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[Jonathan]

Just finished The Third Rule - Part Two: Running Scared and just about to start The Third Rule - Part Three: Sacrifices...what else?! Fantastic trilogy.

[Joo]

Just started (it is still free today)
I'm enjoying it :)

[Kath]

Oh I love this one. In fact I love all Paul's writing.

[Jud]

I just finished The Favored Child which I was loving until about 2/3 of the way through when Julia became an insipid wet rag. The whole book was building and building her into a strong young woman who knew her own mind and who was not afraid to stand up for her beliefs, then BAM! she becomes a shy little wallflower who won't reveal her cousin for what he really is. Still enjoyed it but she was very frustrating at times.

Also finished The Heist which is a brilliant short story and if you haven't read it yet you really should.

[Natasha]

Just finished The Other Hand by Chris Cleave. I got drawn in by the "We don't want to tell you too much about this book" in the blurb. I feel a bit cheated. It's just a book. Quite a good book, but not that special.

Just started The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[Jud]

I have started The Murder of Roger Ackroyd but the formatting is a bit funny so not sure if I'll make it to the end.

[Karen]

Finished A Dreadful Penance, which was ok but not as good as the previous two. Now started Bloodland. I enjoyed his Winterland, so hope this will be as good, tho the blurb is a bit off-putting - far too chaotic a plot. We'll see.

[Aoibhínn]

Yesterday I finished by Jennifer Donnelly. The Tea Rose is an extremely well-researched and well-written novel which is packed full of unexpected twists and turns throughout the story. I absolutely enjoyed this book! I thought this book was very gripping, intriguing and engrossing tale and I found it very hard to put it down for long. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next! I fell in love with all the main characters. They were all so interesting, compelling and very well-developed, especially Fiona. As soon as I finished this novel I brought the sequel, The Winter Rose, on my Kindle and I'm really looking forward to reading it!
My full review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


I've just started reading by Jojo Moyes.

[Lorraine]

Finished An Indecent Death,was pretty good,no blood or gore,just a good whodunit and it's still free at the moment.http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_s...
Starting Dying to Tell,which was the daily deal a couple of days ago.

[Karen]

Lorraine wrote: "Finished An Indecent Death,was pretty good,no blood or gore,just a good whodunit and it's still free at the moment.http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_s......"

Have downloaded Indecent Death, tho the excerpt doesn't do it any favours, TBH. 'His missing tooth was clearly evident' doesn't mean what he thinks it means... unless of course he can see the 'missing' tooth.

[Lorraine]

I didn't read any of the blurb before i downloaded it,but that doesn't sound too good.The next in the series is free at the moment as well. http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Striking-De...

[Karen]

Thanks, Lorraine. I'll add it to the pile!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Fifteen Year Old Wife, hard to get into, and confusing in places cos people kept being called by their own name and nicknames, but once you got to the end you wanted to read the other two.

Now reading Death Comes As the End, not sure about it so far, another book with confusing character names. Will persevere, though, and only reading on the Kindle till my new fosters come, the next paperback is an Andrew Gross book (am forgetting my alphabet challenge to read a book by an author I like, the next paperback looks like it might be a tough read)

[Lorraine]

Finished Dying to Tell,was really good.Am 90% through A striking death,then i'm going to read The Shoulders of Giants.

[Karen]

Just finished Bloodland - a cracking read, couldn't put it down.
Now enjoying The Crucible, which again is African territory/corruption, and a fast pace.

[Marc]

Just finished Inventing God a novel of ideas, but unsatisfying. Will post short review later.

Probably start Franz Kafka's short stories tomorrow

[Scott]

Just wrapped up When, At Last, He Found Me which I enjoyed and have now started The Village of Lost Souls which is great so far!

[Karen]

Finished Ruby Barnes' thought provoking The Crucible - I see there's a sequel, so will have to have a look at that. (Just checked - Allen's Mosquito isn't out till September, so I'll have to wait)
Then a quick read - the delightful undemanding The Beach Cafe (rather spoilt for me by continually wondering how she was dealing with the NI/PAYE implications...)
Now back to something meatier, I hope. The Hangman's Daughter

[Kath]

Scott wrote: "Just wrapped up When, At Last, He Found Me which I enjoyed and have now started The Village of Lost Souls which is great so far!"

