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[Philip]

David wrote: "Just finished Just One Damned Thing After Another which I really liked a lot.

Just started [b..."

I liked [book:Just One Damned Thing After Another|29661618], David and I've read one or two of the rest of the series too. Entertaining even if the body count rate is quite high ;-)

[David]

Philip wrote: "I liked Just One Damned Thing After Another, David and I've read one or two of the rest of the series too. Entertaining even if the body count rate is quite high ;-) "

I'll definitely be on the lookout for more of them. I was very impressed.

[Tim]

I quite enjoy a high body count! 8-o

[Kath]

Here's my review for Nearly Dead by Conrad Jones. Gruesome but gripping!

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

And for Michael J Malone's House of Spines, a gothic-feel Big House story. Very good indeed.

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

[Kath]

Finished Lexie Conyngham's Jail Fever. Fantastic, and different from her historical whodunnits. Speculative, just a touch of sci-fi - it's superb. The lady can turn her hand to any style!

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

[Lexie]

Thank you very much!

[Patti (baconater)]

I finished Mudbound a few days ago. Was alright. Nothing startling.
I've started Sing, Unburied, Sing, after trying and discarding several books I've had cluttering my kindle for a while.

Don't know how I'll get on with it.

I think I need some happy reading so I've snagged a few what are meant to be humorous books. Might dip into a couple of those today.

[Benjamin]

I've just finished Graham Joyce's Dark Sister, and I'm a little torn what to start next.

[Tim]

Just finished Leviathan Wakes. An epic book and one of very few 5 star reads this year.

[Kath]

The Good Samaritan by John Marrs. You'll love or hate this because of the subject matter but I loved the way it was written. The way we gradually come to realise what's going on.

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

[Kath]

A Surprise for Maureen by Jonathan Hill. A quick read, a free read and a funny read. Ticks all my boxes!

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

[Daniella]

Just finished "The Inheritance" by Charles Finch. It's part of his Charles Lenox mystery series.

Here's my Goodreads review: "Another elegant and sophisticated mystery from Charles Finch. The lovely prose makes the story flow like waves lapping gently onto velvety sands. I think this is the best book yet in the Charles Lenox series. I cannot wait for the next book."

Just started "Black & Blue" by Emma Jameson. It's part of her Lord & Lady Hetheride mystery series about two Scotland Yard detectives.

[Benjamin]

Just started The Traitor Baru Cormorant, which is a very pleasant surprise so far - it's nice to read a fantasy novel focused on realistic politics and economics instead of the usual.

[Natasha]

Just finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, which was wonderful. It has been compared to A Man Called Ove by many, and I totally agree. Having given Ove five stars though, I had to give Eleanor 4.5 (well, four).

Just started Artemis by Andy Weir. Six percent in. It's shaping up so far.

[Patti (baconater)]

I hope you enjoy Artemis more than I did, Natasha.

[Natasha]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I hope you enjoy Artemis more than I did, Natasha."

Still enjoying at 11%. We'll see. ...

[Kath]

I enjoyed it more than Patti did!

[Patti (baconater)]

You approached it differently, I think, Kath.

Or perhaps we had different expectations. Nothing wrong with that, of course.

I was hoping for a completely immersive experience as I had with The Martian.
When the characters and the plot (especially the crap plot and oh so politically correct stereotypical characters) kept pulling me out of the thin storyline...

Remind me what you found worthy?

Not the constant references to the main character's tits?

[Kath]

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

[Tim]

It's in my Audible app. But I've got a queue of 5 or 6 from the recent sales, so I probably won't get to it before Christmas . . .

[Kath]

Just finished Truth is not always true by Nick Wastnage. A twisty and unpredicatable thriller. I wish I'd liked the characters more but I did want to know what happened.

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

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished two books - Carnacki, the Ghost Finder - not a good classic I'm afraid, I only continued with it as it was a short story collection and hoped they would improve. Then finished Deeper Water which I nearly gave up on, as it has a lot of religious overtones, but glad I continued, it was a good legal drama as long as I skimmed the religious bits. Now started His Third Victim and Web of Deceit: A DI Sally Parker novella.still dipping into The Caller

[Benjamin]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Finished two books - Carnacki, the Ghost Finder - not a good classic I'm afraid, I only continued with it as it was a short story collection and hoped they would improve. Then finishe..."

