Liz
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I didn't mind that Freud made a few appearances during the book, but I'm glad he wasn't in it any longer than he was.
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Griff Rhys Jones' autobiography was a lovely book to read and very funny in places. A perfect book to relax out in the sun with. One of the better biographies which I have read.
Next..... I'll be re-reading the fifth book in the Inspector Morse series.
THE DEAD OF JERICHO (re-read)
Colin Dexter
Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit. He turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 3rd October. He hadn't planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day - as the officer in charge of a suicide investigation....
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So fortunate! Otherwise, they might have been one short.
Mrs Murdoch was another person that evening for whom Anne Scott was little more than a tragic but bearable memory.
THE DEAD OF JERICHO (re-read)
Colin Dexter
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I've got Brother Grimm waiting on the shelf. Looks like it may be moved up the list.
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I've only read Tuesdays With Morrie, which I found to be a great little read and enjoyed it very much. I would like to try and read his other books at some point. They sound like they're good as well.
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It took me longer to read than I had hoped (due to having coursework and revision to do), but I've finished THE LIAR. I enjoyed Stephen Fry's debut novel, very funny in certain parts, and I will be trying some more of his later.
Next.....
SEMI-DETACHED
Griff Rhys Jones
Semi-Detached is Griff Rhys Jones' own account of his ordinary suburban childhood; of adolescent scraps and scrapes; of coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s; of family and university life; and of times lost or at least fuzzy around the edges.
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'Silence! I will have quiet! I promise you, you will all be facing detention if you do not stop this instantly...'
SEMI-DETACHED
Griff Rhys Jones
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I've got it waiting on the shelf, but it's not at the top of the TBR list.
I think I can wait a little while before reading it.
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Looks quite interesting. I think I'll keep a note of this book.
Thanks
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I use the library and go round the charity shops.
If I buy a book new then I either go to the local bookshop in town or I use Amazon.
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I liked A Short History...... It was a light, easy read but it was also an enjoyable story. Had some good characters and a few funny pieces here and there.
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THE LIAR
Stephen Fry
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'That's all.'
'You'll find out yet. Listen.'
THE LIAR
Stephen Fry
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'What submarine commander?'
'From the Black Sea Fleet. Whom she was engaged to.'
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIAN
Marina Lewycka
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Enjoyed the Inspector Morse book. Really enjoying working my way through the series.
I'm now going to have a go at a book which I borrowed from the library earlier in the week.....
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIAN
Marina Lewycka
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Finished the re-read of PRIDE & PREJUDICE.
Still love the book, even if you have to find the author's meaning in each sentence because of an essay.
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Now reading.........
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (re-read): I'm currently having to write an essay about the theme of marriage in P&P, so I'm having to quickly re-read it and make notes along the way.
SERVICE OF ALL THE DEAD - Colin Dexter : The third book in the Insp. Morse series.
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THE GREAT GATSBY
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read it this afternoon and really enjoyed this one. It's a fairly short book but it had a great story. I thought it had some good characters in it and the descriptive pieces were well written.
A great little read.
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'I heard you, but I'd like to know when.'
'It was in nineteen-nineteen, I only stayed five months. That's why I can't really call myself an Oxford man.'
THE GREAT GATSBY
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Finished off CARRIE this afternoon. It's only a small book but it took me a week to read it. I think it was because I found it to be quite....well....dull. The first few pages made a good start and it looked like it would turn out to be a good read, but after the first 60 pages or so it just seemed to drag a little. Hopefully the next one of his which I read will be a little better.
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To Be Read
Alan Bennett - Writing Home (612)
Wilkie Collins - The Woman In White (646)
Joseph Heller - Catch 22 (519)
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (1006)
Charles Dickens - Pickwick Papers (760)
Stephen King - Firestarter (510)
Dan Brown - Angels & Demons (620)
Bernard Cornwell - Stonehenge (578)
Mervyn Peake - Titus Groan (506)
Stephen Lawhead - Taliesin (512)
R. & R. Miller - The Myst Reader (930)
Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian
William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (800)
Walter Moers - The City of Dreaming Books (456)
John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things (502)
Marisha Pessl - Special Topics in Calamity Physics (514)
Scarlett Thomas - The End Of Mr. Y (452)
Clive James - Cultural Amnesia (851)
Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (639)
Markus Zusak - The Book Thief (554)
Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible (614)
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I have to admit that I haven't been reading many doorstep books recently, but I have a few waiting on the TBR mountain, so hopefully this will encourage me to get stuck into them.
I'll regard anything over 450 pages as a Chunky Read.
READ IN 2007
01) PETER COOK'S UNIVERSE & ALL THAT SURROUNDS IT - P. Hamilton (529)
02) THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER - Jed Rubenfeld (529)
03) THE PYTHONS' AUTOBIOGRAPHY - The Pythons (463)
04) THE SECRET HISTORY - Donna Tartt (629)
05) TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS - R.F. Delderfield (572)
READ IN 2008
01) STARTER FOR TEN - David Nicholls (469)
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Overall, I enjoyed the book. Managed to read it in a few days, so I must have been hooked on it a bit. I really liked the fact it would go from first-person narrative with Younger to being third-person with him. It broke it up a little and made it feel as though you could see how he thought about things and then he would switch back to being just another character.
I hope that makes sense.
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I'm enjoying the book I'm on page 60 Starting at chapter 4.
a very entertaining book indeed, this view coming from someone that would normally read Ian rankin.
(me)I'm at page 60 starting chapter 4
I really enjoyed the book - I think I got hooked on it after the first few chapters.
It's great that lots of us are reading it for the Reading Circle.
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I've just finished Far From The Madding Crowd, which was my first Hardy book. Really enjoyed it and loved his descriptive style of writing - I can see I'm going to be reading more of his books.
Random Quotes: p123, para5, next 3 sentences
in General Book Discussions
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Morse looked up slowly. 'It was Westerby's typewriter - I thought I told you that.'
'No, sir.'
THE RIDDLE OF THE THIRD MILE
Colin Dexter