Time to dump my overlong ‘Recently Read’ sidebar cruft into a post…
The Dead by Charlie Higson. Prequel to The Enemy – everyone over the age of 14 is dead or a zombie. Excellent stuff. Eldest son quite rightly loved this. Slow work though, because I don’t want to take the autographed hardback to work, and even I do not like reading this just before sleep!
Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry – another £2.84 Kindle bargain. I learned that Mr Fry is neither quite as clever nor as likeable as I’d imagined.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø – my first paid-for Kindle book, a snip at £2.60. Fantastic. Chilling.
Monstroso by Charlie Higson. My 8-year-old loved this and it got him reading. Respect!
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz. I love it so much. Too much. Can’t decide to whether to give up writing or use this as inspiration.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø A bit trickier to follow than The Redeemer. Got a bit bogged down in WW2 in the middle. Still good though.
The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club by Peter Hook. Utterly depressing. Not what I expected. Actually glad I never set foot in the place now.
The Enemy by Charlie Higson. Excellent. Kept my eldest son awake at night!
The Redeemer by Jo Nesbø – just STUNNINGLY good. Fantastic, multi-layered Scandanavian police procedural / thriller. So much better than Stieg Larsson.
The Last Kestrel by Jill McGivering.
Silverfin – The Graphic Novel by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker. Excellent, hope this helps encourage my younger son to read more.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson. Top tip: read the Nora Ephron parody instead and save time!
Doctor Who: Nightshade by Mark Gatiss – free on Stanza but prob shouldnae be.
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson. Okay, so Blomqvist shags the 1 woman he missed in book 1 – then it turns in to some sort of thriller or something.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I am the last person on my train to read this. Not the book I was expecting. Not a sophisticated multi-layered Wallander kind of thing. And, oh dear, is there any woman who won’t drop her knickers for Blomqvist?