Originally Posted by d0lphin:
“13. Unspoken - Sam Hayes”
“13. Unspoken - Sam Hayes”
14. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh
9/10 - I really enjoyed this thriller based around a police investigation into a hit and run, where a 5 year old boy was killed.
Reading Challenge 2016 (216 in 2016)
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14. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh
9/10 - I really enjoyed this thriller based around a police investigation into a hit and run, where a 5 year old boy was killed.
8. Not Dead Yet- Peter James
9. Dead Mans Time- Peter James
10. Make Me- Lee Child
11. Want You Dead- Peter James
9. Dead Mans Time- Peter James
10. Make Me- Lee Child
11. Want You Dead- Peter James
68) Barbara Phipps - Never ask why
69) Martin Edwards - The Hanging Wood
70) Kelly Rimmer - Me without you
69) Martin Edwards - The Hanging Wood
70) Kelly Rimmer - Me without you
17) The Silver Eagle by Ben Kane
7.5/10
Book 2 in The Forgotten Legion series and a good continuation from book 1.
7.5/10
Book 2 in The Forgotten Legion series and a good continuation from book 1.
44/ The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
Awful horror novel.
Overlong, muddled and just not scary.
There are some good ideas but the author appears to have just thrown everything in with no thought as to how it should hang together.
45/ Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall
The blurb on the book makes it appear as if this will be a Sophie Hannah type book but oh dear it very much isn't.
Novel told from the perspective of three different characters - Wife, Husband and Nanny. Unfortunately there's really nothing here that hasn't been done before.
The Husband and Wife are both a collection of cliches. Also the story builds to a major event but is then resolved in about 20 pages. Very poorly structured.
46/ Tom Adams Uncovered - The Art of Agatha Christie and Beyond by Tom Adams
Collection of the various covers painted for Agatha Christie novels as well as artwork for other authors and some films with notes by each painting giving his thoughts on each.
Beautiful book and it's lovely to see some of the imagery reproduced on a larger scale than usual.
47/ Doctor Who - The Secret Life of Monsters by Justin Richards
I've been working my way through several of these large format Doctor Who books recently and this is probably the weakest of the lot.
It's not bad but there's nothing here that is particularly new or informative.
48/ Bond By Design - The Art of the James Bond Films
Great looking book full of storyboards, rough sketches and design concepts form the Bond films. Comments against most images explain how they were used in the films.
Another book with very little reading material but a visual treat.
Awful horror novel.
Overlong, muddled and just not scary.
There are some good ideas but the author appears to have just thrown everything in with no thought as to how it should hang together.
45/ Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall
The blurb on the book makes it appear as if this will be a Sophie Hannah type book but oh dear it very much isn't.
Novel told from the perspective of three different characters - Wife, Husband and Nanny. Unfortunately there's really nothing here that hasn't been done before.
The Husband and Wife are both a collection of cliches. Also the story builds to a major event but is then resolved in about 20 pages. Very poorly structured.
46/ Tom Adams Uncovered - The Art of Agatha Christie and Beyond by Tom Adams
Collection of the various covers painted for Agatha Christie novels as well as artwork for other authors and some films with notes by each painting giving his thoughts on each.
Beautiful book and it's lovely to see some of the imagery reproduced on a larger scale than usual.
47/ Doctor Who - The Secret Life of Monsters by Justin Richards
I've been working my way through several of these large format Doctor Who books recently and this is probably the weakest of the lot.
It's not bad but there's nothing here that is particularly new or informative.
48/ Bond By Design - The Art of the James Bond Films
Great looking book full of storyboards, rough sketches and design concepts form the Bond films. Comments against most images explain how they were used in the films.
Another book with very little reading material but a visual treat.
Originally Posted by d0lphin:
“14. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh”
“14. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh”
15. Moving - Jenny Éclair
7/10 - a pretty good book which starts with an old lady showing an estate agent around her house and different rooms give her different memories. I actually though that third of the book was the dullest and enjoyed the other two parts about Fern and Lucas. The ending was a bit predictable.
51) Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
52) How the in-laws wrecked Christmas by Fiona Gibson
53) Dark Murder by Heather Durrant
54) Burned by Benedict Jacka
55) Goddess of Vengeance by Jackie Collins
52) How the in-laws wrecked Christmas by Fiona Gibson
53) Dark Murder by Heather Durrant
54) Burned by Benedict Jacka
55) Goddess of Vengeance by Jackie Collins
12. You Are Dead- Peter James
The Sandy thing is really dragging now. I'm getting to the point where I no longer care. However, the Roy Grace novels are a brilliant series. I'm gutted I've read them all now.
