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Border War by Tomas Gomez
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The Magpies: A Psychological Thriller by Mark Edwards.
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The Complaints - Ian Rankin
I read all of the Rebus books and thought I had better start the Malcolm Fox series as Rebus himself makes an appearance in book 3. |
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson 5/5
This was such a pleasure to read. A comedy of manners, old beliefs against new, a village community divided by prejudice and mayhem. There was quite a bit of humour, and a gentle romance was delightfully wriitten. |
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The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
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The Magpies: A Psychological Thriller by Mark Edwards.
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The Emerald City of Oz (in Volume 2) by L. Frank Baum.
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The Cold Dish:A Walt Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson.
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Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub, read The Talisman years ago. Some of Kings later books have been very disappointing but I enjoyed The Girl who loved Tom Gordon and Under the Dome (tho' the ending is awful)
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Re-reading oldies but goodies at the moment.Just read all of the Peter Diamond series,am now halfway through 'The Wolfen' by Whitley Schreiber,and next up will be Peter Straub's wonderful 'Ghost Story'.Whatever keeps the old brain ticking over is fine by me!
Currently reading Phil Rickman's The Bones of Avalon about John Dee. It's good but I prefer his series featuring a deliverance minister. Didn't help that I picked it up directly after finishing Wolf Hall which I found brilliant. |
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About to start One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis.
Has anyone already read this and any good? |
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About to start One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis.
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I absolutely loved it. The ending knocked me for six.... but its not all about the 'reveal' its a great story from start to end. Hope you enjoy it!
Morning Poppy - long time no 'see' Notice we still have a similar taste in books. Have you read Calvin's latest - Kiss My Name?
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The Hidden Cottage - Erica James
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The Iron Horse by Edward Marston (one of the Railway Detective series).
Just as good as the others I've read in the series. They are so uncomplicatedly enjoyable - good stories, well-drawn characters, gentle humour, and a bit of historical flavour from the golden age of steam trains. Really entertaining. |
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Finished Danny Baker's "Going to Sea in a Sieve". A very pleasant surprise .. I find Mr B too pleased with himself by half on TV/Radio .. but the autobiog is a corker .. great stories, great characters and a host of cameos .. Lennon; Jagger, Mercury, Bolan .. the list goes on
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On a bit of a radio nostalgia trip as you can see from my previous recent posts ! Finished Ken Bruce's Tracks of My Years. Good read, again some good anecdotes, loads of kids and loads more booze
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Will be The Hunger Games Trilogy I ordered a couple of weeks back, been far to busy to read. Hopefully will rectify that soon!
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finished A Touch of Frost last night and am now going to start Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
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Just come back from holiday so managed to read a couple of books:
Patrick Leigh Fermor's biography by Artemis Cooper (now available in paperback). Leigh Fermor walked from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul in 1933, aged only 18. Later he fought in Crete and led the operation that captured the German military commander General Kreipe. He was a traveller, writer, raconteur and womaniser. Cooper's book is no hagiography but a well-balanced account of an extraordinary 20th century life. It's astonishing to think that Leigh Fermor died only 2 years ago. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. I love Kate's books. This one is more of a character-driven literary piece as opposed to the plot-driven books featuring Jackson Brody and it's beautifully written. It feels a bit repetitive at first but a bit of perserverence pays dividends later on. World War Z by Max Brooks. BIt of a left-field choice for me but it's well-written and considerably more thoughtful and interesting than the forgettable film of the same name. It dwells as much on the socio-political effects of the zombie apocalypse on the surviving human population as it does on the actual conflict with the walking dead. I also read a couple of autobiographies of Chris Evans (they were in the gite; I didn't buy them ). The first one was quite a good read, going into his motivation, his fascination with radio and his meteoric rise in the media industry. The second one is largely a series of dreary anecdotes about his fellow celebs. The genuinely interesting story of just why his company's fortunes declined so spectacularly under the ownership of Scottish Media Group is not explored at all.Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. Interesting satire about time travel and war. It's looking a bit dated now and the shock effect of the Dresden bombing described therein is somewhat diluted when you realise that the massively inflated casualty figure of 135,000 quoted in the text was actually far lower. |
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World War Z by Max Brooks. BIt of a left-field choice for me but it's well-written and considerably more thoughtful and interesting than the forgettable film of the same name. It dwells as much on the socio-political effects of the zombie apocalypse on the surviving human population as it does on the actual conflict with the walking dead. |
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Currently on a re-read of Scott Smith's rather good
'A Simple Plan' and am going on to read his later book 'The Ruins' straight after! |
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My last Kindle read was set mostly around Lewes in East Sussex amongst the rolling Downs, relatively mild weather conditions and in the prosperous south of England.
My new book is Lewis Man by Peter May, the second in his Lewis trilogy. It's set on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, about as far north as you can get in the UK. Slightly different spelling, the same pronounciation, bit utterly different surroundings. A preserved body has been found in a peat bog, Fin Mcleod investigates. The first book in this series was excellent so I'm looking forward to this one. |
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"The Tuesday Blade" by Bob Ottum. A rare female psycho who kills pimps with a razor. Better than it sounds, honest.
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Time Keeper- Mitch Albom
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Notice we still have a similar taste in books. Have you read Calvin's latest - Kiss My Name?
). The first one was quite a good read, going into his motivation, his fascination with radio and his meteoric rise in the media industry. The second one is largely a series of dreary anecdotes about his fellow celebs. The genuinely interesting story of just why his company's fortunes declined so spectacularly under the ownership of Scottish Media Group is not explored at all.