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In Pursuit of Butterflies by Matthew Oates. A delightful memoir of a man with a passion for butterflies, charming, gentle and evocative of childhood, where everything was new and exciting. I love butterflies too and love to photograph them so have attached an image

The Night Fire by Michael Connelly , up there with Joseph Wambaugh, Henning Manoel and James Ellroy when it comes to crime writing. Would be interested in other posters favourite crime writers.

CJ Sansom Is a brilliant writer.

It is on my list. Yuval Noah Harari really has his finger on the pulse and I like the fact that he is not a complete doom-monger, there is still hope just needs drastic and immediate action by everyone which is obviously easier said then done.

It’s been so busy that haven’t found the time to read which is a bit crap but will give it the attention it deserves over the next couple of weeks. One of the things I am doing is using Audible and listening to books at work. Currently listening to 21 lessons for the 21st century by Yuval Noah...

I’m lining up Knife by Jo Nesbo as my next read

I am about half way through, I struggled a bit with the first hundred pages but to be honest had been too busy to relax into the book. The story has really picked up and I am planning to finish it over the holiday. What I found a bit hard also was the dysfunctional relationship between Lyra and...

Thanks for the heads up, going to buy it today.

Phillip Pullman’s The Book If Dust Volume One- he is a brilliant writer who creates the best characters whether good or bad, you are always emotionally engaged with them. He is perceived as a children’s writer but as far as I am concerned he is just a superb writer whom childen happen to like.

brilliant books and he is a sussex solicitor, I wonder if he is abrighton fan?

Currently reading Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra - similarities to Shantaram, set in Mumbai,about a gangster named Gaitonode Ganash - 900 pages long,superbly detailed with brilliantly drawn characters - would highly recommend i

Brilliant -going to see him in Dubai!

Currently reading the Book Thief by Markus Zusak - which is a beautiful, heartbreaking book with wonderful characters and a real sense of terror with an added lightness provided by the humour.