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The Pacific
I have just finished reading Hugh Ambrose’s THE PACIFIC in preparation for watching the first episode of the new HBO series tonight. Hugh Ambrose has done a good job of what must have been a very...
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Attica Locke’s BLACK WATER RISING
I think it is so amazing that BLACK WATER RISING by Attica Locke has been shortlisted for this year’s Orange Prize. So often good crime thrillers get ignored by major literary prizes despite the fact...
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Treme
I am a massive David Simon fan. His two books, HOMICIDE and THE CORNER, are absolute perfect non-fiction. THE CORNER was also an amazing mini-series and I am completely obsessed with THE WIRE. I also...
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James M. Cain’s MILDRED PIERCE
I love when a book or author surprises you. I had never read any James M. Cain before and had been recommended him many times, DOUBLE IMDEMNITY in particular, but I had never heard of MILDRED PIERCE...
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George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones
I am not a fantasy reader. The only fantasy novels I have ever read are THE LORD OF THE RINGS, which I only read because of the movies (although I did read THE HOBBIT when I was younger). I was drawn...
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George R. R. Martin’s A CLASH OF KINGS
I’m not going to write a full review of this book because it is book two in the series and you HAVE to read book one first so if you haven’t read any books in the Song of Ice & Fire series then...
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Nic Pizzolatto’s GALVESTON
I have been completely and utterly addicted to (and obsessed by) True Detective so when I found out the show’s creator and writer had written a crime novel I had to read it. And what a cracking book it...
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Elizabeth Strout’s OLIVE KITTERIDGE
I missed this Pulitzer Prize winning novel the first time around and after watching the first 15 minutes of the new HBO mini-series I know I had to read the book. Reading a book whilst simultaneously...
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