Ben Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Thankfully I have finished The Gathering - total tripe. Now getting on much better with The Woman in Black by Susan Hill I recently finished Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut which I thought was excellent, and I'm now going to make a start on Perfume by Patrick Suskind. I remember reading this in the past but I've never listed it down anywhere - Goodreads or otherwise. This means I either never finished it or I just forgot. I'm pretty sure I liked it so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Just picked up If I Stay by Gayle Forman The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and The Giver by Lois Lowry Dark Places by Gillian Flynn on Amazon special for $2.99 each and The Boy From Reactor 4 by Orest Stelmach for $1.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladymacbeth Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Well after seeing everyone's praise I've just found the kindle version of For Whom the Bell Tolls for 91c so I bought it. I enjoyed A Farewell to Arms and think that's the only Hemingway I've read previously.I'm reading very slowly right now but I've just finshed The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickman and I feel like I've found a great new author I can get into. I can't remember whether it was on Goodreads or Amazon but they had celebrity recommendations and Diana Gabaldon recommended one of Rickman's books. I've given up on Ms Gabaldon's books a few years ago but she is right about Phil Rickman - excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I've finally finished The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths. Been a bit slow with my reading lately. I'm now going to start The Girl in the Photograph by Kate Riordan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 In the post today from the lovely Hayley....the follow up book to 'Before the Storm' by Diane Chamberlain......'Secrets She Left Behind'.....look forward to reading this one...thank you very much my bookie friend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I've been busy cataloguing my new books today, but mainly I've been resting, I hope to post the list of new books tomorrow . I haven't actually done much reading unfortunately. Lots of you are reading interesting books, though, that's nice to read about . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I've decided the next book of my TBR is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. It's the first of any Twain's books I have read and I'm a little surprised that I didn't read it as a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I just bought Katherine by Anya Seton, about Katherine Swynford and life in the 1300's. Highly praised by my favorite Tudor Historian, Alison Weir, I am quite excited about it and it might be my next read. (It is a Kindle daily deal for $1.99) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) I just bought Katherine by Anya Seton, about Katherine Swynford and life in the 1300's. Highly praised by my favorite Tudor Historian, Alison Weir, I am quite excited about it and it might be my next read. (It is a Kindle daily deal for $1.99) I read and loved Katherine many decades ago. Hope you do too. Edited November 28, 2014 by pontalba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie9 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Halfway through Stephen Kings Dark Tower The Drawing Of The Three, don't know why but i seem to be reading slower lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I've decided the next book of my TBR is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. It's the first of any Twain's books I have read and I'm a little surprised that I didn't read it as a child. I hope you enjoy it! I've not read it before either, the book is on my TBR. I just bought Katherine by Anya Seton, about Katherine Swynford and life in the 1300's. Highly praised by my favorite Tudor Historian, Alison Weir, I am quite excited about it and it might be my next read. (It is a Kindle daily deal for $1.99) It wouldn't be my sort of thing, but I hope you enjoy it when you read it ! In the post today from the lovely Hayley....the follow up book to 'Before the Storm' by Diane Chamberlain......'Secrets She Left Behind'.....look forward to reading this one...thank you very much my bookie friend.... I hope you like this one ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I finished The Maze Runner. Thought the story was ok, but I don't think it was written particularly well. Now I'm reading Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum. I bought this back in 2011, so it's high time I started reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 I still had some money left on a gift certificate so decided to download the next Daisy Dalrymple book in the series, as I already have the two after that from a time they were on sale, and so I'm now reading A Mourning Wedding and really enjoying it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Thankfully I have finished The Gathering - total tripe. Now getting on much better with The Woman in Black by Susan Hill I loved The Woman in Black! So atmospheric. I've decided the next book of my TBR is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. It's the first of any Twain's books I have read and I'm a little surprised that I didn't read it as a child. I didn't read any of Twain's books as a child either. I wish I had. As an adult, I've now read Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer (I just read this recently), and I loved them both. I'm now a big fan of Mark Twain. I finished The Maze Runner. Thought the story was ok, but I don't think it was written particularly well. Now I'm reading Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum. I bought this back in 2011, so it's high time I started reading it. I totally agree with you on The Maze Runner. Ooh, Broadmoor Revealed sounds fascinating! I'm off to look it up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Just finished The Survival of Thomas Ford by John A. A. Logan....review over on my thread. Great psychological thriller. Have started The Final Silence by Stuart Neville. Excellent so far! Edited November 30, 2014 by pontalba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Reading The Martian by Andy Weir now. I went through my outstanding books from 2011 and 2012 but none of them appealed to me, so I picked one from 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Quiet afternoon at work so I've finished The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and I've nothing else to read with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) A quick bit of intensive reading has seen me finish off both Cider with Rosie (not great - just 2*) and An Awfully Big Adventure (much better - 4*) this weekend, both books in the English Counties Challenge. Plan to move on to AS Byatt's Possession next - my 50th book of the year, and the earliest I've reached this landmark since starting keeping a record seven years ago. Edited November 30, 2014 by willoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Reading The Martian by Andy Weir now. I went through my outstanding books from 2011 and 2012 but none of them appealed to me, so I picked one from 2013. Oh, we both loved it! I hope you do too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Reading The Martian by Andy Weir now. I went through my outstanding books from 2011 and 2012 but none of them appealed to me, so I picked one from 2013. Oh, we both loved it! I hope you do too. It sounds scary- is it scary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) It sounds scary- is it scary? Weir keeps the tension ramped up, but I don't think it was scary, even though the situation itself is a terrifying one. The style of Weir's prose is matter of fact and humorous actually. . The technical aspects are fascinating and told in a manner I could understand.....most of it. Edited November 30, 2014 by pontalba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Oh, we both loved it! I hope you do too. Just finished it - thought it was pretty good! The story went in a different direction than I was expecting I thought there would be martians. , but I was glad for that. It sounds scary- is it scary? I wouldn't say it was scary, but like Pontalba says there is a lot of tension. It's a pretty riveting read and hard to put down - I finished it in less than a day. Not sure what to read next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Just finished it - thought it was pretty good! The story went in a different direction than I was expecting I thought there would be martians. , but I was glad for that. I wouldn't say it was scary, but like Pontalba says there is a lot of tension. It's a pretty riveting read and hard to put down - I finished it in less than a day. Not sure what to read next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 So. I'm now reading three books....The Final Silence by Stuart Neville, Lord John's Private Matter by Gabaldon, and the Robert Vaughn autobio that Ruth recommended a while back. The Neville is great, but very intense so I switched to the Gabaldon, and today I picked up the Vaughn out of curiosity....all good books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Quiet afternoon at work so I've finished The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and I've nothing else to read with me. Ooh, I hate it when that happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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