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[Jim]

Glad you liked it Kath. Tallis does seem to have taken on a life of his own somehow

[Kath]

I hesitate to say you've created a monster - but he does keep growing!

[Jim]

merely a jobbing poet, struggling to get by with a little help from his friends (wife, patrons, street urchins, dissolute poets, louche poets, passing mendicants..........)

[Kath]

The whole nine yards, as they say!

[Marc]

Kate Atkinson's latest, A God in Ruins Really didn't enjoy it at all. 2 stars

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim wrote: "merely a jobbing poet, struggling to get by with a little help from his friends (wife, patrons, street urchins, dissolute poets, louche poets, passing mendicants..........)"

and many females of slightly dubious virtue

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

L.A. wrote: "Just finished Aftermath and really enjoyed it. of all the Robinson books I've re-read so far (I'm doing them in order from the start) I have found this to be the best. A real page tur..."

I like Peter Robinson - haven't read Aftermath

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just started Conquering Darkness: Memoir of the Serial Killer's Wife

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Jim wrote: "merely a jobbing poet, struggling to get by with a little help from his friends (wife, patrons, street urchins, dissolute poets, louche poets, passing mendicants..........)"

and many females of slightly dubious virtue..."

It is surprising how many females of slightly dubious virtue a respectable man of letters manages to meet

[Pam]

Read The Company of Glory by Edgar Pangborn and reviewed it https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1308688030

[Kath]

Just reviewed (as I had an advance copy) John Bowen's Death Stalks Kettle Street. Great story ans some wonderful characters.

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

[Pam]

Read and reviewed Enigma by Robert Harris - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1396998907

[Pam]

Read Jonathan's A Christmas Outing and added a review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1835393669

[David]

Just finished Goodnight Lady which was pretty good.

Just started End of Watch.

[Kathy]

Just finished The Human Flies which was very absorbing though slightly unusual. Haven't quite worked out why yet. Just started Hotel du Lac and enjoying so far.

[Pat ()]

Just finished I enjoyed it

[Patti (baconater)]

I finished Brother Odd today too, Pat. Solid four stars from me.

I enjoyed it, too. The ending was intriguing, but I need a break from the series.

I've started Olive Kitteridge.

I'm sure I bought the paperback back in the Nigeria days. Must have left it behind without reading it as I've read 10% without it ringing bells.

I'm looking forward to being indulgent in my reading over the holiday.

I've told all my mates I'll not be proofreading thesises over the holiday.
I've also decided *gasp* I'm going to start charging for my services.

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I've also decided *gasp* I'm going to start charging for my services. ..."

too damned right, and money, in used notes, non-sequential, in the same envelope as the thesis.
Just in case they run out of money after you've done the work

[Patti (baconater)]

Yeah, won't be sending anything back until after I've been paid.

[Michael]

I've just posted my review of Shakespeare vs. Cthulhu by Jonathan Green, and it's an anthology based on a fun premise that delivers. A fun read:

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

[Kath]

Just finished a Christmas novella by Debbie McGowan. It's heartwarming but challenging too. Really worth a read.

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

[Stuart]

I've almost finished The Road to Los Angeles - the second in the Bandini Quartet by John Fante. Stunning, sad, harsh and beautiful.

[Terrence]

I wish to know members interested in the novels of Anthony Trollope. Trollope was a 19th century writer and his novels, mostly romance, are similar to those of Jane Austen. However, though Jane Austen wrote only some six or seven books, Trollope has written over a hundred.
Of his novels, I have just completed re-listening to “Framley Parsonage” and I am now re-listening “Doctor Thorne”.
Trollope is famous for his series of six “Barsetshire” novels, of which “Framley Parsonage” and “Doctor Thorne” form part, and for his series of six “Palliser” novels. I have the print, eBook and audio versions of all twelve books as well as those of some of his other books. They are all in the public domain. https://www.amazon.com/author/terrenc...

[Lexie]

I read Trollope's The Warden years ago and loved it, but haven't done more than listen to others on the radio. I always like what I hear.

[Elizabeth]

Trying to get hold of book no. 2 in the Frames series by Sue Perry

The thinking is that as it's free on the 16th it may be free for the UK sometime today, factoring in the Pacific time. However Kindle seem to have eaten the author, book one (which is also free for one day) and book two.

And Jim thought he had problems!

[Jim]

There is reputed to be a genuine case of a bishop who was interviewed on the radio and when asked how he liked to relax replied, "I love to go to bed early with a Trollope"

[Lexie]

I think John Major reprised that!

There was a brilliant BBC adaptation of The Warden years ago - early 1980s I think - with Nigel Hawthorne in it and I'm picturing Alan Rickman as Obediah Slope.

[Jim]

Just finished A Face Like Glass

My daughter loaned me it. A really good fantasy novel, or perhaps it's SF, who knows :-)

But one of the genuinely imaginative fantasy books, creating a very real world

[Kath]

A funny seasonal novella, one which you can well imagine on TV and can't help mentally casting - Coco Pinchard's Must-Have Toy Story (Prequel Novella) by Robert Bryndza.

