Supergran71's read list

[supergran71]

Thought I would get in on this blog lark and put down the list of books I have read this year as far as I can remember them (some may have been lent to friends)

 

Here we go then, not necessarily in date order -

 

The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith

Blue Shoes and Happiness - ditto

Morality for Beautiful Girls - ditto

A Full Cupboard of Life - ditto

Case Histories - Kate Atkinson

Pursuit of Happiness - Douglas Kennedy

A Special Relationship - ditto

Hour Game - David Baldacci

Split Second - ditto

Solstice - David Hewson

The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne

A French Affair- Susan Lewis

The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields

The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve

Light on Snow - ditto

Into What Far Harbour - Allen Drury

Salem Falls - Jodi Picoult

We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver

The Savage Garden - Mark Mills

A Name to a Face - Robert Goddard

A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon

 

Phew!!

[happyanddandy]

Great achievement and very satisfying to list don't you think?

[Janet]

You have some good stuff on there.

 

(btw - there is an 'L' missing from your signature, I think).

[supergran71]

(btw - there is an 'L' missing from your signature, I think).

I cant see where you mean Janet:blush:

[Kylie]

The 'L' is missing from 'Girl'. It goes straight from 'Gir' to the smilies

[Adam]

Nice list

[supergran71]

The 'L' is missing from 'Girl'. It goes straight from 'Gir' to the smilies

So there is will put it right immediately. Thanks

[supergran71]

I am not going to type in the whole list, but there is 24 on it at the moment, including 3 Jane Austen ones ready for the start of the Jane Austen read. I am half way through my current read which I am enjoying. I will attempt to do a review when I have finished it. Not sure which one will come off the list as my next read, it rather depends on my mood.

[Maureen]

I cant see where you mean Janet:blush:

 

I thought it was on purpose - to show the lil'e girlishness!

[supergran71]

Well finished Tenderness of Wolves which I sort of enjoyed, and will start another book this evening. Cant make up my mind which one to go for though.

I wil try and do a review of T of W.

[supergran71]

Started "The Interpretation of Murder" last night. Read a couple of chapters, looks promising.

[supergran71]

I wasnt getting on too well with The Interpretation of Murder, but the night before last I read a passage that I found rivetting. I thought how clever the author was to paint such a vivid word picture of a really tense scene. Am continuing now with high hopes that I am going to enjoy it.

[Adam]

I wasnt getting on too well with The Interpretation of Murder, but the night before last I read a passage that I found rivetting. I thought how clever the author was to paint such a vivid word picture of a really tense scene. Am continuing now with high hopes that I am going to enjoy it.

 

I love reading books like that. Some authors are able to paint such a beautiful picture with words. It just shows how smart some of them really are!

[supergran71]

I love reading books like that. Some authors are able to paint such a beautiful picture with words. It just shows how smart some of them really are!

Sure does Adam. A book I read a couple of weeks ago "Name to a Face" by Robert Goddard, also contained a really good description of a woman that the writer met and I could actually "see" that woman, more than any other character I "met". His description was so vivid

[supergran71]

I have just finished The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rudenfeld which I enjoyed very much. I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in/understands Psychoanalysis particularly in relation to Freud. The early chapters were hard to get through unless you have. Once I got into the story I really enjoyed all the twists and intrigues and puzzles especially the twist at the end. I also like the detective who carried out the investigation into the murders, without whom no solution would have been reached I dont think.

 

I have now started "The Devil's Feather" by Minette Walters (one of my favourite authors) which involves a female war correspondent in first off Sierra Leone and then Iraq where she is kidnapped briefly. Following this she has a "break down" and hides herself away in the English countryside. During her travels she has encountered a sexual psychopath of whom she is absolutely terrified ................... the story continues.

[JudyB]

I was reading recently that the writer is going to write a second book using the character of the detective - I'll certainly be looking out for it.

[supergran71]

I was reading recently that the writer is going to write a second book using the character of the detective - I'll certainly be looking out for it.

I look forward to that

[supergran71]

I have finished "The Devil's Feather" by Minette Walters which I enjoyed although I found the end a bit of a let down. I will endeavour to to a full review. I havent decided which will be my next book, need to review the pile.

[supergran71]

Just decided to read Kate Adie's autobiography "The Kindness of Strangers", will be starting that tonight when I go to bed.

[Maureen]

http://bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2791

 

Supergran, we had The Interpretation of Murder as the Reading Circle book a while back. Feel free to add comments - I enjoyed reading your last review.....

[supergran71]

Maureen, thanks for that. I will try and do a review of The Interpretation of Murder. Did you enjoy it.

 

I am enjoying Kate Adie's biog so far. She writes how she speaks, clipped and clear, but she has a great sense of fun so the humour is evident throughout. I am into her early days so far. I understand she has written a further book, so may seek that out at a later date.

[supergran71]

I looked at the reviews for The Interpretation of Murder and agree with most of the comments made, so I dont think its really worth me just saying the same things.

 

Kate Adie's biography is very funny at times and at other times I find some of the stuff she says very hard to believe. Have just read a chapter where she is reminiscing about her years in Sunderland, which rang a lot of bells with me. My mother was born in this part of the world and I spent quite a bit of my childhood there, especially during WW2.

[supergran71]

Am still reading "Kindness of Strangers" by Kate Adie (her autobiography.

 

It has taken me a while to get into her style of writing which moves around quite a lot. Once I had got used to that, I began to enjoy it. There are particular parts I have really enjoyed and found absorbing, I will elaborate more when I do a review (promise!!) .The end is in sight, another couple of nights I should think.

[supergran71]

I have just finished reading Kate Adie's autobiography "The Kindness of Strangers", which I really enjoyed. I will be reading "The Mighty Heart" next.

[supergran71]

I have just postd a review of Kate Adie's autobiography if anyone is interested.