I’m half way through James Dickey’s “Deliverance”.
I was waiting for a couple of secondhand books to be delivered and thought I’d give this another read after about ten years. I’m glad I did, definitely a volume that’s worth reading more than once.
I have gone back to Anne McCaffrey’s Catteni series. I had the first two & the fourth which is the last, but couldn’t find the third in the series, so I got it from Amazon. I had read the first two books & started to read the fourth but realised I needed to read the third one before the last & the third book I am reading now. I have read them all before, but a long time ago.
Stephen Wright’s “Meditations in Green”.
Looking forward to getting stuck into this one!
I am now reading Joyce Strangers book Kym, it’s about a Siamese cat.
Oh my God you took me right back there, really enjoyed all of her books that I read, and read quite a few. That book always made me want a Siamese cat.
I am about to start Rex. I liked Breed Of Giants, but haven’t got that copy now, as it fell apart. I feel a trip to Amazon.
Have you read January Queen?
Yes, a long time ago. I am now reading The Running Foxes. Have ordered from Amazon The Runaway & No More Horses, don’t think I’ve read either of those before.
Have you ever read books by Derek Tangye? I would recommend those.
Also Alice’s Diary and Alice’s Adventures by Vernon Coleman The few books that have made me laugh out loud. Excellent writing.
Have just downloaded to my kindle two totally different books.
Just off for a walk Stephen Reynolds.
The Carer Deborah Moggach.
Will let you know.
Just finished the trilogy by Bernard Cornwell “The Warlord series” based loosely on Arthur Merlin quite enjoyable
Also in-between have read Tudor Dawn by David Field hard going not enough depth to the characters for me but finished it.
I have read most of his. Don’t know the other author.
Have just started reading the book of heroic failures - there are some doozies in there.
There’s a section on driving tests that tickled me, like the fastest failed tests. Until recently, it was a woman who failed her test within one second by driving her car through the wall of the test centre. This was beaten into second place by a driver, who, anxious to get his test underway, tooted his horn for the examiner who came out and promptly failed him for sounding his horn while stationary. :lol:
The Binding by Bridget Collins, weird, mystical, scary & intriguing & I’ve only just started it. Not read any by her before & this is her first adult novel, she usually writes for young adults.
I’ve just read this Tiffany - I thought at first that I wouldn’t like it because I’m not into fantasies but in the end I couldn’t put it down! It’s very cleverly plotted.
Confederates by Thomas Keneally.
One I read when first published… certainly worth reading again.
It is very cleverly written & a bit scary too. I had a problem putting it down, want to know what happens next. Not really my sort of book either, but I needed something different to read, it certainly is that.
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
It is a very different type of love story, well written, with emotions for family and others totally believable. You are drawn in immediately, and can read this in an afternoon. In fact, I will look for this author again.
Larkrise To Candleford by Flora Thompson.
Still watching the series DVD’s too.
Their Little Secret by Mark Billingham.
Very different from usual crime novels.
I couldn’t go to the library or charity shops so bought a few cheap from Aldi.
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
…will stay with me forever, written in ‘Anglish,’ fake old English but was so wonderful…1066/Robin Hood kind of themes…
I bought ‘Shogun’ but it reads like crap by comparison, very dated, I’m sorry. I’m sure I will persevere.
Bought a re-release of Peter Kemp’s account of fighting aside the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. I’ll read that instead.