I've never read any of the Sue Grafton novels, yet I have 'S is for Silence' and 'R is for Ricochet'. Would it be recommended I read them in order from the beginning or will I be OK to just start with the ones that I have?
The Sandy thing is really dragging now. I'm getting to the point where I no longer care. However, the Roy Grace novels are a brilliant series. I'm gutted I've read them all now.
I've never read any of the Sue Grafton novels, yet I have 'S is for Silence' and 'R is for Ricochet'. Would it be recommended I read them in order from the beginning or will I be OK to just start with the ones that I have?
Originally Posted by jojo2008:
“12. You Are Dead- Peter James
The Sandy thing is really dragging now. I'm getting to the point where I no longer care. However, the Roy Grace novels are a brilliant series. I'm gutted I've read them all now.
I've never read any of the Sue Grafton novels, yet I have 'S is for Silence' and 'R is for Ricochet'. Would it be recommended I read them in order from the beginning or will I be OK to just start with the ones that I have?”
“12. You Are Dead- Peter James
The Sandy thing is really dragging now. I'm getting to the point where I no longer care. However, the Roy Grace novels are a brilliant series. I'm gutted I've read them all now.
I've never read any of the Sue Grafton novels, yet I have 'S is for Silence' and 'R is for Ricochet'. Would it be recommended I read them in order from the beginning or will I be OK to just start with the ones that I have?”
Agree re Sandy. If PJ is not careful he will alienate his fans
I read the SG novels a few years back. Though they are standalone I would recommend you start at A - the personal life of the lead character Kinsey develops through the series and worth reading in order
18) The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
9/10
Really enjoyed this Sherlock Holmes story, Anthony Horowitz captured the spirit and tone of Conan-Doyle perfectly.
9/10
Really enjoyed this Sherlock Holmes story, Anthony Horowitz captured the spirit and tone of Conan-Doyle perfectly.
49/ Want To Play? by PJ Tracy
OK crime thriller but not anything I haven't read before.
It suffers from having two plot threads that we know are linked but takes ages before the police finally make the connection so it feels a bit dragged out.
Also computers are used as magic devices that spit out essential info at regular intervals rather than have any proper detection.
It's readable and pretty engaging but not enough for me to feel I must read the next in the series.
OK crime thriller but not anything I haven't read before.
It suffers from having two plot threads that we know are linked but takes ages before the police finally make the connection so it feels a bit dragged out.
Also computers are used as magic devices that spit out essential info at regular intervals rather than have any proper detection.
It's readable and pretty engaging but not enough for me to feel I must read the next in the series.
Originally Posted by OxfordGirl:
“I read the SG novels a few years back. Though they are standalone I would recommend you start at A - the personal life of the lead character Kinsey develops through the series and worth reading in order”
“I read the SG novels a few years back. Though they are standalone I would recommend you start at A - the personal life of the lead character Kinsey develops through the series and worth reading in order”
I agree. The SG novels are pretty much standalone but Kinsey does develop and change over the course of them and it's nice to see that growth as it happens.
19) Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
8/10
Follow up to The House of Silk (which I loved). Flew through it in a couple of days but didn't find it as quite as good as the first book.
Sherlock Holmes doesn't appear at all in the main story which is a shame, he only in a separate short story at the end as a kind of afterword. A good read none the less.
8/10
Follow up to The House of Silk (which I loved). Flew through it in a couple of days but didn't find it as quite as good as the first book.
Sherlock Holmes doesn't appear at all in the main story which is a shame, he only in a separate short story at the end as a kind of afterword. A good read none the less.
56) The Obsession by Nora Roberts
57) The Secret Friend by Chris Mooney
58) The Runaway Birdesmaid by Daisy James
59) The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle by Caroline Roberts
57) The Secret Friend by Chris Mooney
58) The Runaway Birdesmaid by Daisy James
59) The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle by Caroline Roberts
50/ Bossypants by Tina Fey
Pleasant little book which is part biography and part comic essays on various things in her life.
Enjoyable read and I laughed several times.
Pleasant little book which is part biography and part comic essays on various things in her life.
Enjoyable read and I laughed several times.
51/ The Key by Patricia Wentworth
Period crime novel.
Not the best of the Miss Silver novels but a pleasant way to pass the time.
The ending just sort of happens without any real detection but still enjoyable.
Period crime novel.
Not the best of the Miss Silver novels but a pleasant way to pass the time.
The ending just sort of happens without any real detection but still enjoyable.
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