Easy Reader

Welcome I know how you feel. The reason I found this forum was to share my thoughts about books and I am forever in real life talking non stop about a book that I have just read and they normally start looking interested and then I can see their eyes glazing over and just generally looking bored.

Oh yes I would recommend this one too - not at all what I thought it was going to be and so sweet too.

Frankie got it from another forum details are in her booklist I would post a link but I don't know how

I read the Runaway a few years ago and enjoyed it and read some of her others but found some of the content got a bit samey and then "The Jump" kept me awake at nights so I stopped reading her books - which was a shame as I thought they were well written just not my thing. I really enjoyed Noughts and Crosses too and you have just reminded me that I did start the second in the series and never finished it I must get back to that.

Welcome Simply K I look forward to seeing your reading list.

Reviews Life and Laughing - Michael McIntyre 9/10 Brilliant book if you are a fan of MM (if not you probably wont like it). I have to say I did question alot of this as to whether it really happened or not as some of his stories were a little to convenient but then I decided that it was so entertaining I didn't care. I am not really a laugh out loud kind of person but I certainly did chuckle when reading this book espeically when his writting gets a little sidetracked. Notes to My Mother in Law - Phyllida Law 6/10 Phyllida is actually Emma Thompson's mother. This book is literally notes to her mother in law. Phyllida's m-I-l moved in with Phyllida and her family and was a little deaf and missed out on what was being said to her throughout the day so Phyllida would make notes at the end of the day to keep her up to speed. Its not an overly entertaining book but some of its quite funny and like have a one sided conversation with someone. Parts of it were quite endearing and it reminded me a lot of my own mother and a woman that she looks after so I lent her the book to read when I was finished with it and she enjoyed it too. Foursome - Jane Fallon 5/10 Although I loved "Getting Rid of Matthew" and enjoyed "Got You Back" by the same author I have to say I wasn't quite so impressed with this one to the point I had forgotten I had read it until I got my book journal out to start this thread. It wasn't terrible it just didn't leave any lasting impressions. The Little Strange - Sarah Waters 6/10 This is a large book but having read most of her other books I was expecting to sail through reading this. I didn't. Overall it was a good story but I felt the middle third of the book just didn't move anywhere it was going over the same ground and not achieving anything. I think it was supposed to be building the air of mystery but I just got bored. In some ways I which I was the kind of person who could just skip a few pages here and there but I can't. It was a good book but in my opinion could have been told quicker or have more content. I am glad you enjoyed reading it too. For me its one of those books where I think if it wasn't quite so long I would re-read it all the time. I also enjoyed finding out about a different culture which is not something I often do with my reading.

Day 01 – Best book you read last year Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden I had been meaning to read this one for years but have to confess that the size of it put me off. I then had a swap request on a book swapping site and the other person had this on their list so I agreed the swap and started reading it as soon as it arrived. I was drawn into the life of this little girl instantly and couldn't put it down. I did find the book started to lose its appeal towards the end but that was when war and politics crept in which is a surefire way to put me off a book but in this case it wasn't enough to put me off the book and I am pretty sure if I was to make a list of my top 50 favourite books then this one would definitely be on there. It has been recommended to me to read a book that was written by the Geisha that Arthur Golden took his insipiration from and I hope to read that soon.

Well depends what books you are into but I would recommend the Chris Evans - Its Not What You Think. I only read it as it was given to me as an christmas present I would never have picked it up for myself never been a huge fan of Mr Evans and thought they whole book would be full of how superfantastic he is but its not at all. Its very well worded, he doesn't "big up himself" he is considerate when talking about other people he has met on the way. He comes across as some who just lives life which I found very freshing, thats why I have started the follow up.

