Best reads - Club Together Book Club?
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I've just ordered a secondhand copy from Amazon, under £2, looking forward to reading it. An even better bargain was the complete works of Shakespeare for 50p thanks to my son who has left a gap on our book shelves by "borrowing" our old copy. (He did a radio programme about the Tempest and there is a connection with this tale down on the Lyme Regis harbour wall, see if you can spot if you're on a visit there..)
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Hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. I was fortunate to find it on Kinlde for 99p.
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Last week on holiday someone had left a hardback copy of Lee Child's latest book "The Midnight Line": It was a good read but is probably mot his best. Does anyone else feel that the Jack Reacher novels are becoming a bit 'samey'
I am now reading Michael Connelly's latest book "Two Kinds of Truth", this is a great read. Again this is a charity shop book for which I probably paid 20p. Not bad for a book still in the latest sellers chart!
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Yep, agree with you about Jack Reacher. Thought this about 3 books ago. Picking up his short stories on Monday from the library so a condensed version might be a better read.
Michael Connelly shows that you can still write about the same character time and again without going stale. This latest one is as good as any of his books.
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BRUE - Just reading a book I picked up in a charity shop that I hadn't read before. By John le Carre, called "A Most Wanted Man". One of the main characters in it is Mr.Tommy Brue! As he's a wealthy banker I thought it must be a relative.
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Am reading Ghost Girl, the second in The Detective's Daughter series by Leslie Thomson, having just finished the 1st one. They are both good reads but one does have to concentrate with then as that are bit out of the ordinary.
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Historical novels are not my usual choice when I get books from the library but having watched The White Princess on TV towards the back end of last year I have enjoyed reading books by the same author (Phillipa Gregory) set in the same “Wars of the Roses” era. They feature notable women of that time & the part each played in the continuing sagas. I found them interesting & easy to read. They were The Lady of the Rivers, The White Queen, The Red Queen & The King Maker’s Daughter.
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For those of you who were hooked on the Netflix royals (I wasn't but I know my "disapproving of royalty" sister was, strange that...
) I have just read a book by Craig Brown called Ma'am Darling which is all about Princess Margaret's life. Craig Brown is a satirist and humorous writer so expect some witty comments and stories. The bit which made me smile the most was Picasso's true undeclared love for PM so there is a story of what might have happened if this union had occurred. It's a good read, revealing and repellent in parts with a touch of sadness as it ends. 0 -
I recall reading him in the Independent when it first appeared and found him amusing so will keep it in mind.
ps a weird thing just happened, I'm listening to a radio program that was recorded earlier on today and the presenter has just mentioned The Royals and that Netflix series! Surreal.
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Although I don't normally read historical novels I've just finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it's made me want to read the second one in the trilogy, Bring up the Bodies. Will have to have a scour through a few charity shops to see if I can find a copy.
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I’m a big fan of Nordic Noir both on TV and to read. I can highly recommend the author Ragnar Jónasson. He has 3 books in the Dark Iceland series about the policeman Ari Thor. We’re away for Easter in the van and reading his fourth book with his new policemen Huldda. Great reads.
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I too like Nordic Noir. Have just finished Camilla Lackberg's The Ice Child and am now starting The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund.
mbee, I see that there are now 5 books in the Dark Iceland series and 2 in the Hulda H series.
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The Crow Girl was only 99p on Kindle this week. It is certainly very dark, and I'm only about 15% into it. Be warned.
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Hi Nellie (and other Nordic Noir fans)
Give a thought to these authors;
Torquil MacLeod - series of books set in Malmo
Arnoldur Indridason - Icelandic detective series
David Lagerkrantz - he’s written two further books following on from Steig Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ series. Excellent reads.
Quentin Bates - also set in Iceland
Kjell Erikkson - Swedish detective Ann Lindell
not forgetting Arne Dahl ( some have been made into TV series and shown on BBC4), Jo Nesbo and Henning Mankell.
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I've one Knell Erikkson book but it's not the first in the series. I've read most on Jo Nesbo's and Henning Mankell's books, but none of the other's although my daughter has all the Dragon Tattoo series for me.
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Just finished reading this. Must admit to having something caught in my eye once or twice, Reading about the tremendous survival skills of the dog, Judy, and those POWs in what were inhumane conditions, made it a difficult read at times but ultimately rewarding to see so many survive. The dog was amazing. Now drained. Need a little light reading matter. A good murder mystery will do fine.
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I've just read "The Final Curtsey" by Margaret Rhodes, a short book written by QE2's cousin, very readable. Some funny and not so funny anecdotes, I was pleased to hear that Princess Margaret did not get a replacement toilet seat as quickly as expected....
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As a child we had a library at the end of our road, my dear Mum was an avid reader so we visited it at least every week. She wasn't at all strict but her rule here was - you can have three books, two of whatever you want and the third to learn from, so none fiction, and we had to read the third book before getting more. Now I love history and reading, I still often go for the none fiction book or maybe a novel where I lean more. Eg Hillary Mantel or Phillipa Gregory. Now I have my own reading rule, I normally read paperbacks and they must then be passed on, so sometimes to friends or usually charity shops. Most of my books come from charity shops or from Amazon but always used books. I never read books on my kindle, cos I can't pass them on and new books are a rare Christmas treat. Do others think one person encouraged their love of reading.
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