Athena Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I've Won, I've been selected as A First Read on Goodreads for The Tunnel By S.D. Tooley. I'm really pleased and excited that I get to Firstreads a book on behalf of all the Goodreads fans out there, who are yet to discover the many Goodreads there at goodreads to be discovered on bookclubform.com. Is that subtle enough? Many other Bookclubforums are available, Bookclubforums gives you the opportunity to discuss amicably and, violently, your opinions on romantic, lovey dovey, bleurgh fiction. It also allows mature discussion on Fantasy, Science and Crime fiction, So checkout Bookclubforum for all your future goodreads. x Congrats ! x Old Man's War - John Scalzix I own this as an Ebook, though not specifically Kindle ebook. I haven't read it yet, I hope you enjoy it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Thanks Athena, after trying Joe Abercrombie I've had to resort to some Michael Connelly shorts to get my mojo back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Dexmas has come early this year, 1 x Galaxy Tab 2 ,7.0. 1 x 32" JVC Interactive television with all those crazy ports you need. I'm currently watching A couple of Paradise Lost videos on Youtube, through my Wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Hehe, happy Dexmas! I had my first pressie arrive today, too. Enjoy Paradise Lost, they are a great band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Nice gifts ! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 I just had to go into a store and check out how to connect my tv so the iplayer would work. And ask about a flash drive to record programs on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I quite like Iplayer! I can't get it here, but when I was in the UK at my boyfriends' house we'd use it sometimes to watch TV programmes off. Did you get it sorted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Yes, I've got the iplayer working now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) I'll be choosing a new book to read later as I've got round to finishing Old Man's War. The Drop - Michael Connelly, 418 Pages bk 69 Re-read I thought The Black Box was going to be published a bit later than it was . So I'd intended these to be christmas reading. Then with other reading ideas going out the window (Cleeves), I decided to bring this forward so I could get my mojo back. Then I remembered I'd got to read Girl, Stolen, so I put down The Drop and did that. I did enjoy reading it again, but with the nature of procedurals you remember what happens, even if you read lots in between. Now I have got other books to try based on the fact that I have to review 1 of them before it's published, so probably best to start those 2 next. They are short p,250 ish each. I Edited December 1, 2013 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 I've just received my Firstreads book, They've sent me two to try. Nothing Else Matters - S.D. Tooley, A Samantha Casey mystery The Tunnel - S.D Tooley, A Samantha Casey mystery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) Book 68 Girl Stolen - April Henry Cheyenne Wilder is asleep in the back of the car while her stepmother collects a pescription. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, the car is being stolen. Griffin hadn't meant to kidnap her, but once his dad finds out that her father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes - now there's a reason to keep her. I took a rest from reading The Drop today and Read Girl, Stolen - April Henry instead. It was a quick and easy read that I enjoyed. Edited November 30, 2013 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I've just received my Firstreads book, They've sent me two to try. Nothing Else Matters - S.D. Tooley, A Samantha Casey mystery The Tunnel - S.D Tooley, A Samantha Casey mystery x Enjoy your books ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 My only plan this weekend is to read S.D Tooley. About 1/2 way through my first. I'm not reading anything else at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) Nothing Else Matters - S.D. Tooley, 254 Pages 'Something got Davud's attention, right at Gholam's waistline where his shirt seemed to strain at the buttons. Gholam was a big man, but there seemed to be added bulk. It was slight, He had to watch carefully, Now he was sure. The fabric was moving'. He's known by the codename