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

[Karen]

Terrence wrote: "I wish to know members interested in the novels of Anthony Trollope. Trollope was a 19th century writer and his novels, mostly romance, are similar to those of Jane Austen. However, though Jane Aus..."

I did wade through the Barsetshire ones and the Pallisers years ago. I wouldnt quite call them romance though, more scenes from a particular section of contemporary life. Whilst entertaining, the books didn't quite have the same sharp focus as Austen's work. For me I feel that perhaps less is more.

[Terrence]

Lexie wrote: "I read Trollope's The Warden years ago and loved it, but haven't done more than listen to others on the radio. I always like what I hear."
You will love the other books of the "Barset" series even more. The eBooks are available free on Amazon and the audio versions are available free on Librivox

[B J]

Trollope was certainly prolific. I bought the 'complete works' (47 novels, short story collections, biographies, travel writing etc) from Delphi Publishing. It came with this warning:
"The Trollope eBook is our largest title in English and due to the sheer size in text content it can take some Kindle devices several days to finish indexing the title. Please don’t delete or alter the eBook during this time. It may be advisable to leave your Kindle plugged into the mains when not reading at this period. The file is fully tested and working correctly… Trollope was simply too prolific!"

[Lexie]

B J wrote: "Trollope was certainly prolific. I bought the 'complete works' (47 novels, short story collections, biographies, travel writing etc) from Delphi Publishing. It came with this warning:
"The Trollope..."

Wow! Though I bet Barbara Cartland could give him a run for his money.

[B J]

It's certainly an impressive volume of work, especially as he worked full-time for the Post Office until he was in his fifties and died in his sixties.

[Kath]

I hate to confess in such august company, that I couldn't finish The Warden. Never read any more of them, after this.

[Kath]

Just reviewed Darren Humphries' orc sequel An Orc Like Balrek. I loved it - it was easily as good as I hoped it would be. More of this sort of thing, please.

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

[B J]

Kath wrote: "I hate to confess in such august company, that I couldn't finish The Warden. Never read any more of them, after this."

I said the volume is impressive - I didn't say I thought it was any good! Much of it was written to be published in instalments and was targeted at a fairly undemanding market. There are lots of interesting, colourful characters, but the plots are thin and repetitive. IMHO, of course.

[Michael]

I loved the first book and really wanted to enjoy the sequel, but Metro 2034 proved to be a disappointment - which was a real shame.

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

[David]

Just finished End of Watch which I thought was good(ish), but not his usual standard.

Just started The Guards. We've been liking the TV versions of these, and the look of Galway, so I thought I'd give the books a go too.

[Pam]

Read book 2 of the five book second Amber sequence by Roger Zelazny and reviewed it here - why I won't read the rest

[Patti (baconater)]

I've just now finished Olive Kitteridge

It's a collection of short stories revolving around the title character. A lovely book. Sweet, sad. I thoroughly enjoyed it and expect several of you would enjoy it too. Do have a look at it and see if you fancy it.

I've no idea what to read next. I've only 315 books on my kindle at the moment...

[Kath]

Just finished The Transition by Luke Kennard. It's due out in January. Very interesting premise but the story left me hanging. I always suspect this means I've not understood it, but if I didn't, there'll be lots more people the same.

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

[Patti (baconater)]

I've decided to try The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

[Pam]

Finished Gillian Bradshaw's Hawk of May, first in an Arthurian trilogy. Sadly a bit disappointing - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1390905407

[Patti (baconater)]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I've decided to try The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry."

Not suiting my mood. Gonna try Odd Hours instead.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just finished Conquering Darkness: Memoir of the Serial Killer's Wife very hard to read for two reasons, partly because it's a memoir of not knowing you were living with a serial killer and the effect on her, and partly because she puts random words in capitals and abbreviations like IDK in random places. Not sure what to rate it. Need something lighthearted now so reading In Stitches

[Kath]

Just reviewed a couple of book - each brilliant in its own way.

Witness by Caroline Mitchell, is new out today and a stonking psychological thriller.

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

And a humorous mystery by Lynda Wilcox, queen of the genre - Long Deathly Christmas -

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

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Just finished
Goodnight Dear: The Unsentimental Diary Of A Bereaved Husband by Darren Humphries

Just started

The Angels of Lovely Lane by Nadine Dorries

[Lexie]

Just finished The Second Blast of the Trumpet (The Knox Trilogy which was a very good novel of the period, wearing its learning quite lightly. Reading a load of other things. Must get some more finished.

[Kathy]

Just finished Hotel du Lac which I loved. Its only fault was that it was rather short. I shall look for more books by this insightful and talented writer. Not sure what to read next - toying with Widows and Orphans which I have just bought and is offering the crisp anticipation of a new book's pages...