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[Lexie]

Tim wrote: "Rosemary (aiming to misbehave) wrote: "Rivers of London is a good series. Lost its way a bit around book 4 but back on track now I think. Wouldn't read them one after another as they are a teensy b..."

Didn't help that I then conflated Dave and Aaronovitch and ended up with David Aaronovitch, who is a slightly different writer. They're related though, I think, aren't they? Or is my mind just burbling away to itself again?

[Pam]

Finished The Mad Ship and completed my 100 book challenge, so very pleased.

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

For the armchair detectives among you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Forensic-Anal...

[Patti (baconater)]

Pam wrote: "Finished The Mad Ship and completed my 100 book challenge, so very pleased."

Congrats!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Pam wrote: "Finished The Mad Ship and completed my 100 book challenge, so very pleased."

That's fantastic!

[Karen]

Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "For the armchair detectives among you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Forensic-Anal..."

Thanks - too late though, I bought Val McDermid's Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime a couple of days ago - my Christmas treat to me : )

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "For the armchair detectives among you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Forensic-Anal..."

Forensic Anal !!! I didn't know you read books like that Geoff! ;0)

[Kath]

Bart Simpson said that the good thing about being a butt doctor was that you get to keep anything you find...

[Patti (baconater)]

I like you on whatever medication you're on, Kath.

[Kath]

Just coffee this morning, Patti - maybe I made it a mite too strong? ;)

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

Vanessa (aka Dumbo) wrote: "Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "For the armchair detectives among you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Forensic-Anal......"

We all have our hobbies, Vanessa, even if they are scatological.

[Patti (baconater)]

Geoff got a bucket of big words for Christmas.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Geoff got a bucket of big words for Christmas."

Along with his bucket of KFC?

[Patti (baconater)]

And now I want KFC.

You're a terrible influence, you know.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Good.

[Patti (baconater)]

Not gonna share my Brazil nuts with you. So there.

Just finished another of the Mike Resnicks I've been re-reading.

I'm gonna read the Botany of Desire now, I think. I fancy a bit of non-fiction for a change.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Don't like brazil nuts. Oh, I've just remembered I have cookies!

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Pam wrote: "Finished The Mad Ship and completed my 100 book challenge, so very pleased."

That's fantastic!"

Thanks Patti and Desley. I've been trying to downsize my (physical) book collection due to lack of space, so this challenge was my incentive to read a lot this year.

[Patti (baconater)]

Yeah, I've had to downsize my DTBs several times over the years so I can relate.

I've now got thousands of e-books.

Yay?

[Pam]

I have a small though growing set of e-books. I will be doing the challenge again in 2016 as I really do need to get through a lot of hard copy books.

[Patti (baconater)]

Dave checked earlier. We've got 11 500 e-books now.

Just completely redickalus.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

All those books and nothing to read....

[Patti (baconater)]

They're all crap. I'd much rather listen to music.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I'll sing for you.

[Patti (baconater)]

Ummm.

Go on then.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Actually, can I wait until tomorrow? I'm getting really tired and I want to go to bed.

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

Hilary Mantell's superb Wolf Hall is half price on Amazon today £2.49.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Hall-Tho...

[Jim]

Just finished Escape From B-Movie Hell

Cracking book, MTM done good

Buy it :-)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Dave checked earlier. We've got 11 500 e-books now.

Just completely redickalus."

Wow! Think I've got 937 on my kindle, but haven't switched the wifi on for a bit, so that could go up. Went through the unread paperbacks yesterday, only got rid of 3, and one will be lent to a friend

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just finished the book I started last year, Flesh and Bones. Not as good as the first one, I hate it when they accuse the main character, especially with some of the evidence they had.

First paperback of the year will be an Agatha Christie, can't decide on my first kindle book

[Lexie]

Just finished Mysterious Pitkirtly and The Butchered Man, and The Cartographer's Apprentice: Leave Them Wanting More and A Personal Devil, and The Fabric of Murder, over the last two days. Some reviewed, some reviews to follow.

[Will]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I think it was you, David. Was ages ago."

Could have been me too, as I really like the series.

[Will]

Jim wrote: "Just finished Escape From B-Movie Hell

Cracking book, MTM done good

Buy it :-)"

Seconded, I've just posted my review.

[Will]

Just finished The Travels Of Marco Polo The Venetian

Quite amazing, and gave me itchy feet and wanderlust.

Oh, and quite a lot of material to use.

[Patti (baconater)]

Finished Will's Portrait of a Girl last night.

I enjoyed it. Very moody.

Dunno what I'll read next.

[Kath]

Just finished A Man Called Ove. Not sure initially but after the first few percent I was converted.

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

[Michael]

In my first review of 2016 I look at the collection of Lovecraftian themed short stories Lovecraft Unbound, there's some good stories in there, but it has a number of issues too:

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

[Natasha]

Just finished A Time to Kill by John Grisham, which was a great read.

Just started The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thích Nhất Hạnh, which felt like a peaceful lead-in to the new year. ...

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

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished A Time to Kill by John Grisham, which was a great read.

Just started The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thích Nhất..."

Glad you enjoyed A Time to Kill, Natasha. You might also like A Painted House by Grisham. It moves him away from the law towards Steinbeck territory.

I'm afraid that I've rather departed from Grisham, as he has become quite stale over the years. In fact I gave one of his books a 1 star rating as it was basically the same story as another he'd written a few years earlier.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished A Time to Kill by John Grisham, which was a great read.

Just started The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thích Nhất..."

That is one of my favourite Grisham books, trying to get a copy of Sycamore Row. I haven't read one of his for years, but have one on my pile for this year

[Natasha]

Geoff, Desley, it is rare for me to read more than one book by the same author, even when I've really enjoyed a book. As they say: so many books, so little time. ...

[Will]

Patti, just had my copy of The Bazaar of Broken Dreams delivered. I'll star6 it in a day or so, after this Robert Rankin I'm reading

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Geoff, Desley, it is rare for me to read more than one book by the same author, even when I've really enjoyed a book. As they say: so many books, so little time. ..."

I find that really unusual!! Although I haven't for a few years, trying to hit various challenges.

[David]

Just finished rereading Rama II which was - mostly - uninteresting.

[Michael]

David wrote: "Just finished rereading Rama II which was - mostly - uninteresting."

It has its moments, but fell a little flat compared to the first book.

[David]

Michael wrote: "David wrote: "Just finished rereading Rama II which was - mostly - uninteresting."

It has its moments, but fell a little flat compared to the first book."

Yes. Once it gets to Rama it picks up a bit, but you get the feeling that they didn't really know what to do with it.

[Patti (baconater)]

Great stuff, Will!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[Will]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Great stuff, Will!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did."

Strangely, I bought my copy from ebay (as i normally do) and it arrived via Amazon. At a third of the best Amazon price.

[Patti (baconater)]

Wow!

Good stuff!

[Pam]

Finished Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant and started Full Dark House: