chesilbeach Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just finished The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Jumped Out Of A Window and Disappeared. Glad I made the effort to finish it, but I wasn't as enamoured of it as every else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I started The. fault in our stare by John green and most talkative by Andy Cohen and still working on the passage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) About 60 pages into The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Liking it very much! I liked it, but found it.......well, slow, true, but more than that. It seemed a bit moribund. While I know Ishiguro's work is worthy, and parts of it are excellent, I just can't /sigh/ like him. Received the latst Flavia de Luce and Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer in the mail today. Might start one of those. But, ohhhh, the shelves with the TBR are cursing me! Edited January 30, 2013 by pontalba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I liked it, but found it.......well, slow, true, but more than that. It seemed a bit moribund. While I know Ishiguro's work is worthy, and parts of it are excellent, I just can't /sigh/ like him. This has been getting a bit slow, actually. I'm not as intrigued by this as A Pale View of Hills which I've read before by Ishiguro. But I love the language in this novel, it's such a pleasure to read. About 80 pages to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I finished Ape House by sara Gruen, and loved it. My first 5 star read of the year But am now really really struggling with Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. I've read some of his stuff before and really liked it, and I enjoy dystopian novels, so I thought this would be a sure-fire winner for me, but I just am finding it boring. I will finish it, because I never give up on books once I've started them, but I will be very relieved to get it over and done with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I started Treasure Island last night, and it's pretty good so far. I'm surprised by how readable it is, as I was expecting to struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I got The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson from the library today, I read a few pages of it and it was very engaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I started Treasure Island last night, and it's pretty good so far. I'm surprised by how readable it is, as I was expecting to struggle. Excellent! I got The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson from the library today, I read a few pages of it and it was very engaging. Ooh, jealous! No reading for me today, although I did get through a fair bit of Audrey Niffenegger's The Night Bookmobile (this is not much of a feat because it's a very short graphic novel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've finished The Borrowers Affield by Mary Norton and am already a quarter of the way through The Woman In Black by Susan Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleighjane Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've finished reading The Secret of Crickley Hall. Received the latst Flavia de Luce and Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer in the mail today. I've tried to read 'Life As We Knew It' several times, but never managed to finish it. I enjoyed what I did read of it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Just started Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole .. early days but I'm liking it I have to pick a new audio d/l soon as have a credit .. am debating whether to choose Les Misérables .. I do prefer to choose large tomes and they don't come much larger, will depend on narrator .. and courage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleighjane Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Just started Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole .. early days but I'm liking it I have to pick a new audio d/l soon as have a credit .. am debating whether to choose Les Misérables .. I do prefer to choose large tomes and they don't come much larger, will depend on narrator .. and courage Have you ever tried librivox.org? Les Mis is on there for free. (legally ) https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?title=les+mis&author=&status=all&action=Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 This has been getting a bit slow, actually. I'm not as intrigued by this as A Pale View of Hills which I've read before by Ishiguro. But I love the language in this novel, it's such a pleasure to read. About 80 pages to go! Agreed. I liked Pale View better myself. I got The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson from the library today, I read a few pages of it and it was very engaging. 'Tis that, I tore right through it. I've tried to read 'Life As We Knew It' several times, but never managed to finish it. I enjoyed what I did read of it though LOL, I finished it last night, it carried me right through. In fact I've ordered the second and third of the trilogy. I don't know, I was so taken with the events, and what would happen I wanted to know asap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Have you ever tried librivox.org? Les Mis is on there for free. (legally ) https://catalog.libr...l&action=Search Thanks Ashleighjane I'm already subscribing to Audible and have been wondering what to do with this months credit so I think I'll use it for downloading Les Mis .. it's about 60 hours long though Thanks for the link .. I'll go and have a good nose about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Literally in the last 200 pages of A Memory of Light. So much action! You're all gonna love it. Thankfully not shed any tears yet but giggled a few times. I must have the hardness of an Aes Sedai to not be showing as much emotion. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Started The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry tonight. Like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Finished the Out of Time book. Definitely agree that the ending was a bit crap. Over way too quickly and hardly any suspense etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Been under the weather this whole week - and haven't proceeded with Sula. Feeling much better today though, so I hope to read for a couple of hours before sleeping. (And looking forward to starting with The Woman in Black after that, though I'd hoped to have completed it by Feb 1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 A little progress with Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I reading and loving The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and still workin on The Passage and Most Talkative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Getting to grips with The House of the Spirits, I think I like it but the chapters are very long and the font is awful but it's very interesting and already had one laugh out loud moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Officially finished the last ever Wheel of Time book. Absolutely epic. Best book I have ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That sounds really good!! Now the wait will be even tougher XD. I'm glad you enjoyed it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Haha yeah. I just reviewed it on my blog as best I could. Hard to put into words how I feel about it. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yesterday I read Heist Society: Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter, a non-fantasy YA, although it's highly fantastical that a group of teenagers are extremely clever, successful thieves, but just the sort of book I enjoy for my pure entertainment reads. Started a re-read of Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson for my reading group this month. This will be my third reading of it in five years, and it's still making me smile and chuckle, and I'm absolutely loving it. I'll be so glad to have someone to talk to about it, as I don't know anyone else who's read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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