KindleWorm
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Well, I finally finished Treasure Island last week and have to be honest, I didn't enjoy it much. I got very confused around the action scenes and just couldn't follow it until about 10% from the end, when things slowly started coming together.
Moved straight on to Cave by Ali Cooper - who also wrote The Girl on the Swing - which I'll admit I preferred. Cave was a good read but much of the story was told through multi-layered flashbacks which to me didn't always seem necessary to the story. The main character, Marty, was exactly likeable either, so in the end I wasn't too bothered whether he survived his ordeal in the "Cave" or not! I'd still read more by Ali Cooper, though, simply because I like the way she writes (just not the plot structure on this one).
Have just started White Fang by Jack London... really enjoying it so far
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Finished reading God's Own Country by Ross Raisin this morning and I really enjoyed it. Unique narrator who is deeply troubled with a dark sense of humour. It's set in the Yorkshire moors and the dialogue is interspersed with Yorkshire dialect, which takes a bit of getting used to - but after a while you don't notice it so much. I read it quickly (for me) as it was a gripping read. Definitely one worth recommending if you don't mind something slightly disturbing!
I'm now back with Treasure Island and hopefully I'll be able to finish it this time...
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I read this a couple of months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it - I agree with your review, Michelle - I'm looking forward to seeing what else this new author comes up with.
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Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan
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Oooh interesting....
- Porridge
- Tuna
- Chicken
- Strawberries
- Mint
- Porridge
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Finished Room by Emma Donoghue yesterday - and can say it's a book that will stay with me for some time as the narrator is so unique. I find myself using some of his quaint terminology for things - like "meltedy spoon" (I have one of those in my kitchen!). Thanks here to whoever here recommended it!
I've put the Kindle to one side and have reverted to an actual paperback for the first time in months. I'm re-starting Ross Raisin's "God's Own Country" now... so far, so good.
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One of the things I miss the most about Kindle v books, is turning over the book I'm reading and staring intently at the front cover willing it to give me a little more insight into the story!! Also I find that I can't always remember the name of the author of the book I'm currently reading on the Kindle, as you don't have that constant but unconscious visibility of the name all the time. In all other respects I absolutely love my Kindle and cannot imagine my reading world without it now.
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KindleWorm - Adams himself admitted that he revised and re-revised his wording, with plenty of help from his editors! I think he was something of a perfectionist when it came to comedic literary timing! He's said that his first drafts often were rough with only the idea of the joke contained in them. So, very nicely observed on your part.
That's interesting to note! His perfectionism is evident... although I did find the later books less and less particular in this regard. Still thoroughly entertaining though. I work with someone who is exactly like Marvin the Paranoid Android!! I told him the other day the problem is he has a brain the size of a planet - I think he just took it as a compliment though
Oh I hope you do read it Hayley , or see the TV series. In it's time it was so different and original, that (in my opinion) I think it changed a lot of popular sci fi that came after, for instance I see bits of the Hitchiker universe in Red Dwarf and even The Fifth Element and the film Galaxy Quest.
I don't think it will ruin the film for you.
Totally agree with the influence on Red Dwarf - especially the first two series and the books that went alongside them... the idea of the absurdity of the cosmos and our place in it as humans rings true for both
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Just now finished read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron and what can I say? Wow! What an amazing book! I don't think I have ever read a book with better drawn characters, particularly Daniel and Fermin. I enjoyed the first 300 pages but the final 200 were incredible, full of description and suspense.
Thank you to frankie, Kylie and anyone else who recommended it x
I've just added this to my wishy-wish-list on Goodreads!!
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Finished The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss yesterday... book 2 in the Kingkiller Trilogy. I'm really loving it, and can't wait for the third and final installment to be released sometime next year!! Definitely recommend this series - it has re-awakened my love of Fantasy fiction.
Have started Room by Emma Donoghue today and have read about 13% (it's a very annoying habit of the Kindle-reader to state exactly how far they have got!) - very intrigued and think I know (sort of) what's happening. I have a feeling this one won't take me long to read even with a very busy job!! I love it when I find a can't-put-downable book
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Bright Eyes - Simon & Garfunkel
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Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
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Sorry for the delay in replying. Hopefully you've found out how to access 'Minesweeper' and are enjoying it
I have thank you, Ophelia... although it is devilishly difficult to beat!!
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Greetings! Hope you enjoy the forum. You'll end up with a reading list as long as both your arms!
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Welcome to the forum, Victoria. You'll certainly gets loads of ideas on here and plenty of opportunity to discuss the books you're reading
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I spent ages looking for each specific edition of the books I own before realising that's what the ISBN is used for!! D'oh... I have to limit myself to no more than 30 mins a day otherwise I'll sit in my study cataloging and forget to go to work, eat dinner, say hello to hubby, feed the cats etc....
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You've got a Friend - James Taylor
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My word is SMUDGE. How squidgy and grubbilicious a word is this?
Have to agree with the inclusion of Smudge - one of my squidgy grubbilicious cats is called that!!
One of my favourite words is mellifluous....
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I've recently been converted to Goodreads... I love it (maybe a bit too much) it appeals to the latent librarian in me!!
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Has she read the Kate Morton books,House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden and The Distant Hours? Also The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield may appeal. I'm sure she would also like The Novel in the Viola by Natasha Solomons too, I just read it last week and thought it was brilliant.
I was going to suggest the very same. it sounds like my mum has very similar tastes to yours, Karsa Orlong... and if I remember correctly she loved these.
A little bit left-field, but something my mum has been obsessive about for years... I bought her the Harry Potter books on audio CD read by Stephen Fry, and she absolutely loves them. Has listened to the whole thing more times than any of us know! Just another idea
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Alt-Shift-M brings up Minesweeper. Not sure what the other game is. I shall have a google.
Awesome!! Thanks bobblybear.... had no idea. The other game is a five-in-a-row thing, quite difficult to beat the Kindle!
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Just finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - and absolutely loved it!! Luckily I already have the sequel downloaded and will probably start reading it immediately... although I did want to read Room.... oh, decisions, decisions!
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3-for-2 offers can be a bit seductive and lull you into thinking that you really wanted all 3 of the books you leave with - and I'm sure I've fallen prey to it many times in the past!
However, as others have said, these days I tend to buy books online after I've had a browse in a real shop... the more you save, the more books you can buy!
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Finished White Fang by Jack London last week - and was very impressed with it. A bit disturbing at times experiencing abuse through the eyes of an animal, but loved London's writing style. Also read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irvine at the weekend and was decidedly disappointed by it. Beautiful prose, but thin storyline that ended abruptly before it really got started. Perhaps there was some deeper meaning to it's structure, if so it passed me by!
I'm currently reading Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper. A true story about a blind cat and his owner. So far it's had me laughing, cringing and unashamedly crying! Looking forward to finishing it, but will miss the eponymous hero, Homer, when I do!