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Old 19-11-2013, 00:44
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Red Rising - Pierce Brown. I received this advance review copy from a Goodreads giveaway and only started tit this evening and up to now its wonderful. The main character is one you really root for without being a Mary Sue (or whatever the male equivalent is).

It feels weird reading an actual book, I'm that used to my ereader.
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Old 19-11-2013, 08:49
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Tom's Midnight Garden - Philippa Pearce

YA Classic. Captivating, engaging and magical and a lump in my throat, at the ending.
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Old 20-11-2013, 19:32
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Tim Weaver- Never Coming Back
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Old 21-11-2013, 16:45
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I've just finished reading Dead Simple by Peter James, which is set in Brighton and the surrounding area. I've now started a new audio book and within the first couple of chapters have been taken back to C I D HQ in Brighton - a spooky coincidence! The audiobook in question is Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. It's the latest in the Rivers Of London series and starts off with a fatal accident on a roundabout at Pease Pottage near Crawley. I drive round that roundabout occasionally and shall take extra care next time!

I'm about to start The Breath of Night by Michael Arditti on my Kindle. Philip Seward is sent to the Philippines
by the family of a Catholic priest. Seward is charged with investigating both the priest's mysterious death some thirty years previously and also the cult that has grown up around him in the ensuing years, which has led to calls for him to be made a saint. Reviewers have compared this to books by Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh. They're two of my favourite authors so I'm hoping for great things here.
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Old 21-11-2013, 22:45
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Old 21-11-2013, 22:59
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Ghost Music by Graham Masterson.
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Old 22-11-2013, 18:50
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Just finished The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly. Brilliant.
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Old 25-11-2013, 09:33
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Finished Dominion (would only give it a generous 6/10)

Now reading The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (a 99p Kindle purchase)
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Old 25-11-2013, 11:29
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Inherit The Dead - multiple crime authors edited by Lee Child
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Old 25-11-2013, 20:06
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Pride And Prejudice And Zombies; Jane Austen Seth Grahame-Smith -- the classic Regency romance -- now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem.

“Girls! Pentagram of Death!”...
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Old 25-11-2013, 20:17
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Making another attempt to finish Stephen King's The Stand.
I have the, seemingly completely unedited version, which I put aside after about 300 pages because it was so slow paced.
Gone back to it now and things seem to be finally moving a bit -
I'll try and persevere with it this time.
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Old 25-11-2013, 22:46
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Pride And Prejudice And Zombies; Jane Austen Seth Grahame-Smith -- the classic Regency romance -- now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem.

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Old 26-11-2013, 13:34
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Playboy Magazine November 1972 Edition.

There's some really interesting articles to digest.
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Old 26-11-2013, 16:52
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Have just finished Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell. This was the first book of hers that I've read and I'll try another couple just to see if that annoying Scarpetta woman grows on me!

Now reading The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly. Really enjoying it so far.
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Old 26-11-2013, 18:39
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Lucy Anne Holmes- Unlike a virgin
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Old 27-11-2013, 11:27
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Tap on the Window - Linwood Barclay
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Old 27-11-2013, 12:47
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Have just finished Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell. This was the first book of hers that I've read and I'll try another couple just to see if that annoying Scarpetta woman grows on me!

Now reading The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly. Really enjoying it so far.
It gets worse!
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Old 27-11-2013, 12:49
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Making another attempt to finish Stephen King's The Stand.
I have the, seemingly completely unedited version, which I put aside after about 300 pages because it was so slow paced.
Gone back to it now and things seem to be finally moving a bit -
I'll try and persevere with it this time.
I have just started the second reading of this. I read it years ago so it is all quite fresh. It is worth sticking to because it totally draws the reader in.
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Old 27-11-2013, 14:28
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I'm halfway through Orphan Train at the moment, nothing mind blowingly original, but enjoyable enough.
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Old 27-11-2013, 16:05
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I have just started the second reading of this. I read it years ago so it is all quite fresh. It is worth sticking to because it totally draws the reader in.
I'm getting there - I'm over 400 pages in and I'm starting to finally get hooked!
I'm not surprised that the original version was somewhat edited though - but then I can be a bit of an impatient reader sometimes, in fairness
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Old 28-11-2013, 13:28
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Bringing Up The Bodies Hilary Mantel
is this as difficult to read as wolf hall?
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Old 28-11-2013, 19:16
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I've made a start on two new books.

My new audiobook is The Ocean At The End Of The Lane, written and read by Neil Gaiman. It's shaping up very well so far, a pity that it's such a short book.

My Kindle book is Dead Simple by Peter James, the first Roy Grace book. Very promising, hopefully it will be a good new series to get into.
Have read all of Peter James' Roy Grace series. Excellent. You won't be disappointed.

Have just finished Jean Plaidy's two Queen of Scots books. Excellent...but infuriating and tragic.

About to finish 'Takedown' by Brad Thor. Well written political Al Qaeda action type book.

Next on the list is Dominion by C.J. Sansom
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Old 28-11-2013, 21:50
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Next on the list is Dominion by C.J. Sansom
I've just started that- read first couple of chapters and it's very easy to read


also reading Maddadam- the third in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake trilogy.
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Old 29-11-2013, 09:14
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The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Old 29-11-2013, 14:31
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Tania Carver - The Doll's House
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