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Hi all .
I have recently got into reading sidney sheldon novels.
I have been totally drawn into the story , trying to work out the espinage/spy maze
he amazingly puts into his novels, even at the very end I am stunned to find out
the 'real' baddie in the novels.
Am now starting to collect his novels and enjoy reading them.
Think he wrote 17 of them, got 7 so still 10 to go...
Also thinking of reading 50 shades of grey by E L James.
It has had many positive reports on it, anyone else read this book?
Whats it like?
Anna.
 
Hi Anna - I haven't read that one but have you tried Jeffrey Deaver's books? For twisting, turning rollercoaster rides he can't be beaten. My wife and I were hooked from the first book we read: The Bone Collector. But be careful, he's very, very addictive. Just when you think the baddy has been caught and the mystery solved, everything turns on its head and off you go again. Highly recommended.
 
I'm a bit of a Tolkien geek and love The Silmarillion which is an epic book. The Lord of the Rings is a wonderful book, but The Silmarillion is just mind-blowing in it's detail and depth.

At the moment I'm reading Michael Ridpath's latest book 'Meltwater' which is about Magnus Jonson a detective who has returned to live and work in Iceland after living in the USA since he was quite young. This is the third of the books (there is also a short story as well) about Magnus and as he solves crimes you learn more about his family in Iceland, especially his horrible evil grandfather. The books are well written and if you love Iceland as I do, they are a pleasure to read.
 
Terry Pratchett's Snuff arrived on Wednesday and I read it in one huge gulp! and now have the pleasure of reading it again much more slowly :D .

I have all TP's Discworld books and love them; also Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series. Also everything Anne McCaffrey has ever written, sci-fi/fantasy and straight. I have 2 big bookshelves full of SF including Asimov, Heinlein, Zelazny, James White, Fred Hoyle etc.

I love detective fiction and have all of Marjorie Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, P D James, Josephine Tey, Ellis Peters' Cadfael series; also some by her alter ego, Edith Pargeter. I inherited all of Geogette Heyer's output from my mother and still read them with pleasure.

You'll gather I find an author and then read everything they ever wrote! I keep the books, too, 'cos I can read books over and over again - eg Jean M Auel. I still have a book-case full of children's books, too, which I re-read, including all Monica Edwards and Malcolm Saville.

I love the Moomins! :D :oops:

Also plenty of modern novels and a whole shelf of Penguin Classics of ancient and medieval authors, also some obscure autobiographies like Station Life in New Zealand and A Pattern of Islands and Elephant Bill, to give but 3 examples. Not forgetting the cookery books :lol:

This is why I have more than 2,000 books and am debating a Kindle - can I afford to buy them all as e-books?

Viv 8)

PS All Tolkien too!
 
The Fifty Shades trilogy are AMAZING.
Well-written, sexy, intriguing, suspenseful....I could go on but please give them a try.
I finished all three in four days.

I can also recommend:
Harlan Coben, Linwood Barclay, Kelley Armstrong, Jennifer Rardin, Justin Gustainis, Richard Laymon (if you like pulp trashy horror), Charlaine Harris, F. Paul Wilson, Dean Koontz...there's probably a lot more but my brain has decided to go on vacation :lol:
 
Hilary Mantels Wolf Hall at the moment about Thomas Cromwell, bit of a tome, but reads like his everyday life.
 
BlindFaith said:
The Fifty Shades trilogy are AMAZING.
Well-written, sexy, intriguing, suspenseful....I could go on but please give them a try.
I finished all three in four days.

I can also recommend:
Harlan Coben, Linwood Barclay, Kelley Armstrong, Jennifer Rardin, Justin Gustainis, Richard Laymon (if you like pulp trashy horror), Charlaine Harris, F. Paul Wilson, Dean Koontz...there's probably a lot more but my brain has decided to go on vacation :lol:
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There is 3 THREE of them????
Oh I thought there was only the 'one' ?
I have read the reports on this book as excellent, this is why I thought there was only the 'one' !
Anna.
 
BillB said:
Hi Anna - I haven't read that one but have you tried Jeffrey Deaver's books? For twisting, turning rollercoaster rides he can't be beaten. My wife and I were hooked from the first book we read: The Bone Collector. But be careful, he's very, very addictive. Just when you think the baddy has been caught and the mystery solved, everything turns on its head and off you go again. Highly recommended.
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Bill, many thanks for this one! :thumbup:
Am off to hunt this down on ebay.
It sounds right up my street!
Anna.
 
anna29 said:
There is 3 THREE of them????
Oh I thought there was only the 'one' ?
I have read the reports on this book as excellent, this is why I thought there was only the 'one' !
Anna.
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There are three, but if you get as hooked as I did they'll feel like one book :lol:
The third one is slightly less easy to read but still very good - but I tore through them.
I ended up staying up until 5am reading the first one and then instead of going to bed, picked up the second.
I had that finished by the end of that day.
 
Don't just go for The Bone Collector, Anna. Jeffrey Deaver has written many books and they're all excellent. His last book was Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel which I started this morning on my Kindle. It really starts off with a bang, and if it continues like this it'll be one heck of a read.
My favourite of his books is The Devil's Teardrop which is a perfect example of the way he teases the reader along, then piles surprise on top of surprise. Whichever ones you buy, you will thoroughly enjoy them.
 
Bill.
Last night on ebay I have found and bought the triple Lincoln Rhyme Collection.
The bone collector, The coffin dancer, The empty chair.
Brand new set, bargain at only £6.95... for the whole set !
So was well chuffed... :D
 
That was a good deal deal, Anna. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did. He also writes about another detective called Katherine Dancer, who is based in California in the area where my wife and I visit regularly. In the Katherine Dancer books he has set a prison in the town of Capitola - it isn't really there and Capitola is a lovely little seaside town which has some excellent Mexican restaurants. That's called literary license, I believe.
 
Some authors I've never heard of before on here, which sound really good - I'll need to see what I can get from my local library.

If you like whodunnit type books, you might enjoy Pat McIntosh's series set in the 1400s in Glasgow. My history knowledge isn't very good, but it certainly seems like the author has done her research thoroughly.

Apart from some of the more wellknown authors (Agatha Christie, Terry Pratchett, Tolkein), I also enjoy books by Scott Mariani (action/investigative about an ex SAS soldier), Matthew Reilly (action/adventure, fast moving), Kim Harrison (if you like a touch of fantasy), Trudi Canavan (fantasy), amongst others. I've got a really wide range of taste in books, so won't list them all just now!
 
Hi all.
Have bagged myself the 3 trilogy of 50 shades of grey! [£19]
Grey, Darker, Freed ...
CANT wait for these books to arrive as folk have been staying up round the clock
to read these. Some even 3-4 days !!!! :shock:
Wonder if ? EL James will be bigger than JR Rowling [harry potter fame]
Folk are already paying crazy prices for these trilogy's... :shock:
Also have been warned during/after reading the trilogy,
I may want to leave my hubby :***: and go off in search of
my very own christian grey !!!!
Must discover 'what' it is about this guy and this relationship the story is based upon.
 
I hope you enjoy them, I still can't believe how fast I got through them.
I just could not put them down - you might want to clear a couple of days :lol:
 
Eternal Hope is the first novel in the Eternal saga...there is a free preview at

eternalhope.moonfruit.com

and also

http://www.wattpad.com/story/1451640-eternal-hope

both also accessible via facebook

it is currently unpublished and so this is a glimpse into what will hopefully become a successful set of novels. the author is looking for reviews to help promote the book and so any support is really appreciated. x :thumbup:
 
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