What books are we reading at the moment ?

[rafletcher]

Well I struggled through Patricia Cornwell's latest (Depraved Heart, it may finally be the last of hers I read), and given up a few pages in to Yrsa Sigidardottir's latest (I'll not bother with any more of hers for sure), I looked at my waiting stack, and pulled out Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London", about a probationary copper that sees ghosts. Works for me.

[fuzzy]

Well I struggled through Patricia Cornwell's latest (Depraved Heart, it may finally be the last of hers I read), and given up a few pages in to Yrsa Sigidardottir's latest (I'll not bother with any more of hers for sure), I looked at my waiting stack, and pulled out Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London", about a probationary copper that sees ghosts. Works for me.

Any link to the recent BBC series River? Scandinavian Detective Inspector investigating the moider of his Detective Sergeant. 

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Well I struggled through Patricia Cornwell's latest (Depraved Heart, it may finally be the last of hers I read), and given up a few pages in to Yrsa Sigidardottir's latest (I'll not bother with any more of hers for sure), I looked at my waiting stack, and pulled out Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London", about a probationary copper that sees ghosts. Works for me.

There are a few of us here who like the Ben Aaronovitch novels.

[Mr Larrington]

Bloody coppers with supernatural leanings!  I just got an e-mail from Nozama to tell me that the next James Oswald has been delayed too.  Ghosties on the line or something.

[rafletcher]

Well I struggled through Patricia Cornwell's latest (Depraved Heart, it may finally be the last of hers I read), and given up a few pages in to Yrsa Sigidardottir's latest (I'll not bother with any more of hers for sure), I looked at my waiting stack, and pulled out Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London", about a probationary copper that sees ghosts. Works for me.

Any link to the recent BBC series River? Scandinavian Detective Inspector investigating the moider of his Detective Sergeant.

None whatsoever 

[rafletcher]

Bloody coppers with supernatural leanings!  I just got an e-mail from Nozama to tell me that the next James Oswald has been delayed too.  Ghosties on the line or something.

Which one - The Damage Done?

[rafletcher]

Well I struggled through Patricia Cornwell's latest (Depraved Heart, it may finally be the last of hers I read), and given up a few pages in to Yrsa Sigidardottir's latest (I'll not bother with any more of hers for sure), I looked at my waiting stack, and pulled out Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London", about a probationary copper that sees ghosts. Works for me.

There are a few of us here who like the Ben Aaronovitch novels.

My first try, and really entertaining right from the off.

[Mrs Pingu]

Bloody coppers with supernatural leanings!  I just got an e-mail from Nozama to tell me that the next James Oswald has been delayed too.  Ghosties on the line or something.

Have just investigated - never heard of him.

[Mr Larrington]

Bloody coppers with supernatural leanings!  I just got an e-mail from Nozama to tell me that the next James Oswald has been delayed too.  Ghosties on the line or something.

Which one - The Damage Done?

Yes, now due on 25 February next year.  Although only delayed by a fortnight, unlike Mr Aaronovitch's next tome which has been delayed by about six months chiz.

[rafletcher]

Well I've some catching up to do on Aarononvitch, and I read 2 Oswalds in the last 6 weeks  .  As to delays, I had to wait an additional year for the second volume (of three promised) by Mark Oldfield. Goodness knows when / if he'll finish the sequence! There's nothing on FF about it (similarly nothing re the next - if there'll be one - from Ewart Hutton)

[T42]

Someone sent us wossname's latest in his Shardik series, the ones about the lawyer in Henry VIII's time. Lamentation. It's bloody heavy to hold. Plods, too: our hero just got a pea smeared on his shirt by an infant. Had to keep the trinitrin handy when I was reading that bit.

[Mr Larrington]

Just when I was on the verge of getting my unread Kindle inbox down  to zero and making a start on the dead-tree-based pile the wretches at Nozama fire volume 4 of Graham Hurley' Jimmy Suttle series onto my slab of read-y goodness.  And the dead-tree pile will only get bigger when my foot starts working enough to allow me to hobble to 'stow Central

[rafletcher]

Oh good, I'm 4 of 46 in the list for that at the library

[Mr Larrington]

Oh good, I'm 4 of 46 in the list for that at the library

Just finished it.  He seems to be finding form again; I thought the first couple of Jimmy Suttle books were somewhat below par compared with the Joe Faraday ones.

