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[David]

Jim wrote: "Generally I'd recommend P.G Wodehouse"

Sound advice for most life situations.

[Jim]

David wrote: "Jim wrote: "Generally I'd recommend P.G Wodehouse"

Sound advice for most life situations."

indeed. You cannot go wrong with P.G. :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath wrote: "I've requested Eleanor Oliphant from Netgalley. Can't see me paying £7:99 for an unknown author (to me) on kindle. They're having a larf, innit?

I loved The Last Hours."

I'm sure I didn't pay that much for it. It must have gone up in price.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I like Minette Walters. Am really enjoying my Rachel Abbott book, struggling to put it down

[David]

Kath wrote: "I've requested Eleanor Oliphant from Netgalley. Can't see me paying £7:99 for an unknown author (to me) on kindle. They're having a larf, innit?

I loved The Last Hours."

Got it from the library today. Two chapters in, a promising start.

[Patti (baconater)]

Which one, David?

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Which one, David?"

This one Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. I saw it on the shelves right after you mentioned it, and picked it up for that reason alone :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh lovely!

Let us know what you think, k?

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Oh lovely!

Let us know what you think, k?"

Will do. I've dnf'd three so far this year but I know I'll be completing this one.

[Patti (baconater)]

Yeah, I've looked at and deleted a load of books over the holiday, too.
Should probably do more of that.

[Pam]

Finished a mammoth collection, introduced by Montague Summers, The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult, Doom and Destiny and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2241020706.

[Patti (baconater)]

Good grief. That's a title and a half, Pam.

[Jim]

Obviously from the same school that gave us Fairport Convention's "Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For The 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie"

[Benjamin]

Montague Summers was a character and a half. Good to see he included Vernon Lee and Amyas Northcote in the anthology, though.

[Jim]

Just out of interest, if he avoided Lovecraft did he include Clark Ashton Smith?

[Kath]

Just finished (for our village book group) Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. I always enjoy her work. This one felt like the ending fell of a cliff, but it's so detailed and delicious, I still felt it was a great read. 4* from me.

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

[Pam]

Jim wrote: "Just out of interest, if he avoided Lovecraft did he include Clark Ashton Smith?"

No, he wasn't in it either Jim. Mind you, I read someone else's long detailed review and their copy had about five or six stories mine lacked, although mine was nearly 700 pages. But they didn't mention Smith either, so I don't think he made it in. Possibly his material was a bit too baroque fantasy rather than supernatural. The majority were 19th C but there were several dating from the 20s and a lot were what you'd call traditional ghost stories.

[Pam]

Finished a science fiction novel yesterday which I'd mean to get round to for years, having read the first chapter as a Nebula award winning novella: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre. Review follows - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1367354168.

[Jim]

Pam wrote: "Jim wrote: "Just out of interest, if he avoided Lovecraft did he include Clark Ashton Smith?"

No, he wasn't in it either Jim. Mind you, I read someone else's long detailed review and their copy ha..."

Did wonder. I suppose he might have been too baroque for them

[Alicia]

Pam wrote: "Finished a science fiction novel yesterday which I'd mean to get round to for years, having read the first chapter as a Nebula award winning novella: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre. Rev..."

Loved Dreamsnake. Bought it via the SF Book Club way back when. Fed it to my kids. They loved it.

[Patti (baconater)]

I was a member of the SF book club back in the day, too. The hundreds of hardbacks should still be in a basement in Canada. I wonder if they're still readable.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Stranger Child - had to be a 5* read, I really struggled to put it down at times. Now going to read the sequel to it Nowhere Child

[Kath]

I enjoyed both of those, Desley.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Kath wrote: "I enjoyed both of those, Desley."

Just had a longer than normal bath again because I struggled to put my book down!

[David]

Just finished Sharp Objects which was all right, but teetered on the brink of being abandoned at times.

Just started Mr Pye mainly because I just downloaded it.

[Daniella]

Just finished "Divorce Can Be Deadly"

Here's my Goodreads review:
"Divorce Can Be Deadly" is a page-turning delight. All is not what it appears at first glance. Spies, ancient local lore and murder meld together seamlessly in this engaging second installment of Emma Jameson's Dr. Bones mystery series set in World War II Cornwall. Sparks fly as Ben and Lady Juliet put their heads together to track down a ruthless killer. I eagerly await the next book.

Just started "The Lover's Portrait"

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Nowhere Child yesterday, another good one. Can't remember the title, but started a Mel Comley book last night

[Benjamin]

I seem to be on a fantasy kick - just finished The Lady of the Sorrows and started The Raven and the Reindeer

[David]

Just finished Trouble With Europe, 4th Edition: How to Make a Success of Brexit and Reform the EU .

Just started Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

[Kath]

Just finished Eleanor Oliphant. Great read but... I couldn't quite believe the character.

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

[Jim]

Just read Sherlock Holmes and the Deathly Fog

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074K9WFP2/

There's even a video review :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZSJ...

[Kath]

Oh, I have this one waiting!

[Tim]

Just finished a second 5-star listen to Ernest Kline's Ready Player One

and just started Andy Weir's latest, Artemis

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Oh, I have this one waiting!"

it's fun :-)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Jim wrote: "Just read Sherlock Holmes and the Deathly Fog

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074K9WFP2/

There's even a video review :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZSJ..."

I bought that too

[Natasha]

Just finished my re-read of the wonderful Handbook to Higher Consciousness by Ken Keyes Jr.

Just started The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. 6% in. Really enjoying.

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath wrote: "Just finished Eleanor Oliphant. Great read but... I couldn't quite believe the character.

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

I quite agree with your review.

[Kath]

Thank you. I couldn't believe she wouldn't understand the expression, 'Are you seeing anyone?' Went too far, for me.

[David]

Kath wrote: "Just finished Eleanor Oliphant. Great read but... I couldn't quite believe the character.

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

Same for me too, Kath. Really enjoyed the story, but the main character just lacked total believability.

[Kath]

I thought I was just being picky. Not that I can't be? ;)

Two recently finished books - A Confusion of Crows: A DC Cat McKenzie Mystery Book 1 by Susan Handley. A very good debut crime novel and first in a series,.

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

And new out today, a Young Adult book which is a stunning read for any age. About a Muslim Girl in Britian today. Give it a whirl. I Am Thunder

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

[Pam]

Read the next 2 books in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence - The Dark Is Rising - review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1397626371 and Greenwitch - review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2271955168.

[Catherine]

Just finished When We Danced at the End of the Pier
I'm going on to read the next in the trilogy, The Girls from See Saw Lane

[Benjamin]

Just finished The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman and started Sorrow's Knot

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just finished In Plain Sight

[Patti (baconater)]

I started The Chalk Man yesterday.

I'm finding it hard to put down.

It reminds me of Sai King's Stand By Me in a few ways.

If you're looking for a good thriller, I suggest you take a look at it.

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I started The Chalk Man yesterday.

I'm finding it hard to put down.

It reminds me of Sai King's Stand By Me in a few ways.

If you're looking for a good thriller, I suggest you ta..."

Snap! I'm enjoying it too, so far...

[Kath]

I've done a bit of catching up on reviews. Malcolm Hollingdrake's Crossed Out

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

Oliver Tidy's first in his Booker and Cash series Bad Sons

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

and David Wailing's stunning Under

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

Going for a lie down now!

[Patti (baconater)]

Cool David!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Started Gray Resurrection

[David]

Just finished Mr Pye which I quite liked in the end.

Just started The Coven, which is the 2nd in a series. The first one was pretty good, but maybe not as good as his Katie Maguire series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/9898...