Angel Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) Currently reading:- Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Barbara Kyle - The Queen's Lady Read so far during 2012 :- Penny Vincenzi - Old Sins Stephen King - 11.22.63 Richard Montanari -The Echo Man Karen Harper - Shakespeare's Mistresss Anna Dean - A Woman of Consequence Titania Hardie - The House of Wind Andrew Miller - Pure James Forrester - The Root of Betrayal Stephen King - The Dead Zone Wendy Holden - Marrying Up Karin Slaughter - Kisscut Susanna Kearsley - The Rose Garden Jodi Picoult - The Lone Wolf Tracey Chevalier - Falling Angels Gabrielle Kimm - The Courtesan's Lover Cathy Kelly - The House on Willow Street Simon Lelic- The Child Who Elizabeth Chadwick - To Defy a King PD James - Death Comes to Pemberley Peter Ranley - Plague Child Richard Montanari - Don't Look Now Fiona Mountain - Lady of the Butterflies Stacia Brown - The Glovemaker Polly Williams - How to be married Anne Perry - Execution Dock Rory Clements - Prince Peter Ranley - Cromwell's Blessing Katherine McMahon - Season of Light Catherine Alliott - A Rural Affair Jo Carnegie -Horse Play Jean Plaidy - The Vow on the Heron Karin Slaughter - Fallen Cassndra Clark - The Law of Angels Kathy Reichs -Grave Secrets Amanda Addison - Laura's Handmade Life Alison Weir - A Dangerous Inheritance EL James - Fifty Shades of Grey Maeve Haran - The Painted Lady Catherine Alliott - Rosie Meadow Regrets Christopher Gortner -The Tudor Secret Jean Plaidy - Epitaph for Three Women Hilary Mantell - Bring Up the Bodies Susannah Gregory - Mystery in the Minster Anne Perry - Acceptable Loss EL James - Fifty Shades Darker Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies Philippa Gregory - The King Makers Daughter Kathy Reich - Flash and Bones E.V. Thomas Hawkes Tor Dawn French - A Tiny Bit Marvellous Elizabeth George - Elizabeth I Jean Plaidy - In the Shadow of the Pomegranate Henry James Turn of the Screw Susannah Gregory -The Body in the Thames Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities Peter Ellis - The Pilgrim of Hate Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South PD James - The Skull Beneath the Skin Jean Plaidy - The King's Secret Matter Thomas Hardy - Desperate Remedies Susanna Gregory - Murder on London Bridge Edited November 29, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) Books waiting patiently waiting to be read:- 1. Penny Vincenzi - The Dilemma 2. Penny Vinzenzi - Old Sins 3. Stephen King - 11.22.63 4. Kate Mosse - Sepulche 5. Kathy Reichs - Spider Bone 6. Suzanna Dunne - The Queen of Subtleties 7. James Becker - The First Apostle 8. Titania Hardie - The Rose Labyrinth 9. Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South 10.Katie Fforde - Highland Fling 11. Mo Hayder - Pig Island 12.James Herbert - Others 13, Penny Vincenzi- No Angel 14. Penny Vincenzi - Forbidden Places (more to be added soon) Edited November 4, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just completed Penny Vincenzi - Old Sins. A whopping 980 pages. A lovely classic Vincenzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Moving onto Stephen King's latest book - 11.22.63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) I really enjoyed the Stephen King 11.22.63. This book sees King attempting to explore the feasability of time travel in order to change major events in history and the potential effect on modern day, however this book does lack the usual classic horror that King is so popular for. This time I did not feel the heartbeat racing. However it was a very good read and I would reread. Moving onto Richard Montanari - The Echo Man. Edited January 21, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Karen Harper - Shakespeare's Mistress Edited February 1, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Shakespeare's Mistress was a very pleasant read. Did the Bard have a mistress and was Anne Whately intended to be his wife. Records show that he was granted permissio to marry Anne on one day but had a 'shotgun' marriage to Ann Hathaway which ended up as a distrastrous marriage. Were those seductive sonnets dedicated to his first love? Juststarting Anna Dean - A Woman of Consequence Edited February 1, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Titania Hardie - The Houuse of the Winds San Francisco, 2007. Madeline Moretti is grieving for her fiancé. Nothing brings her joy any more, and Maddie's grandmother, a fiery Italian, sends her to Tuscany to heal. Here, Maddie is immersed in the mystery of a ruined villa. Destroyed centuries ago in a legendary storm on the Eve of St Agnes, it has been known ever since as the Casa al Vento - the House of the Wind. Tuscany, 1347. Mia hasn't spoken since her mother's death, and lives in silence with her beloved aunt. One dark night, a couple seek refuge in their villa. Used to welcoming passing pilgrims, Mia is entranced by the young bride's radiance and compassion, but mystified by her reluctance to reveal even her name. Where has she come from, and why must her presence be a secret? Centuries apart, each searching for a way to step into her future, Mia and Maddie will be haunted by the myth of the woman who walked unscathed from the ruins of the House of the Wind. Edited February 18, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) The House of the Wind was a lovely read intertwining the plague of 1347 in Italy with the years 2007-8. Moving onto a new writer to me Andrew Miller - Pure A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... A year unlike any other he has lived. Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own. Edited February 18, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 That's been well-reviewed recently, Angel. I'll be interested to hear what you think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Thank you Roland Butter Pure was not my usual type read and if I'm honest found it a bit slow going at first. A bit of a strange subject matter - how a man survives clearing one of France's biggest cemetries Now reading James Forrester - The Roots of Betrayal 1564: Catholic herald William Harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, is the custodian of a highly dangerous document. When it is stolen, Clarenceux immediately suspects a group of Catholic sympathisers, the self-styled Knights of the Round Table. Francis Walsingham, the ruthless protégé of the queen's Principal Secretary, Sir William Cecil, intercepts a coded message from the Knights to a Countess known to have Catholic leanings. He is convinced that Clarenceux is trying to use the document to advance the cause of the Catholic Queen. And soon Clarenceux enters a nightmare of suspicion, deception and conspiracy. Conflict and fear, compounded by the religious doubts of the time, conceal a persistent mystery. Where has the document gone? Who has it and who really took it? And why? The roots of betrayal are deep and shocking: and Clarenceux's journey towards the truth entails not just the discovery of clues and signs, but also the discovery of himself. Edited February 23, 2012 by Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 The Roots of Betrayal was a great read. It has everything set in Elizabethan England - murder, betrayal, piracy, swash buckling scenes and a plot against the queen. Moving onto Stephen King - The Dead Zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Moving onto Stephen King - The Dead Zone It's been years since I read The Dead Zone, but I really enjoyed it. Hope you do too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) I really enjoyed the Stephen King 11.22.63. This book sees King attempting to explore the feasability of time travel in order to change major events in history and the potential effect on modern day, however this book does lack the usual classic horror that King is so popular for. This time I did not feel the heartbeat racing. However it was a very good read and I would reread. I'll be getting to this soon enough, so I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed it, even if it is a bit different from his usual horror-filled works. Edited March 4, 2012 by Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 I'm sure you'll enjoy it Ben It's been years since I read The Dead Zone, but I really enjoyed it. Hope you do too iI really enjoyed it as well but I'm not sure about the ending though. Although inevitable I just think that compared with the rest of the book it appeared rushed. After the week I've had at work I need a serious cheering up so some light entertainment She stopped at nothing. To get everything. Scheming social climber Alexa may be humbly born. But she's a class-hopping cruise missile aimed at the very top of the gold-digging tree. Only a title, mansion and family tiara will do. Befriending feckless aristo Florrie (three surnames plus black hole where her brain should be) means the grandest doors swing open and the prince of her dreams is in sight. But has Florrie's mother, the formidable Lady Annabel, rumbled what Alexa is up to? Beautiful but penniless student Polly, meanwhile, is in love. Is Max, the handsome young vet she's found in a country lane, quite as ordinary as he seems, however? Passionate love, eye-widening snobbery and more than naked ambition abound in this contemporary Cinderella tale - a deliciously satirical novel of the upwardly mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Wendy Holden never ever fails to give a good light hearted read and I would this one to anyone who loves her books Richard Montanari - The Devil's Garden Michael Roman is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he has a successful career, a beautiful wife and adorable twin daughters. But his idyllic life is about to come crashing down around him - because Michael is a man with a past. A rising star in the New York District Attorney's office and on the cusp of enormous success, Michael's perfect life begins to unravel when he finds himself the target of a depraved madman, a man who covets everything Michael has and will stop at nothing to take it all away. In a desperate fight to survive, Michael is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past in order to save his family. He must hunt down the psychopath who is targeting his family and, before it is too late, face the devil himself . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Wendy Holden never ever fails to give a good light hearted read and I would this one to anyone who loves her books I have that book on my shelf, glad you enjoyed it and it makes me want to pick it up even more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Laura - you will love it ! Now reading Karin Slaughter - Kisscut Kisscut begins with a particularly explosive opening. In the car park of a skating rink in the small southern town of Heartsdale, chief of police Jeffrey Tolliver witnesses a teenage girl pointing a gun at a man. But the detective, there for a date with his ex-wife Sara (the town's medical examiner and paediatrician), is obliged to shoot the girl to save the boy's life. The subsequent autopsy brings to light a gallery of horrors, and as Tolliver and Sara undertake a particularly difficult investigation, they are met with a wall of silence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Laura - you will love it ! Yay I can't wait to get around to reading this now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 When Eva's film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina's ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs. But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well as those from a time long before her own. For the house where she so often stayed as a child is home not only to her old friends the Halletts, but also to the people who had lived there in the eighteenth century. When Eva finally accepts that she is able to slip between centuries and see and talk to the inhabitants from hundreds of years ago, she soon finds herself falling for Daniel Butler, a man who lived -- and died -- long before she herself was born. Eva begins to question her place in the present, and in laying her sister to rest, comes to realise that she too must decide where she really belongs, choosing between the life she knows and the past she feels so drawn towards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Lone Wolf is the story of a family brought back together through a terrible accident. When Luke Warren is bringing his teenage daughter, Cara, home from a party, the two of them crash, leaving Cara with a broken shoulder and Luke in a coma. Luke's ex-wife, who has remarried and has a new young family, calls their eldest child, son Edward who has been abroad and estranged for six years and he returns home. An absolute fantastic read - I loved every page on this one - as good as my Sister's Keeper, so one of my favourites Also on holiday I read YTracey Chavalier - Falling Angels (turned out to be a reread!!) and Gabrielle Kimm - The Courtesan's Lover Now I am reading a new book also just released - Cathy Kelly - The House on Willow Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 When Daniel, a quiet 12-year-old boy, is found to have murdered his classmate, the job of defending him falls to provincial solicitor Leo Curtice. Curtice is open enough to understand that abused, neglected Daniel is a victim too. But he has a couple of fatal flaws: unfocused ambition and a naivety so chronic that he simply cannot foresee the impact of his actions on his wife and, especially, his teenage daughter, who suffers terrible bullying at school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 The Jodi Picoult is now on my wishlist and 'The Child Who' looks to be a brilliant read. I will keep my eye on what you think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Note to self.....add Lone Wolf to wishlist....sounds great Angel...thanks for thumbs up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Note to self.....add Lone Wolf to wishlist....sounds great Angel...thanks for thumbs up. You won't be disappointed - one of her better one IMHO The Jodi Picoult is now on my wishlist and 'The Child Who' looks to be a brilliant read. I will keep my eye on what you think of it. The Child Who was very thought provoking - I guess I had never considered the legal team who defended the 2 kids in the Jamie Bulger situation. (One good reason not to become a solicitor having to defend murderers.) However whilst reading this book, I found myself feeling slightly sorry for the kid who committed the murder as every one in his very short life let him down. A very good book which I would recommend Chrissy Now reading Elizabeth Chadwick - to Defy a King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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