Liz Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Three Men in a Boat wasn't too bad - a nice quick read. I'm now moving on to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. I've seen the film, so I'm going to end up seeing Maggie Smith all the way through reading the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 Really enjoyed The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. One of my favourite reads this year. Just started Little Women. About to start chapter four, and so far I'm not hooked by it. Maybe it will grab me later on in the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Didn't feel too good today, so stayed at home. Ended up doing a bit of quiet reading and managed to finish off Moving Pictures. It was really good - enjoyed it very much. Have you read Soul Music? It's of a similar ilk, but with music instead of film. Very good. Hope you're feeling much better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 Yeah, I'm feeling a little better today, but I'm still not 100%. I'm reading the Discworld series in order, so I haven't reached Soul Music yet. I've seen the cartoon film of it and really enjoyed that, so I'm looking forward to reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Finished Little Women this evening. It was ok, but not the best book I've read. It just seemed a little too nice. All the girls were very nice and were nice to each other. Everyone and everything was just too nice. So, I've decided to move on to The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Hopefully this will not be all nice and pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Quite enjoyed The Turn of the Screw in the end. It took a few pages before I really got into the story, but it was worth reading. Going to move on to another Jasper Fforde. This time I'm on Something Rotten, the fourth in the Thursday Next series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 22, 2006 Author Share Posted October 22, 2006 Something Rotten was better than the previous Thursday Next book. It seemed to have more of a story in it, unlike The Well of Lost Plots that seemed to take a while before anything really happened. I'm now going to have a go at The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I've seen the film (most people have), so I'm going to see whether the book's any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Finished Oz the other day. I think it's quite a sweet little book. A great Children's Classic. I'm now going to read another children's book, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. I loved the characters in Terry Jones' film (Eric Idle as Rat, Terry Jones as Toad and Steve Coogan as Mole). So, I think I'll give the original story a go and see what it's like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I ADORE The Wind in the Willows! I still have a lovely hardback copy I was given when I was very little & it still gets re-read now. Speaking of which, i think it must be coming up to time for a re-read again very soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I remember reading Wind in the Willows when i was in junior school (which was only (ahem) a couple of years ago! ). I loved it, and it is definately one of those books you can read over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Great! Sounds like this could be a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 ARRRGGHH..... This is beginning to get on my nerves a bit. I cannot seem to get past the first page. I read a sentence or two and then walk off and get a drink or do something else. I'm not sure why I'm finding it so hard to concentrate. I know I haven't read enough to see whether I'm hooked or not, but usually I can read at least the first chapter or so. I'm never this bad with a book. Hopefully this is only a temporary thing. I'm really enjoying a bit of reading at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahrob Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Oh I love the Wind in the Willows. Hope you can settle into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Yeah, so do I. I've managed to read the first chapter, so this could well be a good sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 Found a book token this morning where the use by date is the end of October. Well, what could I do! It would be wrong to let that token slip away. So I toddled off down to Waterstones and bought a few books..... Different Seasons ~ Stephen King To Kill A Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee Rebecca ~ Daphne du Maurier To be honest, I thought I already had Rebecca - but after a few hours of hunting about it looked as though I hadn't got it after all. Well, at least now I know I have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 YAAAY!!! I think I'm getting back into the swing of things again. I've reached page 91 and now I'm starting to settle back into some reading. At long last!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 Felt as though I needed some fresh air this morning, so off I toddled round town. Big mistake! Ended up going into WHSmith. Came out with....... The Shining ~ Stephen King The Thirty-Nine Steps ~ John Buchan Breakfast At Tiffany's ~ Truman Capote Catch-22 ~ Joseph Heller Looks like I'm going to have to find some more space now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I loved 39 Steps, John Creasey is another author who writes a bit like that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 The Wind in the Willows Quite enjoyed it. It took me a while before I fully got into the book, but once I did, I found it to be a great little book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 I think I'll move on to one of the books I bought the other day. Seeing as I've already had a comment on it, I'll choose....... The Thirty-Nine Steps ~ John Buchan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 Finshed off The Thirty-Nine Steps this afternoon. I wasn't too sure about it when I first started it - wasn't sure if it was my kind of book. However, I really got into it at about 1/3 of the way through, so it turned out to be ok in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 After seeing the Stephen King Reading Circle, I thought I'd give The Shining a go. I've only read one SK before (The Green Mile), so this will be a good chance to see whether I like any other SK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 Thankfully The Shining won the vote in the SK Reading Circle, so I started that today. I haven't seen the film all the way through, so it will be good to see how the book goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I'm looking forward to giving this a go too Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 Finished off The Shining this afternoon. Really enjoyed it and thought it was excellent. Definitely a 10/10 read. I think I prefer this S.K. book to The Green Mile. I'm now going to move on to Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. The copy I have also has three other short stories: ~ House of Flowers ~ A Diamond Guitar ~ A Christmas Memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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