Sparrow, Authorities can only identify him by the tattoo on the back of his hand. Sparrow is a gun for hire and his next targewt is Reverend Emmett Smith. His orders are to kill the Reverend on the River Queen casino. But just before he pulls the trigger, someone beats him to it. The reverend is carrying $50,000 in counterfeit money. Sparrow soon realizes the fee he was paid is counterfeit. Sparrow is one man you don't want to cross. Detective seargent Samantha Casey is back after her debut in When the Dead Speak. Suspended from the force after her last case. Sam is having a difficult time adjusting to unemployment. But there are more unsettling changes in her life than unemployment. The Owners of The River Queen Casino hire Sam to clear them of any involvement in the Reverend's death. And who should be working the case for the Chasen Heights Police department but Jake Mitchell, the one person she holds responsible for her suspension. Sparrow plays a cat and mouse game with sam's young computer friend, Tim, wits with Sam. Just who is Sparrow? Why does sam have deams of hot lights, unbearable pain, bizarre torture techniques? And why does she keep hearing a strange mantra in her head - ' Other than survival, Nothing else matters'? I found this book to be another easy read, I like the characters Sam Casey and Jacob Mitchell. Jackie was also a fun character. Edited December 9, 2013 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 (edited) The Tunnel - S.D Tooley A reference to nepotism by the Mayor on behalf of his nephew. 'He would be the fall guy, especially as Kojak had the office of The Major watching his back.' Page 12 'Her hair standing on end like Methuselah's Snakes wasn't making a good impression.' Page 62 When I started this book I came across some errors and I thought, here we go, It,s going to be full of them and They're going to put me off, but hey I've stopped noticing them. I've enjoyed both the books I've read by S.D Tooley, Nothing Else Matters and The Tunnel, I know every character has to have a quirk to make them stand out and it's hard to be original and not over the top. Based on my reading experience Sam Casey seems to be a cross between Kevin Byrne from the Philidelphia, Richard Montanari books and Will Graham from Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. There's a mixed bag as usual when it comes to the supporting cast..... S.D. Tooley compares the character to Alison Dubois from Medium, I hadn't thought of that even though I have watched it. Edited December 13, 2013 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 I think I'm read out this year, I'm going to finish the book I'm reading now and have a rest for a bit. I think next year I'll only try to read about 60 books. If I do read 1 more I'll average 6 a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Sometimes a break is what we need. I hope you'll feel more like reading in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thanks Athena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 I've just bought The Terrorists - Sjowall & Wahloo for a pound from The Works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I've just bought The Terrorists - Sjowall & Wahloo for a pound from The Works. The Works do have some really good deals don't they, i was very tempted by the Game Of Thrones set they had on offer but i'm trying to be good & refrain from buying so many books at the moment so i resisted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I love The Works! If I'm nearby one I'll want to go inside . Unfortunately I don't come in the UK much anymore these days, but I always loved the shop when I was in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) This will be a list of the books I've read and a score of what I thought of them.1/4 I didn't like it2/4 It was okay3/4 I liked it4/4 I really liked it January - 5 Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Princess 3/4 393 pages Liza Marklund - Primetime 3/4 418 pages Jo Nesbo - Phantom 4/4 547 Pages Camilla Lackberg - The Preacher 2/4 422 pages Brandon Sanderson - The Gathering Storm 3/4 825 pages February - 3 Brandon Sanderson - Towers of Midnight 2/4 941 pages Tom Wood - The Hunter 2/4 Tom Wood - 0/4 Couldn't even make it past halfway, Unfinished Brandon Sanderson - A Memory of Light 4/4 March - 6 Stuart Macbride - Close to the Bone (Undecided) Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games 3/4 Suzanne