Looking for some new reads. Need suggestions.
Current like crime thrillers, and positive uplifting books like the secret, law of attraction kind of books. Open to new ideas....
A little while ago I said I couldn’t get into this book and someone here (sorry, I’ve forgotten who it was and which thread it was on) advised me to persevere. I took the advice and enjoyed the...
The case being investigated is one of multiple incidents of child abuse. I am about a third of the way through it and finding it quite disturbing and distressing and yet I can't leave it unread. I...
I'm currently re-reading Agatha Christie's 'Ten Little N......', subsequently retitled 'Ten Little Indians', and now 'Ten Little Soldiers' - that, I suppose will remain until 'Soldiers' becomes...
I am working my way through all of Shute's book and I finished one of his best, at about midnight last night. "The Far Country" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Country_(novel) I read it first,...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37131894 I first read Hersey's account of the aftermath of the attack on Hiroshima about 40 years ago, and its something I re-read every now and then. I would urge...
Some years ago I read a rather crude book about the residents of a square in London, with a rather suspect gardener looking after the shared square. Can't remember title or author TIA
Does anyone know the author of the novel entitled Class; it's about a painter in Oxford. I'm slowly going through Amazon.co.uk, but there are so many versions of the word class, title-wise. Ta Muchly....
Know you are a lover of Nevil Shute books. I have been having a look through mine and find that I have 4 "doublers" - On the Beach, What Happened to the Corbetts, Ruined City and So Disdained. You...
Can anybody recommend some unmissable novels by Montsarrat ?
I have read " The Cruel Sea" many times but nothing else.
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/nicholas-monsarrat/...
Shute has been one of my favourite authors for over 40 years. I think his books like "On the Beach" and "A Town like Alice" are almost perfect. He was able to tell a good story, very clearly and very...
I've arranged to get a signed copy of his new book out soon!
Anyone interested to read his views on Putin and the direction of Russia, this is a must!...
Frank Gardner's first work of fiction is published tomorrow. I've got a signed copy on the way! Thought you may be interested? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crisis-Luke-Carlton-Frank-Gardner/dp/0593075781...
"Every time I hear someone use the word "cis" I die a little inside. Feminists truly are a joke nowadays, the little tumblrinas really need to get off their pretentious negativity trips. There are...