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[Pat ()]

Finished listening to .
Interesting twist at the end.

[Stevo]

Finished: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly.
Started: Illuminae.

[Kath]

Pat (Scorpio) wrote: "Finished listening to .
Interesting twist at the end."

I enjoyed this one, Pat. She's a great writer.

[PattyMacDotComma]

There seems to be renewed interest in Anthony Trollope's works, so I read a book of six of his short stories, Selected Short Stories.

I like short stories and had never read Trollope. Can't say I was crazy about these, but he did have a way with words, so I quoted some bits I liked. I think fans of Jane Austen will probably enjoy Trollope.

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

[Lexie]

Just finished Few Are Chosen (always a late adopter) and Grave Doubts, and a couple of days ago Something Wicked: New Scottish Crime Fiction (I accidentally bought it against my new year resolution to finish what I have, or at least make a dent in my TBR heap). Haven't started anything new: still reading Now is the Time and a few others.

[Kath]

I love Jane Austen but Trollope drives me mad with boredom. Can't analyse why, but that's how it goes.

[Patti (baconater)]

Today we read Crafty Chameleon

[PattyMacDotComma]

Kath wrote: "I love Jane Austen but Trollope drives me mad with boredom. Can't analyse why, but that's how it goes."

Indeed it is, Kath. She seems to have kept a more universal appeal, I think.

[L.A.]

Just finished and started by Peter Robinson. Caedmans song was interesting and I enjoyed it, even though it had close similarities with one of the DI Banks stories, which is interestingly discussed in an Afterward at the end of the book written by Robinson.

[Bev]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "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 wrote: "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 though..."

Patti (baconater) wrote: "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."

One of my favourite books and I would love to be rediscovering it. I often think it would be great if there was a device which washed the knowledge of a loved book out of your head so you could have the pleasure of finding it all over again.

[Bev]

Just finished the new Rivers of London book "The Hanging Tree" and about to start "The Things We Learn When We Are Dead" by Charlie Laidlaw.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished The Devil's Teardrop enjoyed it but only gave it 3*, enjoyed some of the twists

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Bev wrote: "Just finished the new Rivers of London book "The Hanging Tree" and about to start "The Things We Learn When We Are Dead" by Charlie Laidlaw."

I would be interested to know what you think of the 2nd of those, Bev. I have mentioned it to a couple of people on another forum, but I haven't read it myself.

[Bev]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Bev wrote: "Just finished the new Rivers of London book "The Hanging Tree" and about to start "The Things We Learn When We Are Dead" by Charlie Laidlaw."

I would be interested to know what you thi..."
I love them and have all of them. Moon Over Soho moves the story along while still being a complete story. As I said, I like all of them, but I think my favourite so far is The Foxglove Summer.
I do wonder how well they play outside the UK, they are very British in character, to be honest they are London in character. If you know the city (and I do), it adds to the pleasure. Having said that, Foxglove Summer is set in Herefordshire :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Sorry, I meant the 2nd book in your post - "The Things We Learn When We Are Dead" by Charlie Laidlaw.

I might have a look at the Rivers of London ones though.

ETA I just bought the first one. The description is intriguing!

[Bev]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Sorry, I meant the 2nd book in your post - "The Things We Learn When We Are Dead" by Charlie Laidlaw.

I might have a look at the Rivers of London ones though.

ETA I just bought the first one. Th..."
They are excellent.
As for the second one, I'm about to begin. I've never heard of him before, but he came up on a feed from Jodi Taylor, another favourite author, and she was recommending him, so I thought I would give him a try. It looked different, which is always appealing.

[Patti (baconater)]

I read the first Rivers of London. Didn't get on with it. Dave really enjoyed the series, though.

Today we read a non-fiction book about materials.

[Bev]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I read the first Rivers of London. Didn't get on with it. Dave really enjoyed the series, though.

