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[David]

Gave up on Writing Success: Your Book from Start to Finish to Publication which was dull and tedious.

Started Plot Perfect: How to Build Unforgettable Stories Scene by Scene which has more going for it than the one above.

[Pat ()]

Started 1222 by Anne Holt. Got as far as the third chapter, seems OK at the moment,

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Christopher Galts sci-fi thriller 'Biblical: A Novel' (now called 'The Third Testament') and it's a cracking read:

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

[Anita]

Kath wrote: "I believe it's the second in that series but I didn't know that and it read very well alone. You might want to start from the beginning - and award yourself Smoke and Mirrors for New Year!"

Yes Zig Zag girl is the first, good idea I will start Smoke and Mirrors for the new year although if I find it really really good I won't wait for new year.

[Natasha]

Just finished My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Superbly written, but a bit of a slog.

Just started And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. 42% through. Excellent story.

[Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Superbly written, but a bit of a slog.

Just started And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. 42% through...."

Being made into a TV programme to be shown over Christmas, BTW. Boxing Day, I think.

[Damien]

Just finished 'Dead Wrong' by Helen Durrant.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Robert Reed's Marrow and it has some nice ideas. but fails to follow through with them:

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

[Lexie]

Doing one of my multiread sessions just now to clear a backlog: The Third Rule by Andrew Barrett; A Personal Devil (just finished the first one in the series and it was good enough); The Nicholas Feast; The Four Seasons Quest (again, quite enjoyed the first one and love her Pitkirtly series); Inquisitor; Cold Witness; The Fabric of Murder (just again finished the first in the series and found it heavy going but fair); The Butchered Man; A Much Arranged Marriage and The Ghost Fields.

[Jim]

sounds like an epic quest Lexie :-)
Anyway hope you enjoyed them all, a nice variety

[Stuart]

Just finished Beneath the Boards by David Haynes - review here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-r... Just started Myrddin's War by BJ Burton...

[Michael]

Stuart wrote: "Just finished Beneath the Boards by David Haynes - review here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-r... Just started ..."

Beneath the Boards is an excellent read.

[Stuart]

Michael wrote: "Stuart wrote: "Just finished Beneath the Boards by David Haynes - review here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-r......"

absolutely! I love David's victorian horror too. He is a versatile chap and a thoroughly decent one too!

[Michael]

Heh :-) I'm a bit of a David Haynes fan boy :-)

[Stuart]

Hah! Really want to meet up with everyone again! Those things just go by too fast!!!!

[David]

Hey thanks, Stu! Thats a fantastic review. Cheers!
Michael, I've said it before but you're a good man. And I'm looking forward to the next meet up. A cracking day was had!

[Stuart]

Pleasure mate!

[Michael]

Another meet up sounds like fun :-)

[Isobel]

I've just finished Go Set a Watchman and have started Before We Met by Lucie Whitehouse.

[Kath]

Hi Isobel - I only recently read To Kill A Mockingbird and i'm not sure I want to spoil that by reading Watchman.

I agree about Beneath the Boards and I loved BJ Burton's book too.

[Stuart]

BJ Burton is a man I have to meet next year!

[Kath]

He's a good lad! And yes to another meeting. I love you all!

[Michael]

But me the most right?

[Kath]

All of you the most! :)

[David]

Just finished A God in Ruins, which after a slow start tuned into something rather good. Although, I think I still prefer its 'companion' Life After Life.

Just started Annihilation .

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just started Flesh and Bone really enjoyed the first one

[Kath]

Just finished The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. I loved it utterly!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Natasha]

Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "Being made into a TV programme to be shown over Christmas, BTW. Boxing Day, I think. "

That's brilliant news, Geoff. Thank you. I don't have a TV, but I'll try and watch it on catch-up /on-demand. Is that possible??

Just finished And Then There Were None. Very clever and entertaining.

Just started A Time to Kill by John Grisham.

[Will]

Just finished Needful Things enthralling (except for the final climax). Loved the epilogue too.

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Kath wrote: "All of you the most! :)"

Can I tag along and be the quiet guy in the corner nobody's heard of? :-D

[Anita]

Kath wrote: "Just finished The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. I loved it utterly!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

That's high on my TBR list Kath, I didn't get on with Fingersmith very well but thought I would give her another try.

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Three words: .... Socko's ... First... Case!

Just started: everything else I've wanted to read since midway through the year ... Reviews forthcoming.

