madcow Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Where did you get Walking Ollie from? I was looking at it in Waterstones the other day but O's said I couldn't have it as the last dog book made me cry. I picked it up at the library, tell O's not to panic it won't make you cry....honest (Ps he's still alive!!!!! Pps... its a quick read (well I got through it in a day!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Mmmm I may invest when I am allowed to buy more new books. I'm feeling a trip to Borders coming on..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 I've put Rebecca on hold for the moment as Oryx and Crake is due back at the library so that takes priority, and it's also a very good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 Finished Oryx and Crake and really enjoyed it. Before joining BCF I would never have looked at this sort of book, glad I did it was an entertaining read once I got into it. Next: Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride This shouldn't have been his case. Not on his first day back. But the rest of Aberdeen's CID were either off on a training course or getting pissed at someone's retirement bash. So here was Detective Sergeant Logan McRae, heading up a major murder inquiry and praying to God he didn't screw it up before he could hand it over to someone else. Welcome back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride I hope you'll enjoy this one - I devoured it and then swiftly followed it up with the sequel and have just finished reading the third one. He's one of my new favourites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 I hope you'll enjoy this one - I devoured it and then swiftly followed it up with the sequel and have just finished reading the third one. He's one of my new favourites! I'm loving it so far, thanks to you this is another new author to keep tabs on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Been a bit naughty today and ordered The Runaway by Martina Cole, it's supposed to be signed too. Now just need a copy of The Graft and I've got the lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Martina Cole is an excellent author - I really enjoy her books (if that's the right word! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Martina Cole is an excellent author - I really enjoy her books (if that's the right word! ) I do too Nici, The Ladykiller was the first one of hers that I read and I've been hooked since. Before that I never touched that sort of genre (hope that is the right word for it) and now I love a good criminal read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I always get excited when she mentions Romford (where i work) and Brentwood (where i live) and a whole bunch of other places that I know!!! It's sad i know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 I'm the same with books about Manchester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Thanks to mum, I'm a big Martina Cole fan too, they are a great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 6, 2007 Author Share Posted June 6, 2007 Finished Cold Granite a few days ago. I loved this book (thanks Kell for the recommendation) and look forward to reading more of his work, I've just heard from the library that a book I reserved a couple of weeks ago has arrived (Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino) so that will be my next read after The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber, and as this is a great tome of a read it will be my chunky challenge for June. Synopsis curtesy of Amazon Gripping from the first page, this immense novel is an intoxicating and deeply satisfying read. Faber's most ambitious fictional creation yet, it is sure to affirm his position as one of the most talented and brilliant writers working in the UK. Sugar, an alluring, nineteen-year-old 'lady of the night' in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent through the strata of 1870's London society offers us intimacy with a host of loveable, maddening and superbly realised characters. At the heart of this panoramic, multi-layered narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. The Crimson Petal and the White is a big, juicy, must-read of a novel that will delight, enthral, provoke and entertain young and old, male and female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Finished Cold Granite a few days ago. I loved this book (thanks Kell for the recommendation) and look forward to reading more of his work, You're welcome - I'm glad you enjoyed it. His other two, Dying Light and Broking Skin are both excellent too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angerball Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 ...(Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino) so that will be my next read after... Oh awesome! I loved this one, and created a thread for it under Specific Authors/Books when I'd finished it. I'd be interested to see what you think of it, given that it has received quite mixed reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Finished Cold Granite a few days ago. I loved this book (thanks Kell for the recommendation) and look forward to reading more of his work, I've just heard from the library that a book I reserved a couple of weeks ago has arrived (Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino) so that will be my next read after The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber, and as this is a great tome of a read it will be my chunky challenge for June. Synopsis curtesy of Amazon Gripping from the first page, this immense novel is an intoxicating and deeply satisfying read. Faber's most ambitious fictional creation yet, it is sure to affirm his position as one of the most talented and brilliant writers working in the UK. Sugar, an alluring, nineteen-year-old 'lady of the night' in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent through the strata of 1870's London society offers us intimacy with a host of loveable, maddening and superbly realised characters. At the heart of this panoramic, multi-layered narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. The Crimson Petal and the White is a big, juicy, must-read of a novel that will delight, enthral, provoke and entertain young and old, male and female. I have all of these on tbr, more books in common! