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    Madeleine's Book Log - ongoing

    in Book Blogs - Discuss your reading!

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    I've just finished Anya de Jager's debut novel, "A Cold Death in Amsterdam" - she's Dutch but lives in the UK and writes in English. I quite enjoyed this, fairly standard crime novel in which the main character, detective Lotte Merman, is still reeling from her previous case involving the murder of a child, in which she is due to testify in court.  However she is haunted by some terrible misjudgements, and can't stop thinking about it, whilst investigating a new case in which a man who's involved in a major investment company, is murdered at his home.  The police think the case has links to the another murder, several years ago, of another banker just after he was released from jail.  The two men worked together, and the new victim married the first man's widow, so there are obvious connections in both cases.  It's a police procedural, and although some of the banking information went over my head a bit, it was quite involving, although some of the plot lines didn't ring true - Lotte's father investigated the first case, and she's desperate to keep his name out of the new investigation, and also the fact that she's his daughter, and I found it hard to believe that no one in the police knew their relationship, and even when it is finally revealed, she does several things which I'm sure in real life would have made most of her evidence inadmissible.  Not a bad debut though, even if I did want to shake her sometimes!  7/10

    Madeleine's Book Log - ongoing

    in Book Blogs - Discuss your reading!

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    I got a hardback version of a book (cheap from Amazon marketplace) which I don't usually buy, but this one looks like it's never going to come out in paperback, and I liked 2 of her other books, so I ordered "The Pierced Heart" by Lynn Shepherd.

     

    I've also bought the latest in the Grantchester series "Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation", and "The Fire Child" by S K Tremayne.  I also hoped to get Charlaine Harris's latest "Night Shift" but Waterstone's didn't have a single copy of any of her books, which I was annoyed about.

    Peace's Reads 2017

    in Past Book Logs

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    Hey, Sazed!  I absolutely loved Ready Player One, and can't wait for the film to come out.  Armada though, I think you're safe not ever picking it up.  Talk about a disappointment!  

     

    I finished Mercy Falls late last night since I couldn't sleep.  It was excellent!  Some things I did not see coming, for sure.  I'll have to find something new to read this weekend when I'm in town :D.

     

    I can't wait for our big trip!  Chaliepud, I am accepting all and any recommendations or tips.  We won't be spending much time in London, but instead will be taking the train everywhere else in the country and looking for out of the way places that aren't too overly tourist-y.  Like any villages or historical places that just can't be missed.  

     

    I'm planning on visiting Dorset for sure, because of my family ancestry there, and have already found a church where they still use the same font as well as chalice as they used when my ancestors attended!  The website says that if they know a descendant of this person is attending services, they'll use the chalice for communion that day.  Amazing! :D

     

    Thanks, Athena, I know I will have a great time!

    I love Dorset, it's one of my favourite counties.  where are you planning on visiting there?

    What's Up in February 2017?

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    I agree with Talisman, for us having winter at the moment it's cold and dreary - today seems to be especially vile - and it's tiring working, commuting especially in bad weather, hanging around for buses, and I have a really annoying tickly cough which is one of the things keeping me awake at night.  the days are getting a bit longer so there's hope ahead!

    What's Up in February 2017?

    in General Chat

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    Sorry to hear about the chicken Athena, I hope it didn't have bird flu, we're having some outbreaks here in the UK.  Hope the others are OK.

     

    Talking of viruses, woke up with a sore throat this morning and think I'm coming down with a cold.

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