I just finished Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly, after The Late Show introduced Renée Ballard and Two Kinds of Truth set up this next book with both Bosch and Ballard and I'm impressed how Connelly is keeping the quality high. Opposed to the Reacher books where I'm getting a little tired of them, Bosch and co are as good as ever.
What book are you reading...
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The Hungry Caterpillar
How many more times before the grandkids grow out of it. He's a greedy little bar steward .... the caterpillar not my grandson.
How many more times before the grandkids grow out of it. He's a greedy little bar steward .... the caterpillar not my grandson.
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Probably Dick's finest work, but I say that without reading a scanner darkly, but I doubt that can top this, an easy 9.5/10
Probably Dick's finest work, but I say that without reading a scanner darkly, but I doubt that can top this, an easy 9.5/10
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I just finished Darker Tides, by Eric Frank Russell. It's 1940s/50s weird tales- scifi/fantasy/horror.
It was excellent.
The best story was "Me and my shadow". A man's shadow helps him to man up and stop being such a miserable whiner.
It was excellent.
The best story was "Me and my shadow". A man's shadow helps him to man up and stop being such a miserable whiner.
Thanks for the recommendation, it was a perfect book for a flight. Quick fun read - hardly noticed the 4 hours. Mostly finished the 2nd on flight back. Looking forward to reading rest of series, though will have a break to avoid it being too repetitive.A friend suggested "Dungeon Crawler Carl" to me a while back, ran out of stuff to listen to so thought I'd give it a try. On the fourth book atm and loving it, never had so many LOL moments in an aduio book
Quick isn't a word you can use for the later books! I think I have book 5 or 6 next and it's about 29 hours...
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Just checking you know you've dove in right near the end of the series? I love Connelly's Bosch universe, but they do run on, one to the next so personally I would recommend going back to the beginning with The Black Echo. The personal element of Harry's life (and the other characters) isn't essential, but it's one of the reasons I like the series so much.
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I finished Children of Time but never got over the fact of spiders, as well written as it was I never liked them as protagonists. *shudders* But a great book otherwise.
Started reading 3 Body Problem about 80 pages in, really nicely written. The chinese setting is nice change but heavens doesn't it remind you how diabolical the CCP was/is.
Started reading 3 Body Problem about 80 pages in, really nicely written. The chinese setting is nice change but heavens doesn't it remind you how diabolical the CCP was/is.
I finished Pachinko by Min Jin Lee recently. Hard to describe it as it is superbly written and evocative, but also depressing at the same time.
It follows the lives of a Korean family displaced to Japan between 1910-1989, and the racism/stereotyping they live with, as well as their expectations of themselves viewed against what others expect.
Not sure I want to see the TV series as some bits would hit hard.
It follows the lives of a Korean family displaced to Japan between 1910-1989, and the racism/stereotyping they live with, as well as their expectations of themselves viewed against what others expect.
Not sure I want to see the TV series as some bits would hit hard.
It surprisingly doesn't get repetative, and the books get a LOT longer as the series go on. Finished the seventh a couple of weeks back and enjoyed every moment. Get stuck in
Didn't realise as I enjoyed the Tv series, was looking for something new to read and found these, just about to finish the 1st one, enjoyed it
Cheers, I have picked that up, I have a memory like crap but assume it was to read that one next (currently reading City by Simak, well trying for the 2nd time lol).
I only got this one as it was at a hotel 'book swap'. I've also since picked up The Wishing and Lincoln Lawyer, generally picking them up if I see them in charity shops...but not a fast reader so along with my Simak collection I probably have enough to get me to retirement! lol
Having been enjoying, more or less, the various "Paradise" whodunnit shows, thought I would also check out Robert Thorogood's books.
Well the library didn't have any of the Richard Poole titles in so had to settle for one of the Marlow Mystery Club titles - The Queen Of Poisons. As an aside, these have also been dramatised but are on the obscure "U" channel where the quantity of advertising makes Amazon Prime look restrained (a 60 minute show becomes 86 minutes).
Anyhow, the unlikely premise is that a bunch of old dears stick their noses into police investigations when a murder has occurred, sort of the UK equivalent of being deputised. Entertaining enough but, without being (too) sexist, more of a women's read I think. The writing style is also more akin to a screenplay, very dialogue heavy with not much in the way of narrative or description. So yes, worth a look from the library but not worth buying, except maybe secondhand from the charity shop and redonate afterwards.
Well the library didn't have any of the Richard Poole titles in so had to settle for one of the Marlow Mystery Club titles - The Queen Of Poisons. As an aside, these have also been dramatised but are on the obscure "U" channel where the quantity of advertising makes Amazon Prime look restrained (a 60 minute show becomes 86 minutes).
Anyhow, the unlikely premise is that a bunch of old dears stick their noses into police investigations when a murder has occurred, sort of the UK equivalent of being deputised. Entertaining enough but, without being (too) sexist, more of a women's read I think. The writing style is also more akin to a screenplay, very dialogue heavy with not much in the way of narrative or description. So yes, worth a look from the library but not worth buying, except maybe secondhand from the charity shop and redonate afterwards.
