Lynn R

Did you know that the author of the JD Robb books is the same person who writes slushy romantic novels under the name Nora Roberts? I had no idea until I read the inside cover of one of her books in our local second hand bookshop the other day(I didn't buy it).

Strange to have one person writing such different types of books, don't you think?

mikelincs

Yes, known that for a long time..

marqueemoon

I haven't read J D Robb, and am not really into detective novels but maybe I will give one a try.

I have just finished reading a book I found in a charity shop called 'The Stars Grow Pale' by a Danish author Karl Bjarnhof. What a find! It's a moving and beautifully written (translation) autobiographical account of a young, musically talented boy who is going blind. It is not sentimental, nor self pitying. If you can find it, get it.

The Kindle looks great. A friend has one and when I can afford one I will get it. I like the fact that you don't have to buy the books but can source books that are out of copyright from places like http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page.

Rosemary

Thanks for that I am always looking for different books and authors that I have no knowledge of and was hoping that people would contribute to this thread in this way.

rosemary

Mitzyboy

Stephen King wrote under the name of Richard Bachmann, and Kings son is now writing good books under the name of Joe Hill

Chiclanagir

Now that is interesting.............I read the Bachmann books but didn´t know about his son. What has he written?

Mitzyboy

Heart Shaped Box
Horns

Chiclanagir

Have you read any, seems to be mixed reviews.

big wheels

After reading one of these I was hooked, and have now read them all.

http://www.leechild.com/books.php

marqueemoon

OK but apart from the surprising choice of Stephen King is there anyone else you have read?

HBG

I go for the quality of the writing first, and then the story (content), but can get interested in just about anything after that. I struggled with Stephanie Meyers and Dan Brown recently but won through in the end. It seems fashionable to criticise bestsellers, but I've usually found that millions of diverse readers don't get it wrong too often.

I confess that when reading Twilight I nearly put it down until the tracker vampire made his appearance to liven things up about two hundred pages in.

mikelincs

read all of those on my Kindle..

Mitzyboy

Ive read heart shaped box, which was pretty good. Not read Horns yet

Yes, they are an easy read and quite entertaining, although some of them are a bit of the same sort of story

Surprising? He has written some excellent books, of which I have only read a couple. My wife is the big fan, and she has the complete collection..

I am a speed reader
I tend to read a book in two days, and they vary. James Patterson, Harlan Coben, Lee Childs, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly of late.

Dick Dasterdly

Any tips on quality credible detective novels, preferably UK, that don't involve all this psycho crap ?

Mitzyboy

You think the books I read are psyhco crap?