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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 161
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The post Infinite Jest book hangover is still lingering (I‘ve yet to finish a book this month), so I‘ve decided to try something by a new-to-me author. Here‘s hoping this will be the one that kick starts my reading for 2019.

I enjoyed this book but found it a bit difficult to follow and confusing about who was chasing / watching / beating up who! Maybe that‘s just because I speed read and don‘t concentrate on the details...

Thanks to @TrishB for sending it to me 😘

#jbuk #justbecause

Im going to catch up with a couple of reads.
This was a decent first of a new series of police crime novels set in my home city Manchester and very disconcerting to have a scene of crime just around the corner from my home.
I enjoyed it although DC aidan waits seemed to spend a lot of time rushing across the city with copious amnts of drugs in his system which i did doubt improved his efficacy. Still a decent page turner.

Yay book mail. Into the woods and hocus pocus were early birthday presents. The wanderer is a Readers first win. Two books and a lovely card from my #litsypenpals. @jhod . Plus a beautiful letter from @Captivatedbybooks my other wonderful #litsypenpals
Oh and the central perk notebook was just too cute to pass up love Friends.

Now let's finish this novella (kind of retelling, with marmaids) before l dive into my next 1920s novel

*Couldn't find it in the Litsy database

Waiting in reception at my new job...
This is helping the nerves!
Will soon be sending it on to @ScorpioBookDreams as part of round 2 of #whodunituk

Terrific debut crime thriller set in Manchester and featuring a brilliant twist on the "flawed cop" trope in Aidan Waits - damaged, dirty and disposable and therefore for the ideal man to infiltrate a drugs gang and find out which bent cop is helping them out. Things are complicated when a top politician enlists Aidan's help to get back his runaway teenage daughter who has taken up with the crime boss. Gritty, bleak, and totally enthralling.

She's Lost Control indeed...

Well this book floored me. An absolute Atrocity Exhibition. A tale full of Dead Souls, this is a dark, tough noir on the Interzone streets of Manchester. It almost has the vibe of that movie Brick but way more grim, and harder edged.

Side Note: The book is broken up by Joy Division album titles and I recommend listening to the said albums while reading. Or just put the song The Eternal on loop as it works perfectly

Loving this super dark noir tale of a disgraced cop so undercover he doesn‘t know which way is up. Each section is named after a Joy Division album and it‘s been fun reading with the corresponding album playing in the background

I think this is described as a gritty, raw detective book. I didn't really enjoy it. Not enough detective stuff and no characters I liked.
Trying to be too edgy just lost the story for me.
Liked the Joy Division references.
For a good Manchester crime series I would stick with Kerry Wilkinson's Jessica Daniel books.

Afterwards I went back onto the night shift.

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#book Sirenen 😊

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#bookmail signed first edition from Goldsboro. I forgot I ordered this. Nice surprise but I don't want to look at my bank account, as I ordered Homegoing last month and the money is still to come out my account. #litsomnia problems. I do most book buying around 4am. Not good

Dark, twisted, sad, harrowing.... What's not to love...
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1888454967

Perfection is.... Coffee and a good book!

#perfection #thisisthelife #relax

Started really well. It's great when a book describes places you're familiar with 😀
And kitty company is always welcome! 😻📖
#manchester
#catsoflitsy

Just starting this one. Part of the #readharder2017 challenge "book set within 100 miles of your location"...

Joseph Knox's debut crime thriller is an assured piece of writing that effectively evokes Manchester's grimy underbelly but the plot offers nothing new and Waits is a curiously under drawn and somewhat bland character (as did the female characters) so that for all the drug taking and guilt the read ultimately left me unmoved and uncaring as to what happens to him.

Often times crime fiction is described as dark and gritty, but Sirens almost redefines those words. The city of Manchester provides a perfect backdrop for the plot, its bleak atmosphere adds to the dangerous and deadly criminal underworld. Knox is a superbly talented writer and this book is paced absolutely perfectly. I was utterly absorbed by every single page of this book and any crime fiction fans will not want to miss this admirable debut.