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Ok I went away last weekend and couldn't take TCP&TW as it is such a huge book so I took The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner... Synopsis (curtesy of amazon) For three summers, the residents of Atlanta have been gripped by terror when the temperature creeps up to a hundred. For with the relentless heat comes a vicious killer. Each time, he takes two girls. When the first body is discovered, it contains all the clues investigators need to find the second victim, who waits, prey to a slow but certain death. The police are never in time; the bodies always found months later in remote and dangerous places. As a heatwave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls disappear and the clock is ticking. Rookie agent Kimberly Quincy stumbles across the first body in the grounds of the FBI training facility at Quantico. She's been face-to-face with a serial killer before and knows only too well why the killer has chosen Quantico to start the chase. This time he's raising the stakes; he wants the FBI's finest to come out and play... I enjoyed this very much the twists and turns kept me hooked from the beginning. This is yet another author I will keep a look out for. I am now back reading Michel Faber's Crimson Petal and the White and thoroughly enjoying it. It's just a pity it is too big a book to carry around, I am also still reading Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca and aslo Jamaica Inn! Very unusual for me to have more than one book on the go at once but hey I'm having fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Daphne's books have gone on hold for now whilst i concentrate on finishing TCP&TW, it's a very enjoyable read and once I start reading it I don't want to put it down, I'm really enjoying the narrative style of writing to. I will definately read more of Faber's work. Just had a quick recount of mount TBR and the total had risen to 96! I'm sure they are breeding whilst I'm at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 And I don't want to know how many of them will be coming back to me when you've finished I have managed to get mine to 89 but it is payday tomorrow....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 And I don't want to know how many of them will be coming back to me when you've finished Ok I'll not tell you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nearly finished TCP&TW, going to slow down a bit now as I don't want it to end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Finally finished TCP&TW yeasterday, what a fantastic book the only thing which stopped it being a 10/10 is the ending. it left a few loose ends that could have been tied up. It left me wanting more. IMHO I put spoiler tags on it in case anyone else is going to be reading it. Highly recommended. Next to read: Dying Light by Stuart MacBride It starts with Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks - the heart of Aberdeen's red light district. For DS Logan McRae it's a bad start to another bad day. Only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Grampian police. But following a botched raid that leaves a PC in a coma he's palmed off on a DI everyone knows is jinxed, waiting for the axe to fall with all the other rejects in the 'Screw-uo Squad'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 Just finished Dying Light and loved it. Had me hooked from the start, I enjoy his style of writing it's easy to read and left me wanting more, so I am going to start his next one 'Broken Skin' later on this evening. There's a rapist prowling the city's cold granite streets, leaving a string of tortured women behind. But while DS Logan McRae's girlfriend is out acting as bait, he's dealing with the blood-drenched body of an unidentified male, dumped outside Accident and Emergency. When a stash of explicit films turn up, all featuring the victim, it looks as if someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death, and Logan gets dragged into the twilight world of pornographers, sex-shops and S&M. To make matters worse, when they finally arrest the Granite City Rapist, Grampian Police are forced by the courts to let him go: Aberdeen Football Club's star striker has an alibi for every attack. Could they really have got it so badly wrong? Logan thinks so, but the trick will be getting everyone to listen before the real rapist strikes again. Especially as his girlfriend, PC Jackie 'Ball Breaker' Watson, is convinced the footballer is guilty and she's hell-bent on a conviction at any cost.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Glad you're enjoying the MacBride books - he's one of my new favourites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 Glad you're enjoying the MacBride books - he's one of my new favourites! I can honestly say he is one of mine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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