Best reads - Club Together Book Club?
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Fair enough. Enjoy!
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I gave up listening to the Radio 4 rendition of Richard Osman's "The Thursday Murder Club"...kept falling asleep and missing bits. I bought the book instead and I can see why it's been so popular, a good read, a sense of humour and some crimes to solve, I got to the end of it last night and enjoyed it. Quite a long book, broken down by character parts and some short chapters. A nice lockdown read!
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Also just finished Mark Billingham's latest Tom Thorne book, Cry Baby which was a nice departure from his most recent escapades, being set in the 1990s.
Currently reading Martin Walkers latest Bruno book, Shooting at Chateau Rock. Enjoying it.
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I'm reading Bill Bryson's "Shakespeare."
Young Bill Shakespeare had to leave London and go home due to the plague so it sort of fits in with modern times. It's a fact finding book, mercifully short but interesting, a pity we know so little about him but it brings things to life.
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Brue, I've just ordered it from the library before I forget.
Also ordered a William Shaw book, Deadlands, the third in the D.I.Cupidi series with a hold on number 4 The Trawlerman when it comes out this year. It's a while since I read books 1&2 so am looking forward to it. Wonder if Nellie has read Deadlands yet as he likes this series as well?
This latest lockdown has been good for catching up with my reading if nothing else.
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I'm just chortling my way through Stuart Macbride's latest offering "The Coffin Maker's Garden".
Features ex DI Ash Henderson - the same grisly subject matter and (very) dark humour as the Logan Macrae books - possibly more of the former and less of the latter.
Very entertaining if you like that sort of thing (which I do!)
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Have read Deadland, and I see that the first 3, The Birdwatcher, Salt Lane and Deadlands, are available as a combination for £2:99 on Kindle at the moment.
WN, the next in the series is Graves End which comes before The Trawlerman, neither of which I've purchased yet.
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I'm a bit late to it but I'm reading the highly popular Salt Path by Raynor Winn ( a Christmas present.) Based on the "true" events of a couple made homeless and tackling the SW coast path as a way to "find" themselves again. I know people love this book but I'm finding it annoying. When the seagull lurked near the longed for half pasty I knew what was coming...there are only so many contrived events that can happen on the SW coast path. A shame they didn't pay for the camp site in St Ives but couldn't resist Rick Stein's expensive chips.....very readable.
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Margaret has just finished reading the Rose Code by Kate Quinn. It is a fictional account of a group of females recruited to work at Bletchley Park at the start of the war. She enjoyed it as it had local interest but perhaps even more topical was the one of the heroines had a affair with Prince Phillip in the fictional book!!!
David
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This has just arrived in my ebook inbox but it will have to wait as I am reading the latest Reacher book. Goodness knows why as I haven't "enjoyed" one of his for the last 3 or so outings.
Must give the library a gee up and see what's happening with my Bill Bryson request.
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For Michael Connolly fans his Fair Warnings, the latest Jack McEvoy novel, is available on Kindle at the moment for 99p.
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Picked up Graves End from the library yesterday along with the Bill Bryson book.
Just reading The Coffin Makers Garden as mentioned by Moulesy as it's time restricted, i.e. has to go back soon.
Funnily enough I didn't find Connelly's Jack McEvoy a very easy person to have empathy with, not like Bosch. Still well written but not one to be repeated for me.
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For those that like Scottish detective books there is a series of 6 by G R Jordan, based mainly on the Scottish Islands, in sale for 99p for the set at the moment on Kindle.
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Just finished a fascinating book called "What Does Jeremy Think". It is a biography of the late Jeremy Heywood written by his wife Suzanne. He was eventually Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service. It charts his career from when he worked for Norman Lamont through all PM's since then to Theresa May until his untimely death in 2018. I think we often don't realise how much various Governments rely on Civil Servants and the serious role they play is so far removed from the comical Sir Humphrey!!!
David
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Picked up library book today. Born in a burial Gown by MW Craven.
Slowly working my way through Bill Brysons Illustrated Shakespeare, half an hour a day. I've read it before but Brue reminded me of it a while ago and it's amazing how much one forgets and how quickly. Thoroughly enjoyable though.
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I'm reading Richard Osman's debut novel " The Thursday Murder Club". I've been resisting up to now because I think books written by TV personalities often turn out to be pretty pointless (see what I did there?
). But in fact it's a very clever murder mystery and very, very wittily written. Nothing very intellectual but easy holiday reading and you can bet your life it'll be turned into TV series before too long. 0 -
Margaret has given me the book to read, although I don't usually bother with fiction. Haven't started yet. She has now read it twice and been very disappointed with the simplicity of it. Margaret reads a lot of detective based fiction and likes to be challenged when reading. I have heard that it is already going to be made into a film.
David
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I've just dowmloaded it onto my Kindle ready for our holiday next week. I'm still not sure if I will like it, having read reviews, but the price has come down. I've a stack (virtual) of books now ready for all the sitting in the sun we're going to do. We save on weight and storage etc by me using my Kindle and my husband taking real books.
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I enjoyed reading it, I bought the book and and liked the people observations in it, nothing like your average detective/thriller, quite a good tale in itself.
I'm reading about The Fens at the moment (kindle) a non fiction book by Francis Priyor. It's all about his life and archaeology works. A lot more organised farming in the Bronze age than people realised and some nice writing about previous generations. The poet John Clare gets his praise.
My kindle didn't work properly on our last break, all set to enjoy a political diary and nothing happened. I think I've sorted it now but it pays to take a real book just in case!
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I have in the past resorted to reading an Ordinance Survey map for pleasure. I'm still looking for the life that someone told me to get.😁
Resorted to Kindle at the moment and reading a book I bought at the beginning of first lockdown, Martin Cruz Smith, The Siberian Dilemma. I think Moulesy has read it. Enjoying it.
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I started reading it yesterday, and have given up today. I realised I didn’t like the style of wring or cared about any of the characters. And it’s not a school “set book” so I feel no compulsion to plod through to the end.
i realise I must be in the minority and I can’t even give it away as its on my Kindle!
Now I am well into P D James’s first Dalgleish book - Cover her Face. It’s a long time since I read it, and I only vaguely remember the plot. Very well written and I love it!
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If only that worked with the lottery (and if only I played it!).
