Joe's bookshelf 2009

[joe]

I have started reading The Bone Collector and I am absolutely loving it, I am rapidly becoming a Jeffrey Deaver fan

[Weave]

Happy reading Joe I have never read any Jeffrey Deaver, I need to rectify that

[Chrissy]

I have started reading The Bone Collector and I am absolutely loving it, I am rapidly becoming a Jeffrey Deaver fan

MWahahahhah! (evil laugh btw!) A new Deaverette for BCF!

 

He is good, and consistently so, which means you have many more books to enjoy. I feel a little jealous that you are at the beginning of your Deaver experience!

[joe]

That made me chuckle, yes I definetly have the Deaver bug and now feel that i must read all of his books. My bank balance is going to suffer

[joe]

The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver

 

 

I am in love with Jeffrey Deaver, what a bloomin' good read. I enjoyed this book so much that i was really upset when it ended. Great plot, characterisations, could not fault the book in anyway. Loved it from start to finish. I jsut need to read all the other Lincoln Rhyme books now

 

10/10

[Chrissy]

That's so good to hear. I had a recent re read of 'The Bone Collector', and it really is a taut and brilliant read. Bye bye Joe's savings, Hello book shop!

[joe]

I know I am going to be broke

[frankie]

So glad you enjoyed The Bone Collector so much! Are you going to read the next book, The Coffin Dancer, anytime soon? I dare say it was even better than The Bone Collector, there are such twists to the story you can't even begin to imagine!!

[joe]

I am going to pick up The Coffin Dancer from the library today and cannot wait to start reading it:smile2:

[frankie]

Excellent news joe! I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on it

[joe]

I have started to read The Coffin Dancer by Jeffrey Deaver and Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger and I am enjoying both books at the moment

Edited November 10, 2009 by joe

[joe]

I have just finished Hokkaido Highway Blues and found it a very informative and funny read. It was my first venture into reading travel writing and it has made me want to read more

 

10/10

[frankie]

I have started to read The Coffin Dancer by Jeffrey Deaver and Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger and I am enjoying both books at the moment

 

Nice! Can't wait to hear what you think of it!

[Chrissy]

Nice! Can't wait to hear what you think of it!

Me too!

[joe]

The Coffin Dancer, Jeffrey Deaver

 

What a bloomin good read, I was 400 pages in when I found out the true identity of the killer, truly brilliant. i thought that The Bone Collector had lots of twists and turns but this novel was an even better read. I also found that i enjoyed the characters a lot more as well as they had been grounded in the previous novel. He is now becoming one of my all time favourite authors and cannot wait to read the next in the Lincoln Rhyme series.

 

10/10

[joe]

I have started to read A short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka and I am continuing to read her Fearful Symmetry which is getting better

[Chrissy]

The Coffin Dancer, Jeffrey Deaver.What a bloomin good read, He is now becoming one of my all time favourite authors and cannot wait to read the next in the Lincoln Rhyme series. 10/10

Can I do my evil "We've caught another in the Deaver web" laugh now? Mwahahaha!

 

So glad you loved it, and 'The Coffin Dancer' really is a twisty turny one.

[frankie]

The Coffin Dancer, Jeffrey Deaver

 

What a bloomin good read, I was 400 pages in when I found out the true identity of the killer, truly brilliant. i thought that The Bone Collector had lots of twists and turns but this novel was an even better read. I also found that i enjoyed the characters a lot more as well as they had been grounded in the previous novel. He is now becoming one of my all time favourite authors and cannot wait to read the next in the Lincoln Rhyme series.

 

10/10

 

Yes, yes :D I agree with you 100%, you think that The Bone Collector was great and then you read The Coffin Dancer and the twist just blows your mind away!! I had shivers down my spine when I realised how Deaver had totally played us readers

[joe]

I have just finished Her Fearful Symmetry and I am unsure of what to make of it really. I started off not enjoying it but then about half way through i really started to care about the characters and began to enjoy reading it. However when the story began to change in that Valentina wanted to die and needed help I really started to loose interest and found the story idiotic. The ending I also found most disappointing in that I was left feeling that there was more to share and discover about all of the characters. On the whole a very disappointing read.

 

5/10

[joe]

I have nearly finished a Short history of tractors in Ukranian and i must say it is a superb book, extremely tragic comic. I really want to know though what happens to Valentina in the end.

[joe]

A short History of Tractors in Ukranian

 

I absolutely loved this book, I felt really sad when I finished it. I started off really disliking Valentina but by the end of the book i realised that she was just as much as a victim as Papa. A really funny, heartwarming book that makes you sit back and think about your family, past, roots and why you are the way you are.It is also terribly sad in places too Thoroughly enjoyable 10/10

[chesilbeach]

I'm glad you liked it, joe. I read it with my book group a couple of years ago, but most of the group were ambivalent about it whereas I enjoyed it a lot. I do remember thinking it read like a film or television drama rather than a novel, and after a bit of investigation I found that the author is actually a lecturer in media studies which has obviously influenced her writing style.