WhiteRoseKillie Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 John Grisham ...."A time for mercy". A well paced story about a small town American lawyer defending a disadvantaged boy who kills a drunken cop. I'm midway through this at the moment. Enjoying it - Grisham is one of those you're not going to be surprised by. Style,I mean- no doubt a plot twist or two on the way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 "Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs" - Irvine WelshPicked this up years ago in a charity shop and finally got round to it.Bit different from other Welsh books in that it's all about booze rather than drugs. Guy that works for the council wants to track his dad down and runs into a new rival at work. Suitably dark tone with the same excellent descriptive writing you'd expect from Welsh. Saw the "twist" coming a mile off but still good. Yet to read one of his books I didn't like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Is that the one with the guy who eats and does all kinds of horrific stuff with no consequences? That's a great read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Is that the one with the guy who eats and does all kinds of horrific stuff with no consequences? That's a great read. That's the one, yeah. No consequences for him anyway. Really clever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Is that the one with the guy who eats and does all kinds of horrific stuff with no consequences? That's a great read. That's the one, yeah. No consequences for him anyway. Really clever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Just finished Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. Nothing groundbreaking, but I found it an enjoyable read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Someone might have mentioned it not so long ago but just finished the sentinel, the new Jack Reacher book. Getting to be a very tired series now I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 The Iberian Flame by Julian Stockwin. Excellent series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Last book I read was Shuggie Bain. A very cheery read. I started Dracula by Bram Stoker last night. That is a book I have never read, despite it's reputation as a classic of it's genre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Roy - Algorithm Party More of a pamphlet than a book as it's only forty pages long. Anyway, this is collection of short stories about life in modern day Liverpool. It's not a million miles away from the sort of stuff that Irvine Welsh writes, references to alcohol, drugs and violence etc. It somehow avoids being as cliched or hackneyed as books like this normally are. A decent wee read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I finished The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel this week. Really good read, a story that weaves through the last twenty five years effortlessly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 On 11/03/2021 at 14:01, Richey Edwards said: Last book I read was Shuggie Bain. A very cheery read. I started Dracula by Bram Stoker last night. That is a book I have never read, despite it's reputation as a classic of it's genre. Found it a bit of a task because it was ( obviously) written in the dialect of the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Lanny by Max Porter. Weird, but good. An eccentric kid goes missing in a rural village in the south of England. It's cleverly done, pulling together strands in the local reaction recognisable from Soham to Bristol to Portugal. A mythological, ancient character called Papa Toothwort oversees it all, relaying snippets of chat he hears in odd lyrical swirly patterns. As I said, it's a strange book, but it manages to be funny and insightful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Someone might have mentioned it not so long ago but just finished the sentinel, the new Jack Reacher book. Getting to be a very tired series now I think. I slated The Sentinel on here. A dreadfully boring read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Just finished War Lord by Bernard Cornwell. The 13th and final book on the battles and struggles of Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Enjoyable series of books especially if you like historical battles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Weirdly I have only just now read The Warriors, whoever saw the potential & knocked that pile of crap into the eventual Screenplay & Film cannot get enough credit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald One wonders what a book about this period of his life would have been like had he written it during his second manner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Finished Chris Brookmyre ‘The Cut’ and now half way through Fallen Angel. Had not read any of his work in ages but really enjoying it, though less laugh out loud than I recall. Thinking of doing reverse order back to where I left off, then maybe retreading his earlier stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver. I hate to say it but, while an enjoyable read, this could have been written by any number of less talented writers. Nowhere near the number of twists you'd expect, and those that do appear are not of the screeching 180 degree style he does so well.Maybe he should have stuck to the Rhyme/Sachs series, or even Katherine Dance. Mind you, Child has done that, and I hear from fans (I'm not one, I'll admit) that the Reacher series has shown signs of running out of steam.Currently being lectured by James O'Brien's latest, before going on to the first Barney Thomson book. Can't remember the author's name but I enjoyed the film with Carlyle and Emma Thomson, so might well get the rest of the series as well (first one was free on Amazon). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Later by Stephen King. Hard boiled crime story with a mix of a kid that can speak to dead people. Fairly easy read and then in typical King fashion, the story peters out comes to a close and then in his final 3 pages, without a single clue prior, just throws in some incest for no reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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