Belgravia by Julian Fellowes

I read this January 2017 it was the February read for the Regency Book Club.
I had a feeling I wouldn't like this, as I was right I didn't.  Laboriuos, too descriptive and boring.
Too Twee for me !

The Disappearance of Adele Badeauby Graeme McCrae Burnet

I read this January 2017 as the Regency Book Club read
A strange tale of the disappearance of a waitress.  The book really s about Max the main protagonist. His strange sad, lonely life , his past, his work and his involvement in a murder years ago, and his non involvement in the disappearnce of the waitress...
This book is written as if it's translated form French, but it isn't. the Author builds up a 'story' around himself as well as the book...
Strange, but enjoyable

The Girl in The Spiders Web by David Lagercrantz

I read this January 2016

I have read the Millennium Trilogy : The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc and really enjoyed them,. This was written by DL as the original author had died after the trilogy. I enjoyed this every much, almost the same style, but sufficiently different.
Lisbeth Salander is back, fighting cyber crime.  All the old characters are there, and some new ones.
Very readable..

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

I read this in December 2016. It was the Lawshall Book Club January choice.

From the author of the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

A story of a brother and sister form Afghanistan, inseparable, yet separated.  The girl sold to a rich family.  The plot revolves round their life stories, the story of teh house Pari was sold to, the life of a greek boy who leaves home and becomes a plastic surgeon in California, who volunteers to work on victims of the troubles in Afghanistan and stays in that house...

Beautifully written , heart rending, superb...
10/10

At The Edge of the Orchard by Tracey Chevalier

I read this December 2016
I was given it for the charity bokshelf at work, so bought it to read.

et in the 1800's in America, it follows the misdaventures of the Goodenough family, peasant farmers, whose son heads off to Califonia. 
A lot of research about trees and tree collecting. I leant a lot!

Another good book , I do like this author
9/10

The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse

I read this in November 2016
I brought this in the summer in Waterstones and have only just got round to reading it!
A story of floods and ghosts and murders
Definitely the sort of book I like
A really good spooky read
10/10

Lifeguard by James Petterson & Andrew Gross

I read this November 2016 as I was on holiday and it was left on the bookshelf at the condo by one of our guests.
All I can say it was an ideal holiday read, short chapters, not too taxing...
About a man working as a lifegurad in Florida, who becomes involved in an Art robbery...and the FBI agent investigating it...