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I don't know if you would be interested in horror, but I highly recommend NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, which was my first scary book of the Halloween season. It may be a bit more intense than what your looking for though. It think it is perfect for fall/winter and does involve Christmas. Of course, the Christmas theme is the stuff of nightmares.
Oh yes, I really liked that one too!
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I finished Oh Dear Silvia a few days ago and have started Retromancer by Robert Rankin, but I haven't given it much time, so I've really not got going in the story yet.
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If not for your later post describing the Waterstones, I could have sworn you must live in Coventry, as that's exactly what happened there! One of the Waterstones used to be an Ottakers & one used to be Dillons - both better than the Waterstones they became.Waterstones maybe stopped selling them because doing so is a conflict of interest with the idea of selling books. And I think most people would find it easier to buy a kindle online than through a store. That's how I bought mine - tried it out in the store, then bought direct from Amazon.
We used to have two Waterstones in our town but they closed one down a couple of years ago because it was "unprofitable". Now we have been reduced to one Waterstones (not massive) and WH Smith, which has a very poor selection - especially now half the book department has been turned into a post office!
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Watched episode 1 of Beck, that BBC4 is currently running. Jeez, I nearly jumped out of my skin several times. TV is not normally this scary!
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Oh you should, it's bloody brilliant!Hope you enjoy whichever book you read next! Daughter of the Empire, perhaps?
I'm not sure what your relationship is with Feist, but even if you didn't like some of his others, this is in a totally different league! Possibly it's the influence of his co-writer (can't remember her name).
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Based on that review, I'm very tempted by The natural history of dragons. It's cheaper on kindle, but the book cover looks so nice it'd almost be a shame to just read it electronically!
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That sounds awful.
I can't imagine how horrible it must be to be flooded out. I've always lived on high ground, in the middle of the country & away from rivers, so I've been lucky to escape it. -
Revival-Stephen King, 374 pages
On his face was a rage so deep and black I involuntarily fell back a step. The breeze had tumbled his thinning hair over his lined brow. He swept it back and then pressed his palms to his temples, like a man suffering a monster headache.
If this book had been the last 75 pages or so and written by HG Wells, it would be great. It’s not though- written by or great. It’s an ok book from King that could have been even shorter than 374 pages and dragged on and on. Sort of a pay off at the end. Disappointed.
Not recommended.
Ah, shame.
I had thought he'd been on good form lately, but I guess he was due one duffer! -
Poor Treacle
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I finished Number Ten a few days ago (which I still need to review) and started Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French. For some reason I tend to read library books faster than my own - it's probably the pressure of a deadline!
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Invest in a lamp.
Glad the move has gone well and you're managing to unpack your books though. 11 weeks in and our books are still in boxes in the garage