The start of the year I set myself the challenge of reading 52 books in 2011 and I started well (I was 7 books ahead of schedule at one point working on the basis of one book a week) but now I have hit a slump so I am hoping that starting a list on here will spur me on a bit. Books read so far 1. Life and Laughing - Michael McIntyre 2. Notes to my Mother in Law - Phyllida Law 3. Foursome - Jane Fallon 4. The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters 5. Club Dead - Charlaine Harris 6. Wideacre - Philippa Gregory 7. Friends Like These - Danny Wallace 8. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen 9. Its not what you think - Chris Evans 10 Coastliners - Joanne Harris 11. Toast - Nigel Slater 12. The Double Comfort Safari Club - Alexander McCall-Smith 13. Dissolution - C J Sansom 14. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 15. Oranges are not the Only Fruit - Jeanetter Winterson 16. The Pirates Daughter - Margaret Cezair-Thompson 17. Goodnight Steve McQueen - Louise Wener 18. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J K Rowling (re-read) 19. Death of a Gossip - M C Beaton 20. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 21. Killing Floor - Lee Child 22. Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde 23. The Red Queen - Philippa Gregory 24. Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens 25. The Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde 26. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling (re-read) 27. To the Nines - Janet Evanovich 28. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling (re-read) 29. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde 30. Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich 31. One Day - David Nicholls 32. First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde 33. Turn of the Screw - Henry James 34. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (re-read) 35. Plum Lucky - Janet Evanovich 36. The Remains of the Day - Kazuro Ishiguro 37. Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie 38. The Magician's Nephew - C S Lewis (re-read) 39. Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich 40. Die Trying - Lee Child 41. 4:50 From Paddington - Agatha Christie 42. Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie 43. The Other Hand - Chris Cleave 44. The Big Saturday Tent Wedding Party - Alexander McCall Smith 45. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie 46. Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich 47. The Horse and His Boy - C S Lewis 48. Gypsy Boy on the Run - Mikey Walsh 49. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie 50. Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie 51. Memoirs of a Fruitcake - Chris Evans 52. Cuckoo - Julia Crouch 53. The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis 54. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J K Rowling (Re-read) I will also be answering a question a day Day 01 – Best book you read last year Day 02 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times Day 03 – Your favourite series Day 04 – Favourite book of your favourite series Day 05 – A book that makes you happy Day 06 – A book that makes you sad Day 07 – Most underrated book Day 08 – Most overrated book Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving Day 10 – Favourite classic book Day 11 – A book you hated Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore Day 13 – Your favourite writer Day 14 – Favourite book of your favourite writer Day 15 – Favourite male character Day 16 – Favourite female character Day 17 – Favourite quote from your favourite book Day 18 – A book that disappointed you Day 19 – Favourite book turned into a movie Day 20 – Favourite romance book Day 21 – Favourite book from your childhood Day 22 – Favourite book you own Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending Day 28 – Favourite title Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked Day 30 – Your favourite book of all time "

Waterstones is my favourite place to buy 3 4 2 books I didn't even know I wanted. And I like to read the member of staff book reviews they have on the shelves.

An excellent book I couldn't put it down not even the creepy bits at the beginning

Where did this list originate from ? Is it ok if I use it too ? I have enjoyed reading your reviews and now plan to find a copy of Forrest Gump (I didn't know it was a book ) and I am now a little bit closer to re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird I read it years ago and disliked it and people are always telling me I need to re-read it and everytime I see a review of it I think yes I really should.

Thank you - thats exactly what I wanted to hear

after finishing a book last night I decided to treat myself with starting a new one and I picked up "The Eyre Affair" I only read the first 4 pages and I am a little confused already please tell me it doesn't take long to get into the swing of reading it. For some reason I had decided Thursday Next was a man which didn't help

Me too. I would love to know what he actually looks like and also I would like to go back in time to get a proper feel for the surroundings and experience the everyday life of the time. But I would like to come back to "today" by nightfall I am not sure I could cope without electricity and being greedy I would also like to be Hermione from HP, so wise for someone so young and confident too.

