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[Pat ()]

Partway through (audible companion book) .

[Lexie]

Stayed up finishing both Silent Court and An Invasive Species. Good in different ways. Started Now is the Time: haven't read any of his before and I'm pleased to find he has a decent narrative drive along with the scholarship.

[Kath]

On my blog today - a treat for thriller readers. Alan McDermott starts a new series with Trojan. Bang up to date and convincingly scary.

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

[Pam]

Read a slightly spooky tale - The Ghost On The Hill and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1844809694.

[Patti (baconater)]

I read about 50 non work related words this week. :(

[B J]

Finished Cold Granite and started Northanger Abbey - that's the Val McDermid version.

[Pam]

Finished a darkly humourous horror tale The M.D. which unfortunately fell apart in the last third as I've explained - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1877788731

[Pat ()]

Just finished The Silent Twin ok but I worked out who the baddy was quite early on. this is book three, I haven't read the first two.
I am reading The Girl In The Ice at 45 % also ok.

I have read the first two, but forgot everything about them. Is that my bad memory or were they forgettable?!

[David]

Just finished Dead Girls Dancing which is yet another excellent Katie McGuire book.

Just started What Alice Knew.

[Pat ()]

Finished Yes, happy with this one.
Started

[Michael]

I've just reviewed The Evolutionary Void by Peter F Hamilton, and it's a cracking read with everything I love about a great sci-fi read:

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

[Stevo]

Yesterday I finished State of Flux (an indie novel) and moved onto The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge which seems pretty good!

[David]

Just finished Philosophy, which was a pretty decent general introduction type of thing.

Just started The Secret History of the Blitz.

[Kathy]

Just finished A Landing on the Sun which was excellent. Just started All Passion Spent

[Karen]

Have finished The Facts of Life and Death which was a little slow, but developed nicely. A real return to form I thought. I have also just finished In a Dark, Dark Wood which was also a good read, and kept me gripped! Have now started Sun at Midnight - a bit stodgy at the moment, not sure where it's headed, but I'll hang on in there.

[Pam]

Finished The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood and reviewed it https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1693679832

[Pam]

This wasn't on my TRB but a friend passed on a copy. Got pulled in and finished it today - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1877789809

[Patti (baconater)]

Today I'll mostly be reading Swimmy

[B J]

I gave up on Val McDermid's Northanger Abbey. Now reading Tooth and Nail an early John Rebus novel that I'd somehow missed.

[Kath]

Just finished Tiger in a Cage by Allie Cresswell. Lovely writing but a little slow at first. Four stars from me.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jim]

Catalin wrote: "I am currently reading The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.
A bit lengthy, but interesting. You have to be focused in order to understand it.



Best."

If you're reading the book, you might want to read a little further, after all it's a 1976 book and science has moved on somewhat. To give you a feel for the debate

https://www.geneticliteracyproject.or...

[Elizabeth]

Just finished My Husband's Wife. Some clever twists but no likeable characters.

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Dry is one of the best books I've read in ages and it's hard to believe it's Aussie author Jane Harper's debut.

It's terrific - a solid 5★ read! It's such a relief to discover there are still wonderful new writers coming along.

I reviewed it and included some quotes to give a feel for the story.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Patti (baconater)]

I read I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato today.

[Lexie]

Love the way she does the artwork.

[Patti (baconater)]

I finally finished the second MacBride. Can't say I was impressed. Two stars.

I started a Koontz short story I got as a freebie.

[Kath]

Just finished Home by Kate Hughes. It has a different cover here. It's a lovely story about what constitutes 'home' and how you make the agonising decision that someone in your family can no longer live there.

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

[David]

Just finished What Alice Knew -dire. One of those you keep reading in the hope of something happening, then when it doesn't you wonder why you bothered.

Just started Aberystwyth Mon Amour.

[Pam]

I don't seem to have mentioned that I read Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks, a very disappointing book - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1883937254.

[Patti (baconater)]

Pam, you write great reviews.

Have you read A Journal of the Plague Year?

I dipped in and out of it several years ago and recall it being quite interesting.

[Patti (baconater)]

B J wrote: "Finished and enjoyed That Still and Whispering Place. Now started Cold Granite. Everyone else seems to have read it, so I thought I'd better catch up."

Have you finished Cold Granite yet, Beej? What did you think?

