Michelle

I love Audible - most of the time I pay for 2 books a month, but you can change back and forth between 1 or 2. Any over that you pay full price for, but they often have special offers on. Recently they've had 100 books on offer for £5.99 each, and sometimes they offer a third (I think) off all books for a while. And yes, you can preview each book.

I also said in my review that I found it too slow during the first half, with too much romance.. but I think the second half made up for it.

A Year Without Atumn was a great book for girls aged about 8-14 - http://bcfreviews.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/a-year-without-autumn-by-liz-kessler/ I finished The Night Circus last night.. review to follow, but I really enjoyed it. You need to like fantasy to enjoy it, I think, but it was very captivating.

Just to point out, I think our bad word filter changed the title!

Frankie, I did ask about swapping, and they said yes. Kell, what did they say about your last book? My review of The Secrets Between Us:

Can we keep on topic please?

Steve, as you've asked in public - I moved your post to a more appropriate thread, but it's not the right place to post about yourself. I believe I've already suggested to you that your introduction thread is probably the best place to link to articles about yourself. Thank you.

Has anyone else read anything by this author?

I have to admit, it didn't attract me at all, but I was offered it through amazon vine, and decided to give it a try. Now I've read the beginning, I'm actually quite excited about it.

Audio - The Ritual started really well, but had a disappointing ending. Unfortunately it seemed to go a little over the top towards the end, and dragged on for too long. I've also listened to Rebel, which is the next book after Knife. It's a good series, well suited to audio. Unfortunately the 3rd book doesn't seem to be available for audio yet. I then moved on to the Tripods trilogy, which I loved. The very beginning is a little slow, but once it gets going, it's brilliant. I'm currently listening to the prequel, When the Tripods Came, and I'm not so keen. As I love the style, I've bought The Death of Grass to listen to next. Back to books, my second Transworld book was The Secrets Between Us by Louise Douglas, which I' aiming to review this afternoon. I was also sent A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler, also to be reviewed later. Basically I thought it was a brilliant book for ages around 8-14, with some heavy themes, covered with a light touch. Last night I started on The Night Circus, which has gotten off to an interesting start.

According to LibraryThing, I have read / listened to 42 books so far this year.. and yet I'm only on page 2 here! I must be bad at updating! Black Swan Rising: Search for WondLa:

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I know we normally try to keep threads together, but as the original was a bit long, so I've closed it, and started a new one for 2011. I have to say, I might even watch myself this year.

I finished my 2nd book a while ago, but keep putting off the review - I'm finding it hard to put into words what it was I didn't like, and I keep doubting myself because everyone else seems to love it!

I have to admit that I'm having trouble getting into my kindle - I know all the good reasons for using it, but I still prefer having a book in my hands. I can't quite work out why though.

lu lu, sometimes it's hard to know where to post - it's not always a case of 'right or wrong', just that one of the mod team might feel it better suited somewhere else.

Ben, I've already moved this thread to what I thought was the best place - this isn't just 'lists', it's reading records in general.. and if I merged it with the existing Twilight threads, I'd risk lu lu reading spoilers.

However, there are many cheap books available on the kindle.

The forum has a spoiler function - you might find the FAQ useful. http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/6838-frequently-asked-questions/

Welcome to the forum. We do ask that if you start a new thread about a book, that you include a few more details. If you just wish to briefly let us know about what you're reading, you might prefer to start your own reading thread.. http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/forum/16-reading-lists-blogs/