Renniemist
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I have now finished reading Never Far from Nowhere. It was very good.
I am starting on Black Swan Green by David Mitchell.
It
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I finished Mother
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I finished The Catcher in the Rye and also Case Histories by Kate Atkinson.
I am now starting on Mother
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I see that you are reading The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure. I have that book on my TBR list. Sadly it keeps getting lower and lower down my priority list. I would be interested to know how you get on with that one.
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I thought the same as you mrstrecool. I read Jane Eyre first and then read the Eyre Affair. I don
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I have just finished this book. I liked Holden right from the beginning, but I could see he had serious problems, and yes he was extremely irritating at times. I really enjoyed reading this.
I will let it sink in and maybe we can talk some more.
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Well now that I have managed to read all of The Shining I have to say that I was not as scared this time around. I suppose I had some idea about what to expect.
I felt that Jack had major problems in his life even before he got to the Hotel, so it is hardly surprising that the atmosphere at the hotel tipped him over the edge, until he did not know what was real and what was not.
I think that Stephen King built up that tension very well.
The Scene with the fire hose and room 217 are great, but for me it was the wasps that were the scariest things.
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Sorry to be so late in getting started. I am only at page 18, but I want to find out more about Holden. Will post more when I get a bit further on.
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Well I have managed to finish reading The Shining and now I am starting on Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
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I read Old filth earlier this summer. It was a nice easy book to read, and if I remember correctly it was a quite funny in places and pretty sad in others.
I read another of Jane Gardam
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I am glad you enjoyed it Bagpuss. I have it on my TBR pile. I think I will bump it up a bit and try to get to it soon. Thanks.
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Well that is me finished with Sean (Oh oh I mean Sharpe
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I have read the book before but can
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Did you see him in
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I have now finished The Shadow of the Wind. I thought it was very good. It was a little slow in the middle, but for the last 100 pages or so I just had to keep reading.
I am now starting on Sharpe
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Well Paul, Pontalba, and Liz, you have convinced me that I should read this. I have ordered it from Amazon. It should be here next week.
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I have finished reading March now, and so I am starting on The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the
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Ha! Ha! I used to remember the page number. Then I got older.
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Hope you enjoy it.
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Finished Frankenstein last night so I have now started on March by Geraldine Brooks
From Louisa May Alcott
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I have now finished Frankenstein. For me the language was a bit of barrier and I also felt that the book dragged in places.
I did not like Victor very much. As previous posters have commented he seemed to take no responsibility for his creation. In many ways Victor seemed to be more of a monster than the
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I would never turn down the corners of a book.
I have lots of bookmarks but tend to stick with just one for a long time. The one I am using at the moment is a bit tatty and the top is missing but it works well for me. It will probably need to disintegrate before I stop using it.
:)
Andrea Levy - Never Far From Nowhere
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Never Far From Nowhere
Author: Andrea Levy
Publisher: Review
1st Published: 1996
Olive and Vivien are sisters, born in London to Jamaican parents and brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school. Vivien