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[Pat ()]

Just read I love this series.

[Noorilhuda]

Just finished

[Pat ()]

Listening to read by Paul Michael
What a lovely Dark Chocolate Brown voice he has. I could listen to him forever!

[Pam]

Just finished

[Natasha]

Just finished the rather fabulous Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote.

Just started the promising Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

[Kath]

Just finished The Old Man and the Sea
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
which didn't bowl me over, prizewinner or not.

[Pam]

Finished New Terrors 2 , volume 2 of the anthology.

[Jane]

Failure. I couldn't finish Warrior in BronzeWarrior in Bronze.

I think it was me, but my problem was there was too much 'I should have killed him/her as I found out later' that annoys me almost beyond bearing. I want to read without too many coy hints about the future.

[Pam]

Finished Sorrow's Light and about to start the same author's Darker than the Storm

[Patti (baconater)]

Jane wrote: "Failure. I couldn't finish Warrior in BronzeWarrior in Bronze.

I think it was me, but my problem was there was too much 'I should have killed him/her as I found out later' that an..."

Oh, that sounds annoying. Foreshadowing should be much more subtle.
Then we readers can congratulate ourselves on clever we are when something we just know is going to happen, happens.

[Jim]

Warrior in Bronze is one of Shipway's books I haven't written. The problem with writing about somebody historical is that the educated reader knows how the story is going to end anyway

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Sleep Tight still debating whether to give it 5* or 4*. Another solid enjoyable book from Rachel, cleverly done and loved the channel isles references

[David]

Just finished Somewhere to Hide , which was okay.

Just started The Monkey's Raincoat, the first in the Elvis Cole series - apparently.

[Michael]

I've just finished Neal Asher's latest release War Factory and it's a cracking action sci-fi read:

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

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just started Titanic 2012

[Pam]

Finished Darker than the Storm

[Guy]

I just finished by Elmore Leonard.

Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Elizabeth]

Just finished Career of Evil (book club read). I don't feel driven to read the first two Cormoran Strike books - but I will probably read the next to find out how the main character relationship works out (or not).

Just started The Wrong Stuff. It has been niggling at me to find out what happens next to the Pan of Hamgee...

[David]

Just finished The Monkey's Raincoat which I thought was very good indeed. I shall be looking for others in the series.

Just started Dying Light.

Finished Writing a Killer Thriller: An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction which was pretty good.

Just started Story Structure Architect: A Writer's Guide to Building Dramatic Situations and Compelling Characters

Also finished rereading The Complete Works again.

[Jane]

Just finished An Inquisition of Demons
An Inquisition of Demons

Just started Stone of Tears
Stone of Tears

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Carole Gill's Circus of Horrors, and it's a bit of a mixed bag, but does contain some quality horror moments:

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

[Pam]

Finished The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich.

[Theweebarrell]

Just finished down among the dead men by Kerry Wilkinson, really enjoyed it

[David]

Also just finished Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty , which was interesting.

Just started The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life.

[Patti (baconater)]

Dave said the Enron book he read recently was really interesting and quite frightening. You'd probably find it interesting, David.

I'll get the title off him when he wakes up.

[David]

When anyone mentions Enron I get this stuck in my head:
https://youtu.be/dqgtsai2aKY

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Jason K Lewis's story Paradise, and while it's well written, it's really the first few chapters of a book that isn't out yet:

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

[Patti (baconater)]

David wrote: "When anyone mentions Enron I get this stuck in my head:
https://youtu.be/dqgtsai2aKY"

Ha!

This is the book.

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "David wrote: "When anyone mentions Enron I get this stuck in my head:
https://youtu.be/dqgtsai2aKY"

Ha!

This is the book.

[book:The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fal..."

Looks interesting. I think I have heard of it before. I've added it to my wish list.

[Natasha]

Just finished Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

Just started Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt. Funny!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Reading The Reaper - Steven Dunne.

[Theweebarrell]

reading the madam by Jaime Raven

[Joo]

I just started American Gods by Neil Gaiman
It's not wonderful, but is readable. It's blummin long though :)

[Elizabeth]

Joo wrote: "I just started American Gods by Neil Gaiman
It's not wonderful, but is readable. It's blummin long though :)"

I liked American Gods, but in general I find him a very self-indulgent writer - for that very reason I disliked his collection of short stories.

[Patti (baconater)]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

Just started Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt. Funny!"

I tried a Tom Holt and found it decidedly un-funny.
Perhaps I'll give the one you just finished a try.

As I mentioned in Darren's thread, I've started Heart-Shaped Box

It's very good so far.

[Natasha]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I tried a Tom Holt and found it decidedly un-funny.
Perhaps I'll give the one you just finished a try."

I've been told that Doughnut is the one to avoid, Patti. I've not read any of his others.

[Patti (baconater)]

The one I read had sausage in the title. Can't recall what exactly the title was.

[Natasha]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "The one I read had sausage in the title. Can't recall what exactly the title was."

Two duff ones by Tom Holt? Yikes.

[Joo]

I read Tom Holt's earlier books when I got into Pratchett and Rankin. They were hit and miss.
I liked his Portable Door series.
I read Doughnut a month ago and had to look to see what it was about. I gave it 4 stars as I quite liked it.
I see I gave Sausage 3 stars. I think it was a bit messy.

[Patti (baconater)]

Dunno if you'd not enjoy it. All I can say is I didn't.

[Lexie]

I've just had some messy sausages for dinner. They were yummy.

[Pam]

Read two Cornell Woolrich, though one's a short story - The Phantom Lady and Rear Window.

[David]

Just finished Dying Light which was excellent. Highly recommended.

Just started The Silver Pigs, looking interesting.

[Kath]

I love the Falco stories, David.

[Kath]

Just finished Danger by Association: The Riverhill Trilogy: Book 3 which was a great and exciting climax to the Riverhill Trilogy. A great look at the gangster culture from the point of view of the women in their lives.

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

[Heather]

Kath wrote: "Just finished Danger by Association: The Riverhill Trilogy: Book 3 which was a great and exciting climax to the Riverhill Trilogy. A great look at the gangster culture from the poin..."
Thanks, Kath, much appreciated. :)

[Pat ()]

Listened to and by Jim Butcher.
GP was the start and SK was the finish. Was interesting and I was happy enough with them. Pleasant voice.

[David]

Kath wrote: "I love the Falco stories, David."

I thought I'd seen someone on here mention them, but I couldn't remember who it was.

I'm only a few pages or so in, but it is looking good.

[Kath]

She's excellent on the history but carries it lightly. The humour is great and I love the characters.

[Jane]

Needed cheering up because of an atmosphere of fear and vitriol. So.

Have just reread Tom Sharpe's brilliant Blott on the Landscape

If there was a way to give six stars I would. I feel Immensely cheered.