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Old 24-12-2016, 11:40
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Just started Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase which has been recommended by a couple of my friends, only 5% in so far but I think I'm going to love it!
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Old 24-12-2016, 12:33
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Just started The Loving Husband by Christobel Kent, from the Richard and Judy Book Club, it hasn't got very good reviews but my book group has chosen it. About 10% in and I can already see why it has bad reviews. I'd better put it in spoilers but....

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I had to give up on this book, I really don't like giving up on books but I didn't enjoy this at all. I found the whole plot too silly and the main character was so irritating. I got about 30% through the book.

Are they doing Christmas deals for the kindle again this year, the '12 days of Christmas'? I hope so.
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Old 24-12-2016, 12:38
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I'm on the library waiting list for 'The Turning Point' audio version, but I think I'm a long way down the list. Glad to hear it's worth waiting for!

'Hidden' is OK so far - nothing special, but interesting enough for me to stick with it.
I'd definetly say it's worth waiting for. It draws you in, but I didn't find it too cliched.

Just started Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase which has been recommended by a couple of my friends, only 5% in so far but I think I'm going to love it!
This was one of my favourite books in a long time. Enjoy!
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Old 29-12-2016, 22:23
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I just finished reading Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante. I've not seen the TV series before, but I am aware of it and did read the prequel Tennison by Lynda earlier this year.

I did quite enjoy Prime Suspect. I felt the story was a bit lacking, but Lynda carved out a strong central character in Jane Tennison and I found the attitudes towards women and the misogyny at the time interesting to read about. I'd give it a 7/10.
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Old 30-12-2016, 02:31
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Currently reading Wild Swans by Jung Chang. I'm loving it so far, I live books set in/about the far east and the fact this is a true story about 3 generations of the same family is really interesting
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Old 30-12-2016, 06:04
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Spandex Ballet by Lee Kyle

It's a bit strange reading a biography by someone I actually know personally and therefore know a lot of people mentioned in it, but an enjoyable, funny read.
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Old 30-12-2016, 13:04
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Right I've finished Naked in the Albert Hall by Tracey Thorn. Thoughtful, a little dull but I'm glad I got inside her er mind for a few weeks to read this.

Its been part of a series of books I've read on music in recent years David Byrnes How Music Works and after that Lucy o' Briens She Bop which told the stories of so many great and also too many unknown female performers.
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Old 30-12-2016, 14:26
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As Good as it Gets - Fiona Gibson
"Warm, funny and poignant" says the blurb on the cover, and this was what I needed. .About a family and the the mother, trying to help her teen daughter with her problems, and worrying over her husband's unemployment and attraction to a new neighbour.
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Old 31-12-2016, 13:08
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I've nearly finished 'I Saw A Man' by Owen Sheers. Reading the back cover, I thought this would just be a lightweight thriller (nothing wrong with that) but it has turned out to be so much more.

The characters in the story are really well crafted, with plenty of light and shade to each of them. The event that happens doesn't occur until a fair way into the book, but it's held my attention up to then and has pulled the story into a new direction.

Really enjoying this and would definetly read more by the same author.
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Old 31-12-2016, 14:44
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This was one of my favourite books in a long time. Enjoy!
Black Rabbit Hall was brilliant, absolutely loved it. A shame the author hasn't written anything else although I have noticed on Amazon you can pre-order her next book for £21.62 in hardback

I am now reading The Litigators by John Grisham. I haven't read any of his books for a good few years but this one is brilliant and more light hearted than I remember his other books to be.
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:06
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I'm currently reading The Dark of the Sun by WIlbur Smith, which is........good enough to keep my interest.

Next up will probably be The Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell. Requested it from the library ages ago, but still waiting. If that doesn't arrive in time I'll read Wings On My Sleeve by Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown, which I just bought today.
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Old 31-12-2016, 23:59
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Phew! I've read all my Christmassy books, just in time to see this year's end:

Village Christmas and Other Notes On the English Year - Laurie Lee
Carols From King's - Alexandra Coghlan
The Father Christmas Letters - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories - P.D. James
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
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Old 01-01-2017, 18:35
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Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself.
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Old 04-01-2017, 00:44
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"Caribbean Crisis" by Desmond Reid (1962).

Reid doesn't exist, This novella was the first published book by Michael Moorcock, written in collaboration with Jim Cawthorn for the Sexton Blake Library. The editor changed Moorcock's pro-Castro sentiments.

Available free online (with Moorcock's blessing):

http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespis...ck/crisis.html
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Old 04-01-2017, 11:45
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Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight - a school girl falls or jumps from the second floor of her school building and her mother investigates how this can have happened. It has mixed reviews including some saying it is more like a YA book and although I am only 12% in I tend to agree.
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Old 04-01-2017, 21:33
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Set The Boy Free • Johnny Marr autobiography
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Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas
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