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Old 07-01-2014, 13:46
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Getting into Robert Harris at the moment. Read The Ghost and Fatherland, about halfway through Pompeii now.
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Old 07-01-2014, 14:18
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Still ploughing my way through Dominion by C.J. Sansom, the festive period interrupted my reading, but the book seems to drags a little.
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Old 07-01-2014, 16:14
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Getting into Robert Harris at the moment. Read The Ghost and Fatherland, about halfway through Pompeii now.
You'll probably enjoy Enigma and Archangel as well
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Old 07-01-2014, 16:18
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Agent 6 - by Tom Rob Smith. Cracking along at a great pace at with he setting different from his other two really enjoyable
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Old 07-01-2014, 16:38
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Under the Dome. Enjoying it so far.
I'm reading this too after watching the tv series. Really enjoying it too, nothing like the tv series, so much better!
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Old 07-01-2014, 17:05
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You'll probably enjoy Enigma and Archangel as well
They are on the list!
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Old 07-01-2014, 17:49
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They are on the list!

i've just sent a free sample of each to my kindle, they look really good!!
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Old 07-01-2014, 21:17
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Morrissey's autobiography, it's a good read.
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Old 08-01-2014, 11:39
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I have just finished reading 'Falling Angels' by Tracy Chevalier.

Enjoyed it and didn't think I would.
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Old 08-01-2014, 15:48
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i am currently reading an anthology called 'Fearie Tales'. Editor Stephen Jones has tasked a handful of proven writers of fantasy fiction to write their own versions of classic fairy tales. Their stories are preceded by the original Grimm Kinder- und Hausmarchen.

The authors include Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Michael Marshall Smith and Garth Nix, to name but a few. It's quite interesting.
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Old 09-01-2014, 18:13
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"The Lies Of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch.
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Old 09-01-2014, 18:54
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Finished Emile Zola's Germinal. I assume my free kindle version wasn't the best of translations and it was a hard slog for the first half, but rewarding with the vivid portrayal of how the strike affected the miners and their communities in late C19 France.
I love all the books in that series - L'Assomoir is my favourite, I think, but the one set on the railways (La Bete Humaine?) is excellent.
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Old 09-01-2014, 20:17
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I Partridge,We Need to talk about Alan - Alan Partridge
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Old 09-01-2014, 21:18
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I Partridge,We Need to talk about Alan - Alan Partridge
Enjoyed that. A real hoot
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Old 09-01-2014, 22:06
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Enjoyed that. A real hoot
Just started it. Think I'm going to enjoy it
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Old 10-01-2014, 00:35
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"The Lies Of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch.
Let me know if you enjoy it, it's been on my list of probables to buy for a long time but never quite makes it.
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Old 10-01-2014, 12:13
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i am currently reading an anthology called 'Fearie Tales'. Editor Stephen Jones has tasked a handful of proven writers of fantasy fiction to write their own versions of classic fairy tales. Their stories are preceded by the original Grimm Kinder- und Hausmarchen.

The authors include Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Michael Marshall Smith and Garth Nix, to name but a few. It's quite interesting.
Not heard of this but it sounds really intriguing *goes off to Google*.
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Old 10-01-2014, 12:17
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Red Or Dead - David Peace
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Old 10-01-2014, 13:52
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Just started 'A Plea of Insanity' by Priscilla Masters. Seems pretty readable so far, so I'm hoping it'll be a decent crime read.

I've also just finished 'Bed' by David Whitehouse, which was OK I suppose, but he uses way too many similes for my liking - seems like there's one in every sentence. Everything is 'like...' something else (even when it really isn't). Example: some French loaves in the supermarket - according to him, they are like monkeys' arms, reaching out from behind the bars of a zoo. WHAT?! Total guff.
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Old 10-01-2014, 17:13
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Not heard of this but it sounds really intriguing *goes off to Google*.
I am about half way through at the moment and really enjoying it.
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Old 10-01-2014, 22:52
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The new Bridget Jones book, and thoroughly enjoying it.
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Old 11-01-2014, 09:30
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, audiobook read by Stephen Briggs. I first read this back in the 90s and am enjoying it just as much the second time round.
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Old 12-01-2014, 00:01
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Dear Lumpy, letters to a disobedient daughter. Letters written by Roger Mortimer and sent to his daughter. I've also read Dear Lupin which are the letters he sent to his son. He had a way with words.
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Old 12-01-2014, 14:38
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Mark Billingham- The Dying Hours
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Old 12-01-2014, 21:09
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Just read Patricia Cornwell's bone bed, now reading Dust. I am enjoying it, but sometimes find her medical terms quite hard to follow.
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