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm trawling back through the posts, looking for something to read today.

I've no idea what I'm in the mood for. Something deeply engrossing, of course.
And shortish. I'd love to read an entire story today.

[Elizabeth]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm trawling back through the posts, looking for something to read today.

I've no idea what I'm in the mood for. Something deeply engrossing, of course.
And shortish. I'd love to read an entire st..."

I should imagine by now you've already picked something, but Void will keep you reading - if you haven't already read it!

[B J]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "B J wrote: "Finished and enjoyed That Still and Whispering Place. Now started Cold Granite. Everyone else seems to have read it, so I thought I'd better catch up."

H..."

Yes, finished it a while ago. I had mixed feelings about it. It felt as if there was a desperate attempt to keep the reader's attention by making the crimes and scenes as gruesome as possible. Some of the writing I found irritating. For example, the decor of a house was described and was followed by a one word sentence: Tasteful. There was no indication that this was the thought of any of the characters, so I was left with the impression that it was the author throwing in a snobbish opinion. The whole thing lacked the authority and conviction of Rankin's Rebus novels.
But writers usually improve with practice and his later books may be worth another look.

[Patti (baconater)]

I found the second book a terrible let down, Beej.

I've started To Kill a Mockingbird. I *think* I've read it before but if so, it's lost in the mists of time. Or midst of time, if you prefer.

[B J]

Oh well, maybe I'll forget my idea about writers improving with practice.

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm gonna have to try Rankin.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

You've not read Rankin???

[Patti (baconater)]

Nuh uh. I've now downloaded Knots and Crosses.

I'll read it when I finish TKaM.

[Lexie]

McBride does improve again, give him a chance! Second book syndrome, I think.

Just finished Something Wicked: New Scottish Crime Fiction, which was published in 1999 before Stuart McBride, Peter James, James Oswald, and so on. Some of the contributions are excellent (Chris Brookmyre's in particular) and some are very flat, from authors who've never touched a crime novel, I think.

[Patti (baconater)]

Perhaps I will at some point, Lexie. I'm rather off him at the moment, though.

[Pam]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Pam, you write great reviews.

Have you read A Journal of the Plague Year?

I dipped in and out of it several years ago and recall it being quite interesting."

Thanks Patti!

No I've never read that one although it is on my radar. I've added it to my TBR on your recommendation.

[Pam]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Nuh uh. I've now downloaded Knots and Crosses.

I'll read it when I finish TKaM."

I read a lot of Rebus novels some years ago pre GR. Not sure they get in their stride to begin with but some of the later ones are really good. Off the top of my head, Resurrection Men, The Falls, Black and Blue. I know I read them in order to get the full effect of how they get better. Be prepared though that Rebus is a miserable b****d but that's part of his charm ;-)

[Elizabeth]

Pam wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Nuh uh. I've now downloaded Knots and Crosses.

I'll read it when I finish TKaM."

I read a lot of Rebus novels some years ago pre GR. Not sure they get in t..."

Haven't forgiven him (Rebus) yet for thinking the milk delivered outside his local shop is fair game...

[Patti (baconater)]

Today we read Sky Color

[Kathy]

Just finished All Passion Spent. Just started Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story.

[Lexie]

Pam wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Nuh uh. I've now downloaded Knots and Crosses.

I'll read it when I finish TKaM."

I read a lot of Rebus novels some years ago pre GR. Not sure they get in t..."

Am I the only one to think that the main problem with Rebus is that Ian Rankin is one of the most over-hyped writers in the field? He's credited with all kinds of things that others have done better or before. But I agree that when I sit down with a Rebus I generally enjoy it.

Maybe it's just a pet gripe that I should leave in its cage and watch its diet.

[L.A.]

I prefer watching the Rebus on the TV to the books. Not sure why, nothing wrong with the books. Just finished which I really enjoyed even though I did have to suspend disbelief at one point for a while. Just started [bookcover:Caedmon's Song|377912 which I'm enjoying so far. It is one of Peter Robinson's stand alone books set in the fish and chip land of Whitby. (So far at least)

[PattyMacDotComma]

LOVED To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey, whose first book, The Snow Child, made the short list for the Pulitzer Prize. I haven't read it yet, but after having read this, I sure will!

This one is a solid 5★ and it has a gorgeous cover.


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

[Patti (baconater)]

Today we read A Bad Case of Stripes