I thought The Village of Lost Souls was excellent, Scott.

Edit to add - The Crucible was a bit good too, eh Karen!

[Jud]

I finished the audiobook of lord of the rings. I got all emotional at the end, the narrator was excellent.

I also finished dinner with a vampire, I enjoyed it but it's not well written and I felt the story was a bit lacking and disjointed (best word I can think of to describe it) at times. Still enjoyed it better than twilight but that is probably down to the hype around twilight more than anything else

[Karen]

Ignite wrote: "Scott wrote: "Just wrapped up When, At Last, He Found Me which I enjoyed and have now started The Village of Lost Souls which is great so far!"

I thought The Village of Lost Souls was excellent, S..."

Interesting - just listened to Radio 4 The Bottom Line (business prog. Yes I know, I shd get out more, but it is always a good prog with Evan Davis) - the African entrepreneurs were saying what the continent needs most is... electricity (and an end to the EU trade blocks against their agriculture)

[Lorraine]

Finished The Shoulders of Giants,was ok,worth 77p and i would read the next in the series,if he writes one.Starting Missing Persons.

[Kath]

Finished Murder at Tremawney Heights by Beverley Carter. She always writes a nice little novella and I've enjoyed them all. Will be reviewing later.

Just started Tripping the Night Fantastic by Andrew Chapman. Funny so far but I've only just begun it.

[Joo]

Finished Song for Vanora by Sheila Perry. An enjoyable Scottish time travel story.
Now I've gone for some frothy chic lit by Nicola May

[Natasha]

Just finished The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I thought the style of writing was beautiful, but I didn't care what happened to the characters.

Just started On The Road by Jack Kerouac.

[Marc]

now that is an overrated book in my humble opinion!

[Paul]

Finished The Magicians' Guild. I found it a bit slow but got into it by the end. It helps if you know that the trilogy it begins was originally intended to be one book but grew too large, so that explains the slow burn. That said, it is a story in its own right but there are enough loose threads to be picked up to make me want to carry on reading the next book.

However first I've started Downbelow Station which is Sword&Laser's March book. It's a bit of a thick book so I thought I'd get a start early. Read the first chapter which was a huge infodump of future history. I'm told it gets better, certainly hope so.

[Natasha]

Marc wrote: "now that is an overrated book in my humble opinion!"

I'm 19% through On The Road and I haven't made my mind up about it yet.

I know it's sixty years old or so, but continually reading how women (or "girls") are there to be groped and to cook men's food is a little wearing.

[Marc]

Natasha wrote: "Marc wrote: "now that is an overrated book in my humble opinion!"

I'm 19% through On The Road and I haven't made my mind up about it yet.

I know it's sixty years old or so, but continually readi..."

to say the least...

[Fiona (Titch)]

Read and finished Head Over Heels - Sara Downing. Now I am going back to Name and Number - John Hoskison.

[Stuart]

Natasha wrote: "Just finished The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I thought the style of writing was beautiful, but I didn't care what happened to the characters.

Just started On The Road by Jack Kerouac."

Two of my fave books! I agree with what you say about Gatsby - I think that may have been the point - the vaccuous nature of some people. I reviewed it here on Goodreads a while back. I'm a massive Jack Kerouac fan but find On The Road way down the list of the books of his I love. Maybe though you have to read it before the others begin to make sense. It certainly is the most accessible of his books!

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading by Jojo Moyes and by Ernest Hemingway.

I loved Me Before You from beginning to the end. It's a very complex novel. It is well-written, heart-breaking, gripping and deeply moving. I cried my eyes out several times while reading this book. I don't think I've ever cried this much while reading a book before! This novel deals with the topic of euthanasia and could have been really depressing but it's a credit to the skill of the author that she makes the book so readable. This is a thought provoking story and, whatever you feel about assisted suicide, it will make you think about how you would cope if suddenly all your choices and decisions were taken away from you and you had to rely on others to do everything for you. I gave this book 4.5 Stars!
My full review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...



