[ebooktalk] Re: Reading preferences
- From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:52:37 +0100
Hmmm it's not the sort of title I would normally go for, but last summer I
read colin forbes for the first time, The Sisterhood, and although it was a
bit ridiculous, it was also fun. I WANT to think these things don't happen,
but I'm darned sure they do.
These last few years have been an eye opener for me. Until I retired and had
more time to read, my tastes were for the 19th century novel and anything up
to about 1960. But book groups have really shoe horned me into tackling more
modern fiction, and for the most part it's been a wonderfully rich
experience. But periodically I jump back to my beloved Trollope and Eliot
and just indulge myself.
June
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On Behalf Of David Russell
Sent: 15 April 2013 17:52
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Reading preferences
June
This is a summary of the book I am currently reading by Ian Hamilton.
Petite Chinese-Canadian accountant Ava Lee is not quite what she seems. Ava
is a specialist at recovering stolen money - through any means necessary.
With razor-sharp intelligence and unorthodox rules of engagement, Ava works
for a Hong Kong-based 'Uncle'. She's also the person the impossibly wealthy
turn to when their money goes missing.
Employed to track down $5 million for a family friend, Ava's investigation
begins a journey that takes her to the US, Hong Kong, Bangkok, the British
Virgin Islands and Guyana - a place where Ava may finally have met her
match.
For anyone missing Lisbeth Salander, meet the very brilliant Ava Lee - a
heroine for our times.
So that is the review. Strangely, most of the books in this series have
been released with more than one title. The first one is the gentle touch
of the tigress.
I will let you know what I think of it a little later. Only a few pages in
so far.
David
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On Behalf Of Tar Barrels
Sent: 15 April 2013 16:34
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Reading preferences
I haven't heard of Ian Hamilton. What genre is it?
Is anyone else as pernickety as i am about reading order? I prefer to read
an author's stuff in the order they were written/published, mainly because I
like to see their development of style.
June
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On Behalf Of David Russell
Sent: 15 April 2013 16:26
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: What is everyone reading.
I have just started a book by Ian Hamilton which is the first in a series
which looks promising.
Have just finished a history of the London Underground. It was called
"underground, overground" which did rather remind me of the Wombles, but the
book itself was fascinating.
David
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On Behalf Of Tar Barrels
Sent: 15 April 2013 16:10
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: What is everyone reading.
Shell, I often re-start a book if I'm not getting to grips with it, just to
give it another chance.
I'm currently reading The Paris Wife - can't remember the author - about
Ernest Heminway and his first wife. It's really interesting, and can't wait
to get stuck into it again.
Also, Stonemouth by Iain Banks for my book group. Finding it a bit difficult
to get into this, but will definitely persevere.
Also Melvyn Bragg's book of Books - all about the King James bible. A bit
disappointed in this so far, but again I'll give it a bit longer.
Have just finished The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Gone Girl -
both Richard and Judy titles, and both worth a read. If I hadn't been
reading Gone Girl for my book group, I'd have given it up and thrown it out
the window, but I'm so glad I didn't. Once I was about a third of the way
through, I was hooked, and really wanted to know what happened to two of the
most unsavoury characters i've ever come across. They deserved each other!
Who else is reading what?
June
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On Behalf Of Shell
Sent: 15 April 2013 15:39
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Subject: [ebooktalk] What is everyone reading.
I think it would be a good idea to see how that goes, if you don't mind
giving it a try. I would also like to keep the list strictly book related.
I would be interested to know what everyone is reading.
I started a book at the weekend called The Start of Everything by Emily
Winslow, but I was away at the time and so distracted that I don't really
know what happened. So to be fare to the book I have decided to start right
from the beginning again. Recently we read The Litigators by John Grisham
for my local book group and though I enjoyed it, I think I am Grishamed out
for the time being. Nothing unexpected happened in it, but the characters
were quite good. He seems to write similar books most of the time but
occasionally has a huge departure into something really original like A
Painted House, which is still my favorite of his.
Shell.
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