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Feel like I've been reading loads lately. :boogie:

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That's a great feeling :)!

 

I've finished reading Veronica Roth - Divergent 3: Allegiant. I'm not sure yet what to read next, I'll have a think about it. Probably something less actiony though. I'm thinking of reading a contemporary fiction book or a fantasy book, but I'm not sure yet.

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Finished the first Hamish Macbeth book this morning, and damn it, I liked it, so that's another 28 books to add to my wish list! (Actually, the first four came in a single omnibus, so it's only another 25 books :D).

I had to put aside The Pursuit of Love last week as it wouldn't fit in my bag, so had started a Kindle book instead, but will be going back to it now, as I was really enjoying it. :)

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I finally finished A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe. What a great book! I could've read on and on... But I am glad to have finally finished it. It was such a long novel, and such a heavy book. Not at all ideal for reading in bed.

 

I have no idea what to read next. It has to be something short, something whimsical... Something funny, perhaps. Something completely different.

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I have no idea what to read next. It has to be something short, something whimsical... Something funny, perhaps. Something completely different.

 

I know something that fits all of those criteria: The Phantom Tollbooth! :D

 

I've become absorbed in Escape from Camp 14 today.

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Since I was last on I've err, read Attachments, which was enjoyable, a bit cute a bit funny, and with a bit of meaning, but I wouldn't say it met up to the hype. What else...err I finished Little Women, which I can see maybe have liking ten or so years ago, but found a bit preachy (full review is on my blog). Finished A Long Thaw by Katie O'Rourke which I was reading as a review request. I read the author's previous novel which I enjoyed, but I think this one was better.

 

Now I'm reading Game of Thrones on paper. It's been on my TBR shelf for years, it just looked so daunting! Haven't started a new kindle book yet, and not sure what I will read on it.

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Finished Elizabeth of York by Alison Weir tonight.  I thought it would take longer but the last 15% of the book was pictures, household names, further reading, etc.  This was one of her best (although she never lets me down!).  It gets easier with each book, as I learn who is who in different courts.

Might start on her Six Wives of Henry VIII next.

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I finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which I loved. It's the best book I've read so far this year by far.

Oh, what a brilliant, heartwarming book it is :wub: Very happy to hear you enjoyed it! :)

 

 

I started my second book by Karin Brunk Holmqvist, who wrote one of my favorite books of last year. This is another book of the elderly. Very good so far :)

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I'm reading the first Adrian Mole book by Sue Townsend on my Nook (it's a download from the library) - but I got to April 3rd (second year of diary) and there is no more.   I'm sure it can't just stop there with ellipses!   I guess it didn't download fully.  I went to my Mum's library this morning to borrow it in paper form but it wasn't on the shelf and they couldn't find it.  I'm destined not to finish it!  :rolleyes:

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Awww Janet :(.

 

I've started to read Jodi Picoult - The Storyteller so far it's good but I haven't read that much yet (instead I was cataloguing my new books). It's maybe strange but for an average sized or a big book, it usually takes me much longer to read the first 100 pages than the last 100 pages.

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I'm very much like that too Athena. In the first 100 pages we are getting the flavour of the characters and story, and therefore I feel I read more slowly and also read for less time. In the last 100 I am racing towards the end (if it's a good book!) so read quicker and more. 

 

I find with series I will read the second and third books quicker than the first for the same reason. 

 

I am struggling to get into Dracula at the moment, but I have been away with work for the last week snatching a few pages here and there so I think that's the main reason. 

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I'm reading the first Adrian Mole book by Sue Townsend on my Nook (it's a download from the library) - but I got to April 3rd (second year of diary) and there is no more.   I'm sure it can't just stop there with ellipses!   I guess it didn't download fully.  I went to my Mum's library this morning to borrow it in paper form but it wasn't on the shelf and they couldn't find it.  I'm destined not to finish it!   :rolleyes:

 

Awww Janet :(

I tracked a copy down in a different library and it does stop in an abrupt fashion! :blush::lol: I'm going to have to read the sequel now!
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I know! :lol:

 

On the plus side, I've never been to Westbury library before so it was a good excuse to visit - and it's a gorgeous building! :D

 

Oops Jänet :giggle2::D Way to go for finding the silver lining, though! Libraries are wonderful :smile2:

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Just wanted to post a quick and hopefully unobtrusive :P  reminder regarding the April Reading Circle vote.  It's coming down to the wire, voting ends Saturday Midnight, my time.  Dystopian/Apocalyptic fiction.  Them that wants to vote, vote! :D 

http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/12590-april-2014-reading-circle-poll/page-?mode=show

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Just finished The Humans by Matt Hoag, Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan and Austenland by Shannon Hale.  I'm currently re-reading Tale of Two Cities, which I am enjoying, and Last of the Mohicans, which I am considering setting aside for a couple of other books on my nightstand.

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I started Pet Sematary by Stephen King last night. I know the story as I've read it before, and I'm dreading what is going to happen. :hide:

Love that book, first read it when i was 10, loved it ever since. The films brilliant too i think (although a lot of people disagree). I think the man who plays Jud Crandall is suited to that role.

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Oops Jänet :giggle2::D Way to go for finding the silver lining, though! Libraries are wonderful :smile2:

They sure are! :)

 

I picked up More Awkward Situations for Men by Danny Wallace for £1.25 in a charity shop yesterday so I started that last night.

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I started Pet Sematary by Stephen King last night. I know the story as I've read it before, and I'm dreading what is going to happen. :hide:

 

I don't know if you're being very brave or just plain crazy :hide:  :lol::friends3:   Enjoy! As it is to be enjoyed...

 

They sure are! :)

 

I picked up More Awkward Situations for Men by Danny Wallace for £1.25 in a charity shop yesterday so I started that last night.

 

Oooh, bargain! Great find :)

 

On page 72 of my current read. I've discovered what the title is about (Coffee with Music)! It's coffee with the optional addition of whisky :D Reminds me of The Men from the Ministry :)

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