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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2019 13:04:59 GMT
I have 5 ebooks of M R James' ghost stories which I have just put next on my list to read. Anybody who likes M R James can find the books at the University of Adelaide website, where they are available for downloading or reading. |
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Post by bidiein on Jan 6, 2020 10:39:42 GMT
Just finished the excellent 'Photographer of the Lost' by Caroline Scott. A thought provoking story about the search for those declared 'missing' in WW1 and of a man who has a job taking photographs of the known graves of the fallen at the request of parents, wives etc.
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Post by redls on Feb 8, 2020 14:44:19 GMT
Having finally finished the last of the Dune books (Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin Henderson) I am now re-reading Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series … starting with the first one Under Sea Over Stone. When they filmed The Dark is Rising it really annoyed me that Christopher Eccleston could claim to be the main character! He was only the main henchman of evil. Then again, the young British hero aged a few years and became American! The books are far superior, well deserving the awards received.
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Post by linseed on Feb 8, 2020 17:59:29 GMT
Currently reading Tombland, the latest in the Shardlake series by CJ Sansom. Goodness me it’s an epic 800 pages! Have read 650 of them so far. It’s a fascinating period of history I knew very little about. We are now in the reign of Edward VI , a Tudor King who tends to be overshadowed by the more famous Tudors Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Set in Norwich and London, it tells of the uprising of the working people against the gentleman farmers who are forcing them off their lands and enclosing them for sheep. It’s not a quick read, but well worth it.
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Post by diziet sma on Feb 24, 2020 2:22:16 GMT
Tombland's terrific isn't it? Possible the best of the Shardlake books. I knew next to nothing about the Tudor regency or the Norwich rebellion so it was educational as well.
I've just started The Body Outside the Kremlin. It's very much like The Name of the Rose, but set in an early Soviet Gulag. You know, for those who found a wintry monastery during the Inquisition just wasn't bleak enough. Not sure I want to continue with it TBH, but I only read during the adverts or if something is on that I'm not really into (like Call the Midwife). Otherwise I much prefer audio books. Just finished Clockwork by Phillip Pullman and am halfway through a Karin Slaughter. Sci-fi next, with the Embers of War trilogy.
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Post by pandaeyes on Feb 24, 2020 9:41:03 GMT
Love the Shardlake series. Unfortunately I can't read a book at the moment, owing to cataracts. As soon as I've had my other operation and am feeling better, I can get them done. Tombland sounds a great read.
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Post by beverley61 on Feb 26, 2021 11:55:59 GMT
I have to say I was given a copy of Richard Osman's book, The Thursday Murder Club and wasn't that keen, thinking here we go a celeb writes a book. It is very good and I take my words back. The characters are so finely written and play out against each other. If you don't read carefully you miss their little quips, which are delightful. The two police officers are joyful.
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Post by Miranda on Feb 26, 2021 15:21:41 GMT
I did try it. But it reads like Osman sounds and I can't stand the bloke so didn't last.
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Post by linseed on Feb 26, 2021 17:24:26 GMT
It’s on my list to get when it’s out in paperback
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Post by sleepyp on Feb 27, 2021 16:28:37 GMT
I did try it. But it reads like Osman sounds and I can't stand the bloke so didn't last. I had June Whitfield's voice in my mind a lot of the time, as Joyce  I hope you can banish thoughts of RO, Miranda, it is worth reading  |
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Post by pearl06 on May 27, 2021 14:42:20 GMT
I have just got it on my Kindle but haven't read much yet. RO has a follow up coming out soonish. He has been named the Author of the Year!
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Post by linseed on May 27, 2021 17:25:16 GMT
I have just finished it this week, really enjoyed it! I would definitely read the next one.
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Post by cakewalk44 on Jan 22, 2022 18:24:36 GMT
Bumping this thread back from the depths of the archives, I have been lent a book by my foot man (acupuncture on my feet, you know!) Called Overland by Graham Rawle, and set in California, USA, it's the story of a factory, hidden from the air under the cover of being a town or suburb. It was constructed by the Americans for fear of air attacks from Japan, and designed to fool pilots into thinking they were flying over a genuine town. Employees from the factory would go out onto its roof and pretend to go fishing in the blue tarpaulin lake, drive around in polystyrene cars and shop in plastic shops - you get the picture. The story and events are within the book are all fictitious, but the concept of the factory and fake town suburb was used in America during WW2. www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/04/overland-by-graham-rawle-review-the-illusion-of-homeI've only read page 1 so far, but am intrigued by the whole concept, and of course, my foot man highly recommends it. |
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Post by bethb63 on Mar 18, 2022 11:20:25 GMT
I have to say I was given a copy of Richard Osman's book, The Thursday Murder Club and wasn't that keen, thinking here we go a celeb writes a book. It is very good and I take my words back. The characters are so finely written and play out against each other. If you don't read carefully you miss their little quips, which are delightful. The two police officers are joyful. Chiming in very late to say I’ve read both of them and loved them. I understand that at least the first one has is being developed as a film by Amblin Entertainment (Spielberg’s production company). RO writes in such a visual way, I’m a bit worried that it will not live up to my mental image. |
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Post by bethb63 on Mar 18, 2022 11:34:10 GMT
My current read is Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift. It’s a cosy story about humankind being wiped out by a pandemic in December 2023. Well - the journal of (apparently) the only survivor. It’s actually quite good at mixing the grim with a bit of humour and adventure and speculation “What would I do if I was the only person left in London?”
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Anymore to come?
