RH33 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 The Consequences of Marriage, Isla Dewar, nice light hearted book. Have ordered 'Just Shoot the Damn Dog'! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Harvest by Tess Gerritssen Medical crime thriller. Easy to read, enjoyed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffStelling Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The Reversal - Michael Connelly I always enjoy Connelly, and this is no exception. It features both the Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller characters fairly equally which is unusual. Definitely worth a read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 The Reversal - Michael Connelly I always enjoy Connelly, and this is no exception. It features both the Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller characters fairly equally which is unusual. Definitely worth a read. I was pretty disappointed with it actually... I liked The Lincoln Lawyer, but thought this one was a bit poor. I'm hoping The Fifth Witness is better - just downloaded that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam2304 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Are the books you have listed in order of how to read them? I quite fancy taking a peek at them. Yeah thats the order in which you should read them. There is a storyline running through all the books where the main character is trying to find his missing wife and sometimes there will be a reference back to another book so to avoid any spoilers I would read them in the above order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Confessions of a Midwife by Diane Chamberlain. Was good read but could see where the plot was going. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 At The Devils Table. About the downfall of the Cali Cartel from an insiders viewpoint. The security chief of the cartel tells a journalist why he joined the cartel (to kill Pablo Escobar, using British commandos) and why he eventually turned to the DEA. Good read and quite an eye opener to the depths of corruption in Columbia. Good companion piece to Killing Pablo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mak Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Le Petit Prince de Belleville by Calixthe Beyala It's a story written from the perspective of a ten year old boy with Malian parents growing up in early nineties Paris. His innocence is used to show many of the problems facing cultural integration within contemporary French society and, despite the book's age, it's very much still current. Thoroughly enjoyed this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrgirl Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Never look away - Linwood Barclay Absolutely fantastic. I've read all of his books and enjoyed them but I would say that this is the best yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.T Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 The Waste Lands - Stephen King The third book in his Dark Tower series. It's an OK read. Certainly better than the second novel. Bit dissapointed with the lack of "the man in black" in the last two reads. I really wish that Stephen King would stop maiming his characters too. It makes it a frustrating read. At least for me. With most of his books there's also at least 30 pages of meaningless drivel which adds nothing to the story. I'll press on reading them till Roland reaches The Dark Tower though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) Got through 2 books in the last 4 days. Theodore Boone - John Grisham First John Grisham book I've read and it was pretty good, there's also another book in the "Theodore Boone" series apparently so I'll try and pick that up. Engima - Robert Harris After reading "Fatherland" earlier this year and really enjoying it I had high expectations about this one and I was right. Very good book! Edited July 24, 2011 by Sooky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Never look away - Linwood Barclay Absolutely fantastic. I've read all of his books and enjoyed them but I would say that this is the best yet. I've just finished this - really enjoyed it too. Must check out his others. Just started Enigma - Robert Haris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Coming up for Air - George Orwell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullywee Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald one of the best, if not the best, book i have ever read. and probably the quickest i've ever gone through a book as well. the picture of dorian gray - oscar wilde i really enjoyed it, although i've heard others say that they found it to be a bit disappointing, but that's probably down to the whole faustian thing being done to death since the 1900s. some of the conversations between characters can be fascinating and i especially enjoyed some of henry wootton's views, although he can become a bit grating. there's one chapter in particular that drags a bit and the ending wasn't as good as i had hoped, but all-in-all it's worth a go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 a dissafection by some glaswegian author. cant remember his name. really good now reading jim carreys autobiography. what a legend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mak Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Finished the Milennium triology now and thoroughly enjoyed it, although there were a few slight annoyances: - Too much detail. I was close to slitting my wrists during the five page long section devoted to Salander buying furniture at Ikea. - I don't believe that anyone in the entire world likes coffee and sandwiches that much, and I say that as a devoted fan of both coffee and sandwiches. - The 'everyone is a sexist, racist bigot' stuff seems a bit heavy handed at times. They were only minor annoyances, though, as I thoroughly enjoyed the books as a whole. Since Le Petit Prince, I've also read a book called Eat Smart Play Hard by Liz Applegate, PhD. Now, far be it from me to start contradicting someone who's evidently much more highly qualified than I am, but here goes: a lot of her advice is quite shit. Currently reading a book called Blood on the Borders, which is a thriller type book about a sixteenth century doctor. It's alright. I'm only really reading it because my granny gave me it and I'll feel guilty if I don't, especially if she asks about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 - I don't believe that anyone in the entire world likes coffee and sandwiches that much, and I say that as a devoted fan of both coffee and sandwiches. I wanted an apple lattice/strudel thing the whole time I read those books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 One More Year - Sana Krasikov Short stories of people from Ex-Sovet Union (mostly Russians, Georgians and Ukrainains) who have all ended up in the USA as immigrants set in modern day with one story about a Russian family who had lived in USA since 94 then moving back to modern Russia and the reverse culture shock and changes they see when they go back. All the stories, I really enjoyed and well-writen. She's only about 33 too. So hopefully more books on the way soon! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P and B god 2 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Scotland : A new History by the historian Michael Lynch - I thought this book was brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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