steve
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Post by steve on Oct 6, 2020 9:32:24 GMT
Balkan glory the latest in the Thomas Kydd series by Julian Stockwin.
As I've described the series the it's author himself on Facebook.
The series is so good it's addictive
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indigo
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Post by indigo on Oct 16, 2020 21:43:07 GMT
After Giant´s Bread, I read a spooky melancholy book by Sarah Waters, "Affinity" which I enjoyed despite or maybe because of its gloomy feel at times.
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steve
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Post by steve on Oct 20, 2020 21:25:44 GMT
Just finished the silk tree by Julian Stockwin.
It's a historical fiction story of how silk making might have found its way to the ancient Romans
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Post by steve on Oct 22, 2020 14:44:01 GMT
Just finished the third book in the not alone trilogy by Craig A Falconer about first contact with aliens.
That is so good the author has written a follow on trilogy of which I'm about to start on the first book
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Anna Key
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Post by Anna Key on Oct 24, 2020 18:29:10 GMT
After having re read nearly all my ‘best’ books in the house I was at last able to find a new one in the PDSA Charity Shop. (I know I can go to the Library now but sometimes there are just too many and not being a fast reader, I read when I go to bed, it’s daunting finding one)
Anyway, I picked up a Ben Elton Past Mortem. I have read a lot of his books and he has a good style imho.
So far so good 😊
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Post by judithl on Oct 24, 2020 18:36:20 GMT
Still working my way through Matthew Bartholomew, and just about to re-read the next in the series.
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indigo
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Post by indigo on Oct 25, 2020 18:00:24 GMT
I read the latest Mark Edwards book last week. I usually enjoy his work but this one, called The House Guest, I found rather blah as if he´d knocked it up over a long boozy weekend.
So am going to have a think about what my next book is to be....
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steve
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Post by steve on Oct 26, 2020 1:19:08 GMT
This first contact series of books is getting a bit silly if I'm honest.
An alien race capable of traveling millions of light years across inter stellar space in hours.
Need humans to go back to their planet with them because they don't know how to fix a roof
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Post by welshteddy on Oct 26, 2020 10:24:42 GMT
🤣 that does seem a bit unlikely Steve!
I have just finished reading The Gustave Sonata by Rose Tremain. Rather a melancholy book but interesting and well written.
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Anna Key
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Post by Anna Key on Oct 27, 2020 18:20:41 GMT
I like Rose Tremain. There was a play on the Radio recently written by her The Jester of Astapovo about Tolstoy stopping at an out of the way place, being unwell and taken in by the Station Master and his wife. True story well told
As for your Aliens Steve, seems that if they could travel here in light years they should be capable of anything. This was what put me off Harry Potter. The Wizards built Tents with all mod cons and then had to walk to the river to get water??
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Post by Demdike on Oct 30, 2020 18:28:35 GMT
I am reading the most wonderful book, the garden of lost and found by Harriet Evans. It alternates modern with victorian and the characters are so well drawn, and the descriptions so vivid, it is one of the rare books that has made me cry with some of the things that have happened. I love it when a book moves you so much. It has at its centre a glorious painting and a house. I keep scouring to see if it is real it is that well described.
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Post by welshteddy on Oct 30, 2020 22:55:09 GMT
I like the sound of that book - right up my street. I've put it on the list!
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Post by Demdike on Oct 31, 2020 13:34:26 GMT
I like the sound of that book - right up my street. I've put it on the list! I have just finished it. It is the most fulfilling read I’ve had for ages. I am going to seek more books of hers out now. I love a story with an old house at the centre. I could absolutely picture it. Delicious. |
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indigo
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Post by indigo on Nov 1, 2020 11:20:51 GMT
I like the sound of that book - right up my street. I've put it on the list! Me too, teddy! I have a fascination for old (and abandoned) houses and this book sounds just what´s needed for cold Autumnal days. Thanks for the recommendation Demdike. |
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Anna Key
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Post by Anna Key on Nov 1, 2020 18:34:53 GMT
I will look out for that book too. Sounds charming
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