Shin Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Finished Animal Farm, started and finished both A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. Very disturbing reads! Am in the middle of A Man Named Dave. I read those Dave Pelzer books years ago and I totally agree that they are disturbing indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Univerze Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Just ordered Anne MacCaffrey's Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, and Dragonsdawn and Robert Jordan's The Great Hunt (Wheel of Time 2). Happy Happy joy joy. Now just wait for 5 to 7 working days for them to be delivered. Not fair, order Dutch books and you get them the day after!! But now, because I read them in English.. more than a week. Still. New books yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I've read a few more chapters of Snuff and still enjoying it. I'm falling into the trap of thinking that I know where the book is headed.....no doubt something will happen soon that will leave me wondering what on earth is going on as is usual with Palahniuk. I'm also waiting for Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan to turn up in the post. Any day now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Right.. so much for New Year's Reading resolutions. Having procrastinated severely with regards to donating my unwanted books to the library, I set out today for the second hand bookstore with the intention of swapping said books for art and Greek reference books - only - as I need them for college and new ones are expensive. I found two very helpful books, then saw something else and then something interesting and so the evil grew... I walked out with: - The Little Friend, Donna Tartt - The Godfather and The Last Don (compilation), Mario Puzo - Nocturnes, John Connolly - The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (I needed this one for college, anyway...) - Homer's The Odyssey (same as above) - Murder on the Leviathan, Boris Akunin (apparently the detective character in this novel is comparable to both Holmes and Poirot... we shall see...) The shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Read the first 100 pages of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Think I'll continue with that till 9pm andthen carry on with the one I'm reading about Paul Dirac. It's all planned! Also picked up: Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham The Rest of the Robots - Isaac Asimov (still yet to read the rest of The Robots...if you see what I mean ) Stand on Zanzibar - John Brunner I only have a very slight interest in that last one but it was going to get thrown out so I thought I'd have it for free. Will probably never read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I'm trying to get back into Something Wicked This Way Comes after a brief and unintended hiatus from reading, but it's not an easy book to get back into. Plus I mostly just want to watch 'Angel'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Over the past couple of days I have received: - Philip Pullman, Northern Lights (signed, numbered and slipcased Waterstone's Exclusive) - Oscar Wilde, The Wit of Oscar Wilde (Folio society, 1st edition) The slipcase for the Wilde got a beating in the post good news is, it was insured for five times what I've paid for it so if the Royal Mail cough up (and oh, they will...!) that means more books for me ! With a sleight of forward bidding, I also secured myself a gorgeous Folio edition of T.H. White's The Once and Future King *toddles off to post about it in the relevant thread, where other intrepid souls were on a quest for a pretty copy thereof* can't wait for that to get here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitra Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I finally decided to start Gone With The Wind. I've read the first 50 pages, but considering that there are 950 left, it's not much of an achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I am just 70 pages from finishing The Lovely Bones. I have to admit it was a struggle at the beginning of this book but getting quite interesting now. Really need to finish this tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Stand on Zanzibar - John Brunner I only have a very slight interest in that last one but it was going to get thrown out so I thought I'd have it for free. Will probably never read it Oh, I hope you do read it, Steve! It's supposed to be very good, and I have it on my TBR pile as well. If I read it and enjoy it I will be sure to pester you. I finished Coraline yesterday and really enjoyed it. Now I'm reading Casino Royale by Ian Fleming but I'm not particularly interested in it. It feels like a bit of an obligatory reading, but it's only short so what the heck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Couple more pages of 'Fahrenheit 451' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Started Flowers for Algernon today and read 15 pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Oh, I hope you do read it, Steve! It's supposed to be very good, and I have it on my TBR pile as well. If I read it and enjoy it I will be sure to pester you. I finished Coraline yesterday and really enjoyed it. I'm glad you liked Coraline. I'll do my best to get round to reading Stand on Zanzibar but if I do read it I feel like it won't be for quite a while. But I won't try to stop you pestering me This morning I started Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane and I've just finished it. I am going to regret staying up to do that when I have to get up for work tomorrow...I mean today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilona Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Just finished Watchmen. God, I haven't finished a book in forever. I feel accomplished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Dimitra, nice to hear you started Gone with the Wind. Are you enjoying it so far? CaliLily, I started rereading Flowers for Algernon last night myself, managed 4 pages How are you liking it? Kylie, poor you with Casino Royale! But it's a really quick read, you'll manage I finished Dave Pelzer's A Man Named Dave last night and I was so happy about the ending, I cried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuggleMagic Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'm almost half way through The Little Stranger. It is brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I started Club Dead by Charlaine Harris today. I couldn't resist picking it up when Casino Royale was going a little slowly. I actually haven't done much reading today, which is a little disappointing given the roll I've been on lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Didn't get much reading done last night read a couple of Poe's short stories but I'm beginning to think this book is un-ending! I read and read but still don't seem to get any further!!!! I am enjoying it though and will be sad if I ever do finish it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 CaliLily, I started rereading Flowers for Algernon last night myself, managed 4 pages How are you liking it? I read it for the first time probably, oh *strains brain* about 9 years ago and loved it. Its one of my all time favorite books (don't worry, it gets easier to read as you go on.) I take it you're having a hard time getting into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I finished Snuff last night and while I enjoyed it, I didn't think it was as good as some of Palahniuk's previous work. It came with the usual twist, turns and unusual facts......now I know all about American gang tattoos, the accidental deaths of some of hollywood's great movie stars and the world's first blow up sex doll :lol: Lovely stuff! I'm hoping to make a start on The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Bought my own copy of Howards End Is On The Landing by Susan Hill, plus Free Love and Other Stories by Ali Smith. Read about another 70 pages of Eleven Minutes Late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I started Club Dead by Charlaine Harris today. I couldn't resist picking it up when Casino Royale was going a little slowly. I actually haven't done much reading today, which is a little disappointing given the roll I've been on lately. Same here I haven't read a single page in two days now I think Club Dead should definately do the trick for you though My book buying activity however has not stalled at all. I went to the charity shop today and bought: Erica Spindler ~ Breakneck Alice Sebold ~ The Lovely Bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I started Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Managed a couple of pages of Northanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I read it for the first time probably, oh *strains brain* about 9 years ago and loved it. Its one of my all time favorite books (don't worry, it gets easier to read as you go on.) I take it you're having a hard time getting into it? Oh it was a reread for you, didn't know that I am having a hard time getting into the book but I don't know why. Everytime I read it I like it, but then there's always some other book that seems more interesting and I'll read that instead of FfA. So it doesn't really make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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