Kylie Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Tell us all about your book activity! I read a couple of Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories today. I've read 20 books towards my goal of 30 this year, which I'm very pleased with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I've read 20 books towards my goal of 30 this year, which I'm very pleased with. x Wow Kylie, that's amazing ! I'm at 3/4th of Sonja Kimpen - Sterker dan Stress which is really, really good, and have read some more pages in Peter V. Brett - Demon Cycle 3: The Daylight War which is very good so far, I'm really enjoying it. I love the world and its magic. I've read 47 out of my unofficial target of 150. We're at 1/4th of the year so if I continue along this pace I should make my target (don't know if I will, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I'm reading Game of Thrones at the moment, which when I picked it up, I would have said would have been it for the whole of April. But I'm charging through it - already 200 pages in. I think I may have re-discovered my love of both fantasy and sci-fi with my last two books, so I will hopefully be going in that direction once I've finished this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I'm glad to read that, Ian ! I hope you enjoy the rest of the book, I loved it when I read it last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I'm reading Game of Thrones at the moment, which when I picked it up, I would have said would have been it for the whole of April. But I'm charging through it - already 200 pages in. I think I may have re-discovered my love of both fantasy and sci-fi with my last two books, so I will hopefully be going in that direction once I've finished this. Good to hear Ian as Game Of Thrones recently made it's way on to my TBR pile Lots of book activity today; after finishing Child 44 last night, brilliant read which i will get round to reviewing on my reading log, i decided to make a start on The Sea John Banville . Recommended by Pontalba this was already on my TBR pile & as it's this months book on Radio 4's Book club i decided to bump it up to the top, so far i've only read about 30 pages over a coffee in Waterstones but already i'm loving his writing. Spotted the new Sarah Dunant book Blood & Beauty which according to Waterstones is comparable to Wolf Hall in terms of quality of writing, so tempted to buy it especially as it was part of the buy one get one half price offer as is Life after Life Kate Atkinson another i want, must have book on my wishlist but managed to resist. Also dropped into the central library & got a copy of A Very Long Engagement Sebastien Japrisot for next months Reading Circle & i've also reserved a copy of On The Beach Neville Shute so hopefully that'll come in the next couple of days & i can catch up with everyone else who's already read it for this month. Tonight is my bookgroup meeting at the local library, The Songs Of Willow Frost Jamie Ford , is the book we're talking about this time which i didn't enjoy at all so hopefully next month's book will be a better read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I started Revenge of the Tide last night by Elizabeth Haynes. Interesting so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Good to hear Ian as Game Of Thrones recently made it's way on to my TBR pile Lots of book activity today; after finishing Child 44 last night, brilliant read which i will get round to reviewing on my reading log, i decided to make a start on The Sea John Banville . Recommended by Pontalba this was already on my TBR pile & as it's this months book on Radio 4's Book club i decided to bump it up to the top, so far i've only read about 30 pages over a coffee in Waterstones but already i'm loving his writing. Spotted the new Sarah Dunant book Blood & Beauty which according to Waterstones is comparable to Wolf Hall in terms of quality of writing, so tempted to buy it especially as it was part of the buy one get one half price offer as is Life after Life Kate Atkinson another i want, must have book on my wishlist but managed to resist. Also dropped into the central library & got a copy of A Very Long Engagement Sebastien Japrisot for next months Reading Circle & i've also reserved a copy of On The Beach Neville Shute so hopefully that'll come in the next couple of days & i can catch up with everyone else who's already read it for this month. Tonight is my bookgroup meeting at the local library, The Songs Of Willow Frost Jamie Ford , is the book we're talking about this time which i didn't enjoy at all so hopefully next month's book will be a better read Ohhh, lots of great activity. And thanks for the heads up on the Dunant....does look interesting. I have a couple of hers on the shelf already. This one goes on the Wish List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 No reading yet today. Just discussing On the Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie9 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) What kind of book is Game of Thrones?? Based on historical facts or is it sci-fi?? Or something else?? Just i;m interested, seems to be be quite big at the moment Edited April 2, 2014 by geordie9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 No reading yet today. Just discussing On the Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anna Begins Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Just finished The Hard Way (Jack Reacher No 10) by Lee Child. It did not disappoint! I was reading Plains of Passage by Jean M Auel with it, so I still have that. And I got my copy of BBC History Magazine as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 What kind of book is Game of Thrones?? Based on historical facts or is it sci-fi?? Or something else?? Just i;m interested, seems to be be quite big at the moment It's fantasy, kind of based on the Wars of the Roses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Finished The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay. His books are huge but well worth the read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Finished The Golem and the Djinni .. really enjoyable Almost finished The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole which is a re-read for the county challenge ... it's making me laugh so much Might pick up The Shock of the Fall next .. not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I'm around 30pgs into The Book Thief, and it is really interesting and different so far. I've wanted to get my hands on it for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie9 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 last 100 pages to go on Wild Cards, already thinking about what to read next!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I finished Revenge of the Tide this morning. The ending was a bit weak, but I still enjoyed it (and it kept me up past my bedtime last night). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I finished Ratking by Michael Dibdin today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) I got completely side tracked last month and didn't post any of the books I've read so I thought I would do it now. The Purveyor of Enchantment - Marika Cobbold Dark Guardian - Christine Feehan Kitty Rocks the House - Carrie Vaughn The Sanctuary Seeker - Bernard Knight The Black Echo - Michael Donnelly Entwined With You - Sylvia Day The Art of Discworld - Terry Pratchett The Executioner - Chris Carter Brother Odd - Dean Koontz Them: Adventures with Extremists - Jon Ronson The Book of General Ignorance On the Beach - Nevil Shute Raising Steam - Terry Pratchett Not bad going, it seems that my mojo has come back! Edited April 4, 2014 by Cookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I started The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham today. I'm taking part in the read-a-thon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I've heard that one might be worth reading. (Cough, cough, Pontalba ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I've heard that one might be worth reading. (Cough, cough, Pontalba ) Yessss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Just won another giveaway via Goodreads. ' Arms Wide Open' by Tom Winter....been quite lucky with these recently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Ohhh, good stuff, Diane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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