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My TBR list, alphabetically by author:Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women (Kindle)Austen, Jane - Pride & Prejudice (Kindle)Austen, Jane - Sense & Sensibility (Kindle)Austen, Jane - Emma (Kindle)Austen, Jane - Mansfield Park (Kindle)Austen, Jane - Northanger Abbey (Kindle)Barker, Clive - Abarat x 3Barton, Beverly - The Dying Games (Kindle)Batchelder, Dennis - Soul Identity (Kindle)Beever, Anthony - StalingradBradshaw, John - Cat SenseBronte, Charlotte - Jane Eyre (Kindle)Bryson, Bill - At Home (Kindle)Bryson, Bill - Short history of everything (Kindle)Burgess, Anthony - A Clockwork Orange (Kindle)Campbell, Ramsey - The House on Nazareth HillCampbell, Ramsey - The Gruesome BookCampbell, Ramsey - The Height of the ScreamCampbell, Ramsey - Alone with the HorrorsCampbell, Ramsey - The Hungry MoonCampbell, Ramsey - Ancient ImagesCampbell, Ramsey - The NamelessChaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales (Kindle)Child, Lee - Jack Reacher series x 12 (Kindle)Ciccone, Derek - Painless (Kindle)Collins, Wilkie - The Moonstone (Kindle)Defoe, Daniel - Moll Flanders (Kindle)Dickens, Charles - Bleak House (Kindle)Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield (Kindle)Dickens, Charles - A Tale of Two Cities (Kindle)Dixon, E - Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights (Kindle)Donaldson, Stephen - The Chronicles of Thomas CovenantDonaldson, Stephen - The 2nd Chronicles of Thomas CovenantDonaldson, Stephen - The Last Chronicles of Thomas CovenantEliot, George - The Mill on the Floss (Kindle)Eliot, George - Middlemarch (Kindle)Elton, Ben - Time & Time againErikson, Steven - Malazan collection 1 (Kindle)Flaubert, Gustav - Madame Bovary (Kindle)Follett, Ken - The Key to Rebecca (Kindle)Follett, Ken - Fall of Giants (Kindle)Follett, Ken - Winds of Winter (Kindle)Forster, E M - Howards End (Kindle)Gaskell, Elizabeth - Wives & Daughters (Kindle)Gaskell, Elizabeth - North & South (Kindle)Hardy, Thomas - Far From the Madding Crowd (Kindle)Herley, Richard - The Penal Colony (Kindle)Hobb, Robin - Dragon Keeper (Kindle)Hobb, Robin - Dragon Haven (Kindle)Homer - The Odyssey (Kindle)Hoover, Thomas - Life Blood (Kindle)Hoover, Thomas - Syndrome (Kindle)Hugo, Victor - Les Miserables (Kindle)Hume, David - The History of England Vol 1 (Kindle)Jacques, Brian - Redwall sagaJames, E L - Fifty shades of greyJordan, Robert - Wheel of Time x 10Joyce, James - Ulysses (Kindle)Kay, Guy Gavriel - Tigana (Kindle)King, Stephen - Dark Tower x 8King, Stephen - Night ShiftKing, Stephen - FirestarterKnowles, James - The Legends of King Arthur (Kindle)Littell, Johnathan - The Kindly OnesLovecraft, HP - Omnibus 1Lumley, Brian - Vampire World x 3Lumley, Brian - Lost Years x 2Lumley, Brian - E-Branch x 3Lumley, Brian - Harry Keogh & other Weird HeroesLumley, Brian - The TouchMariani, Scott - The Shadow Project (Kindle)McCammon, Robert - Blue WorldMcCammon, Robert - Boy's LifeMcCammon, Robert - Mystery WalkMcCammon, Robert - The Wolf's HourMelville, Herman - Moby Dick (Kindle)Meyers, Stephanie - Twilight saga x 4 (Kindle)Milton, John - Paradise Lost (Kindle)Mitchell, Margaret - Gone with the Wind (Kindle)Mock, Elizabeth C - Shatter (The children of man) (Kindle)Montgomery, L M - Anne of Green Gables (Kindle)Morris, Stan - Surviving the Fog (Kindle)Newman, Kim - Bad DreamsNewman, Kim - JagoNewman, Kim - Unforgivable StoriesPaoline, Christopher - Brinsingr (Kindle)Pepys, Samuel - Diary of Samuel Pepys (Kindle)Pratchett, Terry - The Science of Discworld 1Pratchett, Terry - The Science of Discworld 2Pullman, Phillip - Once upon a Time in the NorthRichardson, Samuel - Clarissa Harlowe (9 vol) (Kindle)Rothfuss, Patrick - The Name of the Wind (Kindle)Shakespeare, William - Complete Works of Shakespeare (Kindle)Simmons, Dan - Hyperion (Kindle)Smith, Clark Ashton - The Emperor of DreamsSmith, Clark Ashton - Out of Space & Time vol 1Steinbeck, John - East of Eden (Kindle)Stephenson, Neal - Reamde (Kindle)Tchaikovsky, Adrian - Empire in Black & Gold (Kindle)Thackeray, William - Vanity Fair (Kindle)Tolkien, J R R - The SilmarillionTolkien, J R R - The Children of Hurin (Kindle)Tolstoy, Leo - Anna Karenina (Kindle)Tzu, Sun - Art of War (Kindle)Various - The Bible (Kindle)Various - LA Noire: The Collected Stories (Kindle)Verne, Jules - A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Kindle)Verne, Jules - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Kindle)Weeks, Brent - Shadow trilogy x 3 (Kindle)Weis, Margaret - Dragonships trilogy x 2Weis/Hickman - The Second Generation (Kindle)Welsh, Irvine - EcstasyWelsh, Irvine - GlueWelsh, Irvine - PornoWelsh, Irvine - The Secrets of the Master ChefWelsh, Irvine - SkagboysWhite, Neil - Fallen Idols (Kindle)Yekov, Kirill - The Last Ringbearer (Kindle)
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I thought it was about time I started one of these blogs of my own to keep a record of what I've read this year and my TBR list - which is not half as long as the TBRs of some of the members on here, although I do keep arbitrarily adding to it by going to the library.