I have to admit to rather liking Carnacki, but different tastes and all that!

I've just finished The God of Small Things (which proved excellent), and made a start on Rosie Garland's Vixen.

[Kath]

I really enjoyed The God of Small Things. Read it quite a while back.

[Lexie]

Kath wrote: "I really enjoyed The God of Small Things. Read it quite a while back."

I wasn't so sure - I remember thinking it was a bit curate's-eggy.

[Kath]

I thought it was hugely thought-provoking.
I like eggy sandwiches!

[Lexie]

Me too - but I prefer not to find curates in them!

[Kath]

Not even peppered curates?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I prefer salted curates. Or even better, bacon-wrapped.

[Kath]

Crispy, deep-fried.

Thread-creep.

[Patti (baconater)]

Had to google curate's egg.

Interesting origin.

[Benjamin]

Mixed praise, at least!
I've finished Vixen, and am on to Ada Palmer's The Will to Battle - been looking forward to this one.

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Had to google curate's egg.

Interesting origin."

in part

[David]

Just finished Payback , the 2nd book in the series.

Just started One for the Money, which is the 1st book - apparently - in a long series.

Also just finished The Talisman , which I thought was a reread, but it turned out not to be. Not the best King - or Straub - I've read.

Just started rereading The Code of the Woosters

[Pam]

Re-read Charmed Life by the late great Diana Wynne Jones after many years and didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped, as the whole thing depends on a failure to communicate which, on the part of the adults at least, seems inexcusable. Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1366155155.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Web of Deceit: A DI Sally Parker novella. and The Caller, really enjoyed both. Going to start Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet next

[Elizabeth]

Up to date with the Sarah Maas' Throne of Glass series. I was originally put off by the gushing reviews (yes, I know) but found it an adult fantasy series with a heroine I liked very much. I think quite a while ago Jim and Will? were bemoaning the lack of strong heroines but this one satisfied me.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

If you like strong heroines then I have just finished Clockwork Boys which I enjoyed a lot

[Jim]

Elizabeth wrote: "Up to date with the Sarah Maas' Throne of Glass series. I was originally put off by the gushing reviews (yes, I know) but found it an adult fantasy series with a heroine I liked very much. I think ..."

I think Kath was commenting about lack of decent heroines?

I know somebody said that they were fed up with the lack of strong heroines who were recognisably women and not just men who were anatomically female (That might or might not have been Kath)

[Kath]

Might have been me. I've had a sleep since then. But I agree.

[Elizabeth]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "If you like strong heroines then I have just finished Clockwork Boys which I enjoyed a lot"

Thanks - on my TBR list over Christmas.

[Kath]

Just read the first in a detective series - unusually for me. I tend to dip into the middle! Really enjoyed this though I guesed whodunnit.

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

[Tim]

I'm about halfway through Cocaine Blues, the first of the Phryne Fisher murder mysteries. I watched the TV versions last year and enjoyed them. I have to say though that I'm finding the book kinda turgid and heavy going: the TV version was much more enjoyable!

[David]

Just finished One for the Money which was pretty good. Enough for me to look for the next one in the series anyway.

Just started Trinity, which is the second in his Wars of the Roses series. Only vaguely remember reading the first one some time ago.

[Benjamin]

Just finished Graham Joyce's The Devil's Ladder, and about to start The Silent Companions

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished His Third Victim last night, would read more

[David]

Just finished Will Once's To Know the Dark, which I thoroughly enjoyed, particularly as it utilises to great effect the kind of language play we know he is capable of.

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

[Pam]

Read The Lives of Christopher Chant number 4 in the Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones, which is set years before the first one, and enjoyed it more - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2210202653.

[Pam]

Read Gate of Ivrel by C J Cherryh and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219392175.

[Pam]

A short read by M C Beaton - A Highland Christmas - which I've reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219430295.