Cookie Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 I've finally been able to settle on reading Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynn Jones if I manage to finish it it will be my second this month. I don't know what is wrong with me at the moment I keep picking up books and putting them down again!
bree Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 Completed The Railway Children - such a heart-warming read. I was surprised to learn that it was written in 1908 - it has stood the test of time remarkably well! Have picked out The Pickwick Papers to read next - this should be fun - I've only heard good things about it.
frankie Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 I've started reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick de Witt. Noticed somebody returning it via the book return machine and snatched it
karen.d Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 I'm about a quarter of the way through 'World Without End' by Ken Follett and so far I'm not impressed. It has got to the point where I'm not sure whether to plough through this, or give up. Is this worth continuing with?
Nailed Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 Well, I have destroyed 'The Girl who Played with Fire' By Stieg Larsson. It was ana excellent read, action packed from start to the end, and a much faster pace than the first book. Starting to see why some people rave about these books! Lou x
pickle Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 I am currently reading Black Swan Rising - Lee Carroll so far its been good a bit Deborah Harkness (though not as good) although i have just discovered its a trilogy, oh for the days when it was only one book rather than having to wait for the rest of a series to come out!!
lauraloves Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 I've finished reading Shrinkage by Luke Young and have started Alana Weatherbee by Jack Sorenson
chesilbeach Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 I've almost finished Emotional Geology, and will settle down with it for an hour later on, then need to pick up The Music of the Primes again, for another couple of chapters. Going to read that one as my at home book, and just take my Kindle into work with me this week.
Cookie Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 Finished the fist in the Chronicles of Chrestomanci series and have started on the second. Sooo glad the mojo has shown its face again!
Talisman Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 90 percent through Like Water for Chocolate - an excellent Mexican book by Laura Esquivel. Will probably finish it tonight.
Sofia Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 90 percent through Like Water for Chocolate - an excellent Mexican book by Laura Esquivel. Will probably finish it tonight. I loved that book
Talisman Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 It is certainly one of the best I have read this year (so far).
bobblybear Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 I finished The Walking Dead Compendium, Volume 1. Now I'm about to start Karl Pilkington's An Idiot Abroad.
Ruth Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 Finished reading I Capture The Castle, by Dodie Smith. I enjoyed the first half immensely, but it became less funny and more angsty in the second half, which I didn't enjoy quite as much. It was definitely still worth reading though. I really really want to read one of my Murdoch Mysteries books (by Maureen Jennings), but I MUST read some of the books which have been on my tbr shelf for literally years first. So after a pathetic amount of pithering over what book to read next, I have gone for Book Lover, by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack.
Janet Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 Completed The Railway Children - such a heart-warming read. I was surprised to learn that it was written in 1908 - it has stood the test of time remarkably well! That is one of my favouritest children's books ever! I also love the 1970s film version, and the more recent remake (which was truer to the book!).
lauraloves Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) I've just brought The Chocolate Lovers Diet by Carole Matthews and also The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. Edited August 21, 2012 by lauraloves
wordsgood Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 Finished reading A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian. I found it to be an ok read, more thought can be found in my reading thread. Okay, I mean this with the utmost respect...but a history about tractors? And here I'd thought I'd read some off wall books! Don't think I'd ever want to try one about the history of a farm vehcle...are the Ukraine ones especially interesting?
Brian. Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 Okay, I mean this with the utmost respect...but a history about tractors? And here I'd thought I'd read some off wall books! Don't think I'd ever want to try one about the history of a farm vehcle...are the Ukraine ones especially interesting? The title is a bit off the wall but it is a novel and not in fact about Ukrainian tractor history. The title comes from the fact that one of the characters happens to be writing a book about it but it barely features in the book.
wordsgood Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 Ohhh, that makes so much more sense now. If I'd had half brain I would have looked it up before replying but the title just gave me an instant case of the giggles, which apparently killed one of my few remaining brain cells.
frankie Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 On page 144 of The Sisters Brothers. So far I'm not really seeing what all the hype is about... Borrowed three titles from the library yesterday: The Road, The Help and a novel by Jo Nesbø. I've also made a few reservations for books at the library It's so nice going to work, to see if there are any titles that have arrived for me.
Karsa Orlong Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 On page 144 of The Sisters Brothers. So far I'm not really seeing what all the hype is about... I loved that book Probably helps if you like westerns in the first place (which I do) Current 180 pages into Deep Sky, the final book in Patrick Lee's 'Breach' trilogy. It's gloriously silly and very exciting
frankie Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 I loved that book Probably helps if you like westerns in the first place (which I do) I've never read them and I've had a feeling I wouldn't like them at all (I don't like horses, for instance). And I was rather worried I'd not like the western elements of the novel, but to me it's been really easy in that respect, I've not found it boring or uninteresting. it's an easy beginner's western, in my opinion, so that's not my problem. I'm not disliking the book, but I'm just not quite seeing why so many people have been praising it. Maybe that'll change later, I've not given up hope yet
bree Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 That is one of my favouritest children's books ever! I also love the 1970s film version, and the more recent remake (which was truer to the book!). I hadn't heard of it growing up - but I can image I'd have loved it too, as a child! I didn't know about the films - will try and find them if I can. I'd love to re-visit that dear family
Kidsmum Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Finally finished The Land of Painted Caves, thank goodness, i've now started Collected Short Stories Vol 1 by Somerset Maugham in the hopes that it will soothe my bruised mojo
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