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Live Wire - Harlan Coben
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Ellis Island - Kate Kerrigan
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Just finished reading Will Self's How the Dead Live. Got into this after reading his excellent (if you can understand the Mockney) Book of Dave.
How the Dead Live is funny, sad and a slightly warped re-imagining of modern society. I feel slightly embarrassed about enjoying this book , being a grumpy mature male my heart tells me this is a "used to be a chick" book best read with a box of kleenex to hand. But, Self's wit and cynical outlook really hit the mark for me on the two books mentioned. Currently trying to get into his Great Apes, but finding it really hard. I must give some of his other stuff a go. |
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"Margot Fonteyn" by Meredith Daneman.
It's interesting but the level of detail makes it hard work at times. |
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The Shining - Stephen King.
It's an oldie but I hope a goodie. The start seems rather slow though, nothing's really happened yet. |
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Have just read Anne Holt's 1222. Interesting take on a modern-day Christie, I guessed the murderer fairly soon, I have to say.
Don't know what to read next: Lackberg's Stonecutter; Peter Robinsons The Price of Love, I've yet to read one of his; or Grange's Stone Council. |
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Natural Born Killers -- John August and Jane Hamsher.
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
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Just going to start 'I Shall Wear Midnight' by Terry Pratchett.
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Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Martin Pryce.
A private eye tale and a who done it. It's Raymond Chandler meets The League of Gentlemen in Aberystwyth. The town is run by Druids in their sharp Swansea suites, hanging around the toffee apple dens, creaming all the profits from the speak easy rock emporiums and the 24hr whelk stalls. Extremely bizarre, extremely unusual and extremely funny.
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Lethal Legacy - Linda Fairstein
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The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi. Italian thriller. Just started it and author is unknown to me.
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The Kid - Dan Savage.
The author and his boyfriend's journey to adopting their son. Really well written, I love it! |
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Persuader by Lee Child
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Steve Davis - Snooker Champion
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
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The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi. Italian thriller. Just started it and author is unknown to me.
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Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe - Jenny Colgan.
Really enjoying it so far.
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Was going to read 'I shall wear midnight' but someone seems to have borrowed it but i do have 'Un Lun Dun' by China Mieville sat on my desk so i will read that instead.
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"Chickens,Mules and Two Old Fools" by Victoria Twead which has a very poor beginning but grows on you as you read.
I do wish Victoria Twead would make her beginning more reader friendly. It irritated me and wasn't until they actually got to the old house in Spain and met the locals that the book became interesting. The recipes of spanish tapas and cooking are fantastic although nothing new to me. So sorry to read this as I’m the author of ‘Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools’. Happily, ‘Chickens’ is still an Amazon Bestseller and people can sample the beginning before they make their minds up. Please tell me what irritated you about the start so that I don’t make the same mistake in the sequel I’m finishing. Victoria
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Chris Brookmyre - Where The Bodies Are Buried. A bit disappointing - a very straightforward police vs gangerster procedural, kind of Rebus-y. Not farcical, not cartoon-violent, not funny, not political, not ranty... I mean, it was quite a good procedural, but not what I want from Brookmyre.
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The last fighting Tommy ~ life story of Harry Patch.
Incredibly moving and descriptive. |
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Dark Fire by C J Sansom
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Naked by David Sedaris- a hilarious and touching autobiography in the form of a series of self-contained essays.
Next up- Embassytown by China Mieville. If that's not awesome then I'll eat my hat. |
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So sorry to read this as I’m the author of ‘Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools’. Happily, ‘Chickens’ is still an Amazon Bestseller and people can sample the beginning before they make their minds up. Please tell me what irritated you about the start so that I don’t make the same mistake in the sequel I’m finishing. 