Collins - catching Fire 3/4 Suzanne Collins - Mockinjay 3/4 Linwood Barclay - Too close to home 3/4 Linwood Barclay - Fear The Worst 3/4 April - 4 Camilla Lackberg - The Stonecutter 3/4 548 pages Jeff Lindsay - Double Dexter 2/4 (A bit too much personal stuff going on) Camilla Lackberg - The Stranger (a.k.a The Gallows Bird) 2/4 381 pages Camilla Lackberg - The Hidden Child 3/4 504 pages May - 6 Camilla Lackberg - The Drowning 3/4 485 pages Jeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter 4/4 Reread 275 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dearly Devoted Dexter 4/4Reread 296 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dexter In The Dark 2.5/4 Reread 376 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dexter By Design 4/4344 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dexter Is Delicious 4/4 440 pages June - 10 R John Harvey - Now's The Time 3/4 297 pages R Ian Rankin - A Good Hanging 3/4 253 pages R Simon Kernick - Target 3/4 493 pages R Simon Kernick - The Last 10 Seconds 3.5/4 474 pages Simon Kernick - The Payback 3.5/4 457 pages Linwood Barclay - No Time For Goodbye 2.5/4 Linwood Barclay - Never Look Away 2/4 The Associate - John Grisham 1/4 Ian Rankin - Standing In Another Man's Grave 4/4 422 pages Stephen Leather - False Friends 3/4 453 pages July - 10 C.J. Box - Blue Heaven 4/4 (Right up until the abrupt end) 422 pages R James Patterson - Cross Country 3/4 Tw 2 R James Patterson - I, Alex Cross 3/4 R James Patterson - Cross Fire 2.5/4 James Patterson - Kill Alex Cross 2.5/4 Richard Montanari - The Killing Room 4/4 434 pages Simon Kernick - Siege 3.5/4 Asa Larsson - The Savage Altar 3/4 403 pages Asa Larsson - The Blood Spilt 2/4 407 pages Jo Nesbo - The Bat 2/4 The later books are Much Better 425 pages August - 10 R Lawrence Block - The Sins Of The Fathers 3/4 132 pages R Lawrence Block - In The Midst Of Death 2/4 129 pages R Noah Boyd - The Bricklayer 3/4 Noah Boyd - Last Chance To Die 3/4 Asa Larsson - The Black Path 3/4 395 pages Mo Hayder - hanging Hill 3.5/4 558 pages Terry Pratchett - Snuff 3/4 476 pages Chris Carter - The Night Stalker 4/4 Hakan Nesser - The Mind's Eye - 3/4 364 pages Hakan Nesser - Borkmann's Point 3/4 321 pages September - 7 Hakan Nesser - The Return 2/4 322 R Lars Kelper - The Hypnotist 2/4 R Mary Burton - I'm Watching You 3/4, The first ending was good, The final ending was predictable. Mary Burton - Before She Dies 2/4 430 pages Woman With A Birthmark - Hassan Nesser 3/4 412 pages I've read the Plot many times before. Ann Cleeves - The Crow Trap 535 pages 3/4 Telling Tales - Ann Cleeves 2/4 October - 4 Ann Cleeves - Hidden Depths (I've been informed that this was the one I read before) 2/4 Ann Cleeves - Silent Voices 2/4 Hakan Nesser - The Inspector and Silence 433 pages 3/4 Hakan Nesser - The Hour of the Wolf 3/4 November - 6 Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself 3/4 Joe Abercrombie - Before They Are Hanged Unfinished John Scalzi - Old Man's War3/4 April Henry - Girl, Stolen 3/4 Simon Kernick - The Debt short story 3/4 Michael Connelly Mulholland Dive short story 3/4 from Mulholland Dive Two Bagger short story 3/4 from Mulholland Dive. The two above are from an ebook that also has a story called Cahoots in, which I Read a while ago Michael Connelly short Father's Day short, Angle of investigation 2/4 Angle of Investigation short 3/4 Christmas Even short story from Angle of Investigation 3/4 Dexember - 3 Michael Connelly - The Drop reread 2/4 S.D. Tooley - Nothing Else Matters 3/4 S.D. Tooley - The Tunnel 3/4 I seem to have read 74 books? Edited December 27, 2013 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 My tablet has shifted everything to the left and I worked out I should have used Multiquote then quo te. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) I'm also planning to read a bit more science fiction next year. Edited March 28, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) post="375840" timestamp="1387621788"] SciFi Reading List Old Man's War - John Calzi 3/5 In The Country Of The Blind - Michael Flynn 3/5 The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester 3/5 The Philip K. Dick Megapack - Phillip K. Dick 3/5 Martian Time- Slip - Philip K. Dick 3/5 Dr Bloodmoney - Philip K. Dick 3/5 The Three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick 2/5 With the 6 of these that aren't on my list already, Imake it 80 books This will be a list