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[Adele]

Adele wrote: "Just finished reading Capital, it was OK, not overly enthralled by it & also have 2 others of his books to read. Think I will now start The Shadow Project"

Arghhh, I have had to stop reading The Shadow Project which is #5 in the Ben Hope series as I've just realised I've not read #4 yet, so now reading The Heretic's Treasure

[Karen]

Finished - deffo going to get the rest of this series - it's a cracking read.

Then finally managed to get around to reading - it filled in a lot of the gaps, and explained about the differences in some of the albums that I have.

Then I got notification that had dropped in price, and promptly bought it... It was supposed to be for holiday, but that's not going to happen - I'm reading it now!

[Lorraine]

Finished Bats and Bones,was ok,an easy read of the cosy kind,was a bit miffed at the dog called bugger,what a ridiculous name.I'm half way through Sleep Tight and am enjoying it.

[Kath]

Just finished Alice Parker's Metamorphosis by Nicola Palmer. Delightful! Review on my blog.

[Michael]

Kath wrote: "Just finished Alice Parker's Metamorphosis by Nicola Palmer. Delightful! Review on my blog."

I enjoyed it as well, I don't think it was written for me though :-)

[Kath]

It was written for everyone, I'm sure! :)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished One Deadly Sister, failed iny theory to give up on books. Now going to try and focus on Agatha Christie, shame its only ony tablet.

[Michelle]

I've recently finished Shift Omnibus Edition (Silo, #2) and Socko's First Day. Now reading Alloria

[Kath]

Just reviewed Rachel Abbott's latest thriller - stonking stuff.

review - http://www.ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk...

[Lorraine]

Finished Sleep Tight,not as psychological as her first two,but kept me gripped all the same.Have this morning started Sugar & Spice.

[Jud]

I finished Heart of Darkness, read The Velveteen Rabbit, Black Moon, Amber Moon, Silver Moon, Black by Rose and started David Copperfield

[Michael]

I've posted my review for Mark Aston's excellent science fiction novel 'Below Mercury':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

And I'm now onto , a much anticipated novel :-)

[Jamie]

Just finished Saints of the Shadow Bible. Not absolute top drawer Rebus, but still brilliant. Plot started out thin, I was wondering how on earth Rankin was going to make something happen and then all of a sudden I'm ploughing towards the conclusion. Clever swine! If you like Rankin, you'll like this. You know what you're getting. Edinburgh, brought to life in dark fashion, bit of topical stuff, bit of politics, and a murder or two.

[Yvonne]

I just finished Robin Hobb's Fool's Errand. It was really good but now I'm stuck because I haven't got books 2 and 3 and I really want to know what happens next with Fitz and his Fool.



I just started reading Specter of the Past but so far I'm not hooked.

[Kath]

Just finished and reviewed the KuF anthology of novellas. This is absolutely blinding value.

http://www.ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk...

Just started - well, half way through - Immortality by Josh Barkey. Short stories and very good too.

[Karen]

Finished last night - really enjoyed it, but would say that it's one of those books where it's better to have read the others in the series, so it makes sense.

Currently reading - and it's a barnstormer of a book so far!

[David]

Finished which is excellently excellent with a extra topping of extra-crunchy excellentness sprinkles and a cherry on top.

Just started

[Natasha]

Just finished Double Six by Debbie McGowan. Just started My Madder Fatter Diary by Rae Earl (this is volume 2. First was the ace My Mad Fat Diary).

[Roger]

Adele wrote: "Adele wrote: "Just finished reading Capital, it was OK, not overly enthralled by it & also have 2 others of his books to read. Think I will now start [book:The Shadow Project|687141..."

I've actually enjoyed all of Mariani's books, there's a novella too which is rather good.

[Lorraine]

Finished Sugar & Spice and started Terror's Reach.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

David wrote: "Finished which is excellently excellent with a extra topping of extra-crunchy excellentness sprinkles and a cherry on top..."

Oh Joe Abercrombie is FAB - have you read The First Law series?

