frankie Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Ahh, I believe the bad reviews pinpointed the ending! Oh and BTW.....I'd read a while back that the movie ending was different, but yesterday I read an interview with the author, and that is not true. Ah, well... Okay, I suppose I can get that. But what if all the books ended the way we 'wanted', and in the predictable way. That's no fun Well, you can't please them all! LOL re the marmite, and, not bloody likely! Don't knock it till you try it... I wasn't feeling the Jane Austen book last night so I switched to Attachments by Rainbow Rowell and was sucked right into it! I read 80 pages before I fell asleep. Quote
Brian. Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I managed to spend a fair chunk of time reading at the beach when I was in Barcelona so I'm almost done with One Hundred Years of Solitude. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Don't knock it till you try it... Marmite, the food of the gods I'm currently about 350 pages into David Gemmell's Lion of Macedon Quote
bobblybear Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Just finished I Am Pilgrim, probably the best book I've read all year. Not sure what to pick up next, but I don't think I'll start anything tonight. (Actually, I'm supposed to be studying, but nevermind. ) Quote
Athena Posted October 14, 2014 Author Posted October 14, 2014 I'm two thirds into Horns by Joe Hill, having just arrived at the 'The Fixer' part of the book. I'm also three quarters into Rip it Up by Richard Wiseman. I hope to do some more reading today so I can finish both of them. They're both quite enjoyable (in their own ways), I'm eager to read what'll happen next in the story of Horns. Quote
Athena Posted October 14, 2014 Author Posted October 14, 2014 I finished Horns and Rip it Up and have started Rainbow Rowell - Attachments, inspired by Frankie's thread. I felt in the mood for something a bit more uplifting and easier to read, after reading Horns. Quote
chesilbeach Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Just finished The Snake, The Crocodile And The Dog by Elizabeth Peters. Not my favourite of the series, but I still enjoyed it. Will be glad to read the next one when things should be back to normal!Not sure what to read next, so will have to peruse the bookshelf this evening and see what I can find. Quote
Anna Begins Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 I finished Horns and Rip it Up and have started Rainbow Rowell - Attachments, inspired by Frankie's thread. I felt in the mood for something a bit more uplifting and easier to read, after reading Horns. Geez, hon, it was only 8:00 when you posted that Quote
Athena Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 Geez, hon, it was only 8:00 when you posted that Yeah I noticed that too. I did a lot of reading yesterday . Quote
geordie9 Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Im upto Vol5 Books Of Blood, just started The Candyman story (although its not called Candyman like the film). Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 In honour of Horror Month I've started Stephen Gregory's The Cormorant Quote
bobblybear Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 I finished Wierd Things Customers Say In Bookshops. It's a very quick read, probably took me only an hour. Now I've started The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Good so far. Quote
Athena Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 Now I've started The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Good so far. I hope you like it . I enjoyed it when I read it two months ago. I've read quite a bit of Attachments by Rainbow Rowell today, it's good but different than Fangirl (by the same author). The book contains some references I don't understand, but it's not integral for the story so it's not too bad (not as many references are in Horns anyway). The book alternates chapters of the two female main characters' email conversation and chapters written from the male main character's point of view. It's an interesting way of telling a story. Quote
chesilbeach Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 I started Idiopathy today by Sam Byers. I've read about 40 or 50 pages, but I can't read anymore. I know it was about three characters and after reading the first chapter about one of them, I was hoping I'd find something redeemable about the second, but unfortunately it was not to be, and I don't want to spend any more time with them, so this will unfortunately be my first abandoned book of the year. Never mind, plenty more books on the shelf! Quote
Anna Begins Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 I started Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam, the third and namesake of the trilogy. It's really cohesive to both Oryx and Crake and Year of the Flood, so I am not struggling with any strange-ness... yet Quote
Inver Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Still reading 'The Villa in Italy' and Before the Storm....but in the post yesterday they lovely Hayley has send me another Diane Chamberlain to add to the wobbly TBR pile....'Secret Lives'...looking forward to reading it. Quote
Anna Begins Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Im upto Vol5 Books Of Blood, just started The Candyman story (although its not called Candyman like the film). One of the scariest movies I've ever seen! Quote
geordie9 Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 One of the scariest movies I've ever seen! Reading the story has made me wanna watch the films again Quote
dex Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 I finished Heartsick by Chelsea Cain today and I enjoyed it. (My mobile now only posts Mobile and not Full for some reason.) Quote
pontalba Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 I'm still reading In the Lake Of the Woods, but have also started Detour by Martin M. Goldsmith. Noir. Quote
Athena Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 I finished Heartsick by Chelsea Cain today and I enjoyed it. (My mobile now only posts Mobile and not Full for some reason.) When I browse the site on my mobile there's a button / link somewhere on the page that allows me to switch back to full. I don't know if this would help you, but thought I'd mention it. I started to read A. S. King - Ask the Passengers yesterday. I'm not that far into it yet, but so far I'm enjoying it. According to the back of the book the main character, a girl, will fall in love with another girl (as well as other stuff that happens). I haven't read many books about this theme so I hope it'll be good. Quote
frankie Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 I finished Heartsick by Chelsea Cain today and I enjoyed it. Glad you enjoyed Heartsick! I would really recommend you read the sequel, Sweetheart, too I finished Attachments by Rainbow Rowell last night in bed, it was really good! Don't know what to read next... Quote
bobblybear Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 I hope you like it . I enjoyed it when I read it two months ago. It's quite good, probably the Gaiman I have enjoyed most (as I have struggled with some of his others). I'm about two-thirds through and will probably finish it tonight as it's quite short. Quote
poppyshake Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Just about to make a hot drink and settle down for a few more chapters of The Gallery of Vanished Husbands by Natasha Solomons .. I'm about two thirds of the way through now. Also reading The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell .. fascinating stuff but very in depth so best read when all my cylinders are firing .. anyone know when that is? Quote
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