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I am reading a Lee Child book. It is a bit weird in that the usual format is for Jack Reacher to go zooming all over the country chasing the baddies but he stays put to fight them in this book. To be honest I am wondering if it is not a ghost writer. I know he co writes with his son. Like you Jean, I struggle to keep up with all the characters sometimes but there are not that many in this book and still I am struggling. They must not be very well drawn? I suppose, though, that keep falling asleep is not helping my cause

 

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What did he say about aging then Kev?

Chris's mum always used to say, when we visited her, "don't get old Chris - don't get old". His reply was that he only had one other option

 

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I'm still plodding on with the Lee Child book. I only manage a couple of pages per night because it is so tedious. It smacks of being padded out, on almost every page, with pointless dialogue. I wonder, sometimes, if these authors are fishing for a film deal when they write books with lots of pointless dialogue. That might be the reason for all the characters too. It is usually only Jack Reacher and a damsel in distress.

 

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I'm reading a James Patterson book about cyber crime. It is well written so I am sticking with it. Not too many characters so that helps me keep track

 

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I am now reading a collection of short stories by Ian Rankin. Feels a bit strange to not find what is often padding in most books. Am enjoying them so far.

 

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I am still on Ian Rankin "The Beat Goes On". Didn't think I would like it as it is all short stories but I am enjoying it. He gets involved in a case and solves it pretty quickly

 

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Just finished The Assistant by S K Tremayne. I really enjoyed it. It is about an Alexa style takeover. Didn't think it would be my thing but it was. Must look up S K Tremayne now.

 

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I am now on Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes. Bit of a girly book which is not normally my scene and it is huge so will take me a long while to plough through it. Nicely written.

 

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I am reading a John Le Carre spy novel. It is well written but, as usual, I am struggling with character description. It does not help that the characters have two names each! One is their "cover" name and then there is their real name. Luckily there are not too many of them so I am enjoying it.
Picked up some more books from our doctor's surgery the other day so I am well set up for a while now

 

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My worst dread, Jean

 

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I am now reading Small Great Things by Jodi Picault. I like the writing style.

 

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I am on to The Red Room by Nicci French. Well described characters so I am enjoying it.

 

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I am on Zero Day by David Baldacci at the moment. Very similar to the Jack Reacher novels.

 

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Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben at the moment. It is irritating me a bit because he uses two names for each character, or so it seems. Sometimes they are John and in the next bit they are Smith! I struggle, nowadays, with some writers and their characterisation without adding to my woes

 

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Finished "One by One" by Ruth Ware. The characters all had silly names, which irritated me, but it was otherwise a good read and a page turner.