[Hello from Tim]

I think you'll find there's some sort of fanclub for The Time Travellers Wife, I have picked this book up in shops but never really flicked through it ... is it really THAT good!

 

Yes...

[Joe Abercrombie]

Publisher's blurb:

 

Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king. War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started... Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.

Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy was one of the most exciting fantasy debuts of recent years, a dark deconstruction of the genre

[Hello from Tim]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm delighted to have found such a great forum. I like so many different kinds of books it's hard to find a forum that caters to all of them.

 

The best way I can introduce myself is to tell you my ten favourite books - 'cos that's who I am...

 

1. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 2. My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier

3. Augustus, Allan Massie

4. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro, Joe McGuinness

5. The Time-Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger

6. Byzantium, John Julius Norwich

7. Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian

8. The Quincunx, Charles Palliser

9. The Persian Boy, Mary Renault

10. Lyonesse, Jack Vance

 

I think Jack Vance is the most under-appreciated writer in the English language - but don't get me started on that...

[Featured Author - Maggie Dana]

Maggie, I really enjoyed meeting you when you came over.

 

I've seen Beachcombingin several shops which is half the battle. Let's hope it's a smash and you have to revisit the UK soon!

 

~Tim