taxman Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald. The true account of how she sought to overcome the grief at the loss of her father by training a Goshawk. Brilliant stuff so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Not reading as such cos its not out yet lol, but just pre ordered the hardback edition of the new Clive Barker book "the scarlet Gospels" the sequel to his Hellraiser book http://www.popmythology.com/the-scarlet-gospels-review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Gibbon Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Currently reading Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy in World War II, by Nigel West and Juan Pujol Garcia (the man who was Garbo). Fascinating story about how Juan bluffed the Germans into believing that he was their top spy in England and running a huge spy network on their behalf and how MI5 worked with him to fool them into doing exactly what the Allies wanted on D-Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Setting The Record Straight. Peter Swan. I'm finding it interesting getting the inside story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurovision Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 To Sell Is Human and Hotel Babylon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joinerisme Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Get Real-Donald Westlake.An updating of The Hot Rock crew.V.funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 CJ Sansom's latest in the Shardlake series, Lamentation. I'm only on page 180 but it already has every ingredient which I so, so love about this writer. It's the sixth book I've read by Sansom. I love these - just about to start on the 4th. Sort of "Name of the Rose" meets "Rumpole of the Bailey". ---------- Post added 14-04-2015 at 23:20 ---------- Almost finished The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It's a lengthy book, but so beautifully written. I shall be quite sad to finish it. That was my holiday read last year - would highly recommend, I really got lost in this one. I've just finished The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. I'd be interested in what you lot think of this one. It got loads of rave reviews, but hmmm, well I don't want to give anything away....I'm in two minds about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Significant Sadness - Reginald Hill. Not Dalziel and Pascoe but A PI called Joe Sixsmith. Its OK - well up to his usual standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beady Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Would recommend a few books I've really enjoyed reading recently:- Lifting the Latch by Sheila Stewart - a biography of a long gone way of life set in Oxfordshire in the early / mid 20th century. It follows the life of a shepherd of those times. Interesting, sad and funny at the same time. The Belle Fields by Lora Adams - fiction but a very good coverage of life at both ends of the social scale at the turn of the 19th century. Set in a local village it involves some good descriptive passages highlighting how they and the powerful they worked for related to each other. Hard to imagine how the poor were treated just over 100 years ago. Good descriptions of how they celebrated different big events throughout the year. Brother to the Ox - Fred Kitchen - again set in the early 20th century it covers the childhood and working life of the author as a farm-hand - again funny but serious stuff on how these folks lived and worked - again set locally it covers the hiring of farm labour at the local Statutes Fairs, how they were treated and just how hard they grafted. Again less than 100 years ago. Anyone who tries any of them, hope they enjoy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joinerisme Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Just finished "Solo" by William Boyd. A James Bond story set in the 90,s.It was so-so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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