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Have you chosen any books to read in the new year yet? I have,but that doesn't mean I'll read 'em all! Already started Familiar by J.Robert Lennon on my kindle earlier than expected. Also bubbling in the pot are An Officer And A Spy by Robert Harris,Proxima by Stephen Baxter,The Woman In...

1 Room by Emma Donaghue 2 The Help by Kathryn Stockett 3 Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden 4 Fires In The Sky by Louise Doughty 5 On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry Special mentions: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell A Brother's Blood by Michael C.White Titan by Stephen Baxter...

I've shopped in WHSmith's for years,but their books are far too dear now. For example Terry Brooks latest hardback is £18.99 and Amazon are selling it for £10.99! Yeah,they still have their half price offers etc,but you can usually find these titles cheaper still online. I've noticed WHSmith's...

The Sword Of Albion by Mark Chadbourn :stars4: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson :stars4: Revelation by C.J.Sansom :stars4: The Mist In The Mirror by Susan Hill :stars3: Awakening by William Horwood :stars4: Out Stealing Horses just pips Revelation.

Over the last few weeks I've watched the 70s TV series Colditz. Very impressed by the high quality scripts and acting from stars like Robert Wagner and David McCallum. I was too young to appreciate first time around,but it would def blow away a lot of today's tv drama. Anyone else watched a...

I like the sound of Baxter's 'Titan'. Has anyone read this or any of his other sci-fi novels?

My top 5 are: 1 The Missing by Tim Gautreaux 2 A Dream Of Wolves by Michael C White 3 The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman 4 Everlost by Neal Shusterman 5 Dark Matter by Michelle Paver Special mention also: The Wilding by Maria McCann Sovereign by C.J Sansom The Snowman by Jo...

Probably a stupid question but have there ever been any sci-fi fiction novels written about or involving Neptune & Uranus? :blink:

I've only ever re-read one book and that was Watership Down by Richard Adams,and I was 11/12 at the time. I think I've read it four times,but not for 25 yrs+ now! If you had to choose 5 books to re-read what would they be? Watership Down by Richard Adams Replay by Ken Grimwood All Quiet On...

Years ago I rarely read any books by female writers,tho not cos I was anti-women,and I rarely strayed from the fantasy/horror/sci-fi genres. For several years now tho I've read both equally,and read right across the board. And this year the girls are definitely ahead!

The Declaration by Gemma Malley :stars4: The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick :stars4: The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson :stars4: Resistance by Alan Savage :stars4: The Railway Detective by Edward Marston :stars3: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman 4/5

So,what did ya'll read in April? I only managed a wimpy three but I was disrupted by decorating! :sad: Candleland by Martyn Waites 3/5 Lion Of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn 4/5 Red Tide by G.M Ford 3/5

U.K: Red Riding Trilogy Criminal Justice The Street The Take The Fattest Man In Britain Ray Mears' Canadian Wilderness Alan Carr Chatty Man U.S: Generation Kill Dexter True Blood Harper's Island Prison Break(series finale) Regenesis(series finale) The Unit(series finale)

Read 57. Monthly Faves: Jan: The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent Feb: Reading In The Dark by Seamus Deane Mar: Shadows On Our Skin by Jennifer Johnston Apr: The Clearing by Tim Gautreax May: A Time To Love And A Time To Die by Erich Maria Remarque June: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson...

The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Everlost by Neal Shusterman Rollback by Robert J Sawyer Dark Fire by C.J Sansom The Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Light Of Falling Stars by J Robert Lennon 3/5 Spirit Walker by Michelle Paver 4/5 A Blind Eye by G.M Ford 4/5 Dissolution by C J Sansom 4/5

City Of Thieves by David Benioff 5/5 The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue 4/5 The Bohemian Girl by Kenneth Cameron 4/5 A Darker Domain by Val McDermid 4/5 Born Under Punches by Martyn Waites 4/5

Black River by G.M.Ford 4/5 Destroyer Of Worlds by Mark Chadbourn 4/5 A Whispered Name by William Brodrick 4/5 Under The Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy 3/5 Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver 4/5

Identity by G M Ford had a great review in the Express last Friday,I've never read any of his books,but he's got quite an impressive back-catalogue. Thinking about loaning Black River from the library. Anyone read Ford?

Company Of Liars by Karen Maitland 5/5 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 5/5 Crown Of Shadows by Celia Friedman 3/5 Garden Of Martyrs by Michael C White 4/5