SueK
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Has anyone read any books by Peter Lovesey. I confess I had never heard of him but he is quite profilic and his genre is crime (mostly taking place in the Bath area). He is coming to give a talk at our local Library tomorrow evening and I wondered how popular his books are.
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You can do a hard reboot too???
Why would I need to do that? 
Oh my, this is just blowing my un-technominded mind 
Thanks for the info Pixie! I guess I should really read the destruction manual
Charm, the only times I have to do hard reboot is if I've been on the "experimental" section - this brings up the internet part of the Kindle when Wireless is on. If for some reason the internet has frozen, it means I can't get back to home page (it's rather like when the PC freezes). I find that by holding the release button for a short time(it can be up to 1 minute) the screen will flicker and then take you to the Kindle Homepage . Switch the release button again and you carry on as before.
I tend to switch mine off completely at night or if I'm not picking up the Kindle for a few hours. Otherwise it is in sleep mode (bit like me this morning!
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Hello Kurtz
What is the book about.
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Was just wondering if anyone found the battery life on the Kindle went down quicker when in sleep mode, or turned off completely between reads. I expect the power surge would reduce it a bit but not sure what is best. I made the mistake once forgetting to turn the GPRS switch off and the battery went down in about a day!
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I've just started Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey. I've never read his books before but he is coming to talk at our local Library on Wednesday evening so I thought I would go a bit prepared! He seems to be quite popular according to Amazon reviews. I'll report back on his talk.
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I had to laugh that UK gave Moldova 10 points
They were so funny with those meter-high hats. Did we (UK) want to give the competition a bit of a scare? I quite liked the winning song I've been trying to remember what it reminded me of and I think it's Annie Lennox' song about the little Vampire. The favourite didn't do all that well (France) and I thought Blue looked very nervous. Still Bulgaria must be our new best friends for giving us Deuze Points!Thought it was a very good production though - some stunning staging.
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Today I received The Report from Amazon Vine to review - it's a fictional account of the Bethnal Green tube disaster during the War - and I downloaded Agatha Christie's The Thirteen Problems.
I've just finished The Small Hand by Susan Hill and loved it. Short, concise and straight to the point - that's what I love about her ghost stories. Thoroughly recommend it.
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I'm not sure if there a section on TV Adverts so, Mods, please feel free to move/merge. Thanks.
I just had to put this one up as, right now, it is my favourite TV ad.
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Wow, you certainly know your Eurovision Kell! I'm impressed.
I haven't heard any of the other entries (OH was watching on BBC 3 last night) and he thought Jedward were pure Eurovision too!
I usually try to skip the songs and watch the voting but I shall give it all a go tomorrow.
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I might just watch this tomorrow. I'm not bothered about Blue but I think they have a chance of not getting Nil Points. The problem is we don't have an "ia" at the end of our country - oh wait! we should call ourself Britannia in future.
I want to see what a laugh Jedward will be. They have got thru to the Finals and I caught a glimpse of them on youtube. What a pair of .............
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I've not read any Rutherford, though I have Sarum and London sitting on my bookshelf. They are quite hefty books, so I think that has put me off a bit. Maybe I should just dive in and get started, as I do like historical fiction (for the most part). I'm a bit worried that it will be like James Michener, as I tried a couple of his books and really did not enjoy them at all.
Personally I think Rutherfurd is a better storyteller than James Michener - although I did rather like Hawaii.
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Sounds good Inver. Let's know what you manage to get hold of.
I finished The German Boy and will now read The Small Hand as it needs to go back to the library (but it's only 167 pages long).
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Hi jjzazzy
I'm quite a fan of Edward Rutherfurd. I particularly liked SARUM (history of Salisbury) and LONDON and although I found RUSSKA a bit slow going, I still enjoyed. I haven't got round to reading NEW YORK and not sure it will be on my list just yet as I've got lots to get through first. But I think he is a first rate storyteller. And I like the idea of writing each book around the history of one place.
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I've just downloaded this onto my Kindle for the princely sum of £3.99. I look forward to reading this soon.
