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[Patti (baconater)]

I read Sardonyx Net years ago.

What didn't you like about it, Pam?

[Pat ()]

I am 44% into a book by JAClement. The Song of the Ice Lord.
It is wonderful. I can only say it has touched my soul. Twice so far the tears have fallen, but it is not a sad book, I can say no more for I have yet to finish it and must do so right now.
Thank you J A C. Song of the Ice Lord

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oh thanks Pat - I read her earlier stuff. I've just bought that.,

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm starting to get fed up with The Goldfinch.

It could do with a damn good edit. Pages and pages of the same shit over and over again.
And I'm starting to really hate the main character. I want to slap him upside the head.
Dave finished it this morning. I asked him if the ending was good and he said 'Hmmmm'.

I'll probably skip read the rest of it.

[Read On!]

Just finished
As I've not read any spy novels before I'm not sure how this rates, but I found it quite educational as I know very little about the Vietnam War and it engaged me enough to actively go out and do some research on the subject.
It started off with a bang and then most of it was a slow burner until the end when it went a bit surreal.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

David wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "David wrote: "I like both authors."

I hadn't really heard of Martina Cole, but I saw her name in a Best Crime & Thriller Authors of All Time list: http://blog.whsmith..."

Ooh, thanks for that - there are 4 o haven't read, I have books by 2 of those though, surprised how high James Patterson got

[Lexie]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm starting to get fed up with The Goldfinch.

It could do with a damn good edit. Pages and pages of the same shit over and over again.
And I'm starting to really hate the main character. I want t..."

I dipped in and out of this when it was BBC R4's Book at Bedtime - it seemed to go on for weeks about much the same stuff. Not as good as her previous ones, I reckon.

[Pat ()]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Oh thanks Pat - I read her earlier stuff. I've just bought that.,"

I have finished it, read to the early hours, really enjoyed it.

[Pam]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I read Sardonyx Net years ago.

What didn't you like about it, Pam?"

It started off in a way that really bored me, can't exactly explain why but it seemed as if it was going through the motions. Then I got to the slave/abuse bit and lost patience, had a flick through and got the gist. A society that thrives on slavery and even the 'sympathetic' woman character is keen to keep it going and has a relationship with her slave. Seemed exploitative. Reminded me of those dodgy 70s novels Kyle Onstott and some other people whose names I forget wrote about slavery in the deep south.

[Patti (baconater)]

I expected it'd be dated.

[David]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Ooh, thanks for that - there are 4 o haven't read, I have books by 2 of those though, surprised how high James Patterson got."

Me too. I've only read one of his - can't remember which one. It was okay, but nothing special.

Although, my current favourite Crime & Etc author - Belinda Bauer isn't on the list, they are quite a few others on there I do like.

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

David wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Ooh, thanks for that - there are 4 o haven't read, I have books by 2 of those though, surprised how high James Patterson got."

Me too. I've only read one of his - can..."

They should have our Andy Barrett on the list. His books are great!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Vanessa (aka Dumbo) wrote: "David wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Ooh, thanks for that - there are 4 o haven't read, I have books by 2 of those though, surprised how high James Patterson got."

Me too. I've only read on..."

I have some of his but not read any

[David]

Vanessa (aka Dumbo) wrote: "They should have our Andy Barrett on the list. His books are great! "

Another one I have got around to yet.

[Joo]

The talk of Tom Holt has made me decide to read the one I've kindled recently Doughnut
I'd read some of his mythology ones a long time ago and enjoyed them but they weren't Robert Rankin
Then I got in to the Portable Door ones and enjoyed them.
I like the not quite mundaneness of his stories.

[Lexie]

True!

There's a certain amount of James Patterson worship over on the Crime forum - never read any myself.

[Elizabeth]

I've managed one of James Patterson's novels but found his short sentences like reading a child's Ladybird book. My brain couldn't cope with the halt at all the full-stops.

[David]

Just finished The Mermaids Singing , which was pretty good stuff, although I had a good idea where it was going by the halfway stage.

Just started Persuader.

[David]

Elizabeth wrote: "I've managed one of James Patterson's novels but found his short sentences like reading a child's Ladybird book. My brain couldn't cope with the halt at all the full-stops."

Yes. That's all I remember from the one of his I read. Short sentences, small paragraphs and a lot of white space around them.

[David]

Elizabeth wrote: "I've managed one of James Patterson's novels but found his short sentences like reading a child's Ladybird book. My brain couldn't cope with the halt at all the full-stops."

Not a fan of that style, but I wonder, is that what appeals to most readers? He's certainly not short of fans.

I can't get along with Karin Slaughter either. The two of her's I've tried to read have sentences that just don't flow, and read more like a series of blunt statements. She also has plenty of fans.

[Elizabeth]

David wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "I've managed one of James Patterson's novels but found his short sentences like reading a child's Ladybird book. My brain couldn't cope with the halt at all the full-stops."

