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[Pam]

Read a short story collection Amazons edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2337053129.

[Natasha]

Just finished the phenomenal Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi.

Just started Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

[Elizabeth]

I read Ender's Game quite a few years ago and passed it on to my son only to discover he read a scene in it that left him traumatised for ages - and I can't recall anything that might have had that effect!

[Patti (baconater)]

Ive not read Ender's Game in ages but I can't recall anything that could have that powerful an effect.

Having said that, words are powerful things that should be treated with great respect.

[Patti (baconater)]

I just finished The Light of the Fireflies

Three stars.

I didn't care for the characters, it was way too wordy and the plot was unbelievable.

Some good descriptive writing though.

[Patti (baconater)]

Dunno what I'll read next. I'll get back to you.

[Patti (baconater)]

I've decided on my next read. Another that Dave randomly put on my kindle.

I've only read the prologue so far and I've already cackled a few times.

It's called The Sheriff of Yrnameer

Anybody know it?

I could use help pronouncing the title...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I finished Ginger the Gangster Cat last night - think it would be 3.5 *, plot a bit unbelievable, but made me laugh quite a bit. Struggling with Littlefield, and I have a book I really want to start, so think I'll do that tomorrow. Also still plodding with What Katy Did

[Kath]

Just finished In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward. Pretty good crime story with added genealogical associations. A few characters got mixed up in my head but otherwise, a good 4*.

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

[Natasha]

Elizabeth wrote: "I read Ender's Game quite a few years ago and passed it on to my son only to discover he read a scene in it that left him traumatised for ages - and I can't recall anything that might have had that effect! "

Interesting. Like Patti said, words are powerful things. ... I'm 35% through and there's nothing in particular I can think of that would do this, but there's an alarming amount of casual physical and verbal abuse between the kids. How old was your son when he read it?

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I decided to start my new book Blood In The Sand, 25% in, and enjoying it

[Kath]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I decided to start my new book Blood In The Sand, 25% in, and enjoying it"

I really enjoyed this one.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Kath wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I decided to start my new book Blood In The Sand, 25% in, and enjoying it"

I really enjoyed this one."

I am so far, and like that I can relate to the locations

[Elizabeth]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "I read Ender's Game quite a few years ago and passed it on to my son only to discover he read a scene in it that left him traumatised for ages - and I can't recall anything that m..."<

I think he must have been 14 or 15 - I must pluck up courage to ask him exactly what it was, as by now he has read some of the most violent sci-fi and fantasy around.

[Daniella]

Just finished "Midwinter Intrigue" by Tracy Grant
Here's my Goodreads review:
A tantalizing tease of a mystery full of spies and others with shadowy intentions. A wonderful installment in the Malcolm & Suzanne Rannoch series. Just as the tale was getting more complicated, the novella left me hanging. I await with bated breath "The Duke's Gambit" to see how Tracy Grant ties all the intriguing threads together.

Just started "The Alice Network" by Kate Quinn

[Karen]

Kath wrote: "Just finished In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward. Pretty good crime story with added genealogical associations. A few characters got mixed up in my head but otherwise, a good 4*.

https:..."
Yep I enjoyed this one too, and read the other two in the series - lots of twists in the plot!
I'm just working my way through Murder in the Meadow, which has plenty going on to entertain me, even tho I can't quite warm to the characters.

[Paula]

Just finished Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson, and am about to start The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen...number 3 in my library book challenge.

[Patti (baconater)]

I like reading Bill Bryson on flights but I end up with bruised ribs from Dave elbowing me when I laugh too loudly.

[Elizabeth]

He is my favourite non-fiction writer.

[David]

Just finished Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still . A very good book on why words and their meanings are always changing, showing that trying to halt or oppose these changes makes people look a bit of a Cnut.

Just started From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds, which was 99p on Book Hippo yesterday.

[Claire]

Just finished Flip-Flops, Fiesta and Flamenco
A really funny Chicklit book about 2 best friends who give up everything an move to Spain and am now reading Anna another excellent story from the queen of domestic drama

[Karen]

For a change, I'm reading Rancid Pansies. I loved his Cooking with Fernet Branca and so far this is just as funny. Mice Krispies, anyone?

[Kath]

The new Shalini Boland psychological thriller The Child Next Door is a cracking book.

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

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm reading a simply delightful book today.

