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How To Fall In Love - Cecelia Ahearn
Lovely story of a woman, who reads a lot of 'How To' books saves a man from suicide, and tries to reconcile him with his ex, and family firm. Well meaning, funny and sad and ultimately heartwarming. |
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#4077 |
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Peter James - Dead Like You
First Peter James book I've read, and I am really, really, really loving it. (Especially as they are based in Brighton!) |
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The Crow Road by Iain Banks. Quote:
'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.'
My first Iain Banks read.
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Peter James - You Are Dead.
Half way through, really enjoying it so far. |
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The Crow Road by Iain Banks.
My first Iain Banks read. Another favourite line from The Wasp Factory is describing someone as possessing "weapons grade stupidity" - I use that a lot at work
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Memory man - David Baldacci
New character for Baldacci, one Amos Decker. Great book |
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Once Upon A Time In The West Country • Tony Hawks
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The Crow Road by Iain Banks.
My first Iain Banks read. Everyone I know that has read it raves about it, I should really try it again sometime |
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The Humans - Matt Haig
Not as hilarious as it says on the book cover, but heartwarming, weird and wonderful. |
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Shattered Promises - Jessica Sorensen
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Nicci French's Blue Monday which I am loving. I had read one of their previous titles and hated it, but picked this up from the library and I'm now hooked.
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Simon Kernick - The Final Minute.
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Nicci French's Blue Monday which I am loving. I had read one of their previous titles and hated it, but picked this up from the library and I'm now hooked.
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The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty. I think this will be quite an easy read. It has started with a woman finding a letter from her husband which says she should only open after his death - I have only just started the book but I am quite bemused as to why she doesn't just open the damned thing - I would!
![]() ![]() I'm just getting towards the end of 'Out of the Shadows' by Susan Lewis. It's a slice-of-life type family drama and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. It's very well crafted, the story unfolding slowly in a very controlled way, keeping the reader guessing about what will be revealed next. |
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I have just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini.
The read The Kite Runner and And The Mountains Echoed, by the same author, and found all three tragic/happy, very moving and totally fascinating. Although they are fiction, a lot of the content of all 3 novels is based on the authors' own experiences in his birth country of Afghanistan. Definitely recommended for anyone who likes something a bit different. |
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Fractured Souls (Shattered Promises Book 2) Jessica Sorensen
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Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
Excellent book, really left you wanting more. Can't wait to see what Spielberg does with it. |
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Jon Richardson's It's Not You, It's Me.
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The Woodcutter - Reginald Hill
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Hi. Did you know it's part of a series. I read them too. I think the first one is Dead Simple. It's worth reading them all if you can. It's an ongoing series too.
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How To Fall In Love - Cecelia Ahearn
Lovely story of a woman, who reads a lot of 'How To' books saves a man from suicide, and tries to reconcile him with his ex, and family firm. Well meaning, funny and sad and ultimately heartwarming. Do you like her other books?Quote:
Jon Richardson's It's Not You, It's Me.
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Natalie Haynes- The Amber Fury
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Death of an Outsider by M.C Beaton
Nothing like a quick Hamish Macbeth story for a comfortable and easy read |
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The Child's Child by Barbara Vine Page-turner, so far. Amazon review: Quote:
This is a double time line book, with the central part, an unpublished fictional book, based on a `real' (fictional real) case, from the late 1920s, bookended by the reader of that book in 2011.
The central `real' which the unpublished book called `The Child's Child' is based on, concerns a homosexual couple, back in the time when homosexuality was illegal, and a young middle class girl who becomes pregnant (unmarried) at a time when abortion was illegal, dangerous, and to be pregnant, unwed, a dreadful slur and disaster, blackening the entire family of the unmarried pregnant girl or woman, with shame and social ostracism. The young girl is the sister of one of the men. This central book explores hiding secrets deemed too shameful to be known, violence and betrayal. The wrap-around involves a gay couple of the present day, and the sister of one of the men. Although homosexuality is legalised, violent anti-gay prejudice still exists, and to be gay can still feel differently dangerous. The present setting also deals with violence, living a lie, and betrayal, albeit the change in social mores presents very different choices |
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The City & the City, by China Mieville.
"“If Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler’s love child were raised by Franz Kafka, the writing that emerged might resemble … The City and The City.” – Los Angeles Times" I didn't get on with Perdido Street Station but I'm hoping this might just hit the right spot. |
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The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride.
A good, if occasionally gruesome police novel. Set in my part of the world with a bonus reference to the street where I lived! |
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