JanuaryThe Shining Girls - Lauren BeukesBefore They Are Hanged - Joe AbercrombieFebruaryRaising Steam - Terry PratchettMrs Bradshaw's Handbook - Terry PratchettDragons of Crumbling Castle - Terry PratchettDodger's Guide to London - Terry PratchettTime and Time Again - Ben EltonMarchA Slip of the Keyboard - Terry PratchettLast Arguments of Kings - Joe AbercrombieAprilLife...With No Breaks - Nick SpaldingTitanic - Filson YoungJackdaws - Ken FollettMayThe Man from Petersburg - Ken FollettFear City - F Paul WilsonThe Shadow Rising - Robert JordanDon't Blink - James Patterson & Howard DonahugheJuneThe Leopard - Jo NesboRoad Beneath My Feet - Frank TurnerJulyThe Twelve - Justin CroninAugustThe Grapes of Wrath - John SteinbeckMr Mercedes - Stephen KingSeptemberNumber Ten - Sue Townsend
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Yep, BSG is definitely one to stick with
I have been watching mostly BBC stuff lately:
Cradle to Grave - amusing
Boy meets Girl - rather different to the standard sitcom scenario
Doctor Foster - far fetched but quite compelling
GBBO - always entertaining
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Welcome to the group
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Also, I got some books out the library the other day:
Number Ten by Sue Townsend
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
Dissolution by C J Sansom
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Retromancer by Robert Rankin
I started reading the Sue Townsend.
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I finished Mr Mercedes last night. I put down my phone, I wasn't watching what hubby had on telly (Arrow) and just had a proper reading session like in the days of old.
Anyway, I rather enjoyed it all in all. There was lots of tension at the end! I should probably start my own blog post I guess, but it'll have to wait til I'm on the computer rather than my phone so I can copy over my TBR list.
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Welcome
The library is quite good for widening the narrow genre of books I'd read - fantasy/horror, as they're generally the only ones I end up actually buying.
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Born in Coventry, England & lived there most of my life. As of 2 months ago, now living 'down the road' in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
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Welcome Sorina
I love Dark Tower too.
Whilst I would consider book 4 to be the peak of the series, it's definitely worth finishing off the series as there's some good stuff to come. I may have to re-read it myself actually as I've only read the final 3 books once so far.You might say it's his seminal work as so many of his other books contain references to dark tower events/characters. Google for dark tower connections.
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An inspector calls - a decent enough new version of a book I've always been fond of since I studied it at school.
The Gamechangers - quite interesting even though according to Rockstar, it was a load of old baloney
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I finally finished Grapes of Wrath yesterday. I can't say I particularly enjoyed it, but after reading up on it being quite a fair account of the Great Depression (I'm not really up on US history), I can appreciate more of what its purpose was.
Now, I'll concentrate on finishing Mr Mercedes, which I am enjoying, before I decide what to read next, whilst still having the restriction of only having access to kindle books.
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I personally found Joe Abercrombie a bit of a drag... *hides* Actually i found it was a weird one, I got them all out the library, forced myself to keep at them even though I was tempted to abandon the series, sort of found them ok when I actually was reading them, but they didn't draw me back in, so I'd go days without reading, but eventually I got through them all. The final book was probably the best of the three I think.
Ooh, I'd forgotten about the Empire series. That was seriously one of the best series I've ever read!
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Hey Paul, good to 'see' you again.
. I may also have joined years ago but I had no idea what my username was either. 
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