Weave Posted June 10, 2007 Author Share Posted June 10, 2007 Today I bought 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and other stories' by Tim Burton:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Ooh tell me more - sounds like something my daughter would enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 10, 2007 Author Share Posted June 10, 2007 I finished 'The Black Dahila' by James Ellroy, initially I could not get into it at all (I was kind of swayed by the boxing), but I got really engrossed in the story, I am still in shock about who actually did the murder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 10, 2007 Author Share Posted June 10, 2007 Updated - 15 June 2007 Currently reading: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger On my TBR Pile: A million little pieces by James Frey Oh play that thing by Roddy Doyle Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Memoirs of a geisha by Arthur Golden Dracula by Bram Stoker Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker Arthur and George by Julian Barnes The Promise Of Happiness by Justin Cartwright Life Of Pi by Yann Martel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Our Hidden Lives by Simon Garfield Deerskin by Robin McKinley Chocolat by Joanne Harris Lisey's Story by Stephen King Diamonds and Daisies by Bernadette Strachan The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson Muhammad - A Biography of The Prophet by Karen Armstrong If Nobody Speaks of remarkable things by Jon McGregor The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfield Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ludmila's Broken English by DBC Pierre Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Books started, but still to be finished: Eldest by Christopher Paolini The master and the margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Labyrinth by Kate Mosse The Stories We Could Tell by Tony Parsons Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult Books now read: (as of 14.03.07) Eragon by Christopher Paolini A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern The ex-wife's survival guide by Debby Holt The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Handbags and Halos by Bernadette Strachan Nocturnes by John Connolly Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella The Girls by Lori Lansens The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Chocolate's Lover Club by Carole Matthews The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - 14.03.07 The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler - 20.03.07 The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman - 25.03.07 This Book WIll Save Your Life by A.M. Homes - 17.04.07 The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood - 19.04.07 The Book Of Lost Things by John Connolly - 21.04.07 The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart - 26.04.07 Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - 01.05.07 The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell - 02.05.07 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 06.05.07 An Open Vein by J.M. Warwick - 08.05.07 Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson - 14.05.07 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - 18.05.07 Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood - 21.05.07 The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert - 26.05.07 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (re-read) 02.06.07) The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy - 10.06.07 The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - 11.06.07 The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton - 11.06.07 A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon - 15.06.07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 I finished 'The Penelopiad' by Margaret Atwood and 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories' by Tim Burton today. Both really good books, I enjoyed reading them especially 'Oyster Boy', I know how weird I sound, but that wee book was so pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Hi, Gyre. I've been in two minds whether to get that Tim Burton book. No-one I knew had read it, so wasn't sure whether it was any good. Looked to be quite interesting, though. May have to invest in another book. xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I finished 'The Penelopiad' by Margaret Atwood and 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories' by Tim Burton today. Both really good books, I enjoyed reading them especially 'Oyster Boy', I know how weird I sound, but that wee book was so pretty. I love this book! My favourite is The Pin-cushion Queen "that stick in her spleen" (hmm... new avatar time perhaps...?) Oh, and I have a load of the toys too (and you thought you might sound weird!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 Oh Aimz, you have the toys! I am so jealous! I am really enjoying 'A Spot of Bother', Mark Haddon really gets across the whole family dynamic, all different personalities all trying to be heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Oh, and I have a load of the toys too (and you thought you might sound weird!!) My daughter loves collecting the figures - can't wait to ask her if she's heard of the book. Paula kindly sent me a link so I had a quick read of it - the Oyster Boy story was so sad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 My daughter loves collecting the figures - can't wait to ask her if she's heard of the book. Paula kindly sent me a link so I had a quick read of it - the Oyster Boy story was so sad! Oh Oyster boy is really sad, I felt bad for him at the end, I would have taken him home, regardless of the fact he was an oyster x:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 I finished 'A Spot Of Bother' by Mark Haddon, brilliant x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hi, Gyre. Thanks again for sending me the link to the Oyster Boy site. Went shopping today and decided to buy it as I loved some of the stories and the illustrations were wonderful. Thanks, Gyre. xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Hi, Gyre. Thanks again for sending me the link to the Oyster Boy site. Went shopping today and decided to buy it as I loved some of the stories and the illustrations were wonderful. Thanks, Gyre. xxx Happy to help Liz, glad you love the book, it really is a wee treasure x:friends0: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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