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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1273582
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I entirely agree with you LadyK, a great read: she has written some other quite interesting books, but nothing that seems to be on a par with this one or has tempted me beyond the free Kindle sample.

SQF I was quite intrigued by the free sample of The Hacienda, but not enough to buy it at this stage because I already have a ridiculously huge number of books waiting on my Kindle (some of my choosing and some recommended by my wife Linda which I can read free of charge through linking our accounts). Her latest find, which now has me hooked is Carrie Magillen https://www.amazon.com/Carrie-Magil...srch_lnk_1&qid=1653039972&sr=8-1 (thrillers with a psychologist/dream therapist as protagonist)
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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1273681
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Thanks for the link Lex. I will check Carrie's work out. thumbsup


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1273916
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Still enjoying Carrie Magillen: there is a lot of sex but it is integral to the story (perhaps she started out on Mills and Boon...) blackkitty


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1273971
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I've been reading Dorothy Sayers and also found an Agatha Christie that I don't remember reading before, so enjoying a trip to the past.


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278077
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I have just finished the latest book by M(ike) W Craven about police sgt Washington Poe and his wonderful techie nerd assistant Tilly Bradshaw - some of the most interesting British detective fiction on offer at the moment in my view thumbsup thumbsup


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278086
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Well into "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. I hope this book never ends!


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278093
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That's a good one, Drac!

I'm almost at the end of Paul Auster's 4321 and am very anxious to see how he resolves everything. More to come when I finish it.


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278219
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I've just finished the Outlander series of books by Diana Gabaldon. First one came out around 30 years ago and the latest one came out in November last year. There's 9 in the series so far and a 10th is being written at this time. A really enjoyable read if you're into time travel. I was late to the series, just discovered it two years ago and downloaded them all to my Kindle!

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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278320
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I am reading the first book of the Murderbot Diaries "All Systems Red" which I just stumbled on to yesterday via a conversation with my brother-in-law.


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278404
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I am enjoying the kindle sample of Paul Auster's book mentioned by LadyK, so may get it although I usually look for more action! smile

I must have a look at Outlander, as I enjoy time travel yarns.


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278524
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I second the recommendation of Louise Penney's series on the Canadian detective, Gamache. Loved ALL of those, and so did my husband (his taste in books usually hovers around WWII history). I also like Val McDermid's series on English detectives and Peter Robinson's stories based on DCI Banks (made into a television series). None of these writers wallows in gore, hides pertinent clues or goes for the salacious. Just good mysteries that you can try to solve as you read along. That's my fiction reading.

For non-fiction, I favor books about astronomy, archaeology, anthropology and various other sciences (I've read a ton of physics, evolution, volcano and plate tectonics, and astrophysics by the dozen). I always have at least two books going at once. One a novel and the other something like the big art book I'm into now, "Panorama of the Renaissance, edited by Margaret Aston.

Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1278987
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I have just pre-ordered the latest from Doug Johnstone in his great series about the Skelf family, funeral directors in Edinburgh who double as private investigators https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/doug-johnstone/ smile


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1279283
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Soot, I loved the Murderbot series.


I'm not doing much reading these days. I don't have the concentration.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1280895
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I like to read history books, biography's and autobiography's.
I recently read the biography "John Wayne, American"
by Randy Roberts and James Olsen.
A very good book I think, and objective too! thumbsup

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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1280904
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I'm on Joe Abercrombie's Sharp ends. A very nice collection of short stories set in his First Law series world. smile


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1280926
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Paul Auster's 4321 looked a bit daunting at first because there is very little white space in the 866 pages of prose, but it didn't matter at all once I got into it. The author introduces the protagonist as a little boy, and then, based on certain key events in the boy's life, creates alternate and very believable realities for him and his family. I enjoyed the book tremendously, not only because of the excellent writing, but because the stories are set in the part of New Jersey where I went to college and in the same time period.


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1280940
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I won a contest on YouTube and received the prize of a hardcover copy of Dean Koontz's new book, The Big Dark Sky. Will be starting that pretty soon.

My last finished book was If It Bleeds, a collection of four novellas by Stephen King.

And happy to see you joining in on the conversation, Rob. wave

Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1280984
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Rob, have you read Louis L'Amour's autobiography?

Marian, I will be interested to hear what you think of the latest from Dean Koontz: I thought that some of his recent work had rather gone off the boil.
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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1281052
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Lex, I will let you know if and when I get around to it. yes

Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1281057
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I have that book by Koontz and also Stephen King's new one, Fairy Tale, coming this week. Right now I'm reading Hide by Kiersten White. So far I think it'll make a good B+ horror movie, but it all depends on how it ends.


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1281075
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I have just finished the recently published eighth and probably final volume of Marko Kloos's enjoyable Frontlines series which I recommend https://www.markokloos.com


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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1281077
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Hello Lex,

Have not read the l'amours autobiography,
but have yust checked on wikipedia and
learned about him. So I have learned something new

Thanks! cool

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Re: What are you reading? [Re: Lex] #1281148
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I'm reading King of Shadows, it's the 8th. book in the Matthew Corbett series by Robert McCammon. They are historical thrillers starting in year 1699 to 1704.


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That is interesting, judith. I like Robert McCammon but had no idea he was up to that many books in the Corbett series. Will have to take a look!

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Just getting into The Corpse Flower, an interesting thriller debut by Anne Mette Hancock set at least partly in Copenhagen

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