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[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished two books today, The Mermaids Singing, which I have apparently read and A Land of Ash which was an interesting short story collection about different people's experiences of a volcanic eruption.

Now reading a Lee Child book in paperback, and My Sister's Keeper which has very mixed reviews

[David]

Just finished Hold Tight which was pretty decent.

Just started Invasion.

[David]

Just finished Invasion which was a pretty decent alien invasion book, although it is part of a series and does end with something approaching a cliffhanger.

Just started The Wee Free Men which is Pratchett.

[L.A.]

They say its for kids, but I loved it!

[David]

It is a very good book.

[Kath]

I did too - the other Tiffany Aching books are equally good. Kids shouldn't get all the best stuff! Crivens!

[David]

I dinna ken

[Kath]

Recently finished - A Shroud of Night and Tears by Lucas Bale - http://www.ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk...

Elysian Wonderland by Stuart Ayris - http://www.ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk...

and the final book in the Time Hunters series by Carl Ashmore. http://www.ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk...

All excellent - all very different. Take your pick!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Finished Accidentally in Love with...a God? - Mimi Jean Pamfiloff. Now I am reading The Doll's House - M.J. Arlidge.

[Lexie]

David wrote: "I dinna ken"

Ah! Speaking my language! I love the Wee Free Men.

[David]

Lexie wrote: "David wrote: "I dinna ken"

Ah! Speaking my language! I love the Wee Free Men."

It is a great book, I'm now looking forward to the other books with them in.

[Lexie]

Currently reading No More Tears by Andrew Barrett, and The Purging by Richard Fisher. No More Tears is the third in the Dead Trilogy and you really need to have read the first two to have any idea what's happening, but I'm really looking forward to the resolution of the series - the main character is very strong. The Purging, a police procedural, has a very interesting multi-denomination background and is based on the current debates in British Christian churches - good stuff so far! And when I see a crime novel reviewed in the Church Times I'm always intrigued!

[Michael]

I've just finished reading I, Hell, a collection of horror short stories from Ben Stevens. It's a decent, but slightly uneven read:

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

[Kath]

A fantastic set of stories by the Murray of Letho lady, Lexie Conyngham. Some are Murray stories but not all. A great selection.

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

[Lexie]

Thanks, Kath! Just this minute put them on Smashwords and Kobo, too.

[David]

Just finished The Wee Free Men which - or witch - was an excellent thing.

Just started Pines, which starts very well. Intriguing.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just picked up An American Girl in Italy - Aubrie Dionne that I got off Netgalley.

[Renata Ruby]

Just started A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, it is very catholic, and entertainig if a little disturbimg

[Renata Ruby]

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

[Lexie]

Just finished The Purging, and about to start (I think) the first Pitkirtly book by Cecilia Peartree.

[Kath]

Just finished The Evolved by Simon Jenner. Fantastic!

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

Edit to say I was so excited after that, I forgot to addmy Just started! It's

A Single To Filey: A DCI Tony Forward Novel by Michael Murray, who is a fine writer whatever he writes about. Enjoying this already.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I'm listening/reading Daddy's Home - A.K. Alexander as well.

[Joo]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Finished A Brother's Debt - Karl Jones."

I deleted all my reviews and copies relating this "person".
His being a plagiarist is the teeniest of his crimes.

[David]

I finished Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing Which was okay.

Just started The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller which seems more weighty than the above, which - coincidently - recommends this one.

[Kath]

Joo wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Finished A Brother's Debt - Karl Jones."

I deleted all my reviews and copies relating this "person".
His being a plagiarist is the teeniest o..."

So did I.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Kath wrote: "Joo wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Finished A Brother's Debt - Karl Jones."

I deleted all my reviews and copies relating this "person".
His being a plagiarist is th..."

Kath, yours was still there when I last looked xxx

[Kath]

Just discovered one was still on GR. It isn't now.

