Liz

This year, I think, has been my best year for reading. Have read about 50 books this year - the most I've ever read in a year! Have read some great books, some not so great books, and some really awful books. Lets hope I get my eyes around some great books in 2007! Liz xxx :mrgreen:

Well, finished off my last book of 2006. And I have to say, it wasn't too bad. Very good in fact. Really enjoyed the first part (the book has four parts in it). The action that had built up seemed to disappear a little in the second and third parts but picked up again in the final part and raced away to the end. A great book to finish the year with.

I'm so glad there is someone else who feels the same way about a thing like this. My family and friends cannot understand why I'm like this about it. Thanks Kell!!

Would you read another one that was set out like this? (A serialized e-fiction, I mean)

I'm nearing the end of the book, now. About 50 pages to go. I must finish it before 2007 arrives otherwise it is going to get on my nerves and really wind me up. I have a thing about carrying a book over the New Year. When do I say that I read it? 2006? 2007? Where do I place the book? So I have to finish this book before 00:00 on 1st January and then wait until it's 2007 before I can start a new book. Does that make sense?

Hey, that's pretty good going.

Well, I've read the first part (which is about 50 pages or so into the book), and so far it's really good. I can see I'm going to enjoy this one.

After hearing a lot about this, and being given a very positive review from Kell, I've decided to have a go at....... About The Author John Colapinto Cal Cunningham, a penniless Manhattan bookstore clerk, has always dreamed of writing a book that would rocket him to the top of the bestsellers list. "Almost Like Suicide", the great novel, based on Cal's life, fulfils his every fantasy making Cal the hottest thing in New York. But is Cal the author? And what happened to his flatmate Stewart, who died in a bicycle accident, and had literary aspirations of his own?

Have decided to give this a go. I'm quite looking forward to starting it.

"You actually did the work." I snapped my head around. "You mish my point," I slurred. ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Colapinto

Went to town this morning - managed to beat all the crowds out for a bargin. Went to Waterstones and couldn't resist their 3 for 2 on Terry Pratchett. Chose 3 Discworld books. Then popped in to the Oxfam bookshop. They also had a 3 for 2 offer on. Ended up walking away with.... # Two of Stephen Fry's novels # Good Omens ~ T. Pratchett & N. Gaiman # (bk1) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ~ D. Adams # (bk2) The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul ~ D. Adams Thanks to Sugar who recommended the Dirk Gently ones. So there's quite a few that will be added to the TBR pile.

Finished it this morning, and I have to say that I wasn't really that impressed by it. Maybe it was because I had seen the film before reading it, so I was picturing the scenes as I was reading them rather than imagining them myself. It took some time getting used to the style it was written in, and also because it had its own language (Nadsat), I had to find a dictionary of it so that I could understand what was going on. Some of it you could guess what it actually meant, but a lot of it you had to look up. It was good the way it was split up in to three parts to define the three differsnt stages of the main character's life and story. However, I still didn't enjoy it that much. Maybe it will be one of those books that I will come back to in a few years and will have a diffferent opinion on it.

"She died, you see. She was brutally raped and beaten. The shock was very great." A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess

I have decided to go for something that I didn't think I would ever read, possibly due to watching the film version of it and not really enjoying the story. A few people I know have read the book and have all given mixed opinions. Some seemed to really enjoy it while others seemed to hate it and felt the story to be "pointless". I've been persuaded to give it a go and see whether I enjoy the story more (if enjoy is the right word) than I did the film. However, I'm not exactly looking forward to reading it. A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess In Anthony Burgess' nightmare vision of youth culture in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, tortue and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

Well, I really enjoy books that are set around schools/universities, so that is probably one of the main reasons why I liked the book. Also, I liked the way the story kept changing person for more or less each chapter - made it a bit more interesting than just following the one person's story.

Finished the last few pages of Small Gods this morning. Really enjoyed this one. Thought that the god Om was very funny. Think I may have a break from Terry Pratchett books for the moment and read something else. I'll go and have a little look on the shelf.

Read this earlier in the the year. Absolutely loved it! A great book.

I wasn't expecting it for Christmas. Mother must have picked up on me mentioning it at some point and went and bought it. A very nice surprise it was, too.

I was given this one for Christmas. It will be going near the top of the TBR pile, I think.

Well, I haven't read it yet, but it's still on my TBR list. Sounds like it could be a good read.

"You said you couldn't do anything!" he said accusingly. "That wasn't m-" Om paused. There will be a price, he thought. SMALL GODS Terry Pratchett

Now moving on to ..... Small Gods Terry Pratchett In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please....

Have spent all morning reading and finished Witches Abroad. Really enjoyed this one - but being a bit of a Pratchett fan, I will probably like most of them to a certain extent.

"That's the whole point. Don't you ever pay attention?" The grandmother watched them with interest. WITCHES ABROAD Terry Pratchett

Now moving on to ...... WITCHES ABROAD Terry Pratchett It seemed an easy job... After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince? But for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, travelling to the distant city of Genua, things are never that simple... Servant girls have to marry the prince. That's what life is all about. You can't fight a Happy Ending. At least - up until now....