Today we read a non-fiction book about materials."
Can I ask what materials?
I'm a quilter amongst other things, so "material" sort of means fabric to me, which is always a subject dear to my heart, but my husband does things with wood ( don't ask me what) so it can also be that.

[Kath]

Just reviewed (I finished it in December as I had a pre-publication copy) The Transition by Luke Kennard. Sounded excellent, started so well and the subject is an intriguing one - but the ending was rushed and a let-down. I see the kindle book is £8.99 too, which I think is taking the wee-wee a bit.

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

[Lexie]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I read the first Rivers of London. Didn't get on with it. Dave really enjoyed the series, though.

Today we read a non-fiction book about materials."

Love the Rivers of London series - hilarious, and accurate Latin. What more can I ask?

[Kath]

Cake!

[Pam]

Read a Diana Wynne Jones book - Deep Secret and reviewed it https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1893696156

[Patti (baconater)]

Bev wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "I read the first Rivers of London. Didn't get on with it. Dave really enjoyed the series, though.

Today we read a non-fiction book about materials."
Can I ask what materi..."

Materials in the true sense of the word. Wood, paper, plastic, metal, glass...
And their properties. Soft, hard, smooth, rough...
Reminds me.
Must sort out a display over the weekend.

[Bev]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Bev wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "I read the first Rivers of London. Didn't get on with it. Dave really enjoyed the series, though.

Today we read a non-fiction book about materials."
Can I ask..."
That sounds delicious.

[Patti (baconater)]

If you (or anyone else) have any ideas for the display, please share!

I'd like it be very tactile and interactive. I've got about 1.5 metres of wall at child height to work with.

[Lexie]

Kath wrote: "Cake!"

Can I have crisps instead, please?

[Kath]

Cake and crisps!

[Lexie]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "If you (or anyone else) have any ideas for the display, please share!

I'd like it be very tactile and interactive. I've got about 1.5 metres of wall at child height to work with."

What about hand shapes for the materials? Some you could cut out, some you could put an empty hand shape (if you see what I mean) over (glass, metal, etc.) so they can lay their hands on top to touch them. Maybe use their hands? or add their hands in easier-cut materials, textured paper, sandpaper, different fabrics, so they can make a contribution, too.

[David]

Just finished The Secret History of the Blitz which was very good indeed, despite the rather twee title. Highly recommended.

Just started The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory.

Also just finished Aberystwyth Mon Amour , which I wanted to like and I sort of did a bit, but neither did I dislike it enough to stop reading it. So-so, I suppose.

Just started Ender's Game.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I finished - GASP! - Aussie author Steve Toltz's enormous book A Fraction of the Whole.

Great writing (short list for 2008 Man Booker Prize) , but by golly it's long. I did include a lot of quotes so you can see what a good writer he is.

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

[Kath]

A great psychological thriller here - Silent Child by Sarah A Denzil. Stands out for me from a morass of similar books in this genre.

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

[Patti (baconater)]

Lexie wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "If you (or anyone else) have any ideas for the display, please share!

I'd like it be very tactile and interactive. I've got about 1.5 metres of wall at child height to wo..."

That's brilliant!

I'll run that past my TAs.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Oh golly, I loved this one! Short and almost perfect. Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson is so full, it's hard to believe it isn't longer.

Young black girl in Brooklyn - doesn't begin to describe it.

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

[Patti (baconater)]

I finished To Kill a Mockingbird. A must read, if you haven't yet.

I'm going read Lisa Gardner's profiler series next, I think. The first few will be re-reads as I started the series in paperback several years ago. Can't recall much about them at the moment. I'm hoping it doesn't all flood back.

[Petra]

Kath wrote: "A great psychological thriller here - Silent Child by Sarah A Denzil. Stands out for me from a morass of similar books in this genre.

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201......"
That looks really good, I've been scouting around for a thriller to read. I've just finished Stephen King's Skeleton Crew, it had some great stories and some dull ones, and some seriously disturbing ones, of course.

[Patti (baconater)]

Lisa Gardner is really good, Petra. Has hooked me from the first paragraph.

