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Old 05-10-2013, 14:18
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Mourinho: Anatomy of a Winner by Patrick Barclay - some interesting ideas on this complex character!
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Old 05-10-2013, 15:24
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The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald



An upsetting read so far, not sure that I'll stick with it.
I bought this on the kindle daily deal this week. This is the next book i'll be reading.

Let me know if you continue or not with it.
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Old 05-10-2013, 18:04
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I've finished The Cry now. Quite a difficult read in places but very well written and saved from being too grim by the perspective of the baby's father's ex-wife and some black humour. The plot twists and turns unexpectedly. I'm glad that I stuck with it.

I'm now reading something much lighter, The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde, the first in the Nursery Crymes series.
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Old 05-10-2013, 20:27
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'The Storyteller' Jodi Picoult. Loving it. Very different from her previous stuff.
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Old 06-10-2013, 10:17
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Doctor Sleep, Stephen King's belated sequel to The Shining.
Just as creepy and nasty as you'd hope.
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Old 06-10-2013, 12:39
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I've finished The Cry now. Quite a difficult read in places but very well written and saved from being too grim by the perspective of the baby's father's ex-wife and some black humour. The plot twists and turns unexpectedly. I'm glad that I stuck with it.

I'm now reading something much lighter, The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde, the first in the Nursery Crymes series.
Im now 50% in on The Cry now, couldnt put it down last night.
At points though I nearly gave up and it is quite disturbing in places but i am enjoying reading the ex wife's section the most and the daughter.
Strange that they thought this would be a possible solution to the problems.
Did you get shades of McCann from it?
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Old 06-10-2013, 15:12
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Colleen — Welcome To My World.
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Old 06-10-2013, 17:40
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Im now 50% in on The Cry now, couldnt put it down last night.
At points though I nearly gave up and it is quite disturbing in places but i am enjoying reading the ex wife's section the most and the daughter.
Strange that they thought this would be a possible solution to the problems.
Did you get shades of McCann from it?
I think that the reasoning for their solution becomes clearer as the book progresses, but it's still strange. The plot did put me in mind of the McCanns and also the Lindy Chamberlain case. Let me know what you think of the ending.
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Old 06-10-2013, 18:30
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I have just discovered Tamar Cohen. Excellent writer three books so far first one "The mistresses Revenge", loved it kept me reading until the wee small hours.
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Old 06-10-2013, 18:32
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Lisa Jewell- Before I Met You
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Old 06-10-2013, 18:48
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So many readers have said how good Samantha Hayes book "Because you are mine" is , I have ordered it from Amazon.
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Old 06-10-2013, 22:06
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The Carrier by Sophie Hannah.
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Old 06-10-2013, 23:50
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The Twelve by Justin Cronin- I must be weird because I'm really enjoying it so far. I think the general consensus was that it was rubbish.
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Old 07-10-2013, 09:35
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Finished " Red Card Roy" .. the colourful tale of striker/centerhalf Roy McDonough .. mainly drinking and womanising + a few footy matches in between!. Much better than the sterile autobiogs you get from your Beckhams and Giggses
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Old 07-10-2013, 10:02
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Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Jury's out so far.
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Old 07-10-2013, 10:20
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Re-reading 'The Long Walk' by Slavomir Rawicz,a true story of an escape by a group of prisoners,from the Russian Siberian Gulag camps.
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Old 07-10-2013, 13:33
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams, more of a snack than a meal compared to Hitchhiker's :-P
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Old 07-10-2013, 18:57
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I think that the reasoning for their solution becomes clearer as the book progresses, but it's still strange. The plot did put me in mind of the McCanns and also the Lindy Chamberlain case. Let me know what you think of the ending.
Ive finished the book now! The ending,
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Really glad i continued with it, but it is quite sad when you think of noah

I am now reading Christopher Ransom - The Orphan
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Old 07-10-2013, 22:38
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Glad you enjoyed it and that I didn't put you off reading it!

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Old 08-10-2013, 06:51
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Stephen King 11.22.63 on my kindle
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Old 08-10-2013, 13:00
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Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Jury's out so far.
Just about to start that as it was on offer for Kindle.
just finished The Univited by Liz jensen. very good, never heard of her before but clealry she's written loads, may try some more
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Old 08-10-2013, 18:15
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SS-GB by Len Deighton.

Had a bit of a charity shop spree over the weekend and am going to give the Inspector Montalbano books a go, starting with The Shape of Water, then on to a couple of Bryant and May mysteries by Christopher Fowler
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Old 08-10-2013, 21:12
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Glad you enjoyed it and that I didn't put you off reading it!

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but overall a good book.

I have given up on Christopher Ransom and have now started Jane Casey - Left for Dead
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Old 09-10-2013, 08:09
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I've just finished The Fault In Our Stars.
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Old 10-10-2013, 05:18
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I have just discovered Tamar Cohen. Excellent writer three books so far first one "The mistresses Revenge", loved it kept me reading until the wee small hours.
i love this thread, reading through it to discover new books and this one looks good!! i've sent a sample to my kindle, thanks!
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