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Finished another ebook last night. Am reading a lot more than i have in recent years but that will be because the ereader is a new "toy" :) This is not a bad thing...I have been wanting to read more but procrastinated and wasted extra time on the computer. I actually do read fast so have the potential to get through quite a few books. Next up on the ereader is the first novel that inspired the Dexter series. I never saw the first season of Dexter so i'm not sure if the seasons follow the books or not. I'll have to have a look at the website but i don't want to spoil the plot so i'll wait until i get into it a bit more to see if it's the same.
Great links from ephemera today including this one on 10 Tips for Your New eBook Reader. I haven't gone through all the related links yet but it's well worth reading!
2011 Books:
4. Bloodline - Mark Billingham (ebook)
Jumping genres over to the crime fiction, this is a book about a detective living in London trying to track down a serial killer who is offing the children of the victims that a serial killed murdered 15 years before. The detective is Tom Thorne and this seems to be another in a series of books about him though I've not read any before. I might in future though. I like the way it was written. I didn't guess the twist at the end but then i almost never do.
There's a sub plot regarding Thorne's personal life. He lives with Louise, also a cop with the kidnapping division who's just had a miscarraige at the start of the book so he's dealing with confusing feelings about that as well. We also get insight into one of the potential victims who has a son with a disability though we don't learn much about the rest of the victims, just bits and pieces.
The narrative jumps between Thorne's investigation to the killer's journal and scenes between the killer and someone else (not saying who or what to avoid spoilers) and you don't meet the characters described in the first scene in the book until a bit later. It's kind of like movies that show you something that happens nearer the end then they back up and start from the beginning.
Great links from ephemera today including this one on 10 Tips for Your New eBook Reader. I haven't gone through all the related links yet but it's well worth reading!
2011 Books:
4. Bloodline - Mark Billingham (ebook)
Jumping genres over to the crime fiction, this is a book about a detective living in London trying to track down a serial killer who is offing the children of the victims that a serial killed murdered 15 years before. The detective is Tom Thorne and this seems to be another in a series of books about him though I've not read any before. I might in future though. I like the way it was written. I didn't guess the twist at the end but then i almost never do.
There's a sub plot regarding Thorne's personal life. He lives with Louise, also a cop with the kidnapping division who's just had a miscarraige at the start of the book so he's dealing with confusing feelings about that as well. We also get insight into one of the potential victims who has a son with a disability though we don't learn much about the rest of the victims, just bits and pieces.
The narrative jumps between Thorne's investigation to the killer's journal and scenes between the killer and someone else (not saying who or what to avoid spoilers) and you don't meet the characters described in the first scene in the book until a bit later. It's kind of like movies that show you something that happens nearer the end then they back up and start from the beginning.