29-05-2016, 04:05 PM
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I just finished the first of a series, Flowers in the Attic, a poignant book that kept me reading and reading...starting on the second book now !Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows.
In 1957, the Dollanganger family lives an idyllic life in Gladstone, Pennsylvania. When the father dies in a car accident, his wife Corrine and four children are left deep in debt and move to her estranged wealthy parents' home, Foxworth Hall, in Virginia. Corrine explains to them that she has been estranged from her parents because of something she did which her parents disapproved of when she was 18. She further explains that their true family name is Foxworth not Dollanganger. Upon arrival Corrine's mother, Olivia, sneaks the family into a small bedroom that connects to the attic and insists the children must be hidden from their grandfather. Olivia treats the children with disdain and threatens to severely punish them for any disobedience. Corrine meets with her father, and when she returns to the children, she has been savagely whipped by Olivia, who then tells the children that their parents were half-uncle and niece. Corrine confirms this and explains her plan to win back her father's love so she can introduce the children to him.
29-05-2016, 05:15 PM
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I read a couple of them, must be 30 years ago now, goodness how time flies!! Enjoyed them at the time.I am about to start a bit of a sabbatical and just concentrate on my gardening books while the weather is warm enough to do a few jobs outside - not reading as such but still a page turner.
30-05-2016, 09:56 AM
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I used to love J L Burke. I got his first Robicheaux novel, The Neon Rain, in a charity shop when there were not so many around. I read them all as they came out but the last few years he got too sentimental and god bothering for me.I particularly enjoyed his relationship with his old buddy Clete Purcell. Clete got to do the stuff too wicked for the hero. Brilliant!
31-05-2016, 11:28 PM
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I've read almost all of his books and enjoyed the great majority of them. Interestingly in the Robicheaux stories, the daughter of the fictional detective is named Alifair.In real life, Burke has a daughter by that name and she is also a successful crime story author.
01-06-2016, 08:36 PM
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I did a search for 'FREE' on my Kindle and came across a few detective novels. One was by Jeffrey Archer marked down from £9.95! Seemed a short novel but one I quite enjoyed, though I thought it had a major flaw in that the detective had a gammy leg which was at odds with the action scenes. 2nd one I found for free is lengthier and the detective is a 'real man'; one that drinks copious amounts, fights and beds lots of women . Blimey is life in the US as portrayed in the book I wonder? I ain't man enough to frequent such a place if it is that is for sure. Full of coked up lunatics ready to kick off at a moments notice apparently. Enjoying the book though all the same. Can't remember the title or the name of the author off the top of my head right now. Will add it later.
11-06-2016, 12:03 PM
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A while back I read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, which I really enjoyed. So, now I'm reading Mitchell's The Bone Clocks, which has a similar structure to Cloud Atlas but is not quite so enjoyable although still eminently readable. This lesser enjoyment is probably because one section seems to be largely a literary in-joke that you have to get in its entirety to appreciate it.
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