[Jamie]

On the back of finishing the latest Ian Rankin I finally picked up Inferno. I suspect it's going to be very similar to his previous books but I can say so far that it's got a very nice cover and the boo itself inside the cover is also very attractive. Hopefully that won't end up being the most positive thing I have to say about it.

[Lexie]

Just finished Off with his Head, the latest in my Ngaio Marsh blitz. Just accidentally started The Bone People, which I missed first time round, and was interested to note that the word 'ngaio' appears in it - always good to have a bit of serendipity!

[Lorraine]

Half way through Terror's Reach,but i've put it to one side to read Cut Dead which is released today,only a few chapters in,but am enjoying it.

[Kath]

Lexie wrote: "Just finished Off with his Head, the latest in my Ngaio Marsh blitz. Just accidentally started The Bone People, which I missed first time round, and was interested to note that the word 'ngaio' app..."

Isn't it a kind of tree? Or did I dream that?

[David]

Rosemary (the Fourth Plinth) wrote: "David wrote: "Finished which is excellently excellent with a extra topping of extra-crunchy excellentness sprinkles and a cherry on top..."

Oh Joe Abercrombie is FAB - have you read The First Law series? "


Oh yes, indeedy. Lovely stuff. Although I did think the last of the trilogy wasn't as good as the first two.

[David]

Just finished which is, like it says. Nice and readable, although the actual readable bits stop at 68%, the rest being notes, index and so forth.

just started , even though I don't - as yet - have the seemingly-essential donkey and am unsure of whether kicking it is going to help, at least with the writing.

[Lexie]

Kath wrote: "Lexie wrote: "Just finished Off with his Head, the latest in my Ngaio Marsh blitz. Just accidentally started The Bone People, which I missed first time round, and was interested to note that the wo..."

According to the blurb inside my copy of Grave Mistake, it means a tree, a bug that lives in the tree, a light on the water, or 'clever'. In the case of the Bone People, it seems to be a tree!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Last night I finished 12th of Never - James Patterson. Now I am not sure what I am going to read, it's between a couple of ARCS lol.

[Karen]

Lexie wrote: "Just finished Off with his Head, the latest in my Ngaio Marsh blitz. Just accidentally started The Bone People, which I missed first time round, and was interested to note that the word 'ngaio' app..."

I noticed this month's read (for March) on the English Mysteries forum is a Ngaio Marsh! Enter a Murderer. Not read many of hers so I'll be giving this one a go.

[Tim]

Karen wrote: "I noticed this month's read (for March) on the English Mysteries forum is a Ngaio Marsh! Enter a Murderer. Not read many of hers so I'll be giving this one a go. "

I have an audio CD of that from yonks ago - think it must have come with a magazine or something. It was an interesting listen; a little dated, but quite well plotted. I suspect it was an abridged edition though.

[Lexie]

I must say that although they are dated, to me they are much better written than anything Agatha Christie did, but she has never received quite the recognition. Perhaps they are more subtle, or perhaps it's just me!

[Lynda]

I think that Ngaio Marsh, like Dorothy L Sayers, had delusions of 'Literature' - if I can call it that. I like both their books, but Marsh's works are often in written in such a way that the crime seems secondary. Sometimes the elucidation is so convoluted as to be indecipherable and I'm often left thinking, how? Why? But what I don't understand is...

Christie, on the other hand, was always the acknowledged mistress of the pure whodunit. Her books are, though, aren't just about clues. There is often a love story between minor characters, and a lot of humour, something that those who have never read her work (and still feel free to sneer at) don't realise or appreciate.

[Karen]

I think that's why I've never read more than a couple of D L Sayers/ Ngaio Marsh - I didn't connect with them in the way I did with Agatha Christie, and I devoured all of Christie's output having discovered her when I was about 12 or 13. Not sure if I reread AC now if I'd still feel the same connection, but they are 'historic fiction' in their way. It'll certainly be interesting reading the Ngaio Marsh now! A lot of hinterland that wasn't there before.

