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Old 10-10-2013, 05:37
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'The Storyteller' Jodi Picoult. Loving it. Very different from her previous stuff.
this looks good too!! i've downloaded a free sample
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Old 10-10-2013, 09:14
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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
I too was tempted by the Kindle price (99p)
Almost finished it now - what do/did you think?
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Old 10-10-2013, 13:16
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Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson - enjoying it so far.
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Old 10-10-2013, 18:29
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Stephen Kings 'Doctor Sleep the much vaunted and unexpected sequel to 'The Shining'.
And it's superb.I have read all of Kings work,but this is a hard return to form,more of what made him great in the first place!
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Old 10-10-2013, 19:32
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I've started on a new audiobook, The Humans by Matt Haig, read by Mark Meadows.

An extra-terrestrial being has come to earth on a mission and has taken the form of a recently deceased Professor of Mathematics.

I've been looking forward to this. I really enjoyed his last book, The Radleys, and this new one has excellent reviews.
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Old 10-10-2013, 19:49
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Really enjoying Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham at the moment.
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Old 11-10-2013, 09:07
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Just started "The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared" - Jonas Jonasson.
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Old 11-10-2013, 10:07
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Close My Eyes - Sophie McKenzie
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Old 12-10-2013, 09:37
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Thomas H. Cook - The crime of julian wells
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Old 12-10-2013, 11:29
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Am now onto 'The Spinning Heart' by Donal Ryan
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Old 12-10-2013, 12:46
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The Night Circus - I'm halfway through but not really sure how I feel about it. Something seems to be missing with it.
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Old 12-10-2013, 20:10
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The Secret Race - Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle. I already knew much of the account due to all the USADA/Lance Armstrong coverage in the past year but it's still a fascinating, if eerie, read; and a great insight into the obsessive nature of top flight athletes.
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Old 12-10-2013, 21:19
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The Night Circus - I'm halfway through but not really sure how I feel about it. Something seems to be missing with it.
AM going to read this next. It has been sitting on myself since last Christmas, and each time I go to pick up a new book, I look at the shelf and then pass it by. Determined to read it this time!
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Old 14-10-2013, 08:53
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Finished Hakkan Nesser's "Mind Eye" 1st in the Van Veeteren series .. didn't grab me .. Wll give VV another bash sometime though. Slow burners these scandifiction novels
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Old 14-10-2013, 08:55
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Finished "Fleet Street Frolics" by Charles Rae. Memoirs of a reporter on the Sun and TODAY. Some good anecdotes .. a bit too much Royal Family worshipping for my liking.
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Old 14-10-2013, 12:38
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'The Chemistry of Death' by Simon Beckett.

I've only recently discovered this author and am really enjoying his series of crime novels featuring Doctor/Forensic Anthropologist David Hunter. They are pretty standard killer thrillers, but I like the balance of science and characterisation, and the writing style. Would definitely recommend to any crime fiction addicts who haven't already given them a go.
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Old 14-10-2013, 13:54
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Just finished "On a Steel Breeze" by Alastair Reynolds.
2nd book in the Poseidon's Children series.

I enjoyed this one better a bit more than book 1:Blue Remembered Earth.

Having a single POV character helped I think. Rather than switching between the brother/sister duo in the way the first book did this has just one POV character - but that character is in multiple locations at the same time having been "Triplicated"

The threat is a bit more menacing in this book, features some nice cameos from character established in book one and generally feels a bit more epic.

I dont know where Reynolds will take this story from here though - presumably move on to the next generation of the Akinya clan, but just felt like there were less loose threads left hanging after this one than there were after the first.
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Old 14-10-2013, 19:09
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William Boyd's Bond book "Solo". With all the casual sexism and racism intact, you'd almost think it was by Ian Fleming.
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Old 15-10-2013, 09:42
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I too was tempted by the Kindle price (99p)
Almost finished it now - what do/did you think?
I enjoyed it, though the ending was a bit odd.
I'm on Oh Dear silvia, Dawn French now. Not convinced so far, the narrative style of some of the characters is a bit annoying
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Old 15-10-2013, 21:21
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Re- reading Stephen King's time travelbook '11.22.63'
I'm really enjoying it - a good book to snuggle up with in bed on cold autumn nights.
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Old 15-10-2013, 21:30
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Maureen Carter- Dead Old
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Old 16-10-2013, 12:45
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid.

I loved The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke so I have high hopes for this one
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Old 16-10-2013, 14:42
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I suppose that this is cheating a bit really but I noticed the other day that BBC Radio 4 extra is serialising The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. 14 X 30 mins episodes. Episodes are on iplayer for 7 days and I just managed to get to the first one in time. I've nearly caught up with the broadcasts now.

Set in the 1950s, Inspector Grant is stuck in hospital with an injured leg and needs a distraction. He becomes fascinated with a picture of Richard III. He doesn't think that Richard has the face of a murderer and decides to investigate. This book has been on my "to read" list for a while now so I'm pleased to have found this. Very good so far.
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Old 16-10-2013, 16:14
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I suppose that this is cheating a bit really but I noticed the other day that BBC Radio 4 extra is serialising The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. 14 X 30 mins episodes. Episodes are on iplayer for 7 days and I just managed to get to the first one in time. I've nearly caught up with the broadcasts now.

Set in the 1950s, Inspector Grant is stuck in hospital with an injured leg and needs a distraction. He becomes fascinated with a picture of Richard III. He doesn't think that Richard has the face of a murderer and decides to investigate. This book has been on my "to read" list for a while now so I'm pleased to have found this. Very good so far.
Book and radio series are excellent
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Old 17-10-2013, 08:50
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One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
The first of the Stephanie Plum series, and this was fast, funny and entertaining.
Snappy dialogue, colourful characters and not without a bit of suspense.
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