Now I'm a couple of chapters into by Janet Evanovich.

[Jud]

I finally decided to start something, Stealing Elgar!

[Kath]

It's great Jud. I think Mr B just gets better. No pressure for the next book then!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Finished Name and Number - John Hoskison. Now I'm gonna carry on reading Bad Blood: A Vampire Thriller - J.R. Rain.

[Beverley]

Just finished just started

[Lorraine]

Finished Missing Persons and nearly finished Skin and Bones, then i'm going to read The Bubble Gum Thief: A Dagny Gray Thriller.

[Karen]

Just finished The Hangman's Daughter, a great read. Now off to start The Cure of Souls

[Kath]

Oh, keep forgetting to post here! Recently finished Bev Carter's Murder at Tremawney Heights. It's a new novella and a whodunnit - and I didn't guess!

Also the amazingly dark and thrilling Slow Burning Lies by Ray Kingfisher. Just starting Jamie Sinclair's The Trust

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just finished Death Comes as the end, you wouldn't think it was an Agatha Christie bok. Next kindle book will be Bleak House,and next paperback wil be an Andrew Goss book,a slight distraction from my a-z challenge

[Fiona (Titch)]

Listened to Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë and didn't like it :(

[Daniel]

Just finished The Racketeer, a very by the numbers Grisham, that turned little new ground for him. Not a bad tell

and just started Wool Omnibus and oh my! This guy can really make some characters... enjoying thus far!

[Beverley]

Just finished The Sense of an Ending, just starting Capital.

[Jonathan]

Beverley wrote: "Just finished The Sense of an Ending, just starting Capital."

What did you think of 'Sense of an Ending', Beverley? I read it a while back and was half interested and half bored. Still unsure about it!

[Jonathan]

My last three reads have been five star ones. I'm on a roll.

Andrew Barrett's sublime Third Rule trilogy
Reviewed - http://jhillwriter.blogspot.co.uk/201...

David Haynes' 'Mask of the Macabre', four chilling tales all linked
Reviewed - http://jhillwriter.blogspot.co.uk/201...

and 'The 8th' by Matt Shaw, a shocking novella. Although the writing suffered grammatically at times, the raw power of this book compelled me to still give it five stars.
Reviewed - http://jhillwriter.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Beverley]

Jonathan wrote: "Beverley wrote: "Just finished The Sense of an Ending, just starting Capital."

What did you think of 'Sense of an Ending', Beverley? I read it a while back and was half interested and half bored...."

Yes, I felt the same. Without wishing to put in any spoilers, I did work out what was going on and found it a bit aggravating that the main character couldn't see it coming. I didn't really agree with the idea that he was responsible for what his friends did on the strength of a stroppy teenage letter. Veronica annoyed the hell out of me with her refusal to speak except in riddles, I thought that was a bit unrealistic and if she thought he was to blame for what happened and still hated him that much after forty years, then surely she wouldn't have left him trying to put together a puzzle he couldn't have known anything about. Yes, he was shallow and selfish, but was he totally responsible? I thought not. All in all, it was a strange and quite depressing little story. It does make you think of your own youth. I probably got people's goats and some of them got mine, but do I hate them? Nah! I'm friends with them all on facebook! When you're young (and old), you sometimes make mistakes and people's feelings get hurt. Then you and they get over it and move on. There was a severe lack of water under the bridge in this story!

[Joo]

I just started Cecilia Peartree's new one http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Lion-Unic... (not on here yet). It's a nice gentile thriller.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I'm struggling with Bleak House (and only 1% in), need an alternative Classic who's authors surname begins with D.

[Michael]

I've just finished 'Mask of the Macabre' by David Haynes - highly recommended:

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

[Karen]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I'm struggling with Bleak House (and only 1% in), need an alternative Classic who's authors surname begins with D."

Depends on what you call classic but Daphne Du Maurier is brilliant... Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, if you've not already read them of course.