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What are you reading?

Finished Doll, ok, but abit of slog to get through.
Started Crisis by Robin Cook, finding it a easier read .
 
Just started ‘The Beach’ by Alex Garland. I watched the film years ago but don’t remember it atall. Different to my usual choice of books but enjoying it.
 
Finished Dan Biggar's autobiography "The Biggar Picture" last week and have now started "Deterring Armageddon", a biography of NATO. I've always preferred non-fiction, although 3 of my favourite books are actually science fiction novels by Arthur C Clarke.
 
Finished Crisis, enjoyed had an unexpected twist.
Now started Jail Break by Ross Greenwood.
 
Finished Jail Break, found it a good read story not what I expected, about a woman following release from prison one license.
Now started Murder on a Yorkshire Moor by Ric Brady.
 
PattiEvans said:
I've just finished nearly all of Henry Porter's spy novels. Started when we found a hard back of "The Dying Light" in the house that neither of us could recall buying or being given. Fascinating tale of covert surveillance of every person in the UK by a company who have corrupted the Prime Minister. I then progressed onto his other novels on my Kindle. I think there are one or two I still have the pleasure of reading.

As a complete change I read "Better left unsaid" by Tufael Ahmed which did not impress me much. It was about the difficulties of being an Asian in contemporary society. A lot of it was self indulgent moaning. I'm now reading Phillipa Gregory's "The Kingmaker's Daughter", makes a nice lightweight change.

I've got 3 Angela Marsons crime novels lined up on my Kindle.

My all time favourite author is Dorothy Dunnett who wrote the Lymond and the Niccolo series. This is a good introduction to Lymond https://www.theguardian.com/books/b...ymond-chronicles-far-more-than-sex-and-swords
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Rather late reply i know, but I've just discovered this thread. I love the Lymond chronicles,have read them 4 times. The opening sentence of Game of kings 'Lymond is back'gets me every time, and Pawn in frankinscence makes me cry. Not so keenon Niccolo,but loved King hereafter.
 
I've just read the first ten pages of this thread, I'm fascinated to know what people are reading. Declaring a professional interest - I'm a bookseller, so a lot of the books mentioned I remember being published, and have sold, some in quantity. Fourth Wing I'm looking at you. After having said I didn't want to read it, I really enjoyed it. I'm currently reading 'The last gifts of the universe'by Riley August. It's soft SF, reads a bit as if it's YA. I read a lot of SFF, history, both fiction and fact. I haven't actually got a favourite author, though Dunnett comes close, but there are really too many to pick one. I like Stephen King (loved the Dark Tower),Terry Pratchett, Frank Herbert. Sadly a lot of the authors I really like are no longer with us - I was going to say Hilary Mantel and CJ Sansom as well. I'm very lucky as I get a lot of proofs, I recently read 'The Devils', the latest Joe Abercrombie,which was great. In places it made me laugh out loud, it's very character driven, which I like. On holiday I read 'Ordinary saints' by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin. It's superb, what happens when the Catholic church decides it is going to make someone a saint. The narrator is the would be saint's sister. She is gay, and there is a lot of family conflict. Surprisingly,it has a happyish ending, in that she ends up in a settled relationship, and reconciles with her mother. Another book which I would recommend is Antonia Hodgson's The Raven Scholar. Fantasy, but dark, about the succession to the throne of an empire. Hoping the sequel will be published fairly soon. The author has previously written historical crime, but I haven't read those.
 
Finished Murder On a Yorkshire Moor enjoyed, good read the author was new to me.
Now started Flash Back by Michael Palmer.
 
Fiona#42 said:
Rather late reply i know, but I've just discovered this thread. I love the Lymond chronicles,have read them 4 times. The opening sentence of Game of kings 'Lymond is back'gets me every time, and Pawn in frankinscence makes me cry. Not so keenon Niccolo,but loved King hereafter.
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OMG - it's only taken me 50 years or so to "meet" another British person who apparently loves Dunnett as much as I do! There are a couple of Facebook groups dedicated to her, but mostly populated by Americans who want to analyse everything rather than just enjoy the marvellous prose and storylines.

I also used to love Stephen King, though I've not read anything of his for a long time. I recently enjoyed "Once upon a River" by Diane Setterfield, though it was definitely wierd.
 
Fiona#42 said:
I've just bought the paperback of that. I loved Cryptonomicon and The rise and fall of DODO, and the Baroque Trilogy is on my to read list.
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I really enjoyed the Baroque Trilogy!
 
PattiEvans said:
OMG - it's only taken me 50 years or so to "meet" another British person who apparently loves Dunnett as much as I do! There are a couple of Facebook groups dedicated to her, but mostly populated by Americans who want to analyse everything rather than just enjoy the marvellous prose and storylines.
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I'm another big fan. If I had a favourite author she'd be a strong contender. Every time I reread one of her books I notice a new quote or reference, but I don't look for them, just enjoy discovering new treasures. Wish I could afford them all but they seem to be going for about £40 on the Oxfam site, when they appear at all!
 
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