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[Loretta]

Just finished which I really enjoyed despite it being YA and written in first person which isn't my fave. Something a bit out of the ordinary and it kept me turning the pages.

[Jud]

I just finished Neverwhere audiobook, it was brilliant! Will definitely listen to it again at some point.

I've started Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets but in Spanish, I've borrowed it for free from Amazon!

[Jim]

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I just finished Neverwhere audiobook, it was brilliant! Will definitely listen to it again at some point.
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I've read it but not listened to it. Certainly enjoyed reading it

[Elizabeth]

I think the angel, Islington was the most noteworthy character...

[Kath]

I've just finished The Dirty Book by David Hadley. It's a fun read and a look at the life of a writer and the world of publishing.

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

[David]

Kath wrote: "I've just finished The Dirty Book by David Hadley. It's a fun read and a look at the life of a writer and the world of publishing.

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

Writers, eh? We all know what they are like, don't we?

[David]

Just finished All Fall Down , which was excellent. I think I preferred the other one of his I read See How They Run to this, but it was a close run thing.

Both are worth reading.

Just started Ragdoll which I picked up the other day for 99p. I heard an interview with the author a few months back, which put this on my list of books to look out for.

[Pam]

Finished The Hugo Winners 1968-1970 and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2087465116.]

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm currently reading Small Great Things. I think someone mentioned it in here not too long ago. Or maybe on Facebook.

Very good writing as you'd expect from Jodi Picoult. She has a deft hand at exploring relationships. The themes are frighteningly topical.

If you'd like to gain a bit of understanding on how someone could become indoctrinated in the hate movement, it's worth looking at.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I do like Jodi Picoult.

I've just finished Go Set a Watchman, very mixed feelings, can only give it a 3*, which is a shame as TKAM is a very solid 5* and my favourite book ever

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm currently reading Small Great Things. I think someone mentioned it in here not too long ago. Or maybe on Facebook."

I heard an interview with her - several months ago - talking about this book and added it to my list of books to get around to one day.

http://bigthink.com/think-again-podca...

Looks as though I ought to move it higher up the list.

[Pam]

Mini catchup:

The Hugo Winners 1963-1967 - review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2087465116.

Nightwings by Robert Silverberg - review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2094886576.

How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide - review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2098483122

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just finished House of Dark Shadows, was OK but wont buy the rest. Now started Chili Con Corpses

[Patti (baconater)]

Finished Small Great Things yesterday.
Was thought provoking and well written but can't say the 'shocking' twist at the end was all that shocking. I saw it coming from about page 2.
Well worth a read if you'd like to gain some understanding of the hate movement and everyday racism but can't say anything about the book was earth-shattering. 4 stars.

I'm going to give Neverwhere a go today, I think.

[Kath]

Just finished An Unfortunate Incident by Julie McLaren. I enjoyed it no end, especially as it harks back to the 1960s, my secondary school and university years.

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[Pam]

Read a SF short story collection by Robert Sheckley, The People Trap - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2098516347.

[Pam]

Also read Bob Sheckley's novel, Immortality, Inc. and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2103407084.

[Kath]

A book of short stories by V K McGivney. Ghosts, Resolution and Revenge The title says it all!

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[Pam]

Finished another short story collection by Robert Sheckley, which also includes his novel, Immortality Inc - Robert Sheckley omnibus and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2103413460.

[David]

Just finished Ragdoll which was excellent. Another one of those I picked up after hearing the author interviewed on the Two Crime Writers podcast.

Another interview on that podcast also made me get this Deep Down Dead which I have just started and it too seems very good.

[Kath]

Just finished No Accident by Robert Crouch. His first novel and he's a retired environmental health officer. This is crime fiction with a difference!

https://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/20...

[Pam]

Finished We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1837287820.

[Daniella]

Just finished "In Farleigh Field" by Rhys Bowen
It's a superb World War II spy/mystery novel.

Just started "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware

[Pam]

Finished Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers and added a review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2106406012.

[Pam]

Read Amaryllis by Jayne Castle and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2108837833.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Children on Death Row and Too Close to Home yesterday, not started anything new yet but will be starting Lethal Legacy later

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just read Sperm Donor 713 - as it was only 4 pages, there was no chance to tell a story, although the premise was interesting

[Karen]

Just finished the excellent and atmospheric The Dry. Was surprised by some of the fairly lacklustre reviews on Amazon as I thought it a great read. And I've preordered her new one. So there.

