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[David]

Finished Red Seas Under Red Skies . Maybe not quite as good as the first in the series, but still good.

Just about to start Dead Souls

[Leslie]

Just finished Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley. My review is available https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Finished a massive historical novel by Sharon Penman, When Christ and His Saints Slept and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2887886157.

[Patti (baconater)]

Just caught up in here. Hadn't looked in since April!

I now have many, many tabs open and will probably have an even bigger TBR in a few minutes.

Currently I'm reading Seven Days and loving it. Canadian author and set in Quebec. I'm reading the English version, not the original French. I can't fault the translation. A very good thriller, so far.

[Kath]

Out today - Fear in the Lakes by Graham Smith. Third in a series but I think you could pick them up anywhere.

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[Pam]

Read a quick and free short story, A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix E Harrow, available at https://www.apex-magazine.com/a-witch... recommended by a couple of other Goodreads members in another group.

Reviewed it here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2893196723.

[Kath]

Lexie Conyngham's latest - A Wolf at the Gate is a Viking murder mystery and it's very good. Great on the detail that sits it firmly in its time.

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[Jim]

Pam wrote: "Read a quick and free short story, A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix E Harrow, available at https://www.apex-magazine.com/a-witch...-..."

I saw your review and read it.
It is a cracking story :-)

[Pam]

Glad you enjoyed it Jim.

Read a history book about WWII - Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943 by James Holland - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2891918698.

And Scapa Flow by Malcolm Brown and Patricia Meehan, about the Royal Navy base, in both World Wars, told through the experiences of ordinary people - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2898088168.

[Pam]

Also read The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2898113756.

[Kath]

Here's my second book review for Amazon Vine. It happens to be another cracker but it's entirely up to you what you choose to review. I had 500 books to pick from and I chose A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

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[Kath]

Just finished A Single Thread by the fantastic Tracy Chevallier. Will blog when it's out in September. Just started The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister. Very interesting social history of the times, though some readers seem to have expected it to be the TV dramatised version. Wonderful comment from a dischuffed reviewer. 'As dry as ditch water!' So.... not dry then?

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Kane and Abel, really enjoyed it and looking forward to The Prodigal Daughter, which I own in paperback. But as I have KU, I'm catching up on the Justice series, starting with Tortured Justice

[Kath]

Just posted a blog post after reading the prolific Jim Webster's latest collections of short stories Tallis Steelyard. Gentlemen behaving badly, and other stories. and
Tallis Steelyard. A guide for writers, and other stories.

Funny, wise and very entertaining.

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[Will]

Just finished The Lost Village. Disliked the writing, found the plot dragging - no WAY was this a page turner - and no sense of suspense or horror at all.


Started Sorcerer to the Crownwhich is much better!

[Jim]

Normally I reckon two out of three ain't bad :-)

[Jud]

The apartment we stayed in had a fabulous collection of books and I read 3 of them then stole 2. I intend on posting them back after finding out they were the personal collection of the owner and not discarded holiday reads.

Purple Hibiscus
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Secrets of the Sea House
A Pinch of Magic

I recommend them all.

I also finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo it took me ages, I read the above books whilst in the middle of it. Once I got to 50% it got a bit easier to keep going, I don't think I'll bother reading the others in the series.

[Kath]

I've read the first two on that list, Jud. Enjoyed them both in different ways.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

How lovely to stay somewhere with a fabulous collection of books, I remember going on holiday once with my quota of books and not reading a single one as the reception had loads of good books. Good you are going to post them back.

[Natasha]

Just finished Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women by Candace Walsh and Laura André.

Currently reading The Power by Naomi Alderman.

Just started Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Tortured Justice, enjoyed it and now started Rough Justice

[Leslie]

Jud wrote: "The apartment we stayed in had a fabulous collection of books and I read 3 of them then stole 2. I intend on posting them back after finding out they were the personal collection of the owner and n..."

The Stieg Larsson Trilogy is definitely worth reading.

[David]

Finished Dead Souls . Good, but not as good as others in the series.

Just starting A Drink Before the War.

Finished The English and their History . Very good indeed. Recommended.

Just started Outliers: The Story of Success.

[Pam]

Will wrote: "Just finished The Lost Village. Disliked the writing, found the plot dragging - no WAY was this a page turner - and no sense of suspense or horror at all.


Started [book:Sorcerer t..."

Just read it as well Will and ended up giving it one star!

[Pam]

Just caught up with a big pile of book reviews:

Ian Rankin's Tooth and Nail - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2898128107.

Another Rankin Rebus novel - Dead Souls - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913019901

Third Rebus novel - A Question of Blood - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913048350.

Neil Spring's The Lost Village - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913063374

And four from Jodi Taylor's time travel series - first book 1 - Just One Damned Thing After Another - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913098729

book 2 - A Symphony of Echoes - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913129437

book 3 - A Second Chance - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913163772

and finally book 7 - Lies, Damned Lies, and History - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913232735

[Pam]

Read a couple of non fiction for a change -

Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture by Joshua Levine - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913467762
and
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil by M. Scott Peck - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2917670343.