of the books I've read and a score of what I thought of them.1/4 I didn't like it2/4 It was okay3/4 I liked it4/4 I really liked it January - 5 Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Princess 3/4 393 pages Liza Marklund - Primetime 3/4 418 pages Jo Nesbo - Phantom 4/4 547 Pages Camilla Lackberg - The Preacher 2/4 422 pages Brandon Sanderson - The Gathering Storm 3/4 825 pages February - 3 Brandon Sanderson - Towers of Midnight 2/4 941 pages Tom Wood - The Hunter 2/4 Tom Wood - 0/4 Couldn't even make it past halfway, Unfinished Brandon Sanderson - A Memory of Light 4/4 March - 6 Stuart Macbride - Close to the Bone (Undecided) Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games 3/4 Suzanne Collins - catching Fire 3/4 Suzanne Collins - Mockinjay 3/4 Linwood Barclay - Too close to home 3/4 Linwood Barclay - Fear The Worst 3/4 April - 4 Camilla Lackberg - The Stonecutter 3/4 548 pages Jeff Lindsay - Double Dexter 2/4 (A bit too much personal stuff going on) Camilla Lackberg - The Stranger (a.k.a The Gallows Bird) 2/4 381 pages Camilla Lackberg - The Hidden Child 3/4 504 pages May - 6 Camilla Lackberg - The Drowning 3/4 485 pages Jeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter 4/4 Reread 275 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dearly Devoted Dexter 4/4Reread 296 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dexter In The Dark 2.5/4 Reread 376 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dexter By Design 4/4344 pages Jeff Lindsay - Dexter Is Delicious 4/4 440 pages June - 10 R John Harvey - Now's The Time 3/4 297 pages R Ian Rankin - A Good Hanging 3/4 253 pages R Simon Kernick - Target 3/4 493 pages R Simon Kernick - The Last 10 Seconds 3.5/4 474 pages Simon Kernick - The Payback 3.5/4 457 pages Linwood Barclay - No Time For Goodbye 2.5/4 Linwood Barclay - Never Look Away 2/4 The Associate - John Grisham 1/4 Ian Rankin - Standing In Another Man's Grave 4/4 422 pages Stephen Leather - False Friends 3/4 453 pages July - 10 C.J. Box - Blue Heaven 4/4 (Right up until the abrupt end) 422 pages R James Patterson - Cross Country 3/4 Tw 2 R James Patterson - I, Alex Cross 3/4 R James Patterson - Cross Fire 2.5/4 James Patterson - Kill Alex Cross 2.5/4 Richard Montanari - The Killing Room 4/4 434 pages Simon Kernick - Siege 3.5/4 Asa Larsson - The Savage Altar 3/4 403 pages Asa Larsson - The Blood Spilt 2/4 407 pages Jo Nesbo - The Bat 2/4 The later books are Much Better 425 pages August - 10 R Lawrence Block - The Sins Of The Fathers 3/4 132 pages R Lawrence Block - In The Midst Of Death 2/4 129 pages R Noah Boyd - The Bricklayer 3/4 Noah Boyd - Last Chance To Die 3/4 Asa Larsson - The Black Path 3/4 395 pages Mo Hayder - hanging Hill 3.5/4 558 pages Terry Pratchett - Snuff 3/4 476 pages Chris Carter - The Night Stalker 4/4 Hakan Nesser - The Mind's Eye - 3/4 364 pages Hakan Nesser - Borkmann's Point 3/4 321 pages September - 7 Hakan Nesser - The Return 2/4 322 R Lars Kelper - The Hypnotist 2/4 R Mary Burton - I'm Watching You 3/4, The first ending was good, The final ending was predictable. Mary Burton - Before She Dies 2/4 430 pages Woman With A Birthmark - Hassan Nesser 3/4 412 pages I've read the Plot many times before. Ann Cleeves - The Crow Trap 535 pages 3/4 Telling Tales - Ann Cleeves 2/4 October - 4 Ann Cleeves - Hidden Depths (I've been informed that this was the one I read before) 2/4 Ann Cleeves - Silent Voices 2/4 Hakan Nesser - The Inspector and Silence 433 pages 3/4 Hakan Nesser - The Hour of the Wolf 3/4 November - 6 Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself 3/4 Joe Abercrombie - Before They Are Hanged Unfinished John Scalzi - Old Man's War3/4 April Henry - Girl, Stolen 3/4 Simon Kernick - The Debt short story 3/4 Michael Connelly Mulholland Dive short story 3/4 from Mulholland Dive Two Bagger short story 3/4 from Mulholland Dive. The two above are from an ebook that also has a story called Cahoots in, which I Read a while ago Michael Connelly short Father's Day short, Angle of investigation 2/4 Angle of Investigation short 3/4 Christmas Even short story from Angle of Investigation 3/4 Dexember - 3 Michael Connelly - The Drop reread 2/4 S.D. Tooley - Nothing Else Matters 3/4 S.D. Tooley - The Tunnel 3/4 I seem to have read 74 books? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Edited March 12, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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