Be Frank With Me

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just finished Praying for Sleep really enjoyed the twist, 4*. Just a shame it was a broken paperback that I had to throw away after I finished, hate that!

[Karen]

Kath wrote: "The new Shalini Boland psychological thriller The Child Next Door is a cracking book.

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

sounds a cracking read, Kath. Will give it a go.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Started Dead Girls Can't Lie and Desolation Road yesterday

[Elizabeth]

Finished The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. (Human heroine takes on the fae.) Worth the money as an offer but the next in the series isn't due out for a while...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Desolation Road good twist but short for the money

[Kath]

The latest Tallis Steelyard Tallis Steelyard. The Festival, and other stories. by Jim Webster, is a delight! That's all!

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

And Whisky from Small Glasses by Denzil Meyrick is a very Scottish detective story - first of a series and it's good enough to make me want to read more.

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

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "The latest Tallis Steelyard Tallis Steelyard. The Festival, and other stories. by Jim Webster, is a delight! That's all!

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

Tallis Steelyard knows how to delight the ladies!

[Natasha]

Just finished Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Just started Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

[Pam]

Catch-up:

Read Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1414020222.

Then read a self published book which I really enjoyed but can't add it to GR as it has no ISBN.

Then a "biography" which I wasn't keen on - 1963: A Slice of Bread and Jam: One boy’s year of adventure, crippling poverty, abuse and an encounter with The Moors Murderers by Tommy Rhattigan and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2352912628.

[Natasha]

Just finished Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, a YA LGBT coming-of-age novel. Most enjoyable.

Just started A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, a gripping and very well written novel on the plight of an illegitimate girl in Afghanistan.

[Kath]

I loved a thousand splendid suns. Brilliant stuff.

[Natasha]

Kath wrote: "I loved a thousand splendid suns. Brilliant stuff."

I feel like I'm gliding through the writing. It's seamless.

[David]

Kath wrote: "I loved a thousand splendid suns. Brilliant stuff."

I did too

[Will]

Really didn't like Ready Player One, the book. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, but the writing style of the book was a huge turnoff.

[Patti (baconater)]

Will wrote: "Really didn't like Ready Player One, the book. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, but the writing style of the book was a huge turnoff."

I'm glad I didn't read your review before I read the book.

Everything you said in your review is spot on but I still loved the book. :D

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm reading short story collections at the moment. Horror and scifi/fantasy.

[Will]

Patti - I think we ought to call it the "editor's curse". Or maybe the "teacher's curse". Once you have a critical eye for mistakes it's hard to enjoy something with mistakes in it. The mistakes stand out like they're written in neon.

When I started out as a civil servant more than 30 years ago, I was rapped across the knuckles for using a split infinitive. It became so ingrained that I now can't overlook a split infinitive, even though they're allowed these days.

It's a shame really. Sometimes it's good to switch off the critical functions and just enjoy the content. Not so easy to do.

[Jim]

I agree with you Will, because I write on a screen, reading stuff on a screen can seem like editing.
Although I discovered with a kindle that because I couldn't edit, I relaxed and enjoyed it more :-)

[Kath]

I've just finished a stonking story by a lady called C J Harter. Rowan's Well is the kind of book that makes you stay up far too late.

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

[Tim]

To harshly rap a man on the knuckles over such a minor offense doesn't bare thinking on.

[Patti (baconater)]

Jim wrote: "I agree with you Will, because I write on a screen, reading stuff on a screen can seem like editing.
Although I discovered with a kindle that because I couldn't edit, I relaxed and enjoyed it more :-)"

And it only took how many years to convince you that you'd love a kindle?

:D

[Jim]

;-)

[David]

Just finished Regeneration. Saw the film a few years back and enjoyed it, but the book is, of course, much better. The style of writing makes the dialogue a bit hard to follow at times. The language, especially use of idioms, makes it a bit of a challenge for those of us who grew up with English as bastardized here in the USA, as well. But it was well worth the challenge, in my opinion.

[Pam]

Read a John Gordon novel, The Ghosts Of Blacklode and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2358173551.

[Pam]

And a Cabbalistic and futuristic fantasy by Liz Williams, The Poison Master, reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2358348975.

[Kath]

Just finished Klondike Slaughter by David Haynes. What a story! Part thriller, part adventure story and part very gory horror. Absolutely loved it!

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