Not ..."

I haven't read any of hers, but if that's the case, I probably won't bother.

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

David wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "I've managed one of James Patterson's novels but found his short sentences like reading a child's Ladybird book. My brain couldn't cope with the halt at all the full-stops."

Not ..."

I like Karin Slaughter. But it's good that we all like different things though.
I can take or leave James Patterson.

[Noorilhuda]

just finished Jane Eyre.

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

and just started: Negotiating the Siege of the LAL MASJID

[Patti (baconater)]

The short sentences and what-not make the books 'page-turners', I think.

[David]

Just finished rereading Darkness at Noon , not as good as I remember, but I think the last few times I read it was before the fall of the Berlin Wall, when it was still sort of contemporary.

Now rereading one of my all-time favourites: The Godfather. The filum is excellent, of course, but I still like the book better.

[Pam]

Read numbers 8 and 9 of the Bryant and May crime series, Off the Rails and Bryant and May and the Memory of Blood .

[Natasha]

Just finished The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse, which was wonderfully amusing, brilliantly written.

Just started Affinity by Sarah Waters, which is intriguing already at 6% in.

[L.A.]

I have just finished The Improbability of Love (a worthy read) and am just starting The Green Road. It's prize nominee reads for me this month.

[Pam]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse, which was wonderfully amusing, brilliantly written.

Just started Affinity by Sarah Waters, which is intriguing..."

Fantastic book Natasha.

[Jane]

Just re-reading Sherri S Tepper. Land of the True Game. A trilogy I love although it reminds me how very good fantasy can be, and makes me aware of my own limitations as a writer.
King's Blood Four
Necromancer Nine
Wizard's Eleven

[Pam]

Read those many years ago and loved them though I don't really remember much sadly with my faulty 'book memory'.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finally finished Mary Poppins, got a tad boring with 6 books. Will hopefully finish my paperback as well, that's been hard going too

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Thank you!

Otherwise I have to open a new page to see what the book is. And I'm lazy. :)

You want a cookie or some bread pudding when it's ready?"

Count me in for some bread pudd - I haven't made any for ages.

[Pat ()]

Finished Fool Moon by Jim Butcher I enjoyed it.
Also finished Dragon Moon not as good.
still reading Windcatcher, this one is good too.

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Thank you!

Otherwise I have to open a new page to see what the book is. And I'm lazy. :)

You want a cookie or some bread pudding when it's ready?"

Count me in for some ..."

Ooh bread pudding...that reminds me of a Tony Hancock sketch...the Radio Ham, I think it was. "Do you want sugar on it?"

[Patti (baconater)]

Can't be arsed to go upstairs and get my kindle.

That tells you just how much I'm enjoying The Goldfinch.

Got too much time invested in it to give up now though. Only 15% left.

I'm hoping that it'll finish at 90%. Never thought you'd hear me say that, did you?

[David]

Just finished Persuader which was pretty good.

Just started Evil Games, the second in the series. Really liked the first one and spotting all the local references.

[Pam]

Catching up, have read The Invisible Code , then Diana Wynne Jones' Cart and Cwidder and now Rebecca Tope's A Cotswold Killing

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Just Finished:-

A Greater World by Clare Flynn

Currently Reading:-

Blott on the Landscape by Tom Sharpe

[Pat ()]

Just finished Lost Girls, Brilliant!

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Pat (Scorpio) wrote: "Just finished Lost Girls, Brilliant!"



- is it this one (about Neverland)?

[Lexie]

Just finished The Man From U.N.D.E.A.D. - The Curious Case Of The Kidnapped Chemist and Juggling Balls, both great fun!

[Joo]

Lexie, I agree.
T4bsF Tom Sharp is on a level of funniness almost on his own. I loved his Wilt books. Must read them again.

[Jim]

Yes Tom Sharp doesn't seem to get the recognition now that he ought to.
I loved his South African stuff as well

[Pat ()]

T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Pat (Scorpio) wrote: "Just finished Lost Girls, Brilliant!"

IT's this one sorry for the confusion

- is it this one (about Neverland)?"


Lost Girls

[Pat ()]

Half way through Good as always

[Patti (baconater)]

I finally finished The Goldfinch yesterday.

I really can't not recommend it enough.

I've started a Tom Holt. Can't recall the title. It has the word sausage in it. The first chapter featured a philosophical pig.

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I've started a Tom Holt. Can't recall the title. It has the word sausage in it. The first chapter featured a philosophical pig. "

I've read that. I liked it, can't remember what it is called though.

There have been a few times when I've thought about reading the Goldfinch, but I haven't yet succumbed.

[David]

Same here on The Goldfinch. Down the pile it goes.

[David]

Just finished Evil Games which I liked a lot. It is set in the Black Country, mainly around the area where I live.

Just started Black Cherry Blues the 3rd of his Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux books.