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Carolyn Keene (Harriet Stratemeyer Adams) & Kim Harrison
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Flying Too High was a highly enjoyable read and I'll be going back after a short break to read the next of the Phryne Fisher mysteries. The next one is The Clue of the Velvet Mask (Nancy Drew #30) by Carolyn Keene (Harriet Stratemeyer Adams) and I'm looking forward to it. It is written by a different ghost-writer. Also, I'm reading a short story collection taking place in The Hollowsverse, Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond (The Hollows #10.1) by Kim Harrison. |
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07-04-2013, 12:30 AM | #17057 |
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07-04-2013, 09:53 AM | #17058 | |
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I'm currently on page 445/1,376 of Stephen King's IT. It's my first King novel, and it's introduced me to a whole genre of reading that I didn't realise I loved until now. I'm sacrificing a quite bit of sleep because of this book... and not always by choice!
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07-04-2013, 10:02 AM | #17059 |
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If you like It that much I highly recommend The Stand as your next King book but you better get some sleep before you start it!
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07-04-2013, 10:05 AM | #17060 |
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Black Diamond (Bruno, Chief of Police)
Just finished Black Diamond, by Martin Walker. This is book #3 of the Bruno, Chief of Police series that features a small town Chief of Police in the French Perigord. This novel centers around illegal immigration and fraud in the truffle business, but remains mostly about people and relationships and food. These really are delightful books, very much in the the "cozy" genre, but with a quite French style. Recommended.
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07-04-2013, 10:13 AM | #17061 | |
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07-04-2013, 01:19 PM | #17062 |
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Finished Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Great book, but I didn't like the ending.Everything else was good, but that great buildup just deflated in a halfhearted ending :/
Few days ago I started The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) by Joe Abercrombie. This is going great. Glokta makes my day lol |
07-04-2013, 01:32 PM | #17063 | |
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I'm looking to buy a few more Discworld titles to start on the home stretch of reading all of it. |
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07-05-2013, 12:08 AM | #17064 | |
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This isn't going to help my sub-challenge of reducing the overall percentage of fantasy books that I have read. Oh well, I am willing to take that hit. |
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07-05-2013, 03:49 AM | #17065 |
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I finished Defending Jacob by William Landay a couple of days ago and am now reading Gulp by Mary Roach, very entertaining it is too!
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07-05-2013, 07:40 AM | #17066 |
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I read primarily historical fiction and pure history.
I've just finished Holy War, the third book in the Saladin Trilogy by Jack Hight (hardback) and Dissolution by C J Sansom, (ebook) a Tudor period Lawyer called Matthew Shardlake who solves crime mysteries. Other non-fiction books on the go are Empire and The Ascent of Money both by Niall Ferguson and Sir Francis Walsingham by Derek Wilson. First two paperback and last one hardback. I'm currently reading Dark Fire by C J Sansom, (ebook) the second in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series and after that I have The Scarlet Thief (ebook) lined up by Paul Fraser Collard. |
07-05-2013, 07:46 AM | #17067 |
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I've just read (listened to) his Dominion, which is the first of his I have read. Was very interesting in his interpretation of how things might have gone had Britain lost WWII in the early stages, before the US got involved, but I didn't find the narrative particularly gripping. How are you finding the Shardlake series? I could be persuaded to try something else of his if the recommendation was strong enough.
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07-05-2013, 08:10 AM | #17068 | |
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I was particularly interested in the sub narrative about the dissolution of the monastries by Henry the VIII as I'm particularly interested in Tudor times at the moment. There's 5 books in the Matthew Shardlake series, it starts with Dissolution and Dark Fire is in the second in the series. I also have Sansom's Winter in Madrid lined up to read as well, but now you've mentioned it, I'll add Dominion to the list! I read a lot of historical fiction and would thoroughly recommend Jack Hight's Saladin trilogy as well as Michael Arnold's Stryker series set during the English Civil War if those kind of things interest you. I would certainly recommend Dissolution too if you like Sansom's writing style. |
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07-05-2013, 08:52 AM | #17069 | |
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07-05-2013, 09:21 AM | #17070 |
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Currently reading The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. About 40% through, and my favorite story by far (so far) is The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber. Excellent story, powerful ending.
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