TheNinthWord Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Continued reading Dragonflight. Now about 100 pages in, and I'm starting to enjoy it. Still not a fan of McCaffrey's language, but the plot is interesting enough to override it and keep my interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I've finished my Judy Blume book and will be starting on Truckers by Terry Pratchett and Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I'm now reading Are You There, God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume. I never read any Judy Blume as a kid, so I'm trying to rectify that oversight. Excellent book, Kylie! And good for you on reading more Judy Blume. I read a lot of her back in school and really enjoy her stuff . I'm only about 30 pages into Deja Dead so far, but am like it. It's funny to read the familiar names in print that I normally see on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegold Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society yesterday. Enjoyed the book, thought it was cute! Started The Shack tonight, 80 pages in. I like it so far. I'm not religious and up to this point the books religious subject hasn't gotten annoying or anything. I'm curious to see how this turns out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Haven't read anything yet today (and probably won't tonight ) but I did buy a book of the greatest classic poems ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Just finished reading Magic under glass by Jaclyn Dolamore. Essentially it's a love story and it had me hooked after the first few pages. I really liked this book even though it ended abruptly - I turned the last page and thought 'what no way you can't end there'. Sure enough with some research there is a second book coming in the next year or so. Overall a good, quick little read and I look forward to see what this author has to offer in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I've discovered a new author named R N Norris who writes detective crime fiction centred around St Petersburg in the late 1800s. Nothing new about that you may say, but he has taken Dostoevsky's investigator, Porfiry Petrovich, and extended his character to this new series of books. So far I have found it works really well. I'm reading the second in the series, A Vengeful Longing, at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I'm about 140 pages into Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone. I haven't seen the film adaptation yet but shall certainly be making an effort to after reading this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladymacbeth Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I need another break from Vanity Fair (yep still going ) so have picked up Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning which looks like a very quick read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison10 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I have just finished The Road, need something a little more light hearted now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I started Jo Nesbo - Nemesis this morning but I have also bought as christmas presents for small children Olga Da Polga (story about a guinea pig- Pippi Longstocking and Mrs Pepperpot all books I remember as a child that I think the vario9us nieces and nephews should read aswell. I also bought myself J R Ward - Crave (thats definitely an adult book though ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I am starting on Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. I have heard lots of great things about this book. I hope it lives up to it's reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNinthWord Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Continuing with Dragonflight and I'm starting to love it. It's making me feel like a child again. I want a dragon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Started Mother Leakey and the Bishop by Peter Marshall. The blurb says: At Halloween 1636 sightings of the ghost of an old woman - "Mother Leakey" - began to be reported in the small English coastal town of Minehead, and a royal commission was sent to investigate. In December 1640, a disgraced Protestant bishop was hanged in Dublin, after being convicted of an "unspeakable" crime. Peter Marshall's sparkling work of historical investigation uncovers the intriguing links between these two seemingly unconnected events. It is a compelling tale of dark family secrets, sex, scandal, and the supernatural. Well, the introduction's interesting so far, anyway .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Received in the post today.....'The Knitting Circle' ~ Ann Hood. It is a bookring via Bookcrossing. Oh and a visit to the library with my eldest, looking for books for references for an essay for uni. Our cards are so out of date we aren't on their system anymore and had to renew membership! Edited November 2, 2010 by Inver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I am starting on Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. I have heard lots of great things about this book. I hope it lives up to it's reputation. I've been interested in trying something by Zelazny because I always see loads of his books around. I'll be interested to see if you like this one. I've read around 100 pages of Truckers and 60 pages of Hard Eight. Both are very enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I continued to look for my lost mojo - its still out in the wilderness. I read about 10 pages more of the Hobbit. I miss my mojo!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheeta Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I've found again Sepulchre by Kate Mosse, and realized that I had totally forgotten it. xD So I'm continuing this great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I'm only up to chapter 3 of Deja Dead so far, but my it's pretty gruesome! Loving the story though, so I can handle it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I just came home from a little shopping tour, I went to Lifeline's charityshop and found When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr, for only 50c. I've heard about the book and I just had to get it because it was so cheap and seems like a quick read. And I cannot not buy a book with that kind of title. I also found a secondhand bookstore that Kylie hasn't yet taken me into and I wonder if she knows that it even exists. Anyhow, I bought Augusten Burroughs's Sellevision and The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, which are both short reads and have been on my wishlist for quite a while. I'm now gonna take it easy and chillax with a book: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. I watched the movie a couple of years ago and found it absolutely brilliant (Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage starring in it was a definite bonus) and have been trying to find the book ever since. Found it at the book fair, aussome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I'm now gonna take it easy and chillax with a book: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. I watched the movie a couple of years ago and found it absolutely brilliant (Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage starring in it was a definite bonus) and have been trying to find the book ever since. Found it at the book fair, aussome! Aha, Frankie! Was that the film called 'Adaptation?' I loved that one too, and Chris Cooper as always was excellent in it as well. After all, you can't go wrong with a film by Spike Jonze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I just came home from a little shopping tour, I went to Lifeline's charityshop and found When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr, for only 50c. I've heard about the book and I just had to get it because it was so cheap and seems like a quick read. And I cannot not buy a book with that kind of title. I also found a secondhand bookstore that Kylie hasn't yet taken me into and I wonder if she knows that it even exists. Anyhow, I bought Augusten Burroughs's Sellevision and The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, which are both short reads and have been on my wishlist for quite a while. Say what? You found a secondhand bookshop in Penrith? No way! How could I not know about this? I want full details when I get home! I have finished reading Truckers by Terry Pratchett, which was wonderful. I'm now devoting my full attention to Hard Eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Aha, Frankie! Was that the film called 'Adaptation?' I loved that one too, and Chris Cooper as always was excellent in it as well. After all, you can't go wrong with a film by Spike Jonze Yep, Adaptation it is! It was absolutely beautiful. I didn't mean to watch it, but I had the TV on and I glanced at the movie every now and then and then I was just sucked into it and couldn't stop watching. I really need to watch it again sometime. Nicholas Cage was brilliant in it. And Meryl Street as well, of course, but that's a given. Book activities: Details to the new secondhand bookshop and it's whereabouts have been given to Kylie and we're going to go there tomorrow. I hope she likes it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Annoyed as I ordered The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald from Amazon last week. It was despatched on 27 October and delivery estimate was Monday. So far, no book. I have to wait until 15th November for it to arrive and then I can claim refund or replacement by then. I want my book ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 In bed feeling like rubbish so I am dipping in and out of Jo Nesbo's Nemesis and loving it, if only I could keep my eyes open for longer though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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