I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and also Citadel by Kate Mosse.
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What are you reading at the moment? (Part 4)
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Now reading 'Rosemary's Baby' by Ira Levin.
Really enjoying it so far, creepiness building nicely. I'll have to watch the film at some point.
Really enjoying it so far, creepiness building nicely. I'll have to watch the film at some point.
At the moment I'm reading "Life" by Keith Richards at the moment.
I'm reading a lot at the moment. I picked up Morrissey's autobiography yesterday and a book called "A Street Cat Named Bob" by James Bowen. those books are up next!
I'm reading a lot at the moment. I picked up Morrissey's autobiography yesterday and a book called "A Street Cat Named Bob" by James Bowen.
those books are up next!
I'm part way through a new audiobook, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, narrated by John Chancer. It's a book I've read before back in the dim and distant past. I'd forgotten how angry Steinbeck is. Brilliant descriptive writing but, although I don't remember much about the storyline, I'm sure that the Joads aren't going to live happily ever after. John Chancer is doing a good job with the narration.
I'm about to start The Confusion of Karen Carpenter by Jonathan Harvey. I'm slightly put off by the fact that he writes for Coronation Street! It sounds quite good though and is shorter than the Goldfinch and, hopefully, less depressing than Grapes of Wrath.
I'm about to start The Confusion of Karen Carpenter by Jonathan Harvey. I'm slightly put off by the fact that he writes for Coronation Street! It sounds quite good though and is shorter than the Goldfinch and, hopefully, less depressing than Grapes of Wrath.
Twenty eight and a half wishes by Denise Grover Swank - started it this morning and I'm a quarter of the way through already, quirky but good.It's free for the Kindle at the moment.
Everthing's Eventual - short stories by Stephen King which I've read before and always good to revisit on dark winter nights.
Reheated Cabbage by Irvine Welsh, I haven't had the urge to read since Christmas so I thought I would give a different book ago and see whether it was just me or whether it was the book I was reading(Dodger by Terry Pratchett) just wasn't catching my imagination
The Hitman's Guide To Housecleaning, by Hallgrimur Helgason on my kindle. I started reading it a while back, but got side-tracked by all the free downloads I was getting.
Really enjoying it. It's a quirky book!
Really enjoying it. It's a quirky book!
I'm reading Perverting the Course of Justice - Inspector Gadget (blog book).
It's an interesting read, sums up a lot of the difficulties with policing, targets, detection and society.
It's an interesting read, sums up a lot of the difficulties with policing, targets, detection and society.
Originally Posted by Reddybook:
“It was OK.
I didn't like Kate all that much, as it seemed to me she was running away from her problems. Matt seemed very understanding up until she went. I did nearly give up on the story, because of Kate's negativity, as her Dad had pointed out to her, in the pub, which incidentally, I found quite moving.
The ending, I felt was a bit rushed, even though, it was a HEA.”
“It was OK.
I didn't like Kate all that much, as it seemed to me she was running away from her problems. Matt seemed very understanding up until she went. I did nearly give up on the story, because of Kate's negativity, as her Dad had pointed out to her, in the pub, which incidentally, I found quite moving.
The ending, I felt was a bit rushed, even though, it was a HEA.”
That's a bit how i felt. I enjoyed Pippa wright's other book someone (can't remember) "loses control," even OH read it, but this was rather dull really. Did like the scene with the dad, but kate was unlikeable and it seemed obvious that Matt's actions had been misunderstood
Originally Posted by Beecosy:
“Trust your eyes by Linwood Barclay.”
“Trust your eyes by Linwood Barclay.”
I read that a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Both the story and the characters are so fresh and original compared with a lot of other crime fiction (which can be very formulaic). I loved the gentle dry humour too.
I'm working my way through the Gillian Flynn novels at the moment. Started with 'Gone Girl', then 'Sharp Objects' and I've just started 'Dark Places'. Bit too early to tell, but it seems OK so far.
Fatherland by Robert Harris. Having read Dominion by CJ Sansom I decided to compare the 2 books. Enjoying Fatherland, Dominion was slow at times.
Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith, another decent Ripley book. I would recommend reading the previous Ripley books before reading this one, as it is about previous events catching up with him.
Originally Posted by farmer bob:
“Fatherland by Robert Harris. Having read Dominion by CJ Sansom I decided to compare the 2 books. Enjoying Fatherland, Dominion was slow at times.”
“Fatherland by Robert Harris. Having read Dominion by CJ Sansom I decided to compare the 2 books. Enjoying Fatherland, Dominion was slow at times.”
I've read both and thought Fatherland far superior.
Almost finished Ghost Moth by Michele Forbes set in Belfast in 1949/1969.
I've just read The Language of Bees, by Laurie R King, and have started the sequel, The God of the Hive.
Has anyone else read the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books? The Language of Bees is a good adventure type book, and well written, but the basic premise, that Sherlock Holmes after his retirement married a woman nearly 40 years his junior, who's as good at detection as him, was a bit of a shock.
I'm going to read the earlier books in the series, to see how this state of affairs came about.
Has anyone else read the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books? The Language of Bees is a good adventure type book, and well written, but the basic premise, that Sherlock Holmes after his retirement married a woman nearly 40 years his junior, who's as good at detection as him, was a bit of a shock.
I'm going to read the earlier books in the series, to see how this state of affairs came about.
I finished Twenty eight and a half wishes by Denise Grover Swank this morning and have moved straight onto the next in the series Twenty Nine and a Half Reasons. I couldn't wait to find out what happens next to this quirky character Rose.
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