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[Kath]

Just finished The Tender Herb: A Murder in Mughal India by Lexie Conyngham.

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

Another corker and I can't wait for the next. If you read this, you'll see why.

Almost finished Canvey Island by James Runcie - I first came across him through a book group read and he's a very fine writer indeed.

This evening I should be starting Mary Fitzgerald's What Tomorrow Brings - which isn't linked on here yet.

[Steven]

just finished The paying Guests the new Sarah Waters nolel. really enjoyed this one a great story well written.
Now reading An Officer And A Spy by Robert Harris which is very good so far, about a period of French history I knew nothing about.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Plunder by Pilgrims, glad it was free as it was only 27% of the book. Not sure what I'm reading next

[Michael]

I've just finished reading the Dark Hall Press Cosmic Horror Anthology and it's a decent collection Lovecraftian style stories:

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

I'm now onto Drabbles 'N' Shorts by Rick Haynes - it's a fine mix of stories so far.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Drabbles 'N' Shorts by Rick Haynes and it's a fine collection of drabbles and short fiction. Worth buying for Alfred the Great on its own!

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

I'm now onto Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - it has been too many years since I last read this!

[M.A.]

Nice to have the time to read again after the renos. I've just re-read Linda Prather's Bet you can't... Find Me I love Catherine Mans the main character and just started a Michael Prescott novel Shatter. Great read so far.

[Adele]

Just finished The Maze Runner, very interesting first in the series and now reading the next in series The Scorch Trials

[David]

Im half way through Just What Kind of Mother Are You?, but I'm breaking off to read The Martian

[Patti (baconater)]

Yay David!

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Finished Ghostman. Great read, well worth looking at.

Just started an old Patterson novel I bought in a charity shop, one of the Cross series

[Fiona (Titch)]

Since I was last here I have read:

Black Swan Rising - Lee Carroll

The Watchtower - Lee Carroll

The Shape Stealer - Lee Carroll

Angel's Hero - Liz Borino

Angel's Truth - Liz Borino

The Gondola Maker - Laura Morelli

Chelsea Wives and Their Mistresses - Sarah Bramley

Private India - James Patterson

The Fetish Queen, Part One: Reborn - Nicole Camden

The 100 Society - Carla Spradbery

HOUSE OF STONE - Rene D. Schultz

The Fetish Queen, Part Two: Infamous - Nicole Camden

The Fetish Queen, Part Three: Cursed - Nicole Camden

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Wow. That's a lot of books!

[Fiona (Titch)]

4th July I last posted x

[Patti (baconater)]

Hi Fiona!

Lovely to see you!

I'm dead impressed that you've kept track of your reads!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Well I have a blog that I have to post my reviews on and I am also a member of Netgalley which is where most of my books are from :D

[Fiona (Titch)]

I am now reading Bound and Unbroken - Skye Callahan for a Netgalley review.

[David]

Just finished Crash, which turned out to be an excellent story with a great twist.

BUT:

The story ends at 75% on the Kindle.
A good chunk of that 25% of back matter is taken up with the starting chapters of another novel.

Both of these things are things that I - and many of you - find annoying, turning what would have been a 4 or even 5 star book for me into a 3 star book.

Just started Red Light, which is the third in the so-far excellent - and bloody - Katie Maguire series.

[Kath]

Make sure you mention that if you review. :)

[Michael]

I hate padding at the end as well. A brief mention is fine but a quarter of the book length is crazy.

[David]

Kath wrote: "Make sure you mention that if you review. :)"

I did and I did.

[David]

Michael wrote: "I hate padding at the end as well. A brief mention is fine but a quarter of the book length is crazy."

What is annoying is that there is a great twist in the story and you are expecting something else to happen with 25% of the book to go... and then it is over.

[Kath]

Just finished Canvey Island by James Runcie. I read his East Fortune for our book group and although I marginally preferred that, this is a good read. He's excellent at drawing characters who you can like initially then go off - and vice versa.

[Rosen]

I just finished My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher. I recommend it for anybody who liked The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Lovely Bones.

[Kath]

I loved The Curious Incident - Hated Lovely Bones!

[Rosen]

Ooh! I dunno what to suggest then. This one is devoid of ghosts - if that helps.

[Steven]

just finished An Officer and A spy by Robert Harris which was excellent. a real case of truth sometimes being more shocking than fiction. great insight in to a period of history I knew nothing about.
Now reading Because She Loves me the new book by Mark Edwards.

[David]

Just finished Red Light which is very good indeed (3rd book in a very good series) - not for the squeamish, though.

Just started The Heroes.

