Hellooooo

[peterjmerrigan]

Hey guys! Nice to e-meet you all!

 

Just registered and looking forward to snooping around the rooms and seeing who's reading what. Don't worry, I'll keep out of the underwear drawer lol.

 

A bit about me: Well, I'm Northern Irish originally, moved to England in 1997 and now live in Leeds but spend weekends in Manchester with my other half.

 

I work in advertising and write my own novels in my spare time, but I'm not here to talk about that lol. I'm here primarily to discover new reading material. I love fiction, literary fiction, some genre fiction (crime/thriller/mystery, the occasional horror), and I'm forever running out of decent books to read. My Kindle goes everywhere with me (yes, I've moved on from paperbacks, though I do still miss the feel of a good book in my hand!) and it's full of drivel I read 2 or 3 chapters of before giving up on them because the novel seems awful. I need something new (and good!) to read

 

Anyway, enough about me...

[vodkafan]

Hi Peter! Two words....Jack Vance

[peterjmerrigan]

Hi Vodkafan. Thanks, I've been recommended Vance before, actually, but I'm not so much a big fan of the whole sci-fi world. I went through my fantasy phase in my teens lol and came out the other side . I'll investigate further though!

[frankie]

Hello Peter and welcome to the forum!

[cuppycakes]

Hi peter

 

Are you an Agatha Christie fan?

[Athena]

Welcome here ! I hope you can find some good recommendations. I have a Kindle too and while I prefer paperbacks for the most part, a Kindle is very handy when I travel.

[Signor Finzione]

Welcome to the forum, fellow Northerner!

 

 

Hi Vodkafan. Thanks, I've been recommended Vance before, actually, but I'm not so much a big fan of the whole sci-fi world. I went through my fantasy phase in my teens lol and came out the other side . I'll investigate further though!

 

  You really must investigate further! I'm still wading my way through the shallow end of my fantasy phase and probably will be for some time.  

[chesilbeach]

Hello Peter!

[peterjmerrigan]

Thanks for the welcome, guys. You all seem lovely so far

 

Hi peter

 

Are you an Agatha Christie fan?

 

Hi Cuppycakes. I've read one or two Christie novels, but probably way less than I should!

 

See? I've only just joined and there're two recommendations already! I knew signing up here was a good idea lol

[gardengirl]

Hello Peter,

welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy it, I am fairly new too, and there seems to be plenty to do on here with lots of interesting people to talk to.

[peterjmerrigan]

Thanks for the welcome GardenGirl. I used to be really active on some other forums some time ago but life kind of got in the way lol. It's good to get back into the whole thing and even better if I end up reading a book based on someone's recommendation and actually LOVING it

[Signor Finzione]

I have a recommendation: 'Blood Promise' by Brian McClellan. It's fantasy, but - bear with me! - there's a crime/mystery-ish storyline in it, some intriguing politics and lots of fun action. It's the first in the 'Powder Mage' trilogy, and it's being referred to as 'flintlock fantasy': not so much 'sword and sorcery' but 'guns and sorcery'. I loved it!

[peterjmerrigan]

I have a recommendation: 'Blood Promise' by Brian McClellan. It's fantasy, but - bear with me! - there's a crime/mystery-ish storyline in it, some intriguing politics and lots of fun action. It's the first in the 'Powder Mage' trilogy, and it's being referred to as 'flintlock fantasy': not so much 'sword and sorcery' but 'guns and sorcery'. I loved it!

Haha, that actually sounds quite interesting from what you've said! I don't really do fantasy novels any more, but I'm willing to give one a go if it's good. I guess all the old fantasy novels/series I read in my teens all became a bit samey and staid. Something new might just be what I'm looking for

[muggle not]

Welcome to the forum, but how can you possibly run out of decent books to read. There are so many great books and authors that the list is endless.

[peterjmerrigan]

Very true, muggle, but it's finding them that's the issue . I hate paying through the nose for ebooks / Kindle books and so generally end up reading those self-published, apparently-non-edited, written-by-neaderthal-man novels that go for 99p or £1.99 lol. There are some gems, but mostly not!

[cuppycakes]

Hi peter! I have a Kindle as well and really love it! When I first saw there were free e-books I was excited. The first book I got was "England under the Tudors" by Arthur Innes -- but was disappointed to find how poorly edited, excessively long and boring it was to read. (And I love reading about history!)

[poppyshake]

Hello Peter We've already got acquainted on the Les Miserables thread but even though I'm a bit late ...    anyway  

 

Hope you're enjoying snooping about   Have you read Wolf Hall yet? I highly recommend it if not and also Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell .. I know it is classed as fantasy but it's good fantasy   Also The Rivers of London books? .. again fantasy but crime fantasy (and I do agree .. some fantasy should be classed as crime ) and very funny. Anyway snooping around here will give you lots of ideas .. more than your wallet can cope with most probably  .. have fun!

Edited September 26, 2013 by poppyshake

[Signor Finzione]

I second Poppyshake's recommendation of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Pseudo-Victorian, pseudo-historical fantasy, but very realistic in the way it's written. It's unlike anything I've ever read before or since and it's fantastic!

[Athena]

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is on my TBR (my edition is a box set of three books, still in plastic ), I'm glad to hear you two liked it .

[peterjmerrigan]

Hello Peter

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell

 

 

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.

 

 

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

 

Sounds like we have a winner! I'm going to have to check it out now... well, not now, I'm at work, but... shhh!

[bobblybear]

Hello Peter - welcome to the forum!