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[Karen]

Lexie wrote: "It is good, isn't it? I liked the way he skirted round Cadfael without ever quite going there."
Absolutely. I love trying to picture where he is - my home territory, Shropshire and mid Wales.

[David]

Just finished The Lords' Day, which was pretty decent, but still not as good as House of cards.

Just started The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, which is nice.

[Michael]

David wrote: "Just started The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, which is nice."

That's a fun read.

[David]

Michael wrote: "David wrote: "Just started The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, which is nice."

That's a fun read."

It is looking good so far, only managed the first chapter though.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Michael Patrick Hicks' sci-fi thriller Convergence and enjoyed it a lot. You can read my review here:

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

[Kath]

Just finished two books, a collection of short stories and a single short story (allegedly).
All I want for Christmas by Claudia Carroll, advertised as a seasonal short story, jumped from one Christmas dinner to another, giving us within about 20 pages, three couples or families. It was naturally superficial and I couldn't care about any of them.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The second, This Is How You Disappear by Allen Miles, a book of stories of varying length, although a touch rough around the edges, was a really meaty read and I enjoyed it.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Steven]

heven't posted here for ages so... recently read The Killing by David Hewson which is a novelisation of the Danish tv series. i really enjoyed it and have books 2 and 3 to read at a later time. alsread The Fourth Estate by Jeffrey archer. certainly not one of hist best, but still enjoyable enough. lamentation by CJ Sansom is the latest in his Matthew Shardlake series and I think it might just the best so far.
I've alsread Maureen's Christmas Carol by Jonathan Hill which was great Christmas fun. lastly, just finished MA Comley's latest Forever Watching you, a crime thriller which just a little bit of the supernatural throne in.
Now reading Sacrifice by Paul Finch.

[Lexie]

Just finished Lost Soul, the first in the children's Satylea series by Dot Taig. Intriguing science fiction/fantasy and I'll be reading the next one where the action moves from Satylea (our moon) to the Earth. Will review shortly. Now I've just started my first Camilla Lackberg (yes, I'm slow!), The Ice Princess, and was forty pages in before I'd even realised. Some quirks in the language but I suspect that's the translator: everything else is whizzing me along.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I've just finished my QI book, slightly disappointed that it finished at 70% though.

[David]

Just decided to give up on One Hundred Years of Solitude. Funny thing - when I first read it all those years ago, I remember really liking it. This time around totally bored by it.

Just started The Indie Author Power Pack: How To Write, Publish & Market Your Book, rereading Write. Publish. Repeat. which is the first book in the pack. This one is still good second time around.

[Patti (baconater)]

I read some of Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America on the flight and a few pages since.
Can't say I'm terribly impressed. All he seems to be doing is whinging about how horrible everything is. His stuff usually gives me a laugh or two.

Meh.

[David]

Just finished The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents which was excellent - of course.

Just started Nightmare, With Angel which has started well.

Just finishedCrisis? What Crisis?: Britain in the 1970s which was very good indeed.

Just started The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch which is looking interesting.

Recently I also readTechniques of the Selling Writer which is one of the best books I've read on writing and the mechanics of story and would highly recommend it, if it was't so ridiculously expensive - even on Kindle - for book that was written in the mid-sixties.

[Natasha]

Finished Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Didn't like it. Also, in a book about books, not a single female author was mentioned. Tut.

Currently reading How To Market A Book by Joanna Penn. Am none the wiser so far.

[Steven]

recently finnished Sacrifice by Paul Finch. also, Bad Girls by Michael Chambers. I picked this up last year for free. the plot was very silly, but the characters were likable and I have to admit I enjoyed it a lot! Now reading Dead Gone by Luca Veste.

[Clodagh]

I've just finished 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I've read it before but could never remember the title or the author, just the word 'chronicle'. Re reading a book is a different experience. When I first read it I remember being bowled over. This time it was more a quiet appreciation of the writing. So spare. So effective. I have only just finished but want to read it again!

[Clodagh]

Catalina wrote: "I have just finished Change of Heart and as always i was not disappointed. In the beginning i was reluctant to pick up the book, as the theme did not appeal too much to me, but after..."
I read 'Extremeely Loud and Incredibly Close' some time ago. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. It is one of those books that really stand out, like one of my latest reads 'We are all completely beside ourselves.' So different and so amazing.

[Clodagh]

Melvyn (Melcom) wrote: "Just finished Barchester Towers for the second time and enjoyed it much more on this occasion. I'm working my way through The Barchester Chronicles - years ago I'd read the first two books and rem..."

I'd like to read them again too. I read them all when I was a teenager. Encouraged by this discussion I will look at the blurb for In the Blood - so good to hear what others are reading.

[Marc]

just started The Power of the Dog

[Tim]

Just started Foxglove Summer

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished 106 Bones, wasn't impressed. Started 2 kindle books today, read 15% of the first one and wasn't hooked, I'm up to 7% of the second and not sure.

