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Old 30-10-2012, 00:15
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The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell, (Wallander series) just started it and seems promising.
That's the only Wallander one I've read although I watch the various series. It's quite a good one.
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Old 30-10-2012, 10:25
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Caitlin Moran, How to be a woman. Very funny in places (again nearly embarrassed myself on the bus yesterday) but lord, she doesn't mince her words, does she? It's not quite what I was expecting
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Old 30-10-2012, 11:52
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Under the Dome by Stephen King. I'm finding it quite gripping at the moment (200 pages in)
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Old 30-10-2012, 11:56
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Just finished C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton - part of the Kinsey Millhone series. I have enjoyed all of these so far.

Now reading The Shining by Stephen King.
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Old 30-10-2012, 15:28
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It seems a lot of people are reading Stephen King at the moment! I have just finished Nicholas Sparks' 'The Best of Me' which was OK, although not his best. I think I am going to read 'Under the Dome' next by Stephen King as I enjoyed 11.22.63 so much
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Old 30-10-2012, 16:02
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It seems a lot of people are reading Stephen King at the moment! I have just finished Nicholas Sparks' 'The Best of Me' which was OK, although not his best. I think I am going to read 'Under the Dome' next by Stephen King as I enjoyed 11.22.63 so much
How strange, I've read (or am reading) all 3 of those this year. I got Under the Dome precisely because I enjoyed 11.22.63 so much
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Old 30-10-2012, 16:32
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Joan Aiken - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
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Old 30-10-2012, 17:48
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I've finished listening to The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. There were two threads to the story, the first being the story of what happened to Allan Karlsson after he escaped from his nursing home on the day of his 100th birthday. The second thread, intertwined with the first, described his life over the previous hundred years and his involvement in pivotal points of world history.

The story of Allan's escape and subsequent adventures was quite good fun, though highly improbable. The second thread regarding Allan's previous history stretched my credulity too far and was also rather dull in parts. So all in all just ok.

I can't decide what to listen to next. I've got a week to wait for my next Audible credit and desperately want to listen to both The Twelve by Justin Cronin and A Question of Identity by Susan Hill. I do have a few other books to listen to, but might have to change my subscription so that I can get both books now!
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Old 30-10-2012, 19:48
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I finished The Twelve today - absolutely loved it. Won't say anymore, though would like to hear what others thought of it.

Now going to start Perfume by Patrick Suskind
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Old 30-10-2012, 19:51
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For DS Book club

'The Wicked Girls' by Alex Marwood

+ Re -reading

' Stay' by Deb Caletti ... I love this book
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Old 30-10-2012, 21:07
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I ditched The Gone-Away World, just couldn't get into it.

Having the opposite problem with Jenny Eclair's latest book Life, Death and Vanilla Slices - struggling to put it down. It's quite bleak but also funny and very true to life.
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Old 30-10-2012, 21:42
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I've just finished 127 Hours by Aron Ralston, the guy who got stuck under a rock in Utah and hacked his arm off with a penknife. It was surprisingly beautiful. Plus I'm just back from Utah, and it was nice to read about somewhere I'd just been.

I have no idea what to read next, I have no inspiration at all.
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Old 30-10-2012, 21:54
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I finished The Twelve today - absolutely loved it. Won't say anymore, though would like to hear what others thought of it.

Now going to start Perfume by Patrick Suskind
I hope you love Perfume as much as I did
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Old 31-10-2012, 00:45
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Skeleton Crew by Stephen King I love his short stories.
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Old 31-10-2012, 10:48
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I ditched The Gone-Away World, just couldn't get into it.

Having the opposite problem with Jenny Eclair's latest book Life, Death and Vanilla Slices - struggling to put it down. It's quite bleak but also funny and very true to life.
I totally agree with you on The Gone Away World, I kept trying with it but just gave up in the end.
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Old 31-10-2012, 11:01
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I have read that and really enjoyed it, I am now reading....

The Last Juror - John Grisham and its a darn good read
Oh Ill have a wee look for that one!!!
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Old 31-10-2012, 14:02
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Just finished the wonderful tear jerker love story Me Before You by Jojo Moyes and I didn't want it to end.
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Old 31-10-2012, 16:05
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Just finished the wonderful tear jerker love story Me Before You by Jojo Moyes and I didn't want it to end.
Good wasn't it

Now you will have to read her next one

The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
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Old 31-10-2012, 16:44
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I'm reading The War of the World but i'm really struggling with it despite it being a relatively short book.
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Old 31-10-2012, 18:40
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Good wasn't it

Now you will have to read her next one

The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
I just downloaded The Last Letter from Your Lover which I believe is also a weepy...am such a sucker for this type of stories.
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Old 01-11-2012, 00:09
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Just about to start Depths by Henning Mankell.
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Old 01-11-2012, 16:43
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Winter of the World by Ken Follett.
To be honest, I might put it to one side for a bit and return to it later as it's taking too long for me to get into it - I think I'm just not in the right frame of mind for a really long saga at the moment.
Might browse through this thread to see if I can find something else that appeals!
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Old 01-11-2012, 17:01
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Finished "the eagle's prophecy", another good book in the series. Our heros end up on the high seas chasing pirates. Reunited with their old foe Vitellius and their former commander Vespasian.

Will move on to my first Lee Childs book, the killing floor. The first book in the Jack Reacher series.
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Old 01-11-2012, 18:16
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The Watchers: a Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
The Watchers is a beautifully written, gripping account of the unflagging battle by spies, codebreakers, ambassadors and confidence-men to protect the queen.

It was a reign that required endless watchfulness - of the coasts, of the Catholic seminaries, of Elizabeth's own subjects. The stakes could not have been higher: priests coming secretly ashore were hunted down and executed, and assassination plots, real and imagined, sprung up everywhere
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Old 01-11-2012, 20:52
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lynda La Plante. "Backlash", best langton and travis so far. having watched Above suspicion on Tv. I could picture langton and Travis, this made it great reading.
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