Sophie McKenzie - Close my eyes
What are you reading at the moment? (Part 4)
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Hotel Alpha - Mark Watson
OK I suppose. A bit slow in places and a bit rushed in others. Also seems to use references to real world events (ie. '92 election) as padding.
OK I suppose. A bit slow in places and a bit rushed in others. Also seems to use references to real world events (ie. '92 election) as padding.
Originally Posted by kate36:
“I read that one, excellent book!!
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“I read that one, excellent book!!
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Reading that now. Really liking it so far.
I read The Kings Curse by Philippa Gregory. It's about Lady Margaret Pole and I absolutely loved it!!!!! Highly recommended.
These Is My Words by Nancy E Turner
Wonderful tale of a young woman and her life as a pioneer in Arizona Set in the late 19th century Not my usual type of book but so glad I took the time to give it a go Superb
Wonderful tale of a young woman and her life as a pioneer in Arizona Set in the late 19th century Not my usual type of book but so glad I took the time to give it a go Superb
Originally Posted by RyJa:
“I read The Kings Curse by Philippa Gregory. It's about Lady Margaret Pole and I absolutely loved it!!!!! Highly recommended.”
“I read The Kings Curse by Philippa Gregory. It's about Lady Margaret Pole and I absolutely loved it!!!!! Highly recommended.”
Thanks for the recommendation, I love historical books but find Philippa Gregory a bit hit or miss. I will give this one a go.
Currently reading The Old Curiosity Shop. Enjoying it so far.
Dead Simple by Peter James- I haven't read any of his books since the days when he used to write horror.
Originally Posted by kalouk:
“Thanks for the recommendation, I love historical books but find Philippa Gregory a bit hit or miss. I will give this one a go.
Currently reading The Old Curiosity Shop. Enjoying it so far.”
“Thanks for the recommendation, I love historical books but find Philippa Gregory a bit hit or miss. I will give this one a go.
Currently reading The Old Curiosity Shop. Enjoying it so far.”
I totally agree - in fact I'd go as far as saying that's an understatement! It's weird - some of them are really good, fast-moving reads, while others are so boring and dull it seems impossible the same person wrote them.
I'm into 'The Ice Princess' by Camilla Lackberg at the moment. The quality of the translation is annoyingly poor (I keep wanting to rewrite it so it reads like natural English) but I'm enjoying the story all the same. A lot of the Nordic Noir writers leave me wondering what all the fuss is about, but I'm finding this book really engaging.
A bad day in Blackrock- Kevin Power.
This is the third time I've tried reading this but just can't get into it, yet I've heard some great reviews
This is the third time I've tried reading this but just can't get into it, yet I've heard some great reviews
I've just finished Ant and Dec's autobiography
I've read The Red Queen, The White Queen and The White Princess - I might try this one
Originally Posted by RyJa:
“I read The Kings Curse by Philippa Gregory. It's about Lady Margaret Pole and I absolutely loved it!!!!! Highly recommended.”
“I read The Kings Curse by Philippa Gregory. It's about Lady Margaret Pole and I absolutely loved it!!!!! Highly recommended.”
I've read The Red Queen, The White Queen and The White Princess - I might try this one
Just finished reading Michael Connelly's The Gods of Guilt, another Mickey Haller (The Lincloln Lawyer) courtroom drama, only took a few days, I couldn't put it down. I'm now going back to the one I was reading before, Shaman, by Noah Gordon which is the follow up to The Physician, both absolutely wonderful books.
Having recently come into a full set of MC Beaton's
Hamish Macbeth Novels,and a full set of the Agatha
Raisin Novels by the same author,I am alternating at
the moment between reading a book about one of
the characters,and then the other!
Great stuff for crime fiction fans, simple but not really
'simple' if you get my meaning!
I have never heard the radio adaptations of Agatha
Raisin,but will at some stage. I remember the TV series
of Hamish Macbeth, and actually caught a couple of
the current re-runs, but the TV version does the books
no favours,and is far removed from them!
Hamish Macbeth Novels,and a full set of the Agatha
Raisin Novels by the same author,I am alternating at
the moment between reading a book about one of
the characters,and then the other!
Great stuff for crime fiction fans, simple but not really
'simple' if you get my meaning!
I have never heard the radio adaptations of Agatha
Raisin,but will at some stage. I remember the TV series
of Hamish Macbeth, and actually caught a couple of
the current re-runs, but the TV version does the books
no favours,and is far removed from them!
Just started Copycat by Gillian White, not really getting into it yet as I haven't taken to either of the main 2 characters but I'll persevere as it has brilliant reviews so hopwfully when I have a couple of hours to spare I can get into it!
Originally Posted by kalouk:
“Thanks for the recommendation, I love historical books but find Philippa Gregory a bit hit or miss. I will give this one a go.
Currently reading The Old Curiosity Shop. Enjoying it so far.”
“Thanks for the recommendation, I love historical books but find Philippa Gregory a bit hit or miss. I will give this one a go.
Currently reading The Old Curiosity Shop. Enjoying it so far.”
I know what you mean. There were a few books that I didn't like: The Red Queen, The Other Queen and also The White Princess.
I really did like the new book though. Enjoy it!
I've started a new audiobook, The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill, read by Jonathan Keeble. My first book by this author and it's really good.
I'm about to start reading The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth. It's about resistance to William I after the Norman Invasion and is written in a made-up version of Old English. It's longlisted for the Booker Prize and I was feeling intellectual when I bought it. I'm not feeling quite so enthusiastic now, but will give it a go.
Quote:
“Wolf Hadda's life was a fairytale - successful businessman and adored husband. But a knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, Wolf retreats into silence. Seven years later Wolf begins to talk to the prison psychiatrist.....”
“Wolf Hadda's life was a fairytale - successful businessman and adored husband. But a knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, Wolf retreats into silence. Seven years later Wolf begins to talk to the prison psychiatrist.....”
I'm about to start reading The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth. It's about resistance to William I after the Norman Invasion and is written in a made-up version of Old English. It's longlisted for the Booker Prize and I was feeling intellectual when I bought it. I'm not feeling quite so enthusiastic now, but will give it a go.
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