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Old 15-02-2014, 19:22
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Ben Elton 'Two Brothers'.
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Old 15-02-2014, 20:33
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'Tfe Goldfinch' Donna Tartt.

First Donna Tartt book I've read and I am loving it so far. A HUGE tome but I'm managing to get through it quite quickly. The use of language is extraordinary.
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Old 16-02-2014, 18:19
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Enigma - Robert Harris
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Old 16-02-2014, 19:10
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The Light Years - Elizabeth Jane Howard

Set just before the second World War, this is the first of the Cazalet Chronicles, centering on three related families.
It's all terribly British and politeness personified, but I enjoyed it enormously. I especially liked the younger members of the families. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
I loved that series, so sad the last one is out and EJH has died.

I have just finished Jeffrey Archers Best kept secret, third of the Clifton Chronicles, very good, number four coming out in March.
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Old 16-02-2014, 19:26
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The Fell Walker, it's bloody fantastic. The authors Michael Wood (no relation to me ), he's fairly big in Australia as far as I'm aware but I was only made known to him when I went to the Lake District and found this book in Waterstones I think it was. I've ordered another one of his 'Climate Change' just now.
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Old 17-02-2014, 12:12
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Fallen by Karin Slaughter.
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Old 17-02-2014, 12:17
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rereading the disc world series by terry pratchett
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Old 17-02-2014, 15:46
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rereading the disc world series by terry pratchett
All of them?
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Old 17-02-2014, 17:09
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Really enjoyed the twists and turns from the thriller "Trust your eyes" - Linwood Barclay.

Just getting into "Sand" - Hugh Howey
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Old 17-02-2014, 17:31
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The Seed Farm by Ruby Lord on Kindle,decent futuristic story set in 2052 when most men are sterile,but those who are fertile are imprisoned.
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Old 18-02-2014, 13:10
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Really enjoyed the twists and turns from the thriller "Trust your eyes" - Linwood Barclay...
It's a winner, isn't it?

In cold blood. It's superb.
My number one best book of all time - groundbreaking stuff when it was written, and still a cracking read.

I'm in the middle of 'The Language of Bees' by Laurie R King (on audiobook). I might have got the recommendation on here? I'm enjoying it anyway, and will definitely look out for others in the Mary Russell series.
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Old 18-02-2014, 13:43
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Origin in Death - J D Robb
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Old 18-02-2014, 20:11
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Swansong by Robert McCammon, as recommended by another poster on here and well worth reading if you like post apocalyptic stuff.
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Old 19-02-2014, 10:19
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Having overdosed on murder/mystery types lately fancied something completely different, so reading The Cowboy and The Cossack by Clair Huffaker, about a cattle drive across Siberia involving, well Cowboys and Cossacks funnily enough - loving it so far, written from the perspective of 19 year old Cowboy Levi. Would really recommend it so far, even it if did nearly make me cry on the bus this morning
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Old 19-02-2014, 12:00
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Criminal by Karin Slaughter.
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Old 19-02-2014, 15:36
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The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood by Irving Finkel
In THE ARK BEFORE NOAH, British Museum expert Dr Irving Finkel reveals how decoding the symbols on a 4,000 year old piece of clay enable a radical new interpretation of the Noah's Ark myth.

A world authority on the period, Dr Finkel's enthralling real-life detective story began with a most remarkable event at the British Museum - the arrival one day in 2008 of a single, modest-sized Babylonian cuneiform tablet - the palm-sized clay rectangles on which our ancestors created the first documents.

It had been brought in by a member of the public and this particular tablet proved to be of quite extraordinary importance.

Not only does it date from about 1850 BC, but it is a copy of the Babylonian Story of the Flood, a myth from ancient Mesopotamia revealing among other things, instructions for building a large boat to survive a flood.

But Dr Finkel's pioneering work didn't stop there. Through another series of enthralling discoveries he has been able to decode the story of the Flood in ways which offer unanticipated revelations to readers of THE ARK BEFORE NOAH.
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Old 19-02-2014, 16:22
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The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.

Helene Wecker's dazzling debut novel tells the story of two supernatural creatures who appear mysteriously in 1899 New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic.
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Old 19-02-2014, 21:04
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Ruth Dugdall -The woman before me
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Old 20-02-2014, 20:19
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Just stsarted Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
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Old 20-02-2014, 23:14
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Just finished The Hound of the Baskervilles , such a good book tis the 3rd time I read it.

They Do it with Mirrors - Agatha Christie

His Last Bow (S.H) - Arthur Conan Doyle

Pirates in adventure with the Scientists - Gideon Defoe

Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella (read this already, I enjoyed it so I'm re-reading)
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Old 21-02-2014, 11:21
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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Love it
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Old 21-02-2014, 15:46
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Just finished Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, engrossing.
Now reading the very humerous The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
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Old 21-02-2014, 16:53
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Just finished 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'

Enjoyed it
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Old 22-02-2014, 09:57
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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend
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Old 22-02-2014, 12:56
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Just finished Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, engrossing.
Now reading the very humerous The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Two very different, but equally brilliant in their own way, books

I've started Andrew Marr's 'History of the World'. I thought it might be a bit dull but Marr has an entertaining yet informative style. Slightly misnamed though, it's more a history of mankind than a history of the world.
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