I have read and enjoyed/loved updated in red 17 Jan '12 940. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen 938. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 902. Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë 608. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck 603. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier 592. The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck 564. Animal Farm – George Orwell 547. Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell 508. Lord of the Flies – William Golding 404. The Third Policeman – Flann O’Brien 367. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou 243. Perfume – Patrick Süskind 93. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 85. Tipping the Velvet – Sarah Waters 49. Life of Pi – Yann Martel 1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro 695. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie I have read and have no strong opinions either way 932. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen 876. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 237. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson 134. Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh 42. Atonement – Ian McEwan 24. Fingersmith – Sarah Waters 19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon Books I have read and was less keen on, reason given 869. Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens – dislike as too many words story could have been told much better and quicker 565. Cannery Row – John Steinbeck – I don’t remember much about it although I think someone was standing on top of a pole! 456. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee – I read and disliked but plan to re-read one day I have now re-read and prefer it second time around but still not overly keen on it 451. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller went on too long 411. Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys I don’t remember anything about it 272. The Color Purple – Alice Walker ditto 129. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernieres hugely bored by this one I was expecting it to be more romance based than war based so nearly gave up reading it 92. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy I largely had no idea what was going on feel this is another one I should perhaps re-read 84. The Talk of the Town – Ardal O’Hanlon I can’t remember anything about it 789 turn of the screw - Henry James I really don't see how this one has stood the test of time there is nothing about it that stood out for me it was just a story Started to read but gave up on 904. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë 676. Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence On my TBR pile 255. Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter 165. Wild Swans – Jung Chang (although I don’t think I want to read it) 86. The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver 54. White Teeth – Zadie Smith 13. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell 893. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lonely – Harriet Beecher Stowe 892. Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell 890. Bleak House – Charles Dickens 887. North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell 868. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 867. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky 825. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain 808. Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 804. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 743. The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan 639. Thank You, Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse

Last night I went to turn mine completely off due to reading this thread to find that my battery had worn down and that has been on stand by (I don't think it was on wifi as I am not wireless)so I think that lasted 3 months which I am sure I read somewhere was the expectance of the charging.

Thanks Pixie I know how to reboot as I had to do that about half an hour after I got it (I was turning pages to quickly in the excitement)but didn't think that that was turning it off too

How do you turn it off completely then ? I have just been flicking the switch at the bottom.

I got given this for Christmas but wasn't acutally that interested but thought seeing as how I have got it I may as well read it and I am glad I did. I really enjoyed the writing style and the general "feel good" nature of the book even when writing about lower moments or when talking about people he probably didn't like that much he handled them with sensitivity and was generally very positive about everything. In his writing Chris isn't at all self absorbed as I was expecting him to be. Looking forward to reading the second instalment. 9/10

How weird I have hit a reading slump too and have decided to re-read Harry Potter . I have read all 7 of them read the first 4 leading up to the 5th and then read the rest when first released and have always wanted to re-read them as there is so much content in them its easy to forget bits but I always think that re-reading a book prevents you from reading another for the first time but now I am starting to think more and more I would like to read various books and am starting to think about doing a re-read list. Anyway last week I started re-reading HP and the Chamber of Secrets (waiting for me copy of HP & the P Stone to be returned)and then I finsihed it in time to watch the film last weekend, I much prefer the book and I have to say the synic in me started to think that JK was influenced by the films when writing the last two books as I think she got carried away with the fights/battles at the end

I like this one too I can see my nephew doing exactly the same thing. Although he is actaully Spiderman at the moment he tried showing me his flying the otherday jumping off my settee and landing on his face . He was fine afterwards btw.

I like your positive thinking. Unfortunately I can't help think Jeward are just the sort of thing that Eurovision would love and will probably do better than Blue even though Blue can actually sing. Is there some significance to Jedwards shoulder decorations ? I can't believe how much you know about it all Kell it I can barely remember who was on the act before whenever I watch

Thats an excellent idea I think you should contact someone in charge (Kell will probably know who)and suggest it.

Welcome CJ Will this be your first book that you are writing ?