[Patti (baconater)]

Will wrote: "Just finished Needful Things enthralling (except for the final climax). Loved the epilogue too."

You mean you'd not read it before? Wow.

Been so long since I've read it, I could probably get away with a re-read.

[Loretta]

Just finished Few Are Chosen
So not my usual choice, but great fun.
Just started - to think about which book on my Kinde I'll read next.

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Will wrote: "Just finished Needful Things enthralling (except for the final climax). Loved the epilogue too."

You mean you'd not read it before? Wow.

Been so long since I've read it..."

didn't recognise the name, so clicked and realised it was Stephen King

[Patti (baconater)]

It's really good, Jim. You wouldn't enjoy it, though.

[Will]

I remember Needful Things from yonks back. As I recall, it's the usual Stephen King recipe of a fantastic premise and a stonking beginning which then wanders into a slightly lost middle and an unsatisfactory ending.

It's a bit like a tart on the Great British Bake Off. No, not that kind of tart. The kind with a fancy topping but a soggy bottom. You enjoy Stephen King's beginnings so much that by the time you get to the soggy bits you are prepared to cut him quite a lot of slack.

[Patti (baconater)]

He's got a new collection out. I want it.

[Michael]

Will wrote: "I remember Needful Things from yonks back. As I recall, it's the usual Stephen King recipe of a fantastic premise and a stonking beginning which then wanders into a slightly lost middle and an unsa..."

Sums King up perfectly. He does great characters, sets the mood up nicely, draws you in and then fails come the end. I still love reading his work though.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "Being made into a TV programme to be shown over Christmas, BTW. Boxing Day, I think. "

That's brilliant news, Geoff. Thank you. I don't have a T..."

It's a three parter being shown on BBC One, so you'll be able to watch it for 30 days on I Player

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Just finished New Year, New Hero by Susan Alison.

Susan wrote one of the first books that I bought for my kindle White Lies and Custard Creams: A Romantic Comedy and so I knew that I would enjoy this latest book, her sense of humour must match my own as I still find myself chuckling over a scene in that book where the heroine tries to bath her dog.

[Patti (baconater)]

I finished The Crying Tree earlier. Not a bad book of its type.

Then I read a short story Darren sent me. I do enjoy his short stories. He needs to get another collection published.

Then I looked at a few other books and couldn't settle on anything so I'm gonna re-read Paradise: A Chronicle Of A Distant World. If it's too familiar, I'll look for something else.

[Natasha]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "It's a three parter being shown on BBC One, so you'll be able to watch it for 30 days on I Player"

Marvellous. Thanks very much, Desley. So looking forward to catching this. It would be so skilful to pull off as a TV adaptation.

[Pat ()]

Stayed up to finish J A KerleyNo one will hear

Not for the squeamish but good!

[Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "Being made into a TV programme to be shown over Christmas, BTW. Boxing Day, I think. "

That's brilliant news, Geoff. Thank you. I don't have a T..."

A time to Kill was Grisham's first book and a real corker. The problem was, because of the subject, no one would publish it. It took The Firm, his second book, to establish him, then he was asked "you got any other stuff, John?"

Yes, it should be on catch-up.

[David]

Just finished Annihilation which I liked a lot. More towards the J.G. Ballard/Christopher Priest(ish) end of the SF axis, which I've always preferred to the Star Wars/Star Trek(ish) end.

So I'll be looking out for the rest of the series sometime.

Just started Cruel Justice prompted by Katy's reviews of the series & I'm really liking it.

So, another one where I'll be looking out for the rest of the series.

[Tim]

Michael wrote: "Kath wrote: "Just finished Cold Witness by Alex Roddie. Great short story in the sci-fi speculative spectrum.

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

I second ..."

Thirded. I stood outside in the cold and read this, while getting my car's brakes fixed (not out of any sense of trying to be immersive, but cos the garage's waiting room was closed for refurb! Nonetheless, it had the desired effect...) Very much reminded me of those pulp "Creepy Tales" stories I used to read as a kid. :)

[David]

Just finished The Name of the Wind

Loved it, once I got past the first 100 pages.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lexie]

Tim wrote: "Michael wrote: "Kath wrote: "Just finished Cold Witness by Alex Roddie. Great short story in the sci-fi speculative spectrum.

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

I downloaded this a week or so ago but there's something wrong with the file - odd letters scattered round the place. Has anyone else had this problem and should I tell Amazon or hit my laptop?

[Kath]

I'd let Amazon know. My copy was fine.