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SueK I think you and myself must be soul mates
I loved "Time's Legacy" Barbara Erskine's latest! 
I downloaded Time's Legacy onto my kindle (it was a good price at the time) but have yet to read it. It is a book I shall look forward when the time is right. -
I reckon Jack Nicolson in A Few Good Men might be a bit difficult to work for.
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I'm giving Agatha Raisin a rest now (great books) and will continue with The German Boy by Tricia Wastvedt. TBR is getting a tad high again though.
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Yes, I think you can learn a lot from a good historical novel. Some of my favourites have been Ellis Peter's Brother Cadfael series which were exceptional. I think other authors like Barbara Erskine, Sharon Penman and Elizabeth Chadwick are very good - and I believe have degrees in their chosen subject.
The problem today is that because there is so much information out there on the net, authors do have to be meticulous with their research or they can get ripped to pieces by critics for some blatant anachronism.
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Depends on mood when waking up. Most mornings it is cereal. Otherwise is it is toast and marmite and a cup of tea. Weekends, it can scrambled or fried egg on toast and said cuppa.
I don't read or chat (I don't really "do" mornings). But I just sit and watch BBC breakfast and I usually allow 10 minutes.
Best breakfast ever is in our staff restaurant every Friday morning. Full English!
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I've been so ill this week I havent been able to read a thing
but these books arrived this week
Tatty - Christinr Dwyer Hickey
Upfront and Personal - Coleen Nolan
Laura, so sorry to hear you have been ill. I hope you feel better now.
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Well, plans to read The Small Hand and We all ran into the Sunlight have been thwarted as I have got addicted to Agatha Raisin. I read the first one on holiday and now have downloaded the next few in the series. They are very witty and great fun.
The Small Hand is only 164 pages long so will read that in between the Agatha books.
I've also got to finish The German Boy in the next week or so for reviewing.
What I need is a bit of this -
Greetings from Holland
I return to UK tomorrow. Mojo has been good but I've had lots to see and do so haven't read as much as normal. Managed to get through Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death on the Kindle and am starting the Small Hand by Susan Hill later on. My ferry read back tomorrow will be We all ran into the Sunlight by Natalie Young and I'll be back on line on Friday.(PS love Holland but it has been a bit on the chilly side
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I've seen a lot of press about this series (mainly because of the Lovely Sean
) but I don't have Sky Atlantic so hope it eventually might make it to a freeview channelBy the way, has the Lovely Sean
been eating rather a lot of pies? He looked a bit bloated - not like his svelte Sharpe days -
Now, I shouldn't have read your post Chrissy cos I've just been on to the Spring Kindle Spectacular too
Fortunately, I stopped after 3 books as I've still got loads of stuff to get through. Anyway I downloaded:
We all ran into the Sunlight - Natalie Young
An expert in murder - Nicola Upson
The Warsaw Anagrams - Richard Zimler
that should keep me out of mischief for a while anyway.
Peter Lovesey
in General Book Discussions
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Peter Lovesey came to talk to us at Tonbridge Library last night. He is a very prolific crime writer and has won various awards including the Crime Dagger award. He has written a Victorian Detective series which was on TV back in the 70s featuring Sergeant Cribb (I never saw them) and more recently a series around Detective Supt Peter Diamond of the Avon and Somerset Police - and I think the 11th has just been published. I thought I would read one of his books before going to the talk so I downloaded Skeleton Hill. This is an excellent crime story and I thought Peter Diamond was one of the most well written detective characters of recent times. Mr Lovesey is a very interesting man and he read snippets of his latest work Stagestruck which I shall get in due course.
He was asked on his views of e-books. He said that although e-books was the way of the future, he still preferred holding a real book in his hands and (like a lot of us) liked the smell and feel of a real book. Some people in the audience had no idea what an e-book was, sooooo, yours truly got hers out and before you could say "murder" my kindle was being fondled by all and sundry with lots of questions asked.
Here is a link to Peter Lovesey's webpage if anyone is interested in reading his books. I, for one, will be getting a few more of them.
http://peterlovesey.com/about