Best reads - Club Together Book Club?
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For those that like Scottish detective series, and haven't yet found those by J.D.Kirk, the first 2, A Litter of Bones and Thicker than Water, are both at 99p at the moment, as an incentive because the 6 th one is being released tonight. I've enjoyed the 4 that I've read so far.
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How do you lot find time to read these books? I'm still on the one I started a year ago.
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From a personal point of view I most likely do not do the things you do when you’re not reading books.
p.s. I have not looked at CT much at all recently but do occasionally check some threads I can find info I am interested in. Libraries being closed I have been buying books @ Supermarket on the weekly shop as I don’t do Kindle.
Take care & stay safe everyone. We are all living through a piece of world history which no doubt will end up in a book in the future I am sure.
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Unfortunately they are at £3:99 each, M. But I've bought The Driftwood Girls anyway to see what they are like. Thanks for the head's up.😁
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For info - Noticed Blue Lightning – Ann Cleeves is on theworks.co.uk 3 books for £5 page. They do charge for P+P though. Not used this site as yet but will do so when we’ve both made our choices. Link below if you are interested
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Thank, JO. I might just wait till their shop in town opens and see if they have it there. We can always find another couple to add to the one we've originally gone in for.
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Fans of Damien Boyd might like to note that the latest DI Nick Dixon book, Down Among The Dead, is on offer on Amazon at 99p for the Kindle version in Today's Deals.
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I know this thread is about books you have read, and often about bargains you have picked up.
But, if you're looking for something different and have a few pounds to spare, please consider pre-ordering this from James Rebanks. Not only a wonderful writer, but farmer of Herdwicks, Belties and now pigs. And of course passionate about his countryside.
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No more buying ‘cheap on offer books’ online from Smiths and The Works as our library re-opened Monday with limited opening times and browsing time plus various other “covid required safety measures” in place. Having returned our books I am taking advantage of the service where they will choose books for you based on your preferences (done on line – ticks in boxes) and will contact you in order to collect them. Could be interesting reading.
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Our mobile service is has resumed but we can only pre-order books at present, maybe one person at a time to browse a bit later. There is a volunteer service offering book delivery to anyone who is housebound. One good thing, as a library member people can download newspapers, magazines, comics, audio books etc for free.
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Cheers, OH spotted that this morning. She too is an avid reader of "monthly deals"!😚
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Glad to hear you’ve got it, Nellie.
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The Constant Soldier by William Ryan was 1 of the books chosen for me by our library when it re-opened. I found it well written though not an era I usually read about. It featured a German soldier towards the end of the second world war. The author's note at the end about the photographs in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum was not something I knew about.
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Decided it was time for a holiday read and chose Finding Freedom by C Durand & O Scobie. Probably not for the discerning or faint hearted, but a long whinging story about the demands put upon the wealthy and privileged and the use of private jets and lots of "close" friends. Oh and a bit of a hoo ha over a tiara...well I've never worn one so it's not something I can sympathise with a lot. (Not totally recommended but thought I'd confess about my low reading standards.
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If there is anyone out there besides me and Mrs M who hasn't yet read it "The Tattooist of Auscwitz" is on Kindle Daily Deal at 99p for today only.
And in a completely different genre, for fans of John Connolly's "Charlie Parker" series there is a new addition "The Dirty South" just out. 👍
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Thanks, M, just downloaded it.👍0
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I have just finished reading the first two Yorkshire Shepherdess books by Amanda Owen. I watched some if the series on channel 5 and a neighbour lent me the books. I have enjoyed them, their lifestyle is very different, and she has had some very funny experiences.
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Half way through a book about globalisation but this one shows how it isn't a new fangled idea or ethos but was around in the year 1000 AD. Quite a lot of information to take in in one sitting so I tend to read 30 or so pages at a time. Worth a look if anyone interested in history. I'll probably forget 90% of the facts but hopefully the other 10% will be gold nuggets.
The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen
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Have now read The Tattooist but couldn't understand the hype about it, and thought that The Librarian of Auscwitz a much better read.
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I’ve just finished “The Darkest Evening “ by Ann Cleeves (a Vera book). A bought it a few weeks ago, and have been holding of starting, as I know there won’t be another for some time. In the end it was staring at from the kitchen bookcase, and I picked it up. Wonderful! I had two goes at guessing the main culprit - both totally wrong.
Highly recommended.
But what next?
Latest Ian Rankin, or An English Pastoral by our friend James Rebanks?
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Just finished "A Politician's Wife by Sasha Swire the ghastly goings on of a former Devonshire MP (his wife writes the diary, he supplies the details) a really gossipy, sometimes funny and horrible account! Prince Charles, D Cameron, Boris J, Jerry Hall and a cast of millions, the knife is in for all of them...!
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