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Pollyflinders
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I looked for the old thread, but thought a new one for the New Year would be appropriate. Here goes:
Just finished 'Three Things about Elsie' by Joanna Cannon.
Loved it, loved it, loved it! An old woman looking back on her life as she waits for someone to find her after a fall. It includes a mystery. Beautiful imagery and even better than her first book.
Just reading 'The Never Game' by Jeffrey Deaver - not a Lincoln Rhyme, but a new lone-wolf investigator. Good so far. I think I've solved it, but with Deaver, there's bound to be umpteen twists.
Just finished 'Three Things about Elsie' by Joanna Cannon.
Loved it, loved it, loved it! An old woman looking back on her life as she waits for someone to find her after a fall. It includes a mystery. Beautiful imagery and even better than her first book.
Just reading 'The Never Game' by Jeffrey Deaver - not a Lincoln Rhyme, but a new lone-wolf investigator. Good so far. I think I've solved it, but with Deaver, there's bound to be umpteen twists.
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I loved "The Trouble With Goats And Sheep" so have P'inned this.
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
These books are about 'rejected' MI6 agents put out to grass yet still manage to be in the thick of it. Very enjoyable.
Finishes so far this year:
1. Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber - OK for a quick read over Christmas, but not her best work!
2. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell - looking at what influences those who are exceptional in their field. Really interesting.
In progress:
Stories of the law and how it's broken by The Secret Barrister, Maurice by E M Forster.
I often use your recommendations to expand my wish list! Thanks for your contributions!
Sam
Will be on child care duty in the USA at the end if the month, so I'll need a well-loaded kindle. The weather will be cold!
I've just read (again) The Woman in Black, I love to read this or Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse at Christmas. I am currently reading You Before Me by Jo Jo Moyes, it is ok and I will finish it but some of the dialogue from the characters is a bit amateurish.
Fashion on the Ration 32/66
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
I too loved this book - I listened to the audible version and was known to sit in the car so that I could finish a 'chapter'. If you love this then in the same vein try Life, Death & Vanilla Slices by Jenny Eclair. Again was well known for sitting in the car so that I could 'finish' a chapter.
Yes I need to get back into my reading habit so it's another thanks from me as well!
Read TTWGAS when it was a Richard & Judy Book Club recommendation but, unusually for their recommendations, I thought it was a bit meh.
As is my current read, another one of their recommendations, The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley. In fact it's worse than meh but as it was the only thing I had to read whilst on a cruise and I've invested so much time reading it I'll finish it .....just glad I got the book from the library and didn't spend any money on buying it.