Books - What are you reading?

[droopsnoot]

I just finished "Deadly Friends" by Stuart Pawson. This is another police procedural, featuring DI Charlie Priest, set in a fictional town in Yorkshire. Probably best described as "gentle", but still very enjoyable. It's quite an old book, but it's not all that obvious. Charlie searches for a serial rapist, and a murderer.

I've just bought the new Michael Connolly, "The Law of Innocence", but it'll be a bit before I can start it.

[realjv]

Starts off like an Armando Iannucci adaptation of X-Men and then goes a bit Michael Bay in the middle. Don't know about the end yet.

[andy_s]

Prolex-UK said:

slopes said:

Stan the Bat said:

slopes said:

Just got the latest Reacher book The Sentinel

Just finished it.

Middling.

Fair assessment

I agree

first one with his brother co writing.

Was OK but wonder if twill be the last one I read

Yeah, nearly finished, good for passing time at airports but nothing to write home about. It is what it is I suppose, so can't complain too much.

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Thought this was appropriate for the moment, I've liked his ideas but never read it directly.

[droopsnoot]

I've just finished "Short Range", a Spider Shepherd book by Stephen Leather. As good as they usually are, Shepherd gets involved in two things at the same time and something personal happens too.

[johnnyreggae]

Does anyone remember the excellent film 'Black Book' ? My Name is Selma is a recent autobiography that covers some similar ground ie Dutch resistance in WW2

Having read a piece in the Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jewish-woman... when I saw the book in Sainsburys I picked it up and have just finished it (its quite a quick read) - much recommended - very human and an interesting insight

[epom]

sparkythecat said:

Frank7 said:

Having recently finished the Grisham book, “The Guardians”, which I felt was a little slow at first, but soon got into its stride, and finished strongly, I looked around to see if there was anything laying around at home that I’d forgotten was there.
I found a hardback that a well meaning friend had given me for my birthday last year, “Blue Moon” by Lee Child, a Jack Reacher book.
Talk about “after the Lord Mayor’s Show”, what an anti climax.
No doubt his fans will think that it’s sacrilege, but after getting halfway through it, to me it’s like reading a 10 y.o., struggling to impress his English teacher with his first composition, compared to Grisham’s accurately measured prose.

I'm a big fan of Grisham and have read most of his books. In the same genre, I recently picked up this and found the author to be every bit as good as Grisham.
I'll be digging into his back catalogue soon.

I’m sure my Mrs., has this lying around somewhere. I’ll give it a go.

[Prolex-UK]

Just finished the latest Michael Connelly book The Law of Innocence

Micky Haller story

Bosch appears a few times taciturn as ever

Most enjoyable

Did not want it to end

[David_M]

Just finished Ohio by Stephen Markley, which I read on the strength of a tweet by Stephen King.

Really good book - the first 20 or so pages were a bit of a struggle but after that it just flows beautifully.

[i4got]

i4got said:

droopsnoot said:

I enjoyed it, yes, it's difficult to go into much more detail without giving stuff away. Then again, it was in a "three for a pound" bundle that I bought a while back, so perhaps that alters it. But it's a decent enough story. If you do go for it, it'll be interesting to hear what you think.

Added to my list. Thanks

Just finished. I enjoyed it. The plot was a little bit thinner than I'd have liked but it was very well written and the characters pretty interesting. In a three for a pound bundle I'd be pretty happy.

If you liked that and you haven't read it yet you might also like Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith.

[droopsnoot]

Cheers, the title doesn't ring a bell, I'll keep a look out for it. I'm part-way through a fairly early James Patterson at the moment, and have the new Michael Connolly sitting on the shelf. And the new Ian Rankin.

[droopsnoot]

I've just finished "The Midnight Club" by James Patterson, which he first released back in 1989 but I hadn't seen it before. A cop is injured in the line of duty and battles his injuries and corruption to get back at the guy who did it to him. Organised crime, big crime syndicates, enjoyable read.

[lowdrag]

I am working my way through the series of Jack Aubrey by Patrick O'Brian, and a very enjoyable series it is. I have just finished "The Surprise" and have managed to obtain the next three in the series for £14 on Amazon. Not the best of the series this one, with more about love and problems than war and such, with the first battle taking place two thirds through the book, but - onwards and upwards.

[tertius]

lowdrag said:

I am working my way through the series of Jack Aubrey by Patrick O'Brian, and a very enjoyable series it is. I have just finished "The Surprise" and have managed to obtain the next three in the series for £14 on Amazon. Not the best of the series this one, with more about love and problems than war and such, with the first battle taking place two thirds through the book, but - onwards and upwards.

HMS Surprise I think, but all in all an absolutely brilliant series. I’ve read the lot three times now I think.

[Jim on the hill]

Rich Dad Poor Dad. Good read so far

[lowdrag]

tertius said:

HMS Surprise I think, but all in all an absolutely brilliant series. I’ve read the lot three times now I think.

Silly me

[irc]

Two thirds into this. My first book by this author. Very readable and enough detail for anyone but serious historians while keeping the story moving.

Good enough that I'll be getting one of his other books shortly.

[Prolex-UK]

irc said:

Two thirds into this. My first book by this author. Very readable and enough detail for anyone but serious historians while keeping the story moving.

Good enough that I'll be getting one of his other books shortly.

Just bought this onkindle

[samajo]

Good Omens. It's the funniest book I have read.

[K12beano]

samajo said:

Good Omens. It's the funniest book I have read.

Oh yes - think I might need to give it a re-read soon! And I just loved the TV series too....

[K12beano]

Well I've got through a couple of interesting ones over the last few weeks, so here's some info:




Well I have to say that at times The Berc was both boring and annoying - in equal measure. In fact, I don't like him; I don't like his boring ....noise; It whines along; an annoying little man; I don't think I have a good thing to say, and then, yet.... ...... but then again, after I got so far through and carried on wading through the treacle, I have to say that there was some bits where it was really quite informative about things that happen in our weird parliament and I couldn't really fault it for the inside view of the Establishment - even if I didn't like him or his boring text..... 'n'uff sed!

Next I had a try of



Now I found this even more enjoyable than I thought I would. Informative, varied, some interesting views, lots of tidbits of facts sprinkled through and I generally found I liked it and Stig about in equal measure to how I hate Berc. He comes over as equally knowledgeable about his specific subject, but I could get on with him over a nice cup of tea and it could be a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting thing!

Would definitely recommend this as a starting point for an overview of some different or new genres and some thinking points for jumping off into new areas of literature where you hadn't been. Easy to pick up and put down too, but I found myself rattling through it in no time.

Now, my current read



- and it's:


And, boy does this guy NAMEDROP.... like you cannot turn a page and it'll just be NAMEDROP, NAMEDROP, NAMEDROP........

...and you should really get p'd off with it, yet, just like his Humble Pie days, he manages to come across as an incredibly nice guy and you cannot tell this story without hearing how he's been in awe of meeting everyone from George Harrison to Hendrix to working with Steve Marriot and being friends with Keith Mooon and The Ox and Ringo and ......

....I'm just loving it - and the only reason I haven't finished yet is because I had to go off and listen to some The Herd and Humble Pie and George Harrison and Frampton's Camel..... just loving wallowing in the nostalgia... and I challenge you to have a read and tell me ... "Do you feel like we do"??? I think it's a great book that "Comes Alive" the way it's written... yet it's just like a mundane, everyday tale - nothing special.... guess you need to be in the mood and love the subject matter...



So, three different but enjoyable recent books for me!