like? another fantastic story that no doubt far too many people will confuse with fact at least they're reading though so... that's a good thing. in seriousness though I've got to say the only thing that's stopped me from putting it further up the list is the quality of the other books if they'd not been as good as they were this would have easily been no1 on the list.
alking through Asda and buying it because it was one of Richard and Judy's summer reads I was unsure what to expect but I really didn't have to worry. It is by far and away the most surprising book in the top 10, its possibly the only one I picked up at 9am and didn't put down until I'd finished it. I'm currently reading the next book by Linwood Barclay and its just as good
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you go through child44 and on into the secret speech is fantastic you really get the sense of change, frustration and worry in the first that makes way for fear and misunderstanding in the second and knowing what happened during the time of the cold war some how made these books come alive as I'm sure they will have for many many others
ok that I'm reading at the moment is The lost symbol by Dan Brown, OK, OK I admit it I like Dan Brown's books I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code, Deception Point and all the rest and this is no exception its fast paced enjoyable and more than anything its immersive just like I've found his other books to be.
The third and final book that I've got on the go at the moment is Apathy and other small victories by Paul Neilan. I'll be honest I bought this book after reading the reviews on amazon. when it was delivered I opened it read the first page and haven't put it down since, its not a huge book, its about 230 pages but there's something about it that reminds me of The end of Mr Y, The Raw Shark Texts, The Book With No Name and The Eye of the Moon, its witty, funny and decidedly random in an odd but easy to read kind of way
l, there are others which if you want me to post more email me at the50bookchallenge@gmail.com
3 that I'm listing here (although there are more that I will add later on) is Dan Brown, I know a lot of people don't like his style of writing, although I've no idea why, his books are immersing and enjoyable. I don't only read books to expand my mind, I like to be entertained and books like The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Deception point Digital Fortress and his new book The lost Symbol more than fit the bill.
Book 24 is Blindsighted written by Karin slaughter and published by Arrow Books and is available to buy from both amazon and play.com
Book number 23 is, The last Patriot by Brad Thor which is published by Simon and Schuster UK and is available from both Play.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Now, I've got to say I hadn’t heard of either Brad Thor or his book The Last Patriot, its only after I’d read it and I went on amazon.co.uk to see if there was anything else of his I could read, did I find out he's rather sucessful lol. Needless to say I found 6 books in the Scot Harvath series. Now I didn’t know the book I was reading was part of a series and while there was the odd reference to something that had gone on before it wasn’t like I was missing out, I’m currently toying with buying the rest. Let's put it this way any book that has its own trailor you know is going to be good
In this book you go from 632 A.D right up to the current time, very much the same way that Kate Mosse did with labyrinth. In fact to me this story felt like it was the best bits of Daniel Silva, Sam Bourne, Scott Marianni, and Kate Mosse all in one book. 
I can’t in all honesty say I was hooked from page one, as I wasn’t. Now that’s not the authors fault or a fault with the book. It was because when I started reading it I was already in the juicy bit of Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter. So I started it and then put it down until I’d finished finding out what happened to Sara and Jeffery. Once I’d finished that though I got really into it. There are loads of thrillers out there so to stand out takes an awful lot and this manages it.
As I said further up this page, it reminds me of books by of Daniel Silva, Sam Bourne, Scott Marianni, and Kate Mosse. That’s a good thing though there are loads of books out there trying to be the next Da Vinci code. This is where Brad Thor has worked his magic, the last patriot is fast paced and keeps you reading long after you planned on putting it down. But Brad Thor hasn’t gone down the traditional baddies route like the Nazi’s or some secret religious sect. No he’s managed to tap into the current political climate and come out with something new, and at the moment this is something that’s both rare and enjoyable.
The only part I thought was a bit of a stretch was the ending; I felt it was a little weak in comparison with the rest of the book. Although saying that, I don’t think I could have come up with a better ending, It most likely is me expecting too much, as sometimes happens when I get a little too caught up in what I happen to be reading and don't like the fact it's come to an end, I can certainly see why this book was a New York Times No1 Bestseller.
Simon and Schuster UK understand that its difficult to make a judgement on a book without holding it in your hands and reading a bit of it. It's not like buying soup when you buy a book. Whenever I'm deciding on buying a book by an author I don't already know I like. I flip it open and read a few pages. But when you read a review or buy a book online its more like buying soup. There's no try before you buy, You would'nt have a jalapeno pepper and roast beef soup without trying it. (and yes it does sound pretty good to me too) Well Simon and Schuster think you shouldn't buy a book like you buy soup,
if you follow the links below they will take you to simon and Schuster's own site where you can read the first 4 chapters, which is more than enough to get you hooked and wanting more. Maybe not so much with the jalapeno peppers and roast beef though, id google for recipe on that.
