frankie Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Still reading The Tenants by Bernard Malamud. I'm very much looking forward to getting on with this weekend's read-a-thon. Hmm, I will have to look into this Malamud (cool name) chap. If you are responsible for adding more books to my wish list, look out, woman! I think I have The Natural on my Frankie recommends -list No, wait, maybe I don't. It's about baseball, though. I never would've picked it up myself. And I don't know if I would love it as much if it wasn't such a nostalgia read, too. I have a special bond with most of my uni reads. Well, maybe I'm going to honour it just a little. Despite my FB rant, I do like the idea of Halloween and was always jealous of American kids when I was young and reading about or watching shows about Halloween. I'm just an old Scrooge now! I think I might also watch an episode or two of the Twilight Zone. You're such a curmudgeon I know I would go trick or treating with you in a heart beat if I could! Edit: Remember how you stumbled into the garbage can, and I did, too, right after you? And we had no idea where we were going anymore and then your Mum hauled us in as quick as she could, from the view of the neighbors? Edited November 1, 2013 by frankie
ian Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Having just discovered a new writer - well new to me anyway (Robert Crais), I'm going to be reading the two books of his I've managed to get hold of, and then do the rounds of the charity shops and the Library to find some more. I will also hopefully be getting around to visiting the new Library of Birmingham.
Marie H Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Went a bit book crazy with the cheap and freebie eBook store Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K Jerome Best Russian short stories by Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and Leo Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham Precious Bane by Mary Webb. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by PG Wodehouse. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche The Arabian nights by Andrew Lang. 140 Classic Novels and Short Stories by HH Munro
Chrissy Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 ^ Yep, that list is definitely a 'bit book crazy'. I popped into my local charity shop yesterday and bought 7 Roald Dahl books in excellent condition. After I have persuaded my husband to read 'Danny The Champion Of The World' II think he will love it!)I will be giving them to my great-nephews when we next visit - they are 12 years old 8 years old and are book happy kids, so I always want to encourage them. I also picked up 'Warm Bodies' by Isaac Marion. The total for the 8 book was £5. I'm a happy book buyer!
Brian. Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 I just finished No Easy Day by Mark Owen and I've been struggling a bit with The Plague by Albert Camus.
geordie9 Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 im nearing the end of the journey in The Talisman
Marie H Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 89% read of A Tale for a Time Being, and hope to finish it today. I had to stop reading it last night - it was starting about Schrödinger's Cat, and it was not the time of the day to try to follow quantum physic
frankie Posted November 2, 2013 Author Posted November 2, 2013 Went a bit book crazy with the cheap and freebie eBook store Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K Jerome Best Russian short stories by Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and Leo Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham Precious Bane by Mary Webb. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by PG Wodehouse. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche The Arabian nights by Andrew Lang. 140 Classic Novels and Short Stories by HH Munro Great haul! Nothing wrong with this kind of craziness... I popped into my local charity shop yesterday and bought 7 Roald Dahl books in excellent condition. After I have persuaded my husband to read 'Danny The Champion Of The World' II think he will love it!)I will be giving them to my great-nephews when we next visit - they are 12 years old 8 years old and are book happy kids, so I always want to encourage them. Here's another book crazy! Happily enabling book happy rellies... Good job! I'm still reading The Tenants, hoping to finish today so I can get a move on with Titus Groan. I hope I'll get sucked in to the book and the weekend will just fly by reading it!
Karsa Orlong Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 89% read of A Tale for a Time Being, and hope to finish it today. I had to stop reading it last night - it was starting about Schrödinger's Cat, and it was not the time of the day to try to follow quantum physic Ooh, I'm quite curious about that one. Please let us know what you think!
Marie H Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 Great haul! Nothing wrong with this kind of craziness... Here's another book crazy! Happily enabling book happy rellies... Good job! Hopefully no trees were felled for the eBooks Plus, all those ones were less than £7.00 Makes be a happy bunny!
Marie H Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 Ooh, I'm quite curious about that one. Please let us know what you think! It is a good book so far. I think the reviews for Booker Prize short list on BBC 4 were a bit sniffy about this book, but I think it is worth it.
Marie H Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 I popped into my local charity shop yesterday and bought 7 Roald Dahl books in excellent condition. After I have persuaded my husband to read 'Danny The Champion Of The World' II think he will love it!)I will be giving them to my great-nephews when we next visit - they are 12 years old 8 years old and are book happy kids, so I always want to encourage them. Ah, the joy of finding just the right books in charity shops! And finding children's' books in charity shops are so rare, they're like hen's teeth! I hope your great-nephews will love the Roald Dahl books - that is another feeling of a warm glow when they love books too
chesilbeach Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 I've read a bit more of The Misremembered Man but can't settle to reading today for some reason.
Marie H Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 Finished A Tale for a Time Being . A review is in process.
Inver Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 Getting in to the plot of 'The LIttle Stranger' ~ Sarah Waters
pontalba Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 I'm on page 59 of Titus Groan, and after a rocky start, am starting to get into it.
anisia Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 I read A Note of Madness by Tabitha Suzuma all day yesterday. It was good, read it in one go and now I regret I didn't know it had a sequel or I'd have bought that too. Starting Magician by Raymond E. Feist - it's been on my list for a long time.
frankie Posted November 3, 2013 Author Posted November 3, 2013 Hopefully no trees were felled for the eBooks Plus, all those ones were less than £7.00 Makes be a happy bunny! Bargain! Good stuff all around! Starting Titus Groan..
geordie9 Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 just finished King & Straubs The Talisman, good book although the best part of the adventure was when young Jack was with Wolf.
geordie9 Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 going to start a book called On The Third Day by Rhys Thomas
pontalba Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 I just received an email from Book Depository advertising a sale that begins on Thursday. 50 Books, 50 Offers, 25 Hours http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/50booksoffer?utm_source=NL-Body&utm_medium=email-Newsletter&utm_term=Find-out-more_button&utm_content=Main-promo&utm_campaign=25hr-Nov-13
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