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[Kath]

Just finished The Trust Great book - reviewing shortly.

[Jud]

I finished the glass painters daughter, the seven dials mystery and Darren's UNDEAD valentines short story. The new Alice Parker book is next.

[Lorraine]

Finished Somewhere to Hide,Borderlands and Death Cart.Now starting The Back Road.

[Jud]

I finished Alice Parker & The Sound of the Silent which is fabulous, It's quite short and very light reading but it's written for kids and I think it is perfect for the age group it is intended (didn't stop me enjoying it). I started Murder at the Vicarage

[Kath]

Recently finished Ballet of the Bones and The Back Road Both excellent but very different genres.

[Daniel]

So finished Wool Omnibus and moved straight onto Shift with glee. Great bit of writing and well looking forward to Dust.

So scratched around a bit on my Kindle to see what else I could find.... stumbled across Ender's Game and gave it a whirl, enjoyed it thus far but... then I look up Card's other books and read his wiki entry and... well not keen at all on his personal views. And this has put me off his books (I was initially pleased that he had written more in the same universe as Ender's Game).

Can't remember ever being put off a book by the views of an author (apart from perhaps a Jeffery Archer novel I tried once), how about you?

[Elle]

I'm currently reading a 'dipper' book Breverton's Nautical Curiosities which is really fantastic. I was dipping in and out of it for months but screw that, it's too good so I've been reading a few pages before bed everything this week.

[Michael]

Ignite wrote: "Recently finished Ballet of the Bones and The Back Road Both excellent but very different genres."

I too have just read Ballet of the Bones and I agree that it is an excellent read. I'm now onto Rosen's The Troll Trap.

[Lorraine]

Finished The Back Road and am starting Where the Shadow Falls.

[Natasha]

Just finished God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens. Some interesting info, but a bit heavy-going. Brief review here.

Just started Arabelle's Shadows by Fleur Gaskin. Diary format with some lesbian intrigue added, so right up my street :-)

[Michael]

I've just finished Rosen's rather wonderful The Troll Trap, I'm now onto Creatures of Appetite.

[Jonathan]

You're certainly on a reading marathon at the moment, Michael. I'm enjoying your reviews.

[Michael]

I've been reading short books :-) I wish I had more time for reading, I seem to spend most of my time working or writing.

[Lorraine]

Finished Where the Shadow Falls and started The Perfect Murder which i bought in August 2010.

[Lorraine]

Finished The Perfect Murder and started Heartsick.

[Jim]

working my way through Peter Heather's Empires and Barbarians which is fascinating. I've got Bass Instinct waiting for me but I'm determined to finish the other one first.

[Karen]

Oh dear. Finished The Girl in the Mask from my TBR pile, which I thought was an indie - turns out it was published by OUP!! What a load of twaddle. Anyway, back to the TBR pile now, A Fine and Private Place: Sandro Cellini #2, hope it's a bit meatier

[Richard]

Just finished Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax". Quite interesting but I don't think there's a great deal in there that most people wouldn't already know. You should definitely read it if you think the moon landing was a hoax, though.

Just started Midnight's Children and The Sekhmet Bed. Not far into either yet, but loving both of them.

[Karen]

Richard wrote: "Just finished Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax". Quite interesting but I don't think there's a great deal in there that most people would..."

Thanks Richard, I've just ordered The Sekhmet Bed - sounds interesting - ties in well with the new progs on Egypt at the mo.

[Tim]

Just started Drop Dead Gorgeous by Wayne Simmons. Zombie apocalypse comes to Norn Iron. Belfast devastated... Watch out Elle...

[Sam]

Just finished The Karaoke Duo Vs The Karaoke Zombies by Edwin Stark. Surreal humour; an entertaining read.

Just started The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

[Kath]

I've heard very varied reports about the 100 y o man. I'd be interested to know what you think about that.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Ignite wrote: "I've heard very varied reports about the 100 y o man. I'd be interested to know what you think about that."

I LOVED it - thought it was brilliant. Quite an idiosyncratic writing style (difficult to know how much of that is the writer's actual style, and how much due to the translation) but it is witty, clever and interesting. Can't ask more of a story than that!

[Sam]

It was recommended to me by friends who thought it 'hilarious'. I'm a little way in and it's entertaining enough so far, but I haven't found it particularly funny yet. I shall post my thoughts when I've finished.

[Kath]

I suspect it's a 'marmite' book!

[Elle]

Tim wrote: "Just started Drop Dead Gorgeous by Wayne Simmons. Zombie apocalypse comes to Norn Iron. Belfast devastated... Watch out Elle..."

Heh, going to London today. I'll nail the parents in to make sure they're okay and we are good to go!

i love how he says Ireland yet all the reviews say Northern Ireland - LOL

[Jim]

Ignite wrote: "I've heard very varied reports about the 100 y o man. I'd be interested to know what you think about that."

Oldest step-daughter has taken to reading on her phone and commented yesterday that she loved 100 y o man. For comparison, she likes my stuff, and likes Cadfael and a fairly wide range of stuff

[Kath]

I might get on with it then.