The Perfect Husband

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Lisa Gardner is really good, Petra. Has hooked me from the first paragraph.

The Perfect Husband"

I like Lisa Gardner, although only read a couple of hers. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favourite books ever, not sure I want to read the prequel though.

Finished The Black Echo last night, enjoyed it. now reading C.S. Lewis: A Life Inspired my first non-fiction book of the year. I never knew what his initials stood for before.

[Pam]

Finally waded to the end of Gillian Bradshaw's third segment of her Arthurian trilogy - In Winter's Shadow- and reviewed it https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1390905968. Was almost a DNF.

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath really likes Arthurian stuff. You read Bradshaw, Kath?

Is Go Set a Watchman a prequel, Desley? I thought it was a sequel. I plan on reading it soon.

[Kath]

Nope. There's a gap in my reading right there!

[Petra]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Lisa Gardner is really good, Petra. Has hooked me from the first paragraph.

The Perfect Husband"
Always a good sign when the first paragraph snags you and you can't escape

[Petra]

David wrote: "Just finished The Secret History of the Blitz which was very good indeed, despite the rather twee title. Highly recommended.

Ju..."

I hope it's ok to ask because I'm nosy, but is the false memory book part of writing research? I ask because a friend of mine wrote a character with similar problems, and he got very caught up in the topic.

[Loretta]

Just finished this. Man, it is one tough read, especially for the likes of me since I prefer books not to have much swearing/sex/abuse in. This actually gave me a nightmare, even though it isn't too graphic. (If it had been, I might not have reached the end.) And it's really a YA book - yikes! But the author wrote it to make youngsters (and their parents) aware of 'grooming' and I would say it does that very well in a most convincing manner. Now, I'm off to find something light and easy again. That's my tough read done for the year. Purgatory is a Place Too

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath wrote: "Nope. There's a gap in my reading right there!"

This is the best thread in the entire group innit, Kath?

Yeah, yeah. I know you prefer the pun thread. ;)

[Patti (baconater)]

Loretta wrote: "Just finished this. Man, it is one tough read, especially for the likes of me since I prefer books not to have much swearing/sex/abuse in. This actually gave me a nightmare, even though it isn't to..."

Wow, sounds a challenging read. Which can be a good thing, I reckon. We should strive to get out of our comfort zone occasionally.

[Patti (baconater)]

Petra wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Lisa Gardner is really good, Petra. Has hooked me from the first paragraph.

The Perfect Husband"
Always a good sign when the first paragraph snags you and yo..."

Do check out the look inside. I hope it grips you, too. I love sharing a good read.

[Loretta]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Loretta wrote: "Just finished this. Man, it is one tough read, especially for the likes of me since I prefer books not to have much swearing/sex/abuse in. This actually gave me a nightmare, even th..."

Lol, it certainly took me out of that. Now, I'm about to dive back in and pull the covers over my head for a while. Well worth reading though - she's an excellent writer.

[Lexie]

Just finished a pair of YA fantasy books for a blog tour - I'll mention these again nearer the date as they were very enjoyable - and one truly awful crime novel, free for honest review. I'm not going to name it, but to give a quick example we discover in the last chapter that the house where the murder took place had CCTV installed, that the police had known this from the start, but hadn't bothered to look at it. Lo and behold, they look and there's the murderer. No other investigation required (or indeed really provided) though the plot goes on for six interminable weeks ...

[Pam]

Kath wrote: "Nope. There's a gap in my reading right there!"

I don't recommend it Kath, as you'll see from my three reviews - the middle volume was by far the better but the first and last .... didn't think I'd finish the last one. Disappointing as I'd heard great things of them when I picked them up some years back.

[Pam]

Lexie wrote: "Just finished a pair of YA fantasy books for a blog tour - I'll mention these again nearer the date as they were very enjoyable - and one truly awful crime novel, free for honest review. I'm not go..."

I can see why you don't want to name it Lexie.