Abcinthia Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I'm nearly half way through The Russian Concubine and I'm half way though Fanny Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Finished The Winter King and started on the next one, Enemy of God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Finished The Book of Chameleons, which was extremely unusual but I really enjoyed. Ticked off Angola on my challenge list too. Now started The Hound of the Baskervilles, because I felt bad I'd never read any Holmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'm still reading Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, which is a very interesting read about preparing for space travel. I love Mary Roach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) ^She is very very funny! Started The Divide by Nicholas Evans today. Good so far. Edited December 6, 2011 by bobblybear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Went to the library with Xander yesterday and picked out some books for us both. I got 5 for me: Maureen Johnson – The Name of the Star Lauren Kate – Torment (Fallen 2) Laura Powell – The Game of Triumphs Sarah Singleton – Heretic Sarah Singlton – The Poison Garden Among the ones Xan took out was The Black Book of Colours by Menena Cottin and illustrated by Rosana Faria. It's so good I had to review it. You can find the review on the BCF Reviews blog HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Reader Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 reading snippets of Cuckoo ~ Julia Crouch when I can but wishing I could read it in larger chunks but got too much to do at the moment what with Christmas being on its way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Our accidental book buying at Barnes & Noble brought us: Travelling the Silk Road, Ancient Pathway to the Modern World by Mark Norell, et als 11/22/63 by Stephen King Virtual History, What could have been, edited by Niall Ferguson The soup and sandwich was good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Our accidental book buying at Barnes & Noble brought us: Travelling the Silk Road, Ancient Pathway to the Modern World by Mark Norell, et als 11/22/63 by Stephen King Virtual History, What could have been, edited by Niall Ferguson The soup and sandwich was good too. Sounds like you made out well,good food and some souvenier books to complete the meal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I realised today that I had £18 of Amazon vouchers, so I decided to treat myself and ordered the following: * Stuart MacBride - Birthdays For the Dead (pre-order - published 5th January 2012) * Patrick deWitt - The Sisters Brothers (for the Western section of my 2012 Genre Challenge) * Jane Alford - The Complete Book of Cross Stitch The latter two should be dispatched Saturday, so I'll have tem before Xmas (fingers crossed!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryRose Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I'm expecting my order from Amazon tomorrow. Can't wait! Such a treat everytime I get my orders from Amazon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Finished The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw today. It was ok - an interesting and original story but it never compelled me to read it at any point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickyh Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Getting lots of ideas of books to read. Glad that so many people enjoyed When Got Was A Rabbit. That was a really good read. So diffreent than anything I have read recently. I have just finished The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly and currently starting one of Gile Brandreth's Oscar Wilde mystery's. I know that they are silly but I do enjoy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Hi Kell Will be interested in your take of Sisters Brothers. I have been very tempted to get it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abcinthia Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I'm 2/3rds of the way through The Glass-Blowers by Daphne Du Maurier and 1/4 of the way through Spiral by Paul McEuen. Both have been great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickyh Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I have never read anything by Daphne de Maurier apart from Rebecca. What else would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I realised today that I had £18 of Amazon vouchers, so I decided to treat myself and ordered the following: * Stuart MacBride - Birthdays For the Dead (pre-order - published 5th January 2012) * Patrick deWitt - The Sisters Brothers (for the Western section of my 2012 Genre Challenge) * Jane Alford - The Complete Book of Cross Stitch The latter two should be dispatched Saturday, so I'll have tem before Xmas (fingers crossed!). Hi Kell Will be interested in your take of Sisters Brothers. I have been very tempted to get it . Julie, I read The Sisters Brothers earlier this year, and enjoyed it. I see by my book list I rated it 4/5, and I think that rating still holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I finished a book today! It's probably the second book I've finished in 2-3 months: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I've now started to read The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter for the January 2012 reading circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Just finished reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk. Still a bit unsure what to make of it so I think I'll leave my thoughts on it until the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abcinthia Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I have never read anything by Daphne de Maurier apart from Rebecca. What else would you recommend? Jamaica Inn and Frenchman's Creek are both really good. I really want to read My Cousin Rachel at some point because it sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Just bought The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman in the Kindle Daily Deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Just bought The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman in the Kindle Daily Deal Ditto, despite owning two tree copies already. This Daily Deal is wonderful, I make sure I check every day. Clever old Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Ditto, despite owning two tree copies already. This Daily Deal is wonderful, I make sure I check every day. Clever old Amazon. This will be my first Neil Gaiman so I hope I enjoy it, but there were lots of good things said about it on here, so I thought I'd give it a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Reader Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 This Daily Deal is wonderful, I make sure I check every day. Clever old Amazon. Me too, I have only purchased 2 so far but I am in danger of getting more just in case I might like to read them at a later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Finished the Secret Duchess today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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