[Pam]

Read book 7 of the Indigo series by Louise Cooper - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2784951361.

[Kath]

Just finished The Black Ditch: The Laurie Sterne Trilogy by ex-journalist Simon J Lancaster. Taut, fast-moving thriller set thirty years in the future - when it's all gone wrong!

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[Kath]

I've just read The La'lun by J N Harris. Young adult fiction but it's got just the right balance. Mostly from the teenage girl Camille's point of view but bringing in a little folklore too. Better than a dozen sparkly unicorns, IMO.

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[Jim]

Kath wrote: "I've just read The La'lun by J N Harris. Young adult fiction but it's got just the right balance. Mostly from the teenage girl Camille's point of view but bringing in a little folkl..."

Folklore is fine, sparkly unicorns is a bridge too far!

[Jim]

Re-read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

First time for many many years, indeed I was surprised in that I remembered all the episodes but I'd remembered them in the wrong order

[Pam]

Jim wrote: "Re-read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

First time for many many years, indeed I was surprised in that I remembered all the episodes but I'd remembered them in the wrong order"

Loved that book as a kid and read it loads of times. Would be interesting to go back and do a re-read now!

[Pam]

Read Daphne Du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2920392442

and The Fresco by Sheri Tepper - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381976366

[Jim]

Pam wrote: "Loved that book as a kid and read it loads of times. Would be interesting to go back and do a re-read now!..."

I'd recommend it, seen through adult eyes it's not that different, and it's surprisingly short :-)

[Bernie]

I hardly dare to mention this, but The Wasp Factory has the greatest twist ever. I really didn't see it coming. I know some of it was difficult reading due to the cruelty to animals, etc. and I often cringed, but in the end I understood. Thoroughly recommend to those of less sensitive nature.

[Kath]

I've read some Sheri Tepper, Pam. The odd fantastic book and a lot of totally weird stuff.

[Jud]

I love a sparkly unicorn but they have their time and place.

Just finished Eve Green, The Song of Achilles, both were fantastic. Mrs. Zant and the Ghost I don't recommend, it is my least favourite of Wilkie Collins' work so far and Me Before You which was alright, I only read it because I accidentally picked up the third in the series without realising it was the last book so had to buy the first two.

Might be a couple of other books in there but I can't remember.

[Pam]

Kath wrote: "I've read some Sheri Tepper, Pam. The odd fantastic book and a lot of totally weird stuff."

Yes some of them I really liked but others I couldn't get on with at all.

[Pam]

Bernie wrote: "I hardly dare to mention this, but The Wasp Factory has the greatest twist ever. I really didn't see it coming. I know some of it was difficult reading due to the cruelty to animals, ..."

Yes read it years ago and don't think I saw the twist either ... before Goodreads so can't recall for sure but it is a good twist.

[Pam]

Jim wrote: "Pam wrote: "Loved that book as a kid and read it loads of times. Would be interesting to go back and do a re-read now!..."

I'd recommend it, seen through adult eyes it's not that different, and it..."

Thanks Jim, I must do it.

[Kath]

Crime/thriller novella next. Part of a series but you can get a taste for it in this story if you haven't read all the novels as I haven't. Last Orders by Bill Todd. Grand reopening of a local pub - classic locked room with 100 potential suspects when someone finds a body.

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[Kath]

Just finished Killing The Girl: A story of murder and redemption by Elizabeth Hill - debut novel and very good.
Just about to start Do Not Feed the Bear by Rachel Elliott. 'Now for something completely different,' as they say.

[Natasha]

Just finished Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav, which started off wonderfully, but got heavier and heavier ...

Just started The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre. Love this author.

[Kath]

Have you read The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry? It's Brookmeyer and his wife. She's a medic and added that side of the story. The second is out on Aug 29th. The Art of Dying.

[Natasha]

Kath wrote: "Have you read The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry? It's Brookmeyer and his wife. She's a medic and added that side of the story. The second is out on Aug 29th. The Art of Dying."

I had not heard of Christopher Brookmyre writing with his wife under a pseudonym. Thanks for the heads-up, Kath.

[David]

Finished A Drink Before the War . Another good one from Lehane, the 1st in a series.

[Pam]

Read a couple of biographies. Loved the first, not so much the second:

Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2923787278
and
A Life In Secrets: The Story Of Vera Atkins And The Lost Agents Of Soe by Sarah Helm - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2934217362.

[Will]

Bernie wrote: "I hardly dare to mention this, but The Wasp Factory has the greatest twist ever. I really didn't see it coming. I know some of it was difficult reading due to the cruelty to animals, ..."

I found it challenging, but in the end very rewarding.

[Will]

Having always had a weakness for sea stories, I've run through Sea Lord and Wildtrack.

The sailing works, but the plotting and pacing are nowhere near the level of his other stuff

Now I'm on some early (not Black Magic) Dennis Wheatley

[Will]

Also read Wakenhyrst which I found a bit over hyped.