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    Ben's Reading 2012

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    Currently got The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, on the go. It's a collection of 12 of the Holmes stories and I want to read more of them this year, so I thought it would be a good place to start. I'm also reading it on my Kindle, which I've not actually used yet this year.

     

    Synopsis:

    Sherlock: The Adventures contains twelve short stories first published in "The Strand" magazine between 1891 and 1892 and then published as a collection in October 1892. It includes some of Conan Doyle's best tales of murder and mystery, such as "The Adventures of the Speckled Band", in which the strange last words of a dying woman 'It was the band, the speckled band!' and a inexplicable whistling in the night are the only clues Sherlock Holmes has to prevent another murder; and, "The Five Orange Pips", in which an untimely death and the discovery of the letter containing five orange pips lead to a cross-Atlantic conspiracy.

     

    Read a couple so far, and they're great - can tell it's going for quick bursts of reading when I don't have a lot of time.

     

    I'm reading this book on my kindle at the minute. I find them nice to dip in and out of and easy to pick up again when I do. I think I have read about 7 or 8 and I'm loving them. Glad you are enjoying them too :)

    LauraLoves Reads 2012

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    Awesome lists you got there :) Have fun reading in 2012 :)

     

    thanks :) its growing by the day :) happy reading to you too in 2012 :)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Two more freebie books . . . oops

     

    Confessions of a Stay at home Mom - Tamara Hancock

    The Falcon Dirk - Clark G. Vanderpool

    Frankie reads 2012

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    I was wondering about whether you have all of them down already. How have you managed not listing and cataloguing them already, I cannot imagine :D I'm sure you could squeeze them all in somewhere. Who needs a desk, a telly, or the kitchen. Just start piling the books on the floor and go from there :giggle2:

     

     

    I have a whole spreadsheet of them on my netbook hehe I couldnt resist it. :giggle2: I did have all the boxes in my bedroom, but when I couldnt actually open any wardrobes or move so I had to move them down to the garage :(

    Vodkafan's 2012 Reading List and Genre Challenge

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    The Odin Mission by James Holland.

     

    This was my "War" category book for the Genre Challenge.

    Somebody recommended and reviewed it back in 2011. it caught my attention because although fiction the background is the events of Norway 1940, which really happened , and which I have read a lot about. Some of the characters are real people., as are some of the army units mentioned, while others are not.

    And Holland has stretched the truth a bit in places, for instance although there were French Chasseurs Alpins in Norway they were nowhere near the action along the Gudbrandsdalen. , being much further North at Namsos and Narvik. He also gets the names of some of the equipment and weapons wrong.

    However , that's enough of me being an anorak.

    The story itself is quite exciting, a brilliant chase across the mountains by a few desperate men . Veteran Sergeant Jack Tanner has given his word to a dying Norwegian officer to get an important civilian scientist to safety , either that or kill him to prevent him falling into the hands of the Germans. His men are untrained and scared recruits, he does not know the country, the scientist is elderly and he has to deal with an arrogant French officer who makes bad decisions and is a pain in the bum.

    Oh and they are cut off behind enemy lines and being chased by some elite German mountain troops who know all about the scientist and to cap it all Tanner has ran out of cigarettes.

    I did not like the main character in the first few pages because he seemed to do nothing but moan, but he grew on me later.

    The author concentrates on the action and tells us very little about Tanner's background, I am sure that is deliberate and more will be revealed in subsequent books. I did like the way he made Tanner a man of his time rather than just plonking a modern character in WWII . He is out of colonial India and is awed by the modern developments in tanks and fighter aircraft. We found out more about Corporal Sykes and his pre-war "career".

    The author has obviously done his homework about the actual campaign . I was really impressed when he got to the description of Tretten. I have seen maps of Tretten, I know the position of the bridge in the centre of town and I could even pinpoint the bend in the river south of the town where Tanner's men crossed over to the West bank . I have never, ever been able to visualize like that in a book before.

    I enjoyed the book, although I probably won't read any of the rest of the series because I am only interested in Norway..

     

    I read this last year, as part of the Transworld book group challenge. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it and how much in author went into detail. I did do a little bit of research afterwards and I'm sure the author is actually a historian, so that could be why I enjoyed it so much. Glad you enjoyed it too :)

    LauraLoves Reads 2012

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    I kind of went mad downloading Kindle freebies at the weekend, I'm not sure if they are all still free though!