[Lexie]

Clodagh wrote: "Melvyn (Melcom) wrote: "Just finished Barchester Towers for the second time and enjoyed it much more on this occasion. I'm working my way through The Barchester Chronicles - years ago I'd read the..."

Is this the Steve Robinson In the Blood? It's good, and so's the sequel, but the third one left me cold.

[Shirley]

First Night of Summer

****5 STARS****A must read for crime mystery readers.

[Steven]

just finished Dead Gone by Luca Leste enjoyed this one.
Now reading Bad Blood by Casey Kelleher which is good thus far.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Brandon Zenner's 'The Experiment of Dreams' and it was an interesting read, although the ending fell a little flat for me. You can read my review here:

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

[David]

Just finished Nightmare, With Angel, which - like most Stephen Gallagher books - was an excellent thing.

Just started Heretic.

[Jonathan]

Just finished a couple of cracking books.

The Not So Secret Emails Of Coco Pinchard
A Gathering of Ghosts

Reviews here:
http://www.100wordreviews.com/blog/th...
http://www.100wordreviews.com/blog/a-...

[Michael]

Jonathan wrote: "Just finished a couple of cracking books.

The Not So Secret Emails Of Coco Pinchard
A Gathering of Ghosts

Reviews here:
http://www.100wordreviews.com/blog/th......"

I enjoyed a Gathering of Ghosts a lot.

[Ty]

Reading Jack Kerley's The Apostle

[Patti (baconater)]

Thoroughly enjoying Fuel to the Fire. I need peace n quiet to lose myself into it properly but it's so good I was able to disappear into on Easyjet flights.

Now there's high praise.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Thoroughly enjoying Fuel to the Fire. I need peace n quiet to lose myself into it properly but it's so good I was able to disappear into on Easyjet flights.

Now there's high praise."

David will be right chuffed to hear that.

[David]

He is indeed chuffed; thanks, Patti.

Maybe I could get Easyjet to endorse it as an optional extra.

[Patti (baconater)]

Free tattoo with every download?

Free tattoo and deodorant?

Free tattoo, deodorant and parenting lessons?

Actually, I'm not being fair. It was cold enough that I wasn't subjected to flabby tattoos.

[Lexie]

Oh, thank heavens for Good Reads UK Kindle forum after watching several people tear shreds off each other via LinkedIn. Happy Christmas to all!

Just finished Camilla Lackberg's Ice Princess and on to her Preacher - excellent stuff. Hope to be able to take a break tomorrow and stick a short story on my blog. Ho, ho, ho ... lots of Christmas stuff still to go ...

[Jim]

My LinkedIn connects are remarkably placid, never a peep out of them :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim wrote: "My LinkedIn connects are remarkably placid, never a peep out of them :-)"

I've forgotten my LinkedIn password, and I can't be bothered to retrieve it.

[Patti (baconater)]

What's a linkin?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "What's a linkin?"

http://static1.gamespot.com/uploads/o...

[Patti (baconater)]

Thanks

[Joo]

I finished and absolutely loved The Martian by Andy Weir
It had been on my periphery and then I saw I could get it for free if I asked nicely on Netgally. So I did and it was addictive.
I was reading it on my ski holiday and every time I was putting my ski boots on I'd think of Mark Watney kitting himself up to go out onto Mars' surface. It wasn't quite the same, but I felt his discomfort :)

[Patti (baconater)]

Yep, great book that one.

[Lexie]

Jim wrote: "My LinkedIn connects are remarkably placid, never a peep out of them :-)"

Lucky you - don't go near the Historical Fiction forum, whatever you do. They have teeth!

[Jim]

Lexie wrote: "Jim wrote: "My LinkedIn connects are remarkably placid, never a peep out of them :-)"

Lucky you - don't go near the Historical Fiction forum, whatever you do. They have teeth!"

Fear not, I shall take your warning to heart :-)

At least on author forums we're all desperately trying to appear nice people so people might pity us and buy our books......

[Lexie]

Sadly these are authors, too. Maybe they want us to buy their books out of sheer terror!

[Jim]

Historians channelling their inner Genghis?

[Lexie]

I fear so! Makes me distinctly nervous!

[David]

Just finished Heretic, which was the usual Bernard Cornwell kind of thing.

Just startedFingersmith and I'm now nearly almost certain I haven't read this one before.

[Lexie]

Just finished Camilla Lackberg's The Preacher and went straight on to The Stonecutter - great stuff.

[Martin]

Just finished David Morrell's Brotherhood of the Rose .

Just started Marko Kloos' Terms of Enlistment .

[Kath]

I finished Death at the Happiness Club just before Christmas but I've been away so only just got the time to post. It's very good indeed!

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

[Clodagh]

Lexie wrote: "Jim wrote: "My LinkedIn connects are remarkably placid, never a peep out of them :-)"

Lucky you - don't go near the Historical Fiction forum, whatever you do. They have teeth!"

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