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[Kath]

Just finished a book due out on Oct 20th The Best Friend - a chilling psychological thriller. Great thriller if you're into these. I loved it.

[Lexie]

Just finished Full Dark House, the first Bryant & May. Not quite what I expected, more serious and melancholic, but I enjoyed it very much and thought the portrayal of wartime London was very good. Now reading, of course, A Creative Crime, which is well up to the usual standard for a Pitkirtly event! Also reading some others, can't remember offhand what. Doesn't bode well.

[Pam]

Lexie wrote: "Just finished Full Dark House, the first Bryant & May. Not quite what I expected, more serious and melancholic, but I enjoyed it very much and thought the portrayal of wartime London ..."

I wasn't so keen on that one but loved number 2 in the series.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

No one can strike a light to Bryant& May!!! ;-)

[Pam]

No they're great aren't they?

I've just finished Death in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

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[Kath]

Just finished and really enjoyed All Fall Down by Tom Bale. Really good, exciting thriller.

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Just started A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale. Wonderful writing so far - I'm about a quarter in.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just started Unbillable Hours: A True Story

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm reading Blacklands.

Excellent thriller.

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm reading Blacklands.

Excellent thriller."

It is.

I've read a few of her books now and they've all been very good.

[David]

Just finished rereading Keep the Aspidistra Flying . I remembered the protagonist as an annoying git, but I'd forgotten just how annoying he actually is.

But he does grow up in the end - so maybe there is hope for all of us.

Just started rereading The Hot Rock, the 1st of Westlake's Dortmunder & Kelp books. I remember them as wonderful things, so see how it goes.

[Kath]

Just finished A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale. Brilliant writer - this is up for my best read of the year.

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[Kath]

And I heartily recommend Lad by Andrew Webber. A funny look at the lad culture through the eyes of Danny, an estate agent.

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[Patti (baconater)]

I finished Blacklands. It was a solid four stars.

I've returned to The Book of Evidence as I'm now on holiday and can properly enjoy it without distraction. The writing is simply gorgeous.

[Kath]

Just finished a couple of books - enjoyed both immensely.

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201... - sixth in the Pitkirtly mysteries.

and http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201... - sequel to the most unusual and rather lovely Alien Love Story (Which is free for a few days at the moment).

[David]

Just finished No Name Lane which was pretty good, getting better as it went along.

Just started The Corporal's Wife. It's been a good few years since I last read a Seymour book. About time I had another go.

[Kelly]

okay, I have no idea how to post the book links!

Recently finished Broken Faces by Deborah Carr. Set during the first World War and appealed to me because it's set in Jersey as well as London and France. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

About to download the latest JD Robb "In Death" and get stuck into that.

[Lexie]

Kelly wrote: "okay, I have no idea how to post the book links!

Recently finished Broken Faces by Deborah Carr. Set during the first World War and appealed to me because it's set in Jersey as well as London and ..."

Just click on 'add book/author' just above the box you're typing in, and search for the one you want!

[Kelly]

Lexie wrote: "Kelly wrote: "okay, I have no idea how to post the book links!

Recently finished Broken Faces by Deborah Carr. Set during the first World War and appealed to me because it's set in Jersey as well ..."
Ahhhh brilliant - thank you so much Lexie.

[Lexie]

Kelly wrote: "Lexie wrote: "Kelly wrote: "okay, I have no idea how to post the book links!

Recently finished Broken Faces by Deborah Carr. Set during the first World War and appealed to me because it's set in J..."

:-)

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Just Finished

The Amber Keeper by Freda Lightfoot

Just Started

Black Butterflies by Sara Alexi

[Pam]

Finished book 1 of Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy Fool's Errand.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Stephen Baxter's Proxima, and I loved it - it's a damn fine sci-fi read :-)

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[Lexie]

Just finished Shirley McKay's Candlemas: The Crackling House and Lammas, two of her short Hew Cullan stories in a collection of five marking the feasts of the year. These are great bite-sized little plots full of character.

[Patti (baconater)]

Not having much time to read so far this holiday.

At the moment I'm reading The Catcher in the Rye.

It's one I wasn't forced to read in school, so I thought I'd give it a go as its a set book at our school.

It's fairly crap, in my opinion.

Why study this book when there are many better books in the genre out there???
It's also extremely dated and culturally specific.
I'll skip read it to the end to get it over with.