     

    I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Julie Dawn Cole

     

    One O'clock Jump: a swing town mystery for the young at heart (Dorie Lennox Mystery Series) - Lisa McClendon

     

    Sweet and Lowdown: a swing town mystery for the young at heart (Dorie Lennox Mysteries) - Lisa McClendon

     

    Pirates of Savannah: Book One, Sold in Savannah (Pirates of Savannah (Young Adult Version) Tarrin P. Lupo

     

    Pirates of Savannah: Book Two, Battle Rats - Young Adult Teen Historical Fiction Action Adventure (Pirates of Savannah (Young Adult Version)Tarrin P. Lupo

     

    Pirates of Savannah: Book Three, The Rise of April - Young Adult Teen Historical Fiction Action Adventure (Pirates of Savannah (Young Adult Version) Tarrin P. Lupo

     

    Out of Time Deborah Truscott

     

    NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (A Policeman's Tale) John Bates

    I got a Kindle

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    I do tend to thrown my bag around a bit, like when I get in the car or something, and at the minute I'm terrified that I'm going to forget that my kindle is in there.

     

    Pink is my favourite colour, so any case I get will have to be pink :)

    LauraLoves Reads 2012

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    What a fabulously well-organised blog. And what a lot of challenges. Phew!

     

     

    I had them all as a child too, but gave them away to the daughter of one of my Mum's work colleagues - it seemed like a good idea at the time! Long before I discovered BCF I managed to replace (via charity shop) and re-read them all - although dated I really enjoyed them and they took me right back! Good luck.

     

    Happy reading in 2012. :)

     

    Thanks its took me a while to get it all organised, but I'm all sorted now . . . I think.

     

    Thanks, I had most of them, but they got lost in a house move, I really do want them all again.

     

    Happy reading to you too in 2012 :D

    LauraLoves Reads 2012

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    The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl - Belle De Jour

     

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    Started - 28/12/11

    Finished - 4/1/12

    Format - Paperback

     

    Synopsis - ''She lists like Hornby. She talks dirty like Amis. She has the misanthropy of Larkin and examines the finer points of sexual technique as she is adjusting the torque on a beloved but temperamental old E-type...It's hard to believe that this clever and candid new voice has no more to say. Whoever the author is, she should give up the day job. Only then will we find out what the real Belle de Jour is made of.' Independent This follow-up to the hugely successful 'Intimate Adventures' will be just as bold, funny and brilliant. Peppered with agony-aunt letters and advice, and stories from her 'working' life, it's also the story of a young woman making her way in the world - told in Belle's inimitable voice.

     

    My Thoughts - I read the first book in the series a couple of years ago and have only just got around to the second in the series. I first came across this series when Billir Piper starred as Belle in the TV serial of the same name. As a teenage girl, I found the TV series very fascinating, and quite an eye opener. I then discovered that it was a book and went out and brought it, I read it and it was fabulous. This book is exactly the same.

     

    The best way I can discribe this book is an ex-rated Bridget Jones. It should come with a warning, so not leave this book laying around, parts of it are seriously rude, and quite shocking too. But in quite a good way. It is such an honest book too, parts of it read exactly like real life, but many people would probably not voice such a x-rated subject matter so easily.

     

    I liked how it read as a diary, and this broke the book up a little bit, it made quite a nice change to just straight literature. I also liked the ask belle section at the end of every month, some of these points made me laugh out loud.

     

    This is a very good book, but I wouldnt recommend reading it if you are easily shocked, or of a sensative nature. However if you like a giggle, and are quite open to the more adult genre, then give this a read, you wont regret it.

     

    Rating - 4/5

    I got a Kindle

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    I have a pink padded case almost like a giant phone sock if that makes sense. I am considering getting a hard case though because I've taken to carrying my kindle about with me at all times at the minute and don't want to get it broken

    Janet's Reading 2012

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    I finished my first book of 2012 this morning - and my first Kindle book!

     

    Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum by Mark Stevens

     

    What a great book! This is (apparently) on of the top 10 fastest selling Kindle books ever - and it's easy to see why. It's only available in Kindle format at the moment, but maybe its sudden popularity will mean it gets a paper run too?

     

    Proper review to follow - hopefully before too long as I've resolved to try to keep up to date with writing them in 2012! :giggle2:

     

    This was my first kindle book too, and I really enjoyed it. It was really fascinating I thought and a brilliant freebie :D

    I got a Kindle

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    I dunno if I'm going against the grain or not, but I actually like the fact that my kindle isnt back lit. I think its much more like an actual book. I can't actually read very well on anything back lit, have tryed to read both on an Iphone and ipad.

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