Brian. Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I finished reading a review book, Three Dog Night by Elsebeth Egholm yesterday. It was a great book and I hope the publishers decide to print more of her work in English. Now I am going to carry on with The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Finished Opal Fire today and am thinking about making a start on House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds for my book group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 am thinking about making a start on House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds for my book group. It's a great book I like the sounds of your book group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 It's a great book I like the sounds of your book group How do you know what sounds they make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I've less than 100 pages to go in The Unlikely Pilgrimage ...... so with a bit of luck i should get it finished tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I finished The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom. Going to start The Catcher in the Rye tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Half way through Blood and Ice which is good so far but I'm still not sure where it's going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I finished And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. I'm struggling to articulate my thoughts on it into a review to be honest! In the meantime, I've started The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce for the reading circle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Just ordered my bookie version of Untying the Knot by Linda Gillard....another good read I expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I finished And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. I'm struggling to articulate my thoughts on it into a review to be honest! In the meantime, I've started The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce for the reading circle. Did you enjoy it though? I finished Cassandra Clare's City of Bones, I enjoyed it enough to order the next in the series. Reading a fair bit of non-fiction at the moment but have picked out Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt as my next fiction read.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I finished And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. I'm struggling to articulate my thoughts on it into a review to be honest! Uh-oh - that doesn't bode well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I can't multiquote on my phone (well I probably can, I just can't work out how!) so Janet and Chalie - Yes, I did enjoy it, but I don't think it lived up to A Thousand Splendid Suns, or my (perhaps unrealistic!) expectations following that novel. I can now entirely see what you meant about jumping time periods! I didn't find it confusing as such, but I did find it a tad frustrating in places... I will aim to review it fully tonight. I enjoyed reading it though, so don't pass it by! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) It's a great book I like the sounds of your book group I'm pretty sure it was a mistake! I've been going for six and a half years now, and we've never had anything like it before, it's nearly always middle of the road popular fiction with the odd travel or biography thrown in. I'm not sure how the others ladies in their 60s and 70s in the group will take to it! I'm pretty confident that none of them have even come close to science fiction before now. I've read the prologue and the first two chapters and although it's a bit strange to get your head around the concepts and unfamiliar words, it's not put me off yet, so fingers crossed I get on okay with it. Edited June 26, 2013 by chesilbeach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I'm pretty sure it was a mistake! I've been going for six and a half years now, and we've never had anything like it before, it's nearly always middle of the road popular fiction with the odd travel or biography thrown in. I'm not sure how the others ladies in their 60s and 70s in the group will take to it! I'm pretty confident that none of them have even come close to science fiction before now. Oops Yep, it might be a difficult one if it's their first SF book! Stories involving time dilation do my head in as it is How on earth did it get chosen? I've read the prologue and the first two chapters and although it's a bit strange to get your head around the concepts and unfamiliar words, it's not put me off yet, so fingers crossed I get on okay with it. Well I look forward to hearing what you think of it, good, bad or indifferent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Oops Yep, it might be a difficult one if it's their first SF book! Stories involving time dilation do my head in as it is How on earth did it get chosen? Our librarian chooses most of the books, often based on what she can get enough copies of in time, and I think because she'd also chosen The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier, she thought it would be good to have a theme with two books with "House" in the title! Well I look forward to hearing what you think of it, good, bad or indifferent Thanks. I'm going to have to buy the Kindle book as the typeface is small and quite faint, and I'm struggling with the paperback, so I'd downloaded the sample to my Kindle to try it first. It's not one I'd usually spend money on, but as I've managed the first couple of chapters, I'm a bit happier forking out for it. Edited June 26, 2013 by chesilbeach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I enjoyed reading it though, so don't pass it by! I won't - although I think I also had unrealistic expectations following A Thousand Splendid Suns! Thanks, Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Chipping away at The Pickwick Papers, they're quite easy to pick up and lay down as they are all pretty much episodic. I'm enjoying Dickens' writing with the old style English way, very proper, and the humour takes you by surprise. Then I switch to a gritty detective story by Tami Hoag, quite different from some of her other writing, her newest release, The Ninth Girl. Waiting in the wings I have Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour about the Troubles in Ireland so I have quite a mixture going. Lots to keep me from doing anything productive around the house! The Pickwick Papers is one of my favourite books of all. I re-read it a couple of years ago and still found myself laughing out loud. Good choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I think because she'd also chosen The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier, she thought it would be good to have a theme with two books with "House" in the title! It's as good a reason as any I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I finished Death at La Fenice today and started reading No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. More interestingly, I got a book in the mail today! What French Women Know: About Love, Sex and Other Matters of Heart and Mind by Debra Ollivier I'll be turning into a Frenchie in no time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I will aim to review it fully tonight. I enjoyed reading it though, so don't pass it by! I'll be interested in your review as well Alexi as it's one of the books on my wishlist I finished The Ulikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry today will post my thoughts on the reading circle thread in due course. My next read is going to be Star Gazing Linda Gillard very kindly sent to me by the lovely Inver when i mentioned that i hadn't read any of her books Nearly forgot, i was in town today & had a bit of time before i met friends for lunch so i popped into the central library for a browse & came out with Wool by Hugh Howey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I has a new bookcase . . . Now I have to sort out my books and DVDs . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I'll be interested in your review as well Alexi as it's one of the books on my wishlist I finished The Ulikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry today will post my thoughts on the reading circle thread in due course. My next read is going to be Star Gazing Linda Gillard very kindly sent to me by the lovely Inver when i mentioned that i hadn't read any of her books Nearly forgot, i was in town today & had a bit of time before i met friends for lunch so i popped into the central library for a browse & came out with Wool by Hugh Howey. I'll be interested in your thoughts on Wool. I look forward to reading it one day. I has a new bookcase . . . Now I have to sort out my books and DVDs . . . Been buying too many books, Raven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I finished The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. Very amusing stuff. Now I'm reading The World's Greatest Idea by John Farndon, which is a non-fiction from my reading plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) I finished The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. Very amusing stuff. Was this your first time reading Adrian Mole? I would recommend the whole series. Great stuff, and can be read time and a time again I went to the library to take back all my loans, and got one reserved book! It's a chick lit kind of book by Nicolas Barreau, a French debute. The blurb sounds really great and I'm into Frenchs book at the moment, so this ought to be right up my alley Unfortunately I don't think this book has been translated into English yet... (?) Edit: That's odd! Yesterday when I was checking Amazon for Barreau books I only got the French edition, but now there are English ones, too! The book's called The Ingredients of Love Edited June 27, 2013 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I got The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones in the post today - Thanks Michelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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