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I just bought a Historical Atlas from a little shop here at work. Despite the dry title, it's a stunning book full of maps, pictures and interesting information dating from around 10,000 BC to the present. How could I resist such an awesome-looking book?
This sounds like an awesome book, right up my street! I'd love to get hold of a copy. What's the ISBN, please. Kylie? xx
As for me, I'm absolutely loving The Passage by Justin Cronin. I'm just under a third of the way through (it's a big old book) and keep finding five minutes here and there to pick it up. My mojo's back!
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I have begun The Passage by Justin Cronin and already it's a cracking good read. So I'm pleased. Hopefully, it means that I've got my mojo workin'...
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
This, believe it or not, was a bit of a struggle for me to complete. My mojo's not been all that good of late, so this might have something to do with it, but I also feel that I couldn't quite connect as well with this one as I have with the others. Each chapter alternates between Hard-Boiled Wonderland and, you've guessed it, the End of the World. I liked this, because the two stories wove together nicely and kept me from putting the book back on my shelf for further attention when I'm back on my game.
As far as Murakami goes, this is slightly more off-kilter than his others (if this is possible!) and I enjoyed the themes running through the entire novel. There is still that familiar clinical feel to it, that somewhat detached quality that makes one feel an observer. He really is a most skilled, poetic author. It's not, however, one I would recommend to someone who wasn't very comfortable with his style and wanted to see what the hoo-hah was all about.
I've been recommended The Passage by Justin Cronin, so I'll embark upon this tome and see how this attracts my mojo. I need to get it workin'.
7/10 - a bit of a low one for ol' HM...
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Morning Eliza. I'm sorely tempted by In a Strange Room, it sounds like a novel I could really get into. I'll have to go and have a look for it later. Not too keen on the Cole book, mind. Might give it a miss.
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Is this exclusively real people we're discussing here, or can we include fictional lads and lasses?
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I have heard a theory that book lovers should only own one bookshelf. Then if you want to keep a book you first have to lose another one. It means you will be more careful at editing what books you keep.
This is madness...madness, I tell you! Getting rid of my books would be like...would be like...I don't even know what is would be like, but it wouldn't be good, lady. It would not be good!
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Hi Shin. I've got all those Karin Slaughter books on Mount TBR, except Skin Privilege which I've read. I was actually put off reading her because of her surname matching her genre! How mental's that? I really enjoyed the novel too, and am looking forward to reaching her next one!
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What a lovely sounding book. I'm going to go and look for this today! Thanks, PS!
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I have to ask.....what does "awful strap line" mean?
"Men want to be him. Women want to be with him." Awful. It's that that put me off reading him for years, and now I can hardly wait for the next novel to come out!
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I guess I'll give this another go at some point, but I have to admit to struggling with it last time. Nice review, though, mate.
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Hello. Glad you could make it!
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I know, but mine hates me and wants nothing further to do with me.
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*tumbleweed*
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Wherefore art thou, mojo?
It has eloped with mine, one assumes...
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Crikey...this is nigh on impossible! Erm...maybe His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman? That's quite a good read. Or Harlan Coben's Deal Breaker? The Complete Works of Shakespeare? Blimey, I don't know, Ian! Why'd you ask ME?
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I, too, find authors I particularly enjoy but this doesn't stop me from picking up books I've never heard of...but yeah, I read authors, definitely. So I'mm...erm...European.
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Tripwire was an exciting, fast paced, mile a minute adventure/mystery story, with the inevitable love story added in, just because they could.
It was enjoyable as such, but certainly nothing mind bending. It did highlight a scam that must have actually happened more than a few times to do with the Vietnam War survivors/victims. Well worth the read if you take it for what it is. A plain, straight forward adventure of hulking good guys, and devious, twisted bad guys and beautiful women. The MacDonald was my first, and definitely not my last. A philosophical detective, with loads of sense and smarts, without the usually prerequisite happy ending. A flawed good guy. Great series. Recommended for sure.
I'm a huge fan of Lee Child and, while there is a certain formula to his novels, he's one of these authors that can reintroduce my wandering mojo back to my physical shell. He's got something extra with Jack Reacher. Awful strap line, excellent thrillers.
I'm keen to try the Sansom books and this MacDonald chap as well - we really seem to share similar literary tastes. I'll give them a go.
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Greetings and good welcome, Vicky. This is the best book club in the world anyway, so you won't need anything else! Happy days and enjoy yourself.
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As of last night, I'm about 750 pages into my re-read of Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
Hmmm....this chap's name keeps cropping up. Maybe I ought to have a go?
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This is, in point of fact, the next book I shall be reading. Oh, yes. It will be so.
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Crikey! Are there 5 series of Dexter now??? Cool!
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to the BCF. Enjoy yourself!
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What else is worth a read?...I really want to be thoughtfully scarred
:rolleyes:I've got some stories that would psychologically scar you...have you tried any Peter Straub? He's good. Or...erm...James Herbert? You could try The Dark. That gave me the willy's. Or you could try The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - this is absolutely brilliant. They certainly scared me!
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Until recently I drove a Saab 900 injection turbo made in 1990. It was champagne and an automatic. It went like a rocket, looked really cool in a retro way and was a dream to drive. I had to scrap it this year, unfortunately.I loved Hal (Hal 900 like in 2001: A Space Odyssey, except that was a Hal 9000).
I currently drive a 1.6 Peugeot 306, silver, top spec but it's not me. I'll be getting a Land Rover soon, all being well, so I can cart my Scouts and their gear about without getting stuck in fields...
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This afternoon I have rearranged my bookshelves in my lounge so that I can fit my new purchases on. I've had fun, dusting, shuffling and hoovering and putting my lovely reads in place. In fact, I'm sitting in my corner, in my reading chair surrounded by them right now. I'm almost relaxed!
Poppy's Paperbacks 2010
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I have forbidden myself from reading this thread, actually. I've had some Techno Whizz fix my computer so that whenever I click onto Poppyshake's threads I get a mild electric shock, my computer shuts down and somewhere a kitten dies. Curse you, Poppyshake! Grrrr...