What book are you reading right now?

Thanks for that. I will add it to my local library requests.

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“Eve”, by Cat Bohannon. Evolution from the female point of view. Consistently brilliant, very well written.

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Getting ready for a busy day under the blanket. Plenty of tea and perhaps a hot water bottle later. I tried a walk along the promenade yesterday but I can’t move fast enough to keep warm.
A fine and unusual series set in 1920s India. Library.

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Taking a short break from reading through the novels of the wonderful John Banville, I’m giving this sci-fi/horror a read:

The idea is similar to Roadside Picnic, almost. A mysterious area transfigured by? Good but will I continue the series…Hmm.

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Franzen is wonderful, as is The Corrections.

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Currently about half way through this. Excellent. I’m learning a lot and Nelson has yet to make an appearance.

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I’ve been dealing with some health issues for the past month and haven’t felt like reading anything but (mostly trashy) thrillers. I finally needed a change of pace, so I picked up my copy of “Lucky Jim,” which has been on my shelf for four decades - unread.

Re: Banville. I started watching the film “Marlowe” based on “The Black-Eyed Blonde” (and directed by Neil Jordan), but was not taken with it. Is the book better?

A good “dipper into”

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This. Oslo from the Viking age to the old town burned in 1624.

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This is hastening summer.

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Looks promising after 50 pages

I have just finished the fourth and final book of the detective Kaga series from Keigo Higashino. To me it’s one of his best books so far, and I really like his work.

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Now something else altogether, although the previous books were on the same level as Higashinos.

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Vaughters is always good value on GCN. He gives good insight into what its like to run a world tour team. Bloody hard work…if you dont have UAE budget!

I also have the BBC TV series on DVD.


Two new series Khan a female detective in India
Bishop renaissance mayhem in Florence
Fowler another Bryant and May,updated Sherlock and Watson. Oxford dictionary to hand for some new to me words.
Already read from World of books.
Waitrose food for the chocolate cake receit.

On Audible. I do like Robin and her romantic dithering. I am not usually involved in such matters.

On Prime tv.

Legs are shabby but I try to keep the brain whirring.

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First Furst

…and the second one. Checked out from our local library today. I selected early ones to start with.

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I think this was the first book in the series. There are several of them hanging around the house.

A dark,mucky,deceitful world awaits you.

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Recently finished “The Searcher” by Tana French. Although it’s filed under mystery, it’s really a beautiful novel sent in rural Ireland, which involves a possible crime. There’s a sequel, but I’ll wait a bit of time.

I then moved on to “Locked In,” the final novel in Jussi-Adler Olsen’s Department Q series. It was up to the standards of (most of) the novels that preceded it. But start with the first, which has a murder method with a Grand Guignol aspect, which may surpass any mystery I’ve ever read. I’ll avoid saying more.

I’ve had some health issues since Christmas, which have left me only wanting to read mysteries (“Lucky Jim” excepted). “The Searcher” is the beginning of my return to more serious fiction. Next maybe something by Louise Erdrich. Or Willa Cather whom I haven’t read since high school (“My Antonia” was assigned).

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I’ve just put The Keeper of Lost Causes on hold at my library. Thanks for the recommendation.