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[coderserdar]

agatha christie - parker pyne investigates

a good character and excellent short stories

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by coderserdar

agatha christie - parker pyne investigates

a good character and excellent short stories

Yes, I agree with that. I read it in June last year, and I liked it a lot. Highly recommended.

[tecweston]

Currently Reading:

- 20ͭͪͭͪth Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (69%)

- A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (56%)

- The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (24%)

- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (15%)

- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (~20%) [on hold]

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Stoneholding by James G Anderson & Mark Sebanc

I bought this way back in October 2009. It seems like an interesting epic fantasy, but I'm only just past the prologue, so we shall see.

Well, for me it turned out not to be interesting. I've got about half way through it and I'm just not interested. Abandoned: Too much of an attempt to be epic, an entirely unconvincing world that seems to treat its inhabitants as puppets, and far too much back story shoved in willy-nilly.

The prologue worked OK. The first half of the book did not. I won't be bothering with any more in this series.



Next up: Captain Flandry by Poul Anderson, part of a Baen monthly bundle I bought back in October 2009 as well (but a different monthly bundle to the previous book).

[HomeInMyShoes]

I finished Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

I started Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

[Chi Cygni]

Originally Posted by Chi Cygni

just started this

So, I finished it yesterday. It was VERY VERY VERY good. Well written, interesting, thought provoking, informative and difficult to put down. I recommend it.

Made me drool on an iMac as a side effect...

[Rumpelteazer]

It's been a while since I posted here.

I'm currently reading The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry, the third in the Cotton Malone series. The series reminds me of the Indiana Jones films; the search for a religious or historical artifact which several groups are after. It is a nice and quick read, I'm about half way through, with good characters and not a too predictable course of events.

[MoodRing]

I have just finsihed this afternoon another book!




Its a classic dicken novel, A Tale Of Two Cities

This is a list of more publications by him. Enjoy them there are excellent reads.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Last evening I finished my re-read of both James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper and the associated short story Petra's Getaway which takes place in the middle of Curse of the Gatekeeper and fills in a bit of information about a character in Curse of the Gatekeeper. There's a novella, The Girl on the Dock that takes place during the Summer between Curse of the Gatekeeper and the next book in the series, James Potter and the Vault of Destinies, and I'll re-read both the novella and the novel next.

I completed my re-read of The Girl on the Dock and James Potter and the Vault of Destinies. When I completed them I then read the 47 page PDF (I made a MOBI out of it and put it in my Kindle) of James Potter and the Morrigan Web. It was released on G.Norman Lippert's blog and includes a letter to the readers explaining that this is what he's written so far and that he's decided to postpone the completion of the project for now and that it's incomplete and unedited. It gets a WOWZERS (Inspector Gadget's terminology) from me. Now on to these three in no particular order. A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison, The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King, and Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

[Apache]

I just started to reread Tularosa by Michael McGarrity. These are Mystery novels set in modern New Mexico.
Apache

[WT Sharpe]

Just finished reading The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. A wonderful book, but Hawking seems to me to come across as being a bit more certain of the reality of some highly speculative matters than I expected. Highly recommended.

[Synamon]

Last week I finished Gallows View by Peter Robinson, the first Inspector Banks novel. I'd read many glowing recommendations for this author, so I had high hopes, but the book was just ok. All the loose ends were tied up too neatly for my taste and I wasn't attached to any of the characters. I think I've actually read one or two of his other books and not previously added him to my mental "must read" list. My library has a collection of short stories by him, which I added to my wish list, perhaps I'll give him one more try. At least I didn't hate it as much as I hate Ian Rankin's books. In this category, Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley books are favourites.

I also finished listening to The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, which had been on my to read list for a while and I'd snagged for $4.95 in a sale on Audible. It was wonderful! Beautifully read by Lisette Lecat and I was transported to Botswana on my commute. I've been to Kenya, but strangely it reminded me more of the pace of life I'd experienced visiting my mother-in-law who lived for years on a boat in the the Caribbean.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Synamon

I also finished listening to The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, which had been on my to read list for a while and I'd snagged for $4.95 in a sale on Audible. It was wonderful! Beautifully read by Lisette Lecat and I was transported to Botswana on my commute.

The rest of the books in the series are also excellent. Highly recommended. There's also a good TV adaption.

[Dr. Drib]

I'm still reading Wonderful World, which contains the new Stephen King novel not written by Stephen King.

If you wonder what I'm saying, find my earlier post on Wonderful World, in this thread.


Don

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Synamon

Last week I finished Gallows View by Peter Robinson, the first Inspector Banks novel. I'd read many glowing recommendations for this author, so I had high hopes, but the book was just ok. All the loose ends were tied up too neatly for my taste and I wasn't attached to any of the characters. I think I've actually read one or two of his other books and not previously added him to my mental "must read" list. My library has a collection of short stories by him, which I added to my wish list, perhaps I'll give him one more try. At least I didn't hate it as much as I hate Ian Rankin's books. In this category, Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley books are favourites.

Interesting, I'm having the same response to Robinson, but my wife keeps assuring me to stick with him, so I'll give him another go. OTOH, I love Rankin's books. They're a bit dark, but I definitely look forward to new one's from him. (Though I often listen to them rather than read them.)

Elizabeth George's Lynley and Havers books were a favourite for quite a while, but I went off them finally. But if you like these, give Deborah Crombie a try. Her Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James books are excellent.

Originally Posted by Synamon

I also finished listening to The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, which had been on my to read list for a while and I'd snagged for $4.95 in a sale on Audible. It was wonderful! Beautifully read by Lisette Lecat and I was transported to Botswana on my commute. I've been to Kenya, but strangely it reminded me more of the pace of life I'd experienced visiting my mother-in-law who lived for years on a boat in the the Caribbean.

Had you read these first? Or was this your introduction to the series? I've read them all, and also watched the HBO series (which I thought quite well done, btw.) I haven't listened to the Audible versions, but might be tempted. Especially hearing that the reader is good.