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Originally posted by YB View PostNot read a Stephen King for a number of yrears. Don't think he's my sort of thing nowadaysOriginally posted by 4AMNTN View PostYeah, that style of writing isn't my thing and NOW I don't care for the writer. Tho I remember as a kid watching Creepshow - WOW!
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Yeah, that style of writing isn't my thing and NOW I don't care for the writer. Tho I remember as a kid watching Creepshow - WOW!
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Not read a Stephen King for a number of yrears. Don't think he's my sort of thing nowadays
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It is rare that a day goes by and I don't read. However I now have a couple of short (15-20 minute) spells wheras a few years ago I probably read for a couple of hours most days
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Neat, thanks YB -- good to know. I haven't read a NEW book in more than 2-3 years - with the exception of Dan's book.
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Me again. Only read four books since my last report nearly six weeks ago.
I will find you - Harlan Coben. Always like his books, they never disappoint
Pure Evil - Lynda La Plante. Latest in the Jack Warr series. It's very good without being outstanding
World's End - Ed James. This features Edinburgh detective Scott Cullen. I read quite a few in this series a few years ago and the author then started a new series about a London detective, Simon Fenchurch. He's now gone back to Scott Cullen, at least temporarily, I didn't find this one as good as the ones a few years ago
Gone in Seconds - Ed James. This features Detective Max Carter and is set in Seattle. I've never been to Seattle so I've no idea if his descriptions of areas are accurate but he seems to have mastered the language, ie the different words and expressions that Americans use compared to British people
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It's a long time since I reported on my recent reads so here goes
Quintin Jardine - Open Season. Edinburgh retired detective Bob Skinner. Lots in the series, always good
Ann Cleeves - The Rising Tide. Detective Vera Stanhope, set in the north east of England. Also a TV series
Brian Freeman - Zero Night. Jonathan Stride, one of my favourite series
Richard Osman - The Bullet That Missed. This is is third book in the Thursday Murder Club series. He is also a TV Presenter , quiz/game shows
Sam Anthony - The Adulter's Confession. This is the second in what is becoming a lengthy series. Quite a lot of rude bits so if that kind of thing offends you then give it a miss
Stuart MacBride - The Dead of Winter. This man usually writes about Detective Logan Macrae, set in Aberdeen in the north of Scotland. This book is a standalone, bit gruesome in parts, bit funny in others
Nicholas Rhea - Constable on the Hill. Written in 1979 by a man who has written well over 100 books under around five different names. This was a long running series on which the TV programme Heartbeat was based.
Alex Grey - Questions for a Dead Man. Latest in a long running series featuring Detective Bill Lorimer, set in Glasgow
Graham Hurley - Touching Distance. Detective Jimmy Suttle, set on England's south coast. A spin off from the Faraday & Winter series in which Jimmy was a "bit part" player.
I've liked all of the above, to varying degrees. I need to read more. I have 9 paper books on my shelf, given to me by my son, plus a least 20 on Kindle and my favourite authors will all have new ones out over the next few monthsLast edited by YB; 11-05-2023, 07:06 PM.
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Originally posted by 4AMNTN View Postthat's different -- different IS good! Let us know - ok!
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Currently reading Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West. Very small town life in Montana centered around a high school basketball coach and his struggle to cope with past loss in his life and also trying to get his perpetually winless, undermanned team to win a game or two. It's a longer book than one might think, and I'm at what I assume would be the big game of the season, the one they want to win the most, and i'm only half way through the book. Not sure where the book will go after this game. There are a number of story lines going besides the team though, so we'll see. It's a much better book than it sounds like.
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Downloaded the last Janet Evanovich book - PLUM series .... listened to a few chapters
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I read all the Harry Potter books and they were surpisingly good and they got better as the series went on. Big twist at the end that I did not see coming which made me want to go back and read them again, but I didn't because they are so long.
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