[Karla]

Neuromancer - William Gibson

Now I know where the Wachowski brothers got all their ideas from for The Matrix.

[mattc]

Neuromancer - William Gibson

Now I know where the Wachowski brothers got all their ideas from for The Matrix.

Seriously?!?  Oh well - better late than never.

Hope you enjoyed it (at least) half as much as I did. If you havent read any other Gibsons, you have a lot to look forward to

[Karla]

It might surprise you but I've traditionally not read much (well, any) sci fi.  I decided it was time to fill that void. 

[rafletcher]

Oh good, I'm 4 of 46 in the list for that at the library

Just finished it.  He seems to be finding form again; I thought the first couple of Jimmy Suttle books were somewhat below par compared with the Joe Faraday ones.

It's now at the library waiting for me. I thought the first two were ok (helped by the fact that I know the area as we often go to Budliegh Salterton), better by far than the last Faraday outing, but not as good as the earlier ones.

Similarly the latest Ian Rankin / Rebus is going pretty well.

I've just about decided Val McDermid is never going to be as good as she once was. The last Jordan/Hill offering was a bit meh (not a patch on Wire in the Blood IMO), and her other recent books have been too overtly feminist/lesbian oriented for my tastes - in that virtually every major female character was lesbian.

[Mr Larrington]

Val McDermid did a non-fiction one last year - Forensics: The Anatomy Of Crime - which was both jolly interesting and notably free of lesbians.  This Unit commends it to The House.

Hurley's "Back Story", about how each of the Faraday novels came about, is also worth a read.  Sometimes the DVD extras cam be more interesting than the film

[David Martin]

Have you seen this? Currently on 7/20
https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hiddenbooks/default.aspx?competition=9#.VliPudZSZXE

[Mr Larrington]

Have you seen this? Currently on 7/20
https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hiddenbooks/default.aspx?competition=9#.VliPudZSZXE

I got:

• 8, and
• bored

And the one with the seagull on it ought to be Charlie Connelly's Attention All Shipping but isn't.

[Mrs Pingu]

Bloody coppers with supernatural leanings!  I just got an e-mail from Nozama to tell me that the next James Oswald has been delayed too.  Ghosties on the line or something.

Have just investigated - never heard of him.

I have been lurgied this (long) weekend (typical of me to be sick on holiday) so have demolished the first book and and am now gnashing through the 2nd.

[citoyen]

Have you seen this? Currently on 7/20
https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hiddenbooks/default.aspx?competition=9#.VliPudZSZXE

I got:

• 8, and
• bored

I got 10 before I lost interest...

(click to show/hide)

All Quiet On The Western Front
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Gulliver's Travels
Paper Towns (lucky guess, never heard of it)
A Tale Of Two Cities
Ulysses
The Green Mile
The Shipping News
Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone
To The Lighthouse

[T42]

Have you seen this? Currently on 7/20
https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hiddenbooks/default.aspx?competition=9#.VliPudZSZXE

Also on 7/20 but can only find 19 clues.

[jsabine]

Have you seen this? Currently on 7/20
https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hiddenbooks/default.aspx?competition=9#.VliPudZSZXE

I got:

• 8, and
• bored

I got 10 before I lost interest...

(click to show/hide)

All Quiet On The Western Front
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Gulliver's Travels
Paper Towns (lucky guess, never heard of it)
A Tale Of Two Cities
Ulysses
The Green Mile
The Shipping News
Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone
To The Lighthouse

A couple of those I hadn't twigged, but can add

(click to show/hide)

The War of the Worlds
A Year in Provence
The Buddha of Suburbia

and an assumption that any Harry Potter book will work, because I entered HP & the Chamber of Secrets

can only find 19 clues.

Indeed. I wonder if one is revealed when you've solved those 19.