[Kath]

I'm currently reading - in fact, not far from the end of - What Tomorrow Brings by Mary Fitzgerald. Stonking book set at the time of the Spanish Civil War and the start of the Second World War. Not all fighting - it's the story of a trainee journalist and what she sees and becomes involved in.

[Natasha]

Just finished Candide by Voltaire, 1759 French satire. It was good fun.

Just started The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain.

[Kath]

Just finished Mary Fitzgerald's book What Tomorrow Brings which was excellent. Even the big publishing houses don't catch all the typos though! Really well worth a read.

Just started The Mountain and the Flood by Sheila Perry. It was written some years ago and postulates an independent Scotland. Strangely topical!

[Fiona (Titch)]

I've finished Bound and Unbroken - Skye Callahan. Now I am reading Welcome to the Dark House - Laurie Faria Stolarz.

[Steven]

just Finished because she loves me by Mark edwards. a really enjoyable psychological thriller with a good twist at the end.
now reading The Monogram Murders the new poiret novel by Sophie Hannah which came out today.

[Guy]

Kath wrote: "Just finished Mary Fitzgerald's book What Tomorrow Brings which was excellent. Even the big publishing houses don't catch all the typos though! Really well worth a read.

Just star..."

You are a real expert at catching those typos Kath. One suspects that even books released from the big publishing houses don't go through the rigorous checks they once did.

[Kath]

I'd always assumed they had several pairs of eyes over them. I know that when I and a couple of others beta read for people, we all catch different things. You each have certain things that leap out at you. If they just give it a single edit it's not going to catch everything. It's a shame because lots of indies would love to have a publisher - this was Arrow books, part of Random House - and yet you're possibly not getting as good a deal as you think.

[Lexie]

I've probably said before that someone I know who wrote a history relating to Buddhism found that his professional editor at a well-known publishing house changed all the ADs and BCs around, leaving the Buddha living backwards!

[Kath]

Neat trick, if you can do it! ;)

[Jim]

Worked for Merlin :-)

[David]

Finished The Martian. Record time for me. Best book I've read in ages. Completely gripping.

I'm going to concentrate on getting some writing done for now.

[Michael]

David wrote: "Finished The Martian. Record time for me. Best book I've read in ages. Completely gripping.

I'm going to concentrate on getting some writing done for now."

My favourite book of the year so far, although Jonathan Hill's FAG is in close second.

[Natasha]

David wrote: "Finished The Martian. Record time for me. Best book I've read in ages. Completely gripping."

Easily my favourite book so far this year, David.

[Michael]

I've just finished re-reading Neil Gaiman's wonderful dark fantasy Neverwhere:

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

I'm now onto Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon and it's off to a good start.

[Adele]

Just finished The Scorch Trials and went immediately onto The Death Cure, an excellent ending to the trilogy.

Not starting anything new until I have finished at least two of the four books currently on the go

[Patti (baconater)]

Has anyone put The Martian in our best books thread?

I hope so. Cuz I'm too lazy.

Bought a book today on the reccie of a ten year old and am gonna start it in a few minutes. I'm hoping it's a good'un.

Wonder

[Kath]

Just finished The Mountain and the Flood which is excellent. An independent Scotland, twenty - five years down the line, battered by climate change. Funny and thought provoking.

[Steven]

I've put the new poirot novel to one side and started Edge Of eternity by Ken Follett. it's the last book in his Century Trilogy and wasn't due out until next Tuesday! was delighted to wake up today therefore with it on my kindle! not sure if amazon made a mistake or if they just took pity on people like me who've been waiting impatiently for it to come out! it's 17000 locations so I may be gone some time.

[Jonathan]

Currently reading Before I Go To Sleep

[Karen]

Didn't know there was a new Poirot out so will have to go shopping! I've abandoned a couple of books recently that didn't grab me, but am now reading The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea and so far I'm really enjoying it. The writing is excellent.

[Patti (baconater)]

Just finished Wonder. Lovely little book. So very heart warming!

Will probably look at a dipper book now. And nap.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Olaf Stapledon's stunning masterpiece Star Maker. Find out why I enjoyed it so much here:

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

I'm now onto Whisper by Michael Bray.

[Adele]

Just finished Hollow City, unbelievably great & eagerly wanting to know when 3rd one out, Ultimatum, really enjoyed this and finally, Singing to a Bulldog: Life Lessons a Fellow Janitor Taught Me: My Journey from Happy Days to Hollywood and Beyond, unfortunately not as good as I hoped it would be.

Still reading Easy Kill and Gray Redemption