[Joo]

Ignite wrote: "I've heard very varied reports about the 100 y o man. I'd be interested to know what you think about that."

It was the kuf bookclub choice earlier this year.
Marmite indeed.
http://www.kuforum.co.uk/kindleusersf...

[Kath]

Hmm. Isn't it amazing how a book can divide opinion?

[Jim]

Being 'marmite' is probably not a bad thing. At least it's been selling nicely since 1902 :-)

Being marmite, some people might hate you, but some will love you. Far worse for a writer if people just shrug and say 'well he writes well enough but I'm not bothered either way'

[Richard]

Ignite wrote: "Hmm. Isn't it amazing how a book can divide opinion?"

I think people's opinions about this book are really interesting. Personally, I thought it was awful. It's the only book on my Kindle that I've left unfinished.

[Kath]

There are very few books I don't finish Richard. I'm a determined beggar. I resent wasting time with them though so if I think I might not like a book I don't bother starting.
I'm too old to buy green bananas too! Haha!

[Jim]

Ignite wrote: "There are very few books I don't finish Richard. I'm a determined beggar. I resent wasting time with them though so if I think I might not like a book I don't bother starting.
I'm too old to buy green bananas too! Haha! ..."

My late father occasionally bought a lottery ticket. He finally stopped when someone on the radio pointed out that we can work out the odds of winning the lottery, we can work out the chance you have dying in any give period.
So you can have more chance of dying before the ticket is drawn than you have of winning the lottery.
Obviously it depends on age etc, but the chap on the radio gave suggestions about when you should buy your ticket. My Dad discovered that he had to buy his at some point on Saturday afternoon to have more chance of winning than dying!
At that point he gave up

[Mago]

As I'm doing so well on my 2013 challenge, this month (I've only got half of "Dracula" to finish) and I can't remember having read any James Herbert (RIP), I'm just starting .

[TonyQ]

Hey Mago! Just finished Cloud Atlas - wow! Can't wait for the film next Tuesday!! Taking a few days from reading to try and concentrate on some writing (provided Mr.Lodger keeps his bloody Vivaldi turned down! Keep thinking I'm on a permanent telephone loop!)

[Kay (Golden Girl)]

Finished The Silver Mist which I really enjoyed and have started The Back Road

[Marc]

finished Two Caravans will post short review soon

just started May We Be Forgiven

[Fiona (Titch)]

Has finished Yellow Crocus - Laila Ibrahim Which I found to be like Roots: The Saga of an American Family - Alex Haley which I've only seen the film, but can picture it in my head. Now I've picked up In Stitches - Nick Edwards For a challenge I am doing at the moment,

[David]

Just finished 2082: The Chronicles Of Hope. I loved it, incredibly thought provoking with the protagonist Frank Noon a politician i'd love humanity to associate with! (described as a revolutionary working class genius). The writing isn't as polished as it could be, but i'm intrigued as to how the rest of the series will go and if you want a book that'll keep you awake at night i highly recommend

[Kath]

Just finished 15000 Feet Below by a new author to me, Mads Sorensen. He's worked in the petroleum industry and writes with that authority you only get from being involved. Gripping thriller.

I've just state a short story Campaign of the Gods by Mike Evers - again, a new author to me. Funny, maybe a little too hysterical to be sustained - but I'll know more when I've finished it.

[Jud]

I finished Murder at the Vicarage, the most disappointing Christie book I've read so far, but it was her first Miss Marple one so maybe she was still refining her style.

Started Sleepers by Jacqueline Druga, did someone here recommend it?

[Karen]

Have just finished A Fine & Private Place which seems to have been renamed A Murder in Tuscany - anyway, it was a terrific read. Had me hooked to the end.
Next on the TBR pile is Fatal Tango

[Mago]

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I finished Murder at the Vicarage, the most disappointing Christie book I've read so far, but it was her first Miss Marple one so maybe she was still refining her style."

If you thought that was disappointing wait until At Bertram's Hotel.

[Mark]

been reading lots of HP Lovecraft lately. Just started Daylight War by Peter V Brett.

[Jud]

Oh dear... That's not for ages though.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Still struggling with The Man in the Iron Mask. I've finished my paperback, so am only allowed to read my kindle until I have finished. AT 67%

[Jud]

You can do it desley

[Richard]

Ignite wrote: "There are very few books I don't finish Richard. I'm a determined beggar. I resent wasting time with them though so if I think I might not like a book I don't bother starting.
I'm too old to bu..."

I'm the same. Apart from The Hundred Year Old Man... I can't remember the last book I didn't finish.

Actually, that's not true. I couldn't finish Atlas Shrugged either. I got about half way through that and realised that whole seasons had passed me by. But that's about 5 years ago.

[Richard]

Jim wrote: "Ignite wrote: "There are very few books I don't finish Richard. I'm a determined beggar. I resent wasting time with them though so if I think I might not like a book I don't bother starting.
I'..."

I stopped when I discovered that you're more likely to be struck by lightning twice than to win the lottery.

Although I also recently read (in 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off) that you're three times more likely to die in an air crash than you are to be eaten by a lion, so I'm giving planes a miss as well.