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Just added this to my tbr list. Sounds good!

Welcome Sparkle!

Salem Falls- Jodi Picoult Jack St. Bride was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girls' prep school - until a student's crush sparked a powder keg of accusation and robbed him of his career and reputation. Now, after a devastatingly public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life. He takes a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner and slowly starts to form a relationship with her in the quiet New England village of Salem Falls. But just when Jack thinks he has outrun his past, a quartet of teenage girls with a secret turn his world upside down once again, triggering a modern-day witch hunt in a town haunted by its own history

The Resurectionist- James Bradley This book is set in London, 1826. Leaving behind his father's tragic failures, Gabriel Swift arrives to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city's anatomists. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. But instead he finds himself drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and ruler of its trade in stolen bodies. Dismissed by Mr Poll, Gabriel descends into the violence and corruption of London's underworld, a place where everything and everyone is for sale, and where - as Gabriel discovers - the taking of a life is easier than it might seem. Another gruesome book! This starts of really well and has a fascinating subject matter but at a mid point loses the plot completely. You dont really understand the reasons for Gabriels behaviour (other than opium- but why does he start taking it in the first place?) or his descent and he seems a bystander although the story is told from his view point. Bradley seems to piling on the violence and debauchery but it doesnt convince. The change in location towards the end of the story also baffled me although again the subject was potentially fascinating. The last few chapters seemed rushed to me- as if Bradley didnt quite know whow he was going to wind the story up

Darkly Dreaming Dexter- Jeff Lindsay Meet Dexter Morgan, the chief protagonist of Darkly Dreaming Dexter. He's a highly respected lab technician specialising in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely draws attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment. Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story. This is a good book- funny and also gripping but its the darkest of dark humour! The problem I had was that I'm a fan of the t.v series and ( a compliment to the series really) the series captures the tone of the novels perfectly and also sticks pretty much to the plot of the novel in its first series. I felt like I knew what was coming throughout

The Tenderness of wolves -Stef Penney

I read it on Christmas day- its just okish! I agree that it seems as if she hasnt tried

Most of the time two- sometimes three! Generally a fiction and a non fiction though!

I think certain books you can read, enjoy and instantly forget!

Winter in Madrid by C J sansom- great book and then a really ridiculous ending

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You should try the House of Lost Souls by FG Cottam. He has made Dennis Wheatley one of the characters in the novel- its not very flattering!

I really enjoyed the book and the writing is beautiful- I had some misgivings about the portrayl of women though.

A Piece of Cake- Cupcake Brown disturbed me. Its an autobiography about her journey from abused child to drug addict to successful lawyer . It was the cruelty to a child that disturbed me but it was ultimately uplifting and inspiring

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I si=uppose taht considering that A-E is over a period of about a year it is a lot of scraaes for her to get into!

I'm up to E is for Evidence on these books! Is anyone else reading them at the mo?

"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind:Paul Newman and a ride home." S.E Hinton- The Outsiders

I wish we got to watch films like that when I was at school (how old do I sound)! The film I remember watching at school was The Neverending Story- they always seemed to put it on on rainy days and at the end of term!

1. I did American studies with gender studies at university (which a lot of my friends who did things like economics find amusing!) 2. I met my boyfriend on my first day at uni and we are together 9 years later! 3. I'm a Newcastle United fan 4. I have a scar on my arm from when I fell from a horse when I was 11 5. My favourite city in the world is Barcelona

Hi I have bought my dad Bernard Cornwells books- The "Sharpe" novels were popular but theres also a few series set in medieval times as well. Conn Iggulden also does a Roman series (first one is Gates of Rome) and a series about Ghenhgis Khan which are good Not sure how historically acurate they are but they are both writers of grown up "boys own" type tales which are a lot of fun (I liked Conn Is books too though!)

Hi Mona. welcome! Have you read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote- thats a great "true crime" book

Welcome!

I really enjoyed Atonement (although iI didnt like the ending either and I dont think Briony "atoned" at all!) but cant really remember Enduring Love although its on my shelf so I must have read it! Have had Cement Garden on my tbr list for ages. has any one read this?