Maureen

That it was boring.

Suspiria, have a look here.. http://www.bookclubf...step-challenge/

Just 27 that I remember reading. What a lot of books I need to read before I die! 991. The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan 938. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 875. Silas Marner – George Eliot 873. Les Misérables – Victor Hugo 868. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 863. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott 862. The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins 848. Around the World in Eighty Days – Jules Verne 825. The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn - 804. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 676. Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence 603. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier 564. Animal Farm - George Orwell 521. The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway 508. Lord of the Flies – William Golding 293. The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco 242. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 157. Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Høeg 156. The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje 116. The Reader – Bernhard Schlink 93. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 78. Sputnik Sweetheart – Haruki Murakami 63. The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood 49. Life of Pi – Yann Martel 42. Atonement – Ian McEwan 19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon 13. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

mmmm - Would give it to half way, if still struggling - ditch it. There are too many books waiting for you to read!

Chrissy, its a wonderful invention isn't it? No more deciding which book to take with you when going away. x

What about Jo Nesbo? He has made quite a hit with a number of members.

Totally agree with Karsa's suggestion of Philippa Gregory's Tudor series. Great stuff.

With such glowing praise for this book, I could not resist adding it to my tbr pile. It seems to be a different yet very interesting read. Thanks for the review.

So I get the blame!!

It's on my tbr pile too Inver, so let me know what you think of it please

I don't think it is the end of the book either, however I must admit I have been reading more and more ebooks lately, instead of physical books. I am finding ebooks more and more convenient to cart around, to read and to store. While on holiday, using my ebook I took care of both my son's and my reading material requirements with a fraction of the weight I would have otherwise needed. Other advantages an ebook gives me is that the print type is a comfortable, constant size I want. Yesterday I picked up the book - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell. This is a 1000+ doorstep, and the type is really small and uncomfortable. After two pages I decided to get it as an ebook - and I am now happily and comfortably reading it, with the added advantage that it weighs a fraction of the physical book, and fits just fine in my (smaller) bag. Ebooks will probably also be a part of school life in the future. My son has already expressed the wish that some of his textbooks were available as ebooks, and he could use them at school, instead of carting around his very heavy school bag every day. Although this is probably a long way off, I think there will come a time when such options will be available, and more and more people would opt for this option.

Oh Chrissy. I'm so glad your mojo is back, and I must say you are definately making up for lost time.

Oh, I have abandoned this for a while... While on holiday I read: The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Original story, although too many coincidences sometimes. It is a story about a young boy and a book which he found in the cemetery of forgotten books. As he gets older, he tries to find more books by the same author, and failing that, the author himself. This book is part adventure, part fantasy, part romantic, with a pinch of thriller thrown in for good measure. I also read The Redeemer, The Redbreast, Nemesis, and now The Snowman. Yep, on a Jo Nesbo roll at the moment - great author, a genre I love, crime thrillers, gripping stories and lovable characters. Would certainly be reading the other two of his novels which have been translated to English - The Devils' Star, which I should have read after Redbreast and Nemesis, but before Redeemer, and the last book just out - The Leopard.

I haven't read The Devil's Star yet. I always seem to be doing that - reading books out of sequence! Now it has even become a tradition! I have read 57% of The Snowman. I agree with you - it's fab.

I am on a Jo Nesbo diet at the moment. Have so far read The Nemesis, Redbreast, The Redeemer, and I am now a bit more than halfway through The Snowman. I do hope that his other works will be translated - pity if they aren't. If I had to chose between the first three, I think The Nemesis is my favorite, although I am not sure whether it is because it was the first I read, or just because. Redbreast was a bit confusing because it jumps forwards and backwards in time so much (and I was reading it while on holiday abroad, although I read Redeemer while on holiday too). Snowman is turning out to be just as enjoyable - I do love Harry Hole.