout.
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Old 07-01-2011, 16:38
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Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway
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Old 07-01-2011, 16:54
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Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire.
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Old 07-01-2011, 18:38
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Lee Weeks – The Trophy Taker. It's excellent.
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Old 07-01-2011, 19:21
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Waking the Witch - Kelley Armstrong
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Old 07-01-2011, 22:12
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I've just finished Robin Hobb's "Royal Assassin", the second in the Farseer Trilogy. It is an excellent read! I'm really looking forward to reading the third in due course!

Just started Robert Goddard's "Dying to Tell" but too early to tell if it's one of his good ones.
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