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The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis
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Gone by Mo Hayder. A few chapters in, I like its fast pace. 👍
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Silent Witness, third in the Dylan Scott series. Really enjoying these, picked up very cheaply for my kindle (about 60p each) and very decent reads so far.
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Linda Huber - The cold, cold sea
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Currently re-living my childhood with Enid Blyton's 'The Magic Faraway Tree'.
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A couple of spooky books as the nights are drawing in and it's nearly Halloween.
Reading The Lamp of the Wicked by Phil Rickman (Merrily Watkins 5) About to start listening to The Waiting Room by F. G. Cottam, read by David Rintoul. |
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Just finished Rush of Blood by Mark Billingham. Took a while to get into it but it picks up after a while. It's the story of three couples who meet on holiday, during the holiday a girl goes missing and is later found dead. Then when they get back home another girl goes missing...
The problem for me was that there weren't any really sympathetic characters so you follow the story more out of morbid curiosity than concern for any of them. |
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Just started Lamentation, C.J Sansom, waited agers for this!
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The Teashop On The Corner - Milly Johnson
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Maureen Carter - Death Line
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I've just 'discovered' Bryce Courtney, I've read the first part of his 'Australia' trilogy called The Potato Factory, and now I'm on book 2 called Tommo and Hawk, both excellent very page turnable books.
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Christiane Rochefort - Warrior's Rest
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Just finished The Ritual by Adam Nevill- my new favourite horror writer, and the first in years to actually shit me up a bit. Should probably not keep reading his stuff just before I go to sleep.
Just started James Ellroy's The Cold Six Thousand. Too early to call, but if it doesn't turn out to be yet another masterclass in balls-out no-bullshit ultra-hardcore nasty poetry, I'll eat my own face off. |
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#2Sides - Rio Ferdinand
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Quote:
Just finished The Ritual by Adam Nevill- my new favourite horror writer, and the first in years to actually shit me up a bit. Should probably not keep reading his stuff just before I go to sleep.
Just started James Ellroy's The Cold Six Thousand. Too early to call, but if it doesn't turn out to be yet another masterclass in balls-out no-bullshit ultra-hardcore nasty poetry, I'll eat my own face off. Dan Simmons - The Terror has a similar premise but his execution and prose are much better. |
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The Men Who United the States: The Amazing Stories of the Explorers, Inventors and Mavericks Who Made America by Simon Winchester Quote:
His focus here is on the more subtle aspects of nation building. He examines the accomplishments of a variety of characters, some famous and some obscure, whose visions and mastery of emerging technologies drew Americans closer together as our geographic size expanded.
Thomas Jefferson’s vision of an “empire of liberty” led to the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory and the Lewis and Clark expedition. William Maclure, a hyperactive Scottish immigrant, provided a geological survey of vast areas of the eastern U.S. and then promoted the value of a practical education for ordinary citizens. Winchester provides a fascinating portrayal of Samuel Morse, the “man who tamed the lightning,” and the vital role of the telegraph in bridging distances. This is a finely crafted and valuable reminder that the evolution of our united nation was a process often accelerated by unlikely, sometimes eccentric men who operated outside the political sphere. |
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Just started Lamentation, C.J Sansom, waited agers for this!
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I read that after it was recommended by Joe Abercrombie on his blog and to be perfectly honest I thought it was mediocre and a bit too predictable. People lost in woods stalked by unseen creature, enter local weirdos, madness ensues.
Dan Simmons - The Terror has a similar premise but his execution and prose are much better. |
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Kathryn Hughes - The Letter
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I've just finished John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and I can now see why it's been widely praised. It was a great (and emotive) read.
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Margaret Forster - The Unknown Bridesmaid
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Everything by Roddy Doyle at the moment! Have read a
few before,so am re-reading them,along with a dozen or so that I have never read before. Warm,witty and very good the way they draw the reader in,without having stunning or complex plot lines! Just everyday folk,doing everyday stuff,and leading (often) complicated lives |
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Ian Rankin - Saints of the Shadow. Although I like his books they are very similar. Once I've finished this one I'll give him a rest for while
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Sharon Bolton - Blood Harvest
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What Lies Beneath by Sarah Raynes, I'm struggling with it a bit.
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