[Joo]

I discovered a free for the weekend book (it's gone up to a massive 99p now) Wizard's Brew. It looks a silly one about junior wizards and things going wrong. It's quite fun so far. It does remind me a bit of Tung and Madrick from Ken Magee's books.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oh that looks fun, I could just do with a bit of light silly reading. So I went and bought it.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Yesterday I finished Daddy's Home - A.K. Alexander. Now I am listening/reading to The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson. Still reading An American Girl in Italy - Aubrie Dionne.

[David]

Just finished Pines , which I thought was a very excellent thing. Very intriguing right up to the end - recommended.

Definitely will go on to the rest of the series.

Just started The Back Road, which I've been looking forward to since I read the first one of the series.

[Joo]

Rachel Abbott's 4th book Stranger Child is just 99p today.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

David wrote: "Just finished Pines, which I thought was a very excellent thing. Very intriguing right up to the end - recommended.

Definitely will go on to the rest of ..."

I read The Back Road while on holiday, really enjoyed it, hope you do too.

[David]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I read The Back Road while on holiday, really enjoyed it, hope you do too."

I certainly liked the first one. I haven't read much of this one yet, but it is shaping up nicely.

[Patti (baconater)]

On a colleague's reccie, I've started The Enchanted.

Only 5% so far but I'm very much enjoying the writing style.

[Kath]

Just finished A Single To Filey: A DCI Tony Forward Novel by Michael Murray. A lovely, complex crime/whodunit with a satisfying ending.

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

Just starting - a beta read ...

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Scott Nicholson's horror novel 'The Red Church' and it's an excellent book - check out my review here:

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

[Patti (baconater)]

I've read a few Scott Nicholson books. He's quite prolific. Gotta say his stuff is quite variable, from quite good to frikken dire.

[Anita]

Just finished Ghostly Paws a nice light read.
Just startedA Song of Shadows and Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty enjoying both up to now

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I've read a few Scott Nicholson books. He's quite prolific. Gotta say his stuff is quite variable, from quite good to frikken dire."

I'll remember that when I read one of his books next year, if it's dire I'll give him another chance

[Patti (baconater)]

You'll which is which from the reviews, Desley.

[Michael]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I've read a few Scott Nicholson books. He's quite prolific. Gotta say his stuff is quite variable, from quite good to frikken dire."

I've only read a couple so far and they've been good. Hopefully I'll continue to dodge the duff ones!



I've just posted my review for Gord Rollo's short story Peeler. In short it's a damn fine horror tale:

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

[Natasha]

Just finished the nonsensical, rambling One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez.

Just started the utterly gripping and wonderful The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.

[Kath]

I rather enjoyed The Girl on the Train but some reviewers have been a bit sniffy about it. I'll be interested in your views.

[David]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished the nonsensical, rambling One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez.

Just started the utterly gripping and wonderful The Girl on the Train ..."

I reread 100 years recently. I vaguely remembered liking it the first time round, decades ago, but this time I couldn't see what it was I liked about it at all. I gave up reading it for a while about halfway through, then went back and finished it, but I don't know why.

The Girl on the train, I do have waiting to be read though.

[Jim]

Just finishedComrade Don Camillo(mine's a hardback I picked up for 10p, a double volume with Don Camillo And The Devil

If anybody has never come across these stories, there's a wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Camillo

I read them first back in the late 60s and loved them then and still do.

[Natasha]

Kath wrote: "I rather enjoyed The Girl on the Train but some reviewers have been a bit sniffy about it. I'll be interested in your views."

12% in, Kath. Loving it so far. I'll report back!

[Natasha]

David wrote: "I reread 100 years recently. I vaguely remembered liking it the first time round, decades ago, but this time I couldn't see what it was I liked about it at all. I gave up reading it for a while about halfway through, then went back and finished it, but I don't know why."

As one reviewer put it: "One Hundred Years of Torture" :-)

[Lexie]

Just finished George Milne, Cat Detective. Not sure whether I liked it or not, so shall ruminate before reviewing.

[David]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "As one reviewer put it: "One Hundred Years of Torture" :-)"

Sounds about right.