On Your Bookshelf
- sally maclennane
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I love the JB books, but would take or leave her other stuff, as Bats says they're too vague for me.
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I have finished Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie, which I enjoyed and which really chilled me at the end (apart from one niggle nobody seems to know the answer to) and I am now on Fred Vargus: Have Mercy On Us All which is rather good. A town crier starts proclaiming the plague. A little too timely, maybe.
"You first have to find out who you are. Then you have to be it like mad."
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- Kenickie
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I'm reading the new Mhairi McFarlane and really enjoying it, so thanks for the heads up, Lora!
If your back's against the wall, turn around and write on it.
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I decided to try and finish The Wytch Elm while I was away. The pace was picking up and I left it in my hotel room. Will I ever find out what happened?
I'll check it out the library once I finish the small pile I have here.
I'll check it out the library once I finish the small pile I have here.
BRING ON THE TRUMPETS!
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That's so frustrating!
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I started The Testaments last night. Loving it.
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- Bat Macdui
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That's on my 'maybe try this year' list. Wych Elm. Let me know how you get on when you've got to the end eventually, Duo. I count you amongst 'people I trust on crime recs'.
I am on Jackson Brodie 4 and I've definitely read them all before except Big Sky. But now I suspect Jackson Brodie will be irritating me too much by the end of this one for me to bother getting hold of Big Sky.
I am on Jackson Brodie 4 and I've definitely read them all before except Big Sky. But now I suspect Jackson Brodie will be irritating me too much by the end of this one for me to bother getting hold of Big Sky.
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- Turtle Bean
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I read The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein. I was drawn to it because there was a cat but it was only ok and had a quite creepy romance.
I'm now reading Timeline by Michael Crichton. I'm trying to tidy up all the nonsense on my Kindle.
I'm now reading Timeline by Michael Crichton. I'm trying to tidy up all the nonsense on my Kindle.
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Hoi! I recommend it.Bat Macdui wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:13 pm That's on my 'maybe try this year' list. Wych Elm. Let me know how you get on when you've got to the end eventually, Duo. I count you amongst 'people I trust on crime recs'.
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I’ve just finished Motherwell, Deborah Orr’s autobiography, published posthumously. Truth be told, she always struck me as a bit of a nightmare, but I thought it was very interesting (and horribly sad). Mostly I just feel so sorry for her. The book seemed to end so suddenly, too, just as I thought we were getting to the heart of it all.
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I’ve finished Spring, and liked it a lot more than Winter. Now I’m reading My Brilliant Friend.
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Motherwell is on my library reservation list.
I have just finished After The End by Clare Mackintosh. I nearly didn't read it as I thought it would be a Jodie Picoult-a-like, and much as I like her I wasn't in the mood for one of hers. But in fact it was incredibly good - very difficult to read, but well worth it. I need a bit of light relief now though.
I have just finished After The End by Clare Mackintosh. I nearly didn't read it as I thought it would be a Jodie Picoult-a-like, and much as I like her I wasn't in the mood for one of hers. But in fact it was incredibly good - very difficult to read, but well worth it. I need a bit of light relief now though.
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- Kenickie
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I loved My Brilliant Friend so much.
I'm trying to decide whether to splash out on the new Marian Keyes or wait until my library has it.
I'm trying to decide whether to splash out on the new Marian Keyes or wait until my library has it.
If your back's against the wall, turn around and write on it.
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I read a total piece of fluff called California Girls this weekend while lounging with a sick child. Absolutely harmless and mindless.
Mum sent me a book a while back because she loved it. I looked at briefly and then put in a safe place. I can’t for the life of me find it now
Mum sent me a book a while back because she loved it. I looked at briefly and then put in a safe place. I can’t for the life of me find it now
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I really couldn't get excited by the Brilliant Friend trilogy at all. I really tried and I feel sad that I didn't like the books as I think I've missed out.
I also read Girl by Edna O'Brien about girls stolen by Boko Harem (sp?) which was beautifully written but very disturbing, and am now on Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner.
I also read Girl by Edna O'Brien about girls stolen by Boko Harem (sp?) which was beautifully written but very disturbing, and am now on Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner.
"You first have to find out who you are. Then you have to be it like mad."
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I enjoyed My Brilliant Friend, but not enough to get round to reading the rest of them. I should really.
I've just finished In Extremis, the biography of war correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum. It was fascinating, I really enjoy war/foreign correspondent memoirs anyway, but this was a particularly good one.
I've just finished In Extremis, the biography of war correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum. It was fascinating, I really enjoy war/foreign correspondent memoirs anyway, but this was a particularly good one.