[ebooktalk] Re: Chevalier and Morton.
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 18:31:00 +0100
Thanks for the recommendation Steve, I haven't read any Kate Grenville but I
like historical books and books set in Australia too.
Cheers,
Shell.
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From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 12:39 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Chevalier and Morton.
> I read and enjoyed The House At Riverton. My wife has been urging me to read
> the Secret Garden but other books keep getting in the way.
>
>
>
> A book by another of the recent crop of Kates that seems to mix these to up
> somewhat - at least by the title - is The Secret River by Kate Grenville. I
> enjoyed this one. Particularly the first section which is set in London. The
> rest of the book is set in Australia as the main character manages to get
> himself transported and his woman follows him. Apologies for the non-PC
> language but I am quoting from the synopsis. It was good on late 18th
> century working class London and on founding and building a colony in the
> antipodes.
>
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>
> Steve
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>
> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Shell
> Sent: 03 June 2013 10:03
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Chevalier and Morton.
>
>
>
> Hi Tracy,
>
> I've read 2 Tracy Chevalier books and loved them both. They were Falling
> Angels and Remarkable Creatures. I can highly recommend them to anyone.
>
> I have been planning to get round to Kate Morton shortly and was thinking of
> trying the Forgotten Garden first. Have you read that one, or which one
> would you say you enjoyed most?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Shell.
>
>
>
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> From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 11:03 PM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Books I read in May.
>
>> Hi,
>> I've just finished "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. It
> took me a while to get into it, but that maybe because I was only reading it
> in short bursts at first, but I started enjoying it about a third of the way
> through. At the beginning of the week I read "The Cupid Effect" by Dorothy
> Koomson, which was a good, if light, read - full of feelings and emotions,
> but amusing with it. I've started "The Chocolate Run", a very early Koomson
> novel, and all I can say is that she's matured quite noticeably as a writer
> over the years. I once saw Koomson listed in "chic lit" writers, and now I
> know why. This one is certainly bordering on chic lit, and not to be
> recommended as a sample of her writing. I don't know if I'll finish it.
> I've also recently read Kate Morton's "The Secret Keeper", and was slightly
> disappointed. I enjoyed her other books, but in this one I felt she was
> keeping to the same old formula of present-day character delving into a
> mystery from a relative's past, then a time change into the past to describe
> the relative's experiences, so on and so forth, and there seem to be a
> couple of flaws in the plot towards the end.
>>
>> Trish.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Shell
>> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 9:08 PM
>> Subject: [ebooktalk] Books I read in May.
>>
>>
>> I had quite a good reading month and read some new authors to me. By far
> my favorite book was the Joseph Heywood.
>> Shell.
>>
>> French, Nicci. Blue Monday. May 2013. 9 Stars.
>> A little girl disappears from a sweet shop in the middle of the day. No
> body is ever found, but when a little boy disappears on his way home from
> school 20 years later, it is psychotherapist Frieda Klein who presents the
> similarities to the police.
>> Frieda is an excellent character and the mystery was solid. A very tense
> story with lots of unexpected twists and turns. Will be reading more in this
> series.
>>
>> Straley, John. The Woman Who Married a Bear. May 2013. 5 Stars.
>> Cecil Younger Is an Alaskan PI who is hired to solve an old crime. Some
> of the descriptive writing is good, but Cecil's drinking problem and stories
> from his youth drag the book down and make it tedious to read.
>>
>> Shriver, Lionel. We Need To Talk About Kevin. May 2013. 10 Stars.
>> Written in a series of letters from Eva to her husband we go back in time
> to before Kevin was born and hear the story of the strange child he was and
> the events which led up to him killing 7 of his class mates.
>> Very suspenseful and dark but with some laugh out loud humor. We hear
> Eva's thoughts and pain as she tries to cope with a terrible situation.
>>
>> Crais, Robert. Suspect. May 2013. 6 Stars.
>> Max was injured in a shooting and can no longer be a street cop. Maggie,
> a German Shepherd was also shot in Iraq and lost her handler in the same
> incident. Can they now work together as a team and help heal each other's
> emotional wounds?
>> A book of two halves. The dog story is sweet and pulls on the heart
> strings but, the investigation side of the book is hampered with
> inaccuracies and is so lame that non of it could happen in the real world.
> Which spoils the book all together. A weak effort.
>>
>> Mark, David. Dark Winter. May 2013. 8 Stars.
>> DCI Aector McAvoy is trying to connect the murders of victims who have
> all previously been the sole survivors of tragedies. He is a gentle man with
> a good home life which is nice for a change and I could not guess
> who-done-it. I wasn't quite as bowled over as I'd hoped to be from the
> excellent reviews, but perhaps I was expecting too much. Will read more in
> the series.
>>
>> Heywood, Joseph. ICE HUNTER. May 2013. 10 Stars.
>> What a fantastic mystery! Set in the wilder parts of Michigan we meet
> Grady, a woods cop like his Father. Policing such a rural area takes special
> skills and Grady has all the knowledge of the rural area and the ability to
> track in all the local terrain. Great mystery and the female characters out
> outstanding. Beautifully described and a nice dog too. What more could you
> want. Can't wait to get my hands on the next in the series. A must read!
>>
>> McEwan, Ian. Sweet Tooth. May 2013. 6 Stars.
>> Set in 1972, Serena is a bit of a lost soul after a failed relationship
> with an older man. She is offered a job by MI5, but it was not the work she
> had hoped for.
>> Quite a slow book centering on relationships but quite compelling reading
> and a good end.
>>
>> Seton, Anya. Dragonwyck. May 2013. 7 Stars.
>> A good example of a gothic romantic suspense. Miranda accepts an
> invitation to go and stay with her wealthy cousin in the mid 18 hundreds. We
> have the spooky house, the mysterious but darkly attractive home owner and
> the impression that all is not well. No real surprises in the tale, but it's
> well written and nice and easy to read and relax with.
>>
>> Kennedy, Douglas. Five days. May 2013. 8 Stars.
>> I've given this book more stars than suits my enjoyment of it because
> it's unfair to mark a book down just because it's not my kind of novel. It
> was well written and focusses on a married woman who has a fling with a
> married man at a conference she is attending and the effect this has on her
> life and that of her family. I just like a bit more to happen and a few
> surprises along the way and as Douglas Kennedy is one of my favorite authors
> I expect a different style from him. So, highly recommended if you like
> books about the intricacies of relationships and I didn't dislike it but
> wasn't sad to get to the end.
>>
>> Behrens, Peter The Law of Dreams. May 2013. 9 Stars.
>> Fergus is forced to leave Ireland in the 1840s due to the potato famine
> and the death of his whole family. We follow his journey to Liverpool, Wales
> and then on to America.
>> Quite a slow start and I did give up on it, only to be persuaded to give
> it a bit longer. I was very glad I did as the book picked up and the
> characters developed well later in the story. Some really interesting
> historical detail and what life was like for the majority of people at that
> time.
>>
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