[Lexie]

I'm not sneering! I've read them all, several times, and own most of them. When I read my first one, aged eleven, I thought 'Ah! That's what I want to do!' She certainly had a formula that worked, and worked well enough to translate to the small and big screen. I agree there's humour and often a love interest, as there is in Ngaio Marsh, too. I just find the language and imagery more interesting and effective in Dorothy L Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. It's a matter of different tastes.

[Karen]

Quite agree. Don't think AC ever used imagery or any literary devices much! Might push NM up the TBR pile, just out of interest. My tastes hve evolved over the years and what I rate now is sure to be vastly different to what I loved years ago (hence some of the dilemmas on doing a 'fave books' quilt)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I've read Sayers and Christie, not heard of Marsh. Just finished my last Rosie Godwin, not sure whether to read Mary Higgins Clark or Jonathan Kellerman

[Michael]

I've posted my review for David Haynes' latest novel 'The Undertaker's Cabinet', like the authors other books I recommend this as a must read for all horror fans:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto

[Debbie]

Finished Jonathan's Hope by Hans M. Hirschi a couple of days ago, but was in London so I couldn't review it (my word, does tethering a mobile phone to a laptop eat up bandwidth!). I also met up with Hans whilst in London - he's a great guy and his books are wonderful, if not a little emotional! I ended up crying on the train, as that was when I reached the concluding chapter (that's something like 3 books in total that I've cried at now, one of which was I Woke Up This Morning (FRUGALITY: Book 3 by Stuart Ayris - much awesomeness!).

Just started The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon. I really do like Adrien English - this is book 3 of the series, so would recommend seeking out books 1 and 2 if you fancy this. It's nice, light reading - murder mystery, formulaic, not overly taxing. Just what I need!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Last night I finished Chasing Adonis - Gina Ardito and now reading Jack: Grime and Punishment - Z.A. Maxfield.

[David]

Just started , which is - it seems - about the hunt for Jack Reacher by the FBI, so if you like Lee Child's Jack Reacher - and who doesn't - this is very interesting.

Especially as it is the first book in this box set a bunch of twelve mystery/thrillers (10 novels & 2 novellas) for 49p on Amazon - a real bargain, judging by the first few chapters of the first one.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

David wrote: "Just started , which is - it seems - about the hunt for Jack Reacher by the FBI, so if you like Lee Child's Jack Reacher - and who doesn't - this is very interes..."

Sold!! I'm not doing well at not buying books this year.

[Joo]

Since the Mel Comley one in there is one that I don't seem to have, I've bought it too. Thanks David.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Joo The Grand Inquisitor wrote: "Since the Mel Comley one in there is one that I don't seem to have, I've bought it too. Thanks David."

I have it twice, both in collections!!

[Adele]

Right, I have a few. Just finished The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year one of the worst books I have ever read, and The Heretic's Treasure and All Of Me both excellent in their own different ways. Now starting Tuesday's Gone and The Trinity Game which is my the months book from the Kindle owners lending library

[Fiona (Titch)]

Totally agree on The Woman who went to bed for a year.

[Sam]

Me, too, about The Woman Who... I bought it for my wife, thinking I quite liked the sound of it (what a thoughtful husband). I made it to the end, but was thoroughly disappointed. Ah well, she's still written some very enjoyable books.

[Debbie]

Totally going to avoid The Woman Who... was never a Townsend fan anyway, but it sounds pretty dreary, which it pains me to say about any book, although she's made a few bob over the years, so I doubt she'll care!

Anyway, just finished The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon - book 3 of Adrien English. Just started Death of a Pirate King - book 4 of the same. It's addictive reading, but a lot like strawberry bubble gum.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just finished The Mysterious Affair at Styles, starting a Mary Higgins Clark omnibus, never read any of hers.

[David]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Totally agree on The Woman who went to bed for a year."

Glad to see it wasn't just me who found this one awful.

A great disappointment as I quite liked the (early) Mole and some of her other stuff.