Gyre's Reading Adventure from Jan 2008 - June 2008

[Weave]

I finished 'The Chocolate Lovers Diet' by Carole Matthews, it was a lot of fun, a really good read.

 

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Finished 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, it was really good, I enjoyed it a lot and I finished 'Sylvester' by Georgette Heyer which was really good too, I recommend both of them very highly.

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I finished 'Mister Pip' by Lloyd Jones, what an amazing book.

[Janet]

I finished 'Mister Pip' by Lloyd Jones, what an amazing book.

It's lovely, isn't it.

[Weave]

Oh totally Janet, just lovely x

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I started 'The Color Purple' yesterday and finished today. Now I read 'The Color Purple' years ago and I swear I felt like I was reading a different book, it was a brilliant book and I seemed to identify more with so many aspects of it.

 

[happyanddandy]

I started 'The Color Purple' yesterday and finished today. Now I read 'The Color Purple' years ago and I swear I felt like I was reading a different book, it was a brilliant book and I seemed to identify more with so many aspects of it.

 

 

I also read it years ago - interesting that it seemed so different

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I finished 'The Well of Lost Plots' by Jasper Fforde, it was really good, I can't wait to read the next installment!

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I finished 'Confessions of an ugly stepsister' it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.

 

Revew to follow soon.

[Weave]

I finished 'Wicked' it was a lot better than I thought I was going to be.

 

 

I was quite sad at the end though.

 

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Started reading 'Son of a witch' by Gregory Maguire:D

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Finished 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker, it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.

[Kylie]

Glad you liked it, Gyre! It's one of my favourite books

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Cool!

[~Andrea~]

Finished 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker, it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.

 

I was very presently surprised by this book. It's very pacey isn't it. The first half of the book was absolutely riveting and very creepy.

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I finished 'Skulduggery Pleasant' and it was great

[Louiseog]

You see I read this and it left me cold...... could not engage with the characters normally I like ya but this did nothing for me

[Michelle]

I agree Louise, I read about half of it, then gave up. I kept thinking that I should be enjoying it, but I just wasn't.

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Finished 'Son of a witch', review to follow

[Guest ii]

I cannot help it, that title is just delicious!

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^ I know, so many people I know totally mis-read the title

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Finished 'Edgar Jones', it was brilliant

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I finished 'Something Rotten' by Jasper Fforde, its my favourite now next to 'The Eyre Affair', a great read

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Just finished 'The Midwich Cuckoos' by John Wyndham. John Wyndham's books had never really appealed to me, I did like 'The Day of the Triffids' (TV series) and 'The Village of the Dammed' (both movies). John Wyndham was a very talented writer (I know I am stating the obivious), 'The Midwich Cuckoos' was genuinely scary book for me, just how cold and calculated the Children were was a main factor, the isolation of Midwich was brilliant represented too, I actually felt claustrophobic.

 

I am about to start 'The Chrysalids'

[Weave]

I finished 'The Chrysalids' by John Wyndham and it was brilliant!, He caught the essence of the story so well, the mentality of the people, David's views changing as he got older, we found out what happened to Sophie. I really enjoyed it.