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The Devil's Advocate, by Andrew Neiderman. See the film, because it's great, but the book is truly awful. Mourning Ruby, by Helen Dunmore. B-O-R-I-N-G. Bad Moon Rising, by Sheila Quigley. Supposed to be a crime thriller....I guessed the perpetrator about 1/3 of the way through (as did other people I know who have read it). Bad grammar, bad writing. Avoid!! The Accidental, by Ali Smith. I found this book a real drag, and felt that the author was just trying to show off how clever she is. I read it for a book group, and practically everyone found it boring. Several people gave up on it.

The Attack, by Yasmina Khadra is the book I am reading at the moment, and it is shaping up to be one of my books of the year so far.

Oooh that's got me thinking - I don't know if I dare ask why he shouldn't read it!! I'll make sure he stays away from it though!

I never read the ending. It would ruin the whole book for me!

I've read the first three Rebus novels, and have several of the rest of them on my tbr. If you like Ian Rankin, you might also like Mark Billingham - his Tom Thorne novels are great!

It's on my tbr. I'm looking for a good book to take on honeymoon, to read during the flight. This is a serious contender!

I bought Toast, by Nigel Slater, AGES ago, after a friend recommended it. Nigel Slater grew up in Wolverhampton, very near to where I grew up, and my friend was saying that there are references to many local places. I still haven't read it yet!

I have both of these on my tbr. Being the owner of a crazy Labrador myself, I reckon Marley and Me might strike a chord! My favourite book of the year so far, is probably Girl With A Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier. I've read quite a few good books this year, but I think that's my favourite at the moment.

I doubt I'll have any choice, because other half will definitely want to see it! He loves that show, but that's fine with me, because it really is funny.

Spoilers... Yes, I remember that as well. At first, I didn't realise what had happened, and when it dawned on me, it was very sad indeed.

It's rare for me to give up on a book, although sometimes I wish I could...I just try not to. Occasionally I have picked up a book and after reading a couple of pages have known that I am not in the mood for it at that time. When that happens, I read something else instead, but I think I have always gone back to the first one at some point. It happened with one of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, by Charlaine Harris. I love those books, but when it came to reading the 3rd one, I just couldn't get into it. I did read it at a later time, and loved it.

I've read The Robber Bride, which I enjoyed. I have The Handmaid's Tale on my tbr pile, and want to read it soon.

Thanks Angel and Lilywhite - I am looking forward to getting stuck into those books now:)

Misery, by Stephen King. I've had it for years, and I just have never got round to reading it. Edited to say, that I have also had a copy of Zeebrugge: A Hero's Story, by Stephen Homewood, for more years than I care to remember. I will read it one day, but haven't yet.

In Your Honour, by Foo Fighters - great album, great band!

I've read The World According To Garp, and A Widow For One Year, both of which I really enjoyed.

I never read more than one book at a time. I did it once, when I was reading American Psycho - it is a brilliant book, but so disturbing that I couldn't read it in bed at night, so I read The Lovely Bones as well.

I read this recently, and really enjoyed it. It's not the first Maggie O'Farrell book I've read, but the best one so far. It's so sad (and I think that unfortunately highly realistic) that someone can be erased out of a family like that, and it was certainly a book that made me think. The only parts I didn't really like were the grandmother's streams of consciousness, which were obviously all jumbled up.

....And I meant to say - thank you all for the warm welcome:D

Whoops sorry - must have missed this post:blush: I'll probably take a break between each one, and maybe read them at about the rate of one every couple of months. I must admit that if I enjoy a book that's in a series, I tend to go out and get all of the others in the series in one go.

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That's how I found it too. I'm glad you're both here too!

Thanks for the info:) I hadn't heard of the Professor Doctor Moritz Maria Von Igelfeld trilogy, but will definitely keep my eyes open for it!

Historical fiction was never a genre I was particularly interested in (apart from Jane Austen, whose books I do like), and then I discovered Tracy Chevalier and Sarah Waters. I have only read one Sarah Waters book, and two Tracy Chevalier books, but I loved them both and have more by them on my pile waiting to be read. I got Innocent Traitor, by Alison Weir a few weeks ago, which looks good, and also a number of Posie Graeme-Evans' books. I think it depends on the way that such books are written. I used to worry that it would feel like like reading a history textbook!

Had to respond to this thread! I read The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency last month (after it had been sitting on my tbr pile for far longer than I care to remember), and absolutely LOVED it!! It was quirky and very charming. Being the book addict that I am, I now have three of the 44 Scotland Street books (I think there actually are only 3 of them) and about the next four in the Ladies Detective Agency series. I only wish that I hadn't waited so long to read the first one.