Best reads - Club Together Book Club?
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For Ann Cleeves fans therefore couple of bargains in this month's kindle book list, The Heron's Cry (The Two Rivers book 2) is 99p and The Woman in the Island (a Vera short story) is free.
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I’ve just read the latest Vera book - “The Rising Tide”. I loved it, read it in two days (ignoring everything else but essential cooking). And now feel a bit bereft as I’ve finished it!
I think I’ll reread all the Vera books, starting with The Crow Trap.
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I've read all the Vera series up to No.9 but still have to get The Rising Tide. Also read all of the Shetland ones and a few of her earlier books.
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Finished reading "Love Nina" by Nina Stibbe, a good read and very funny in parts. Based on the author's real life letters sent to her sister Victoria when she was a nanny working in London and surrounded by well known people, Alan Bennett is good at fixing bicycles apparently...don't think he quite expected to appear in this way.
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Just bought a new one to me anyway from Stuart Maconie "The Nanny State Made Me" off Amazon for £0.99
I like his books, full of down to earth observations all laced with a gentle humour and a lot of truth. The sort you can dip into as well. If you like Bill Bryson you should also like Maconie's books.
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Agree there, GT. I’m currently reading Longore Hall having read all the previous books in the series. The location descriptions are spot on.
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I was going to mention the passing away of Peter Robinson in the thread that caters for that sort of thing but as I wasn't the most ardent of fans felt that might be a bit over the top coming from me.
However I know he had his followers on here and as his passing went unnoticed by me I thought it might have gone unnoticed by others and thought this would be a more appropriate place to mention it.
I did read probably half a dozen of his Banks books so whilst not a great fan still found them a fairly decent read. Anyway it's always a sad day when you lose an author who was liked by many.
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We do have quite a number of his books, and found them enjoyable, as he used actual locations instead of fictitious ones. However when the early ones were went onto the TV, the choice of Stephan Thomkinson for Inspector Banks was so wrong it out us off the books.
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I wasn’t aware and I really like his books. Thanks, WN.
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We bought a bit of light reading while away in Suffolk. Andrew Cotter and his gorgeous dogs Olive and Mabel kept us highly amused during Covid lockdowns, with the very funny commentaries over the pooch antics. Andrew Cotter did a bit of writing as well, and has put out his Dog Days, an off the cuff diary about the unbelievable success of his short video clips, and the sort of events Olive and Mabel get invited to attend. Light hearted and funny, a nice little read.👍
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Wherenext – thanks for post which prompted me to check library and have requested the Michael Connelly book plus David Baldacci & CJ Box’s latest books whom publish at this time of year. May have some time to wait as the 3 are listed ‘on order by HQ’. Guess I have joined the queue for them. Also requested ‘No Plan B’ Lee Child’s newest book which appears to have been published in Sept. Continuing to read various detective/mystery novels modern & medieval.
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I'm down from number 45 to number 2 in the queue so hopefully it'll arrive before long!
One of my favourite authors is Ian McEwan and I've just read his latest novel "Lessons" which is truly astounding. He has the knack of making what seems, on the surface, the most mundane of subjects fascinating. In this case it tells the life of a fairly ordinary man from his days at boarding school through to his later years, covering much of 20th century events and what he imagines for his grand daughter in the 21st. Definitely one of the best books I've read this year.
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I have just finished Richard Osman's third book in the Thursday Murder Club series, The Bullet That Missed. I find his books very enjoyable and easy to read. Might not be of interest to the "serious reader", Margaret is not so keen on them. But I don't generally read fiction but find his books enjoyable.
David
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I usually look at the newspaper headlines each day and look out for the Matt cartoons on the Telegraph. Treated myself to the 2022 cartoon set although cheaper to download to Kindle which I've done previously.
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Whilst not a Telegraph reader I do like Matt cartoons and even got A Best Of.. a few years ago.
Just finished "A Man with One of Those Faces" by Caiman McDonnell, the first in a trilogy but the last I've managed to read, although it didn't distract from the enjoyment of it. Just what I needed, the book is laced with black Irish humour.
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On the subject of cartoons, I do like the "Nature Notes" cartoons by Peter Brookes in The Times on a Saturday.
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Just finished reading Michael Connolly's latest Bosch & Ballard offering "Desert Star". Incredible the way MC manages to subtly update Bosch's career to keep things fresh after all this time. Although, without wishing to give anything away, I get the sense that the end may be in sight for Harry.
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I'm down to number 15 on the list for Bosch/Ballard.
Just reading latest instalment of Michael Walker's Bruno series, " To Kill a Troubadour". Series now getting a bit repetitive and formulaic but as it's set in Dordogne I'll forgive him.
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I'm down to number 15 on the list for Bosch/Ballard.
WN, you have long way to go as there are 24 Bosch novels, plus 2 novellas and 2 collections of short stories. There is 1 stand alone Ballard plus 4 other Ballard/Bosch which are included in the 24 Bosch list, and then 6 separate Lincoln Lawyer ones and a B/LL one included in the 24. Plenty of reading there for you. I just need to get Desert Star next to have them all to date.
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No my error. So only a few left then!😄
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Just had a look on Kindle and they have it ....at £21!😮 I wait a while,as I will for th e other 3 that I haven't yet got. I did notice that there is a collection of her first 3 of the Anderson and Costello series are 99p in total, a real bargain.
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I picked up a copy of Kate Atkinson's Time after Time, which had rave reviews when it came out, and if it is as good as her previous novels it should make a good read.
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