lauraloves Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I recieved Old School Ties by Kate Harrison in the post today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bill Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I am about to start reading Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier. Really looking forward to it. I'm sure you will enjoy it. Have you read any of her other historical novels? Jamaica Inn is excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abcinthia Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I'm sure you will enjoy it. Have you read any of her other historical novels? Jamaica Inn is excellent Yes I have read Jamaica Inn which I thought was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnbirduk Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I've now got to around halfway through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - and it's still a bit slow! I had been warned it takes a while to get into so I'm still hopeful. Persevere you won't regret it, it is brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I've now got to around halfway through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - and it's still a bit slow! I had been warned it takes a while to get into so I'm still hopeful. I found the same with all 3 of the books in the trilogy. Slow to get going but once they did I raced through the books in no time at all. Blazed through the rest of Lustrum by Robert Harris today, fantastic book. I wish he would hurry up with the next one in the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawkins Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Finished Necroscope III:The Source by Brian Lumley, a fine addition to the series. I have decided to have a little rest from the Necroscope series (part IV is on its way from Blighty) I have started reading Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin Edited November 26, 2011 by Jack Dawkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryRose Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I've received this book a few days ago, but I was still reading another one, so.... But tonight I can finally start with this one: "One Minute to Midnight" by Amy Silver. The cover is gorgeous, I love the setting, so I can't wait to read it! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I read a few chapters from Blue Monday (and I will read some more later in the evening), I worked at the bookstore, and I am now studying some books for my history class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abcinthia Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I am just about to start reading Just After Sunset by Stephen King. I'm also over half-way through Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Finished Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simongrant Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Finished Dark Tower V wolves of the calla yesterday and have started Forever Odd by Dean Koontz,the second book in the Odd Thomas series simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawkins Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) Finished Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin, excellent book very easy to read I look forward to more Rebus in the near future. Started Black Hats by Patrick culhane Edited November 27, 2011 by Jack Dawkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bill Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) I finally finished reading Bleak House this morning. Goodness it took me a long time. It's a long book anyway and some of Dickens' sentences are so long and convoluted that they take several readings to unravel. Good book though - thoroughly enjoyed it. Edited November 27, 2011 by Dr Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I am about to start reading Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier. Really looking forward to it. And I'm looking forward to hearing what you make of it What an enormous contrast between the last two books I've read: Crippen, which is now officially in my top 2 reads of the year, and just recently finished A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, easily one of my least favorite reads this year. I'm not sure what to read next, but will probably go for one of the other books that I'm in the middle of and which I've been neglecting for a month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 part way through Derek Landy Skulduggerry Pleasant Mortal Coil. Love it not as funny as the first few but a good addition to the series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleW Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I started to read Moby Dick in English. I'm a bit struggling with some of the long sentences and I have to look up many words, which are about ships or whales and, mostly, archaic. But, as I'm reading the Kindle version, it did automatically download the Oxford Dictionary. And that makes it really easy! Just mark the word and you have an istant explanation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abcinthia Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 And I'm looking forward to hearing what you make of it I finished it yesterday and it was amazing. It really lived up to my expectation. I am now reading Just After Sunset by Stephen King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) Dr Bill Glad to hear you liked Bleak House .That is on my pile for the coming year .I have loved all the Dickens books so far . He's long-winded, like me .... can rattle on and on before getting his point. Also like me . Frankie Don't blame you a bit for not liking the Heartbreaking Work book . It was awful . Maybe not the writing,but the subject matter and the way the author seemed to talk about it and deal with it . Seemed very off-color to me . Edited November 27, 2011 by julie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I started to read Moby Dick in English. I'm a bit struggling with some of the long sentences and I have to look up many words, which are about ships or whales and, mostly, archaic. But, as I'm reading the Kindle version, it did automatically download the Oxford Dictionary. And that makes it really easy! Just mark the word and you have an istant explanation! Wow, that's really handy. One of the perks of reading an e-book version for sure! I finished it yesterday and it was amazing. It really lived up to my expectation. I can't believe you already finished it, that was really quick! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it that much, I can't wait to read it myself. Frankie Don't blame you a bit for not liking the Heartbreaking Work book . It was awful . Maybe not the writing,but the subject matter and the way the author seemed to talk about it and deal with it . Seemed very off-color to me . I can imagine why some people would like his writing, but in my opinion it was pompously pretentious and the way he kept going off-topic was really annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I'm reading 'IQ84' Books 1 and 2 by Haruki Murakami and 'The Passage' by Justin Cronin (I read it before but I had no book for my journey home last week and 'The Passage' was the best book in a very bad bunch.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 After a fourth attempt at reading it, I'm a little more than midway through Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves - and loving it. Read a few more chapters today, currently scared out of my wits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 After a fourth attempt at reading it, I'm a little more than midway through Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves - and loving it. Read a few more chapters today, currently scared out of my wits. Wow! I know how difficult the book is supposed to be, so I'm happy to hear you've dived in and are more than half way through, and enjoying it as well. I'm looking forward to hearing what you make of it in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Starting A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I finished At Bertram's Hotel , you can't beat a good Agatha Christie for pepping up your mojo I also read The Hobbit over the weekend, I'd forgotten loads of it as it's so long since I read it & I'm now reading Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I finished another book that I've been reading for over a month, I'm happy It was a great book of satirical ideas, thoughts and ponderments by a Finnish (IMO) genius, Markus Kajo. Very pleasurable and funny read, once again. But I'm very relieved that now I have one less book I'm in the middle off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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