ŷ������

Brenda wrote: "She told me that she feels she can't let those characters go either, so "perhaps they might make an appearance in future books"!"

Yes I can imagine how hard it would be to just drop them after being so close to them for so long. It would be like losing friends, she knows them all intimately and has spent years building them into the people they are.
I should think she would need a big break before 'making' new people.

Yes I suspect so :)

I'm a cozy mystery fan and am half-way into the first in the series by Singaporean author Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights. Lots about food, as the main character has a kitchen/café/catering business, but she is an older widowed lady, so nice to read about. The cultural aspects make this book especially interesting and intriguing.

I am reading The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss and it is amazing.

Irene wrote: "I'm a cozy mystery fan and am half-way into the first in the series by Singaporean author Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights. Lots about food, as the main character has a kitchen/café/..."

I love the sound of that!

Paget wrote: "I am reading The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss and it is amazing."

It is amazing:)

I'm not sure why, as I just finished a 747 page book, but I've just started Tamar by Deborah Challinor (which is 613 pages) - think I needed a favourite author fix ;)

Well you know I don't usually read chunky books Michael ;) So that must mean the other!!!

Andrea wrote: "Irene wrote: "I'm a cozy mystery fan and am half-way into the first in the series by Singaporean author Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights. Lots about food, as the main character has a..."

Well worth a look Andrea. And I'm cooking coriander lime chicken tonite. Am smelling it as I write. Hmmm.

Irene wrote: "I'm a cozy mystery fan and am half-way into the first in the series by Singaporean author Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights. Lots about food, as the main character has a kitchen/café/..."

I read that last year - I really enjoyed it - gave it 4 stars from memory

ATM I'm reading the latest from Minette Walters The Cellar (borrowed from the library) and it doesn't have quote marks for speech. Usually I HATE this with a passion, so it must say something for this author that I didn't actually notice this until I was a third of the way in.....
It's very good so far

I have to correct myself on that last post: there are quote marks for things said in English, but not for those said in Hausa, thus distinguishing speech that non-Hausa speakers would not understand. Cleverly done!

I am reading The House At The Bottom Of The Hill by Jennie Jones. I am enjoying this book and love the characters, romance and the intrigue.

Marianne wrote: "ATM I'm reading the latest from Minette Walters The Cellar (borrowed from the library) and it doesn't have quote marks for speech. Usually I HATE this with a passion,..."

This is the one Walters book I haven't read. Is on my wish list though :)

I finished it this morning, very good, very dark. Not too long and a limited cast so easy to keep track of. Review in the next day or two. I borrowed it from the library, Sally.

I'm reading The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. It's very clever.
(My iPad was determined to make that title An ibis gates. We had a big fight.)

Hahahaha!!!! Oh Phrynne...

Brenda wrote: "Hahahaha!!!! Oh Phrynne..."

Don't you just love predictive text?

NO! But your comment cracked me up :)

:)

I'm reading Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton. It's promising to be a creepy psychological thriller :)

Carolyn wrote: "I'm reading Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton. It's promising to be a creepy psychological thriller :)"

I just finished that on the weekend and really enjoyed it. Love her books!

I'm making my way through Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded bySimon Winchester and while I invariably love his writing this one is proving heavy going. I think I'll definitely be ready for some light reading by the time the last rivulet of lava flows into the sea.

I am just starting The Girl In The Ice by Robert Bryndza

I'll be interested in your thoughts Phrynne...

Finished Sister Dear for which I'll do a review tomorrow and have just started Where the Trees Were - only a few pages in but already it seems very good!

I started reading The Ruins of Isis. I found this book on my bookshelf, I have no idea how it got there.

I've just started The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza, the second in the Erika Foster series. It's very good so far - straight into the action!

I'm also slowly reading Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb. I'm getting into the story ok but having trouble remembering all the events from her previous trilogies which I read some time ago.

I just started reading Ivanhoe by Walter Scott. It is almost 200 years old and reads like it.

A couple of days ago I started the audiobook for Pierce Brown's Red Rising, a considerably more modern book. So far it is excellent, which is a relief because I had previously removed it from my TBR shelf due to having sworn off YA dystopians.

I'm reading Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. It's a wonderful psychological thriller. I hadn't heard of it, although it was made into a film by Hitchcock.

Needed something a bit lighter than my current book, so I put it down for a bit and as a refresher read a romance and a sci-fi, both great books:
by Lev A.C. Rosen
And my review here;
/review/show...

And for the romance by Christine Feehan
Which I reviewed rather gushingly at /review/show...

Ryan wrote "A couple of days ago I started the audiobook for Pierce Brown's Red Rising, a considerably more modern book. So far it is excellent, which is a relief because I had previously removed it from my TBR shelf due to having sworn off YA dystopians."

This is an excellent trilogy Ryan. I really enjoyed it:)

The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café, sort of a reread, as I listened to the audiobook narrated by Adjoa Andoh a while back....

just in the first pages of Black Teeth, already plenty of (black) humour

I've started reading Hold It 'Til It Hurts for WSJ Bookclub. It hooked me in pretty quickly.

Ok, it's time to get my book reading mojo back and dump the Xbox for awhile. Last book took me way too long to read.

With recommendation from my wife's best friend, the book to save me will be Maze Runner by James Dashner.

Neil wrote: "Ok, it's time to get my book reading mojo back and dump the Xbox for awhile. Last book took me way too long to read.

With recommendation from my wife's best friend, the book to save me will be Ma..."

Hope you love The Maze Runner Neil!

Good luck with the Maze Runner! It's very fast paced and suspenseful. It's also a personal favourite!

I'm reading a curious book called The Many Selves of Katherine North by Emma Geen.

It's sf/speculative fiction set sometime in the future (Prince William is King and climate change is having an impact) where researchers (like Katherine North) are able to project their consciousness into a 3D printed replica of an animal and then study what it's like to live and move as that animal. Not sure yet where the book is going but it's an interesting idea.

LOL! Sounds ... different ... Carolyn!

It is that Brenda!

Brenda wrote: "Starting a new thread to follow on from the old - there are loading problems because of the size of it. The link to the old thread here - /topic/show/......"

I've just started "A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald" by Natasha Lester, and am loving it so far.

Suzy wrote: "I've just started "A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald" by Natasha Lester, and am loving it so far. ..."

I've heard lots of good reports about A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald by Natasha Lester - she's an Aussie author too Suzy! I'll be interested in your thoughts when you're finished! And welcome to the group as well :)

I've finally finished The Lake House at almost 600 pages it was a long book but I loved every word of it.

Glad you loved it Veronica:) Makes it well worth while!

Veronica wrote: "I've finally finished The Lake House at almost 600 pages it was a long book but I loved every word of it."

Was great wasn't it? Can't wait for her next one - haven't heard any whispers of a release date yet - last I heard she was writing though.

Sally906 wrote: "Veronica wrote: "I've finally finished The Lake House at almost 600 pages it was a long book but I loved every word of it."

Was great wasn't it? Can't wait for her next one - haven..."

I have a couple of her earlier books here to read first and I'm looking forward to those even more now.

I am REALLY enjoying The Sudden Appearance of Hope

Marianne wrote: "I am REALLY enjoying The Sudden Appearance of Hope"

It sounds really intriguing Marianne, it's great when you find a book that grabs you like that isn't it? :)