Louiseog Posted February 10, 2008 Author Posted February 10, 2008 Got halfway through Lucretia Grindle The Faces of Angels, and now I cannot find it anywhere which is a shame because it had taken ages to get going and just had! So started The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (which I won on here about twenty years ago!) Unfortunately the version I won which was ten small books has been lent to a friend who was desparate to read them and has not finished! So am reading a library copy and its great! Quote
Louiseog Posted February 15, 2008 Author Posted February 15, 2008 Not maintaining its greatness Quote
Louiseog Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 Got halfway through Lucretia Grindle The Faces of Angels, and now I cannot find it anywhere which is a shame because it had taken ages to get going and just had! Found in a trawl of the sofa! Still good and wish I'd not bothered with Glass Books, hey ho Quote
Louiseog Posted February 19, 2008 Author Posted February 19, 2008 Vivian Vande Velde Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird. A selection of backwards fariy tales, what really happened aimed at older children, Hansel and Gretel are murderers etc. Good fun and quick. David Grant Elephant - sort of chick lit for 50 year old men. OK Quote
Louiseog Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 Playing with the Moon Eliza Graham Reeling from the death of their baby son in a car accident, Minna and her husband Tom take refuge in a lonely coastal village commandeered by the military in 1944 and only recently reopened to the public. Tom and Minna find the remains of a black American GI on a beach. He Quote
Louiseog Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 Hurting Distance Sophie Hannah, am really enjoying this one Quote
Louiseog Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 E-Luv Dave Roberts, this is quite scarey for those of you like me who are slightly addicted to the internet! Quote
Michelle Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 What about those who are VERY addicted to the internet?! It had some good reviews on amazon, and it does look fun! Quote
Louiseog Posted February 28, 2008 Author Posted February 28, 2008 Quick and easy about internet dating etc, some very funny bits Apple - Michael Faber Quote
Janet Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Playing with the Moon Eliza GrahamReeling from the death of their baby son in a car accident, Minna and her husband Tom take refuge in a lonely coastal village commandeered by the military in 1944 and only recently reopened to the public. Tom and Minna find the remains of a black American GI on a beach. He Quote
Louiseog Posted March 4, 2008 Author Posted March 4, 2008 I've chosen this as my choice for Bookworms this year (September, I think). I hope it'll create some good discussion. Think it will! Went away for the weekend with my virtual reading group. Apple was good the same as CPATW with some clever twists. Did finish it for me Marshmallows for Breakfast Dorothy Koomson - here is the conversation - work colleague you must read this book its great.......... I'll lend it to you! Me thanks (trying to be polite) then tried to find someone else who had read it and could precis the plot! NO-one had so read it, and it was great! Lots of 'issues' well addressed and not a pat ending Eventide Kent Haruf - a bit like Luciana Trigiani for me quiet and non eventful but drew me into a rural American society where most people were decent and got what they deserved (sequel to Plainsong which was a film) Quote
Louiseog Posted March 5, 2008 Author Posted March 5, 2008 Gold - Dan Rhodes, strange but interesting, half Japansese lesbian goes to Wales for the fortnight every year, very close observations of what happens and her feelings, with a twist. Double Cross James Patterson great! Quote
happyanddandy Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 Marshmallows for Breakfast Dorothy Koomson - here is the conversation - work colleague you must read this book its great.......... I'll lend it to you! Me thanks (trying to be polite) then tried to find someone else who had read it and could precis the plot! NO-one had so read it, and it was great! Lots of 'issues' well addressed and not a pat ending I also read 'Marshmallows' recently giving Koomson a second chance after reading her first one (title escapes me) which was dire. I enjoyed it but didn't really appreciated the food chapter titles. I see her latest is already number 2 in the fiction charts Quote
Louiseog Posted March 8, 2008 Author Posted March 8, 2008 It was My Best Friend's Girl and I did think this one was better. Finished Double Cross and it was as good as it gets, much better than more recent ones. Gathering the Water Robert Edric, left me feeling very sad, an engineer overseeing the flooding of a valley for a resevoir, trying to do it properly and realising that no-one appreciated that this was the case really melancholy and sad! Quote
Louiseog Posted March 14, 2008 Author Posted March 14, 2008 The Sunday Wife, Cassandra King. A really good coming to terms with life book. 'This book will make you laugh and cry. You will cheer madly for courageous Dean as she journeys nervously towards independence and for good friends such as Augusta.' The Australian Women's Weekly'King has written a truly heartwarming story, a tale of turbulent emotions and vagaries of public opinion in a small Southern town.' Publishers WeeklyMarried for twenty years to the Reverend Benjamin Lynch, a handsome, ambitious minister of the prestigious Methodist church, Dean Lynch has never quite adjusted her temperament to the demands of the role of a Sunday wife. When her husband is assigned to a larger and more demanding community in Florida, Dean becomes best friends with Augusta Holderfield, a woman whose good looks and extravagant habits immediately entrance her.As their friendship evolves, Augusta challenges Dean to break free from her traditional role as the preacher's wife. The constrictions of this world bring Dean to a crossroads when tragedy shatters her life and she learns the truth of Augusta's past. The Sunday Wife is Cassandra King's captivating debut novel about one woman's journey towards independence and the life-changing friendship that guides her there. Quote
Louiseog Posted March 15, 2008 Author Posted March 15, 2008 Boy A Jonathan Triggell Very thought provoking and ultimately extremely sad, boy A is released from prison having been a child murderer he becomes a very sympathetic character and you want him to succeed in his new life but then............. MC Beaton Love Lies and Liquor a useful antidote! The Secret Art of the Chess Machine Robert Lohr, better than I thought it would be Quote
Louiseog Posted April 2, 2008 Author Posted April 2, 2008 Nightmare Academy Dean Lorey, Artemis Fowl for monsters, I liked this, easy and quick Crusade, Robyn Young, too long, too many characters, no more please Simon Brett, A Nice Class of Corpse, a Mrs Pargeter Mystery, a bit like Agatha Raisin Now on Russka by Edward Rutherfurd Quote
Janet Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 Simon Brett, A Nice Class of Corpse, a Mrs Pargeter Mystery, a bit like Agatha Raisin I read all of those Pargeter books when I was pregnant and then when my son was born. It was about all my poor addled brain could cope with at that time! Quote
Janet Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 No, I haven't. I thought they looked a bit like 'Miss Read' books - from the cover that is, I haven't looked any further into them than that! Are they good? Quote
Louiseog Posted April 5, 2008 Author Posted April 5, 2008 Quite similar to Mrs Pargeter, really easy to read, the Book People do the first ten books for a tenner! Quote
Louiseog Posted April 9, 2008 Author Posted April 9, 2008 Blood at the Bookies Simon Brett, the most recent fethering mysteries and as good as ever! The Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson a Javier Falconi mystery, set in Seville good thriller so far quite close to the bone! Quote
Louiseog Posted April 11, 2008 Author Posted April 11, 2008 The Coachman Rat David Henry Wilson A lovely take on Cinderella with shades of Pied Piper, I loved it! The Shakespeare Secret JL Carrell, promising start (Quite like Da Vinci) Very like The Da Vinci Code, easy thriller based on Shakespeare Quote
Louiseog Posted April 14, 2008 Author Posted April 14, 2008 Measuring Time, Helon Habila wonderful tale of African life. Great sort of coming of age novel in Nigeria. I like this book in the same way that I liked the Precious MAcKenzie stuff on the tv because it shows Africa in the same way that the West is shown, flawed but not plague ridden or starving. Put off reading it and am very glad I did Quote
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