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Old 29-07-2013, 17:49
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The Ghost by Robert Harris
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Old 29-07-2013, 18:37
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Re-reading the Elenium trilogy by David Eddings
for about the forth time.Not a patch on Tolkien it
has to be said,but about the best of the also rans!
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Old 29-07-2013, 18:38
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Jonathan Coe- The rain before it falls
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Old 29-07-2013, 19:24
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King of the Badgers by Philip Hensher.

It's about a little girl going missing in a coastal town that is bitterly divided between the quaint, rural centre and the bleak estate at it's fringes. It's like a cross between Broadchurch and the Casual Vacancy and very, very readable.

Almost feels like a Soap Opera the way in which the disparate characters stories are interwoven.
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Old 29-07-2013, 20:09
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The gravity of birds by Tracy Guzeman, this is an ARC and not out until the 15th of August

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Sisters Natalie and Alice Kessler were close, until adolescence wrenched them apart. Natalie is headstrong, manipulative—and beautiful; Alice is a dreamer who loves books and birds. During their family’s summer holiday at the lake, Alice falls under the thrall of a struggling young painter, Thomas Bayber, in whom she finds a kindred spirit. Natalie, however, remains strangely unmoved, sitting for a family portrait with surprising indifference. But by the end of the summer, three lives are shattered.

Decades later, Bayber, now a reclusive, world-renowned artist, unveils a never-before-seen work, Kessler Sisters—a provocative painting depicting the young Thomas, Natalie, and Alice. Bayber asks Dennis Finch, an art history professor, and Stephen Jameson, an eccentric young art authenticator, to sell the painting for him. That task becomes more complicated when the artist requires that they first locate Natalie and Alice, who seem to have vanished. And Finch finds himself wondering why Thomas is suddenly so intent on resurrecting the past.
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Old 30-07-2013, 15:46
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Finished The Quarry .. the 3rd in Johan Theorin's Oland Quartet. Again brilliantly atmospheric and mysterious.
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Old 30-07-2013, 20:54
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I downloaded Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel today - 99p on Amazon today
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Old 31-07-2013, 01:38
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Listened to "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell (7hrs 16mins) My bladder will never forgive me for not taking more breaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GkIKFsnPFk

Looked forward to checking out "Blink" by Gladwell but it was disappointing after Outliers. Then had my faith in Gladwell restored with "Tipping Point".

Blink and Tipping point are on YouTube as Audiobooks ( I just don't want to get too spammy with loads of links)
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Old 31-07-2013, 07:11
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Who I Am - Pete Townshend
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Old 31-07-2013, 19:25
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Keeping Faith Jodi Pilcoult
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Old 31-07-2013, 22:12
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Is it any good? Its next on my reading list after The Yard. Thanks
I have just finished this it is great
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Old 31-07-2013, 22:40
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Just finished Think of the Children, excellent thriller by Kerry Wilkinson. Don't know whether to start listening to Blood Hunt, audiobook narrated by my fave actor James Frain , or start The Kill Call, by Stephen Booth. Looking forward equally to both!
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Old 31-07-2013, 22:40
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Bad Day in Blackrock- Kevin Power
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Old 01-08-2013, 10:51
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Does it get better? I started reading it but found it very boring so only managed the first few pages. I want to read it before seeing the film.
It's variable- lots of different peoples stories and some are more interesting than others- you also see where the Walking Dead got a few ideas from.
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Old 01-08-2013, 14:32
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Elsa Lewin - I, Anna
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Old 01-08-2013, 15:15
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Just finished Monsieur Linh and his Child by Philippe Claudel. Very good. Read it in one sitting.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce is next. Although I also fancy 'The 100 yr old man who climbed out the window and disappeared' but my husband's reading it on his kindle so have to wait til he's done. Have never read a book on a kindle before so not sure i'll like it.
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Old 01-08-2013, 15:25
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The Prestige- Christopher Priest.

It's ok at the moment, I am only 30 pages in, can't seem to find peace and quiet to get stuck in properly, wee one has not been sleeping too well
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Old 01-08-2013, 15:31
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I downloaded Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel today - 99p on Amazon today
Thanks for the heads up. It's still 99p today so I've bought it.
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Old 02-08-2013, 17:51
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Louise Doughty- Apple Tree Yard
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Old 02-08-2013, 18:36
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The Missing Half by Brooke Powley

This is a friend of mine's first book which is out later this month.

“When I was a little girl and children went missing it was just one of those sad things. It never happened to anyone I knew … It happened over breakfast, or lunch. It happened to parents who were careless”

Alice Winters is not a careless mother. Yet one awful day her two-year-old daughter is taken from her pushchair outside a village shop. Alice’s life becomes every parent’s worst nightmare as she begins questioning everything and everyone she knows, vowing to leave no stone unturned until Grace is found.

Now, ten years later, Alice believes that the publication of her book recollecting the events surrounding Grace’s disappearance will be the final needle in the haystack needed to bring her home.

Who had taken Grace and why? Will Alice ever be ready to accept the truth, no matter how difficult it is to hear?
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Old 02-08-2013, 22:12
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Finished The Kill Call by Stephen Booth, and have now started Guernica by Dave Boling, which is brilliant so far.
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Old 03-08-2013, 19:41
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I am currently reading Baby, Let’s Play House by Alannah Nash, a book about the women in the life of Elvis Presley.
The book seems to be based on interviews with the hundreds of women who had an involvement with Elvis. .
Of course - the most important woman in the life of Elvis Presley was his mother Gladys. The section describing her death and the days that followed is moving and frankly astonishing. Friends and family members describe visiting the house several days after her death to be met by the heart rending sounds of a wounded animal as they went through the front door.
This turned out to be Elvis, absolutely overcome with grief, lying on top of his mothers coffin and refusing to release his grip......

The rest of the book - about his many girlfriends - is fascinating in a very different way. The author claims early on that Elvis had a preference for "foreplay" as opposed to actual sex. This theme is returned to several times.
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Old 03-08-2013, 19:41
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I finished The Sunne in Splendour today by Sharon Penman and its a great read!
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Old 03-08-2013, 19:57
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Dead Simple - Peter James
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Old 03-08-2013, 20:36
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The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M Auel
Just finished this, and what wonderful storytelling.
I've been meaning to read this for a long time. It kept me glued to each page. though I did get a bit lost with some of the names of the members in the Clan, but it didn't spoil my enjoyment of it.
Now onto Auel's next book.
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