[Jim]

I didn't even bother skip reading it, I just abandoned it for a better book (It's not difficult to find a better book)

[Kath]

If you enjoy short stories - and when they're well done, I do - the BBC National Award winners for last year are very good indeed.

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Just started My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by the man who write A Man Called Ove,

and Black Pine Creek by David Haynes, who never lets you down if you enjoy being unnerved!

[Natasha]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Why study this book when there are many better books in the genre out there???"

Ooh, could you give us a couple of examples, Patti?

[Patti (baconater)]

Just google 'books about dysfunctional teenagers', Natasha.

I expect there's hundreds of them.

[Natasha]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Just google 'books about dysfunctional teenagers', Natasha.

I expect there's hundreds of them."

Found a Goodreads list, Popular Troubled Teens Books:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

I've only heard of two of them:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, which I loved. But I wouldn't say the main character was dysfunctional, or even overly troubled.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, about anorexia, which I found really dull.

[Harry]

Just finished Proof of Passing
The stories of visitors to a hidden cave from Neanderthal times to the present. The cave is silent for 20,000 years except for occasional visits by hunted people who seek sanctuary. In all that time the cave hears voices on only four occasions and each time it witnesses true humanity. I'm so pleased I found this story, and hope it is better known. A thrilling page-turner.

[Elizabeth]

Just started The Illegal Gardener on recommendation - I'm not usually too keen on novels written in the present tense, but this is shaping up to be that unusual thing - a both informative and enjoyable read.

[David]

I found The Illegal Gardener a great read, Elizabeth.

I just finished and loved Blood Lines

[Lexie]

Elizabeth wrote: "Just started The Illegal Gardener on recommendation - I'm not usually to keen on novels written in the present tense but this is shaping up into an interesting read."

I hate books written in the present tense - Hilary Mantel had to do a great job to keep me reading Wolf Hall and the sequel. It puts me off the otherwise excellent Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway mysteries.

[Pam]

Read book 2 of Robin Hobb's Tawny man trilogy - The Golden Fool .

[Jim]

Just finished One Man and His Bike

I enjoyed it, about a chap who just decided to cycle round the coast of the UK. I found I was reading it in big chunks because I was carried along by the story

[Kath]

Just finished Black Pine Creek by David Haynes. I keep saying 'his best yet' and he keeps rising to the challenge!

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[Harry]

Had a week indoors with a cold - so finished In the Mouth of the Lion
Fascinating. It kept me reading till late. You feel a distinct chill in the presence of Hitler . . . and the ghastly, evil Himmler brings a shudder. A well crafted story from which I learnt yet more new slants on the struggles of WW2.

[Michael]

I've posted my review for Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl, and it's a fascinating world, but is doesn't quite deliver.

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[Pam]

Finally finished volume 4 of the Amber series by Roger Zelazny - The Hand of Oberon.

[Kath]

Just finished My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman. Charming in shedloads (with some wonderfully annoying characters). It's not A Man Called Ove - you can't follow that. But a darned good read - 4*

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[Stevo]

Reread Dracula, then some Dickens ghost stories and now onto the ever great Frankenstein.

[Elizabeth]

Just finished Loreless by P.J.Whittlesea. It's a small book covering a vast subject but succeeds in conveying the atmosphere of the Australian aboriginal life both before the invader arrived, and since.

[Michael]

I've just posted my review for Angel Manor by Chantal Noordeloos, and it's a fantastic horror read with a finely balanced blend of gore and atmosphere:

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[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finally finished The Retribution quite curious to see if there are any further books in the series with how this one ends. Also over half way throughUnbillable Hours: A True Story - not fully understanding some of the legal terms

[Kath]

Just finished Echoes by Laura Tisdall. Internet hacking story but a new slant for me. Excellent stuff.

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[David]

Just finished The Substance Of Civilization which was interesting, but rather dated now.

Just started The Brain: The Story of You, so I know what to do with it if I ever get one.

[Kath]

New out today - The Best Friend - a chilling psychological thriller by Shalini Boland. Great story.

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[David]

Just finished The Corporal's Wife , which was curiously uninvolving compared to others of his I've read.

I am disappoint.

Just started The Spirit Box which is pretty good so far, equal to if not better than other Gallagher books I've read.

[Kathy]

Just finished . Really unusual book but I enjoyed it. Cleverly written and very absorbing. Now reading , a very different sort of book!