Book Club

[Pepper Pig]

Just finished it. Absolutely hooked.

[scullion]

i've just finished all of the 'falconer' books by ian morson (medieval murders set in oxford) and have just started one, recommended, called 'rivers of london' by ben aaronovich - which i now see is the beginning of another series.
it's quirky and interesting. the books get good reviews on a--z-n.

[herbidacious]

I was underwhelmed by the Armistead Maupin latest 'Tales of the City' book that I read on holiday. I think he should stick to the City in question and not publish books with English people speaking in them without getting a native English person to read them first. (But there were other problems with it, imo, too.) Need to find something else to read.

Meanwhile on the non-fciton front (we ought to have a cook books thread... or do we?)
I am feeling enthusiastic about Anna Jones new Easy Wins.
I will look at this when it comes out.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to ... 1526672520

[Pepper Pig]

Armistead Maupin is recommended here Herbi! I think generally there is a lot of excellent advice though. (Big audiobook fan here).

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... iant-books

[aero280]

I’ve been reading the Susanna Gregory whodunnit books. It seems that she has stopped the 14th century Brother Bartholomew ones, set in Cambridge. But the 15th book in the Thomas Challoner series has arrived in the library, set in London at the time of the Great Fire. I’m halfway through at the moment.

[scullion]

thanks for the heads-up, aero, i think i've read most of her output, now, including her bits written for the medieval murderers.
i'm on the seventh in the 'rivers of london' series, now.

[herbidacious]

Armistead Maupin is recommended here Herbi! I think generally there is a lot of excellent advice though. (Big audiobook fan here).

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... iant-books

I would thoroughly recommend the first 4 Tales of the City books. 5 & 6 are probably good, too but it's a long time since I read them. The last three, less good and the latest, no, not really. I read no. 9 while in San Francisco back in 2014

None of them are what you'd call great literature but the earlier ones are definitely page turners.

[Pepper Pig]

I have just started this on audiobooks and I'm hooked already. https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/ken-fol ... R002796047

Ken Follett's books are very long and often come in trilogies! My BF put me onto them because he used to visit the school she was head of and she said he was wonderful with the kids. I have already read the Kingsbridge series.