[Pam]

Read Zinnia by Jayne Castle aka Jayne Ann Krentz and posted a review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2108841765.

[Kathy]

Just finished The Razor's Edge which is an unusual book - a novel masquerading as part memoir - but I did enjoy it. Have just started A Start in Life.

[Kath]

Just read and reviewed Animals by Steve Roach. It's an anthology and I read a couple of the stories some years ago. His work is definitely memorable!

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[Will]

Just finished Hell House . Disappointed at the unconvincing ending for such a legendary book.

About to start Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Apparently it is Canadian. Don't know why that is important, though

[Daniella]

Just finished "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware

Here's my Goodreads review: "The Woman in Cabin 10" takes the reader captive from the first word. The suspense sent my pulse racing as the story hurtled forward. The book lingers in the mind long after the last page is turned.

Just started "Something Blue" by Emma Jameson It is part of her Lord & Lady Hetheridge mystery series about two Scotland Yard detectives.

[Elizabeth]

Just devoured The Ruin of Angels , sixth book in Max Gladstone's Post God Wars series. Drowned in the prose, suspense and mystery. Best adult action fantasy of this century. Start at the beginning and let the addiction build.

[Pam]

Read book 3 in Jayne Castle's St Helen's trilogy, Orchid and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2108841818.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Started Inferno yesterday

[David]

Finished Deep Down Dead which was pretty good indeed.

Just started 13 Dates.

[Jim]

Just finished House Atreides

I always loved Dune, but never rated Frank Herbert's sequels.
I tried reading the prequels in the Butlerian Jihad 'Legends of Dune' trilogy and just lost interest in them. Brian Herbert is not the writer his father was
But with Kevin J Anderson as his co-writer things have improved. In House Atreides I felt we were back in the universe of Dune, you'd got all the players and the familiar depth of plot and counter plot
I enjoyed it, not a 5 star read but if I can pick up the next two in a charity shop I will do :-)

[Pam]

Didn't think a lot of this Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel - Child of the Hunt - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2118262802.

[Bernie]

Just finished 'Pure' https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1.... I am really getting into historic novels right now, so this was only a 2nd try, but I loved it, so brilliantly written. I can't say what I'll be reading next because I've run out of books and going to library tomorrow.

[Will]

Jim, I'm with you on the sequels to Dune. The first wasn't too bad, but the they started to feel forced.

[Will]

Just started Our Man in Havana.

Looking forward to this, as I love Greene's prose style

[Kath]

Yes, Dune was the best and the greatest. The rest had the feeling of money-spinners.

Recently finished and reviewed Slightly Spooky Stories I by Patsy Collins. Not absolute horror but a look at the supernatural which kept me turning pages.

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

[M.M.]

Just started The Jump
Story based in Scotland about a Scottish character dealing with the suicide of her son.

[Kath]

If you enjoy a cosy mystery (in which someone, nevertheless, gets murdered most foully) you might enjoy Death in Dulwich by Alice Castle. Quite funny and wryly observational.

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[Karen]

Am doggedly struggling through The Firemaker, only a third to go now. Really disappointed as I loved the Lewis books and even managed the Enzo ones tho they weren't as good. A lot of info dumps in this one, re China's history, and I couldn't care less about the two main characters. Not good. Unfortunately I'd already bought a couple of the others in the series. Hope they improve. They're subtitled 'The China Thriller' series. Well, they ain't very thrilling. Sorry.

[Kath]

I've enjoyed another delightful coddiwomple through the lanes of Port Naain in the company of Tallis Steelyard and his friends and family. Do yourself a favour - have a read.

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[Kath]

Third in a detective sereis which has got better as it's progressed. The Missing Girls

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[Loretta]

I just finished The Axe and the Tree: How Bloody Persecution Sowed the Seeds of New Life in Zimbabwe which might seem an odd choice, but as a youngster, I knew one of the women brutally murdered in the massacre in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1978, and I read it in memory of her.
To say parts of it were difficult to read would be an understatement, but it did sort of resolve some of the unanswered questions about what happened afterwards.

[Elizabeth]

Kath wrote: "I've enjoyed another delightful coddiwomple through the lanes of Port Naain in the company of Tallis Steelyard and his friends and family. Do yourself a favour - have a read.

http://ignitebooks.bl..."

Am so doing - subtle writing, deliciously entertaining.