Acesare* Posted July 24, 2006 Author Posted July 24, 2006 Finally got that write up on KOKO (see last page) Quote
Acesare* Posted July 27, 2006 Author Posted July 27, 2006 Reading list Empress Orchid - Anchee Min (currently reading) A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away - Christopher Brookmyre Stormy Weather - Carl Hiassen Devil in Grey - Graham Masterton Broken - Kelley Armstrong (Ok, it's still quite short, but you have to admit it's different!) When those are done, it'll have to be the library Quote
Acesare* Posted August 16, 2006 Author Posted August 16, 2006 I have discovered the joy of charity shop book purchases! I returned from Wales with 10 books to add to my 'to read' collection for the princely sum of Quote
Acesare* Posted September 1, 2006 Author Posted September 1, 2006 Another 2 new books (and I haven't read any of the above yet!): The Cat Detective - Vicky Halls and The Five People you Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom which I got for the Septemebr challenge. Quote
Acesare* Posted September 1, 2006 Author Posted September 1, 2006 A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away Quote
Acesare* Posted September 1, 2006 Author Posted September 1, 2006 The Five People you Meet in Heaven Quote
Kell Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 I'm glad you enjoyed it so much - I read it as one of the Posh Club reading choices & we all rather liked it there - it's such a gentle book that seeps into you - & such a quick read too! Quote
madcow Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 I read this last weekend and really enjoyed it too Quote
Acesare* Posted September 4, 2006 Author Posted September 4, 2006 Stormy Weather - Carl Hiaasen This book is driving me mad! He always refers to the characters by their full names, even if there's on 2 of them there! These are a couple of lines from one paragraph: "Tony Torres sat in what remain of his living room . . . Tony Torres recalled the party 2 moths earlier . . In the cutthroat world of mobile-home sales, Tony Torres had become a start." He's sat there on his own, we know his name, you don't have to keep repeating it! :grr: Quote
Acesare* Posted September 23, 2006 Author Posted September 23, 2006 Things are getting out of control on the book buying front - I'm going to bankrupt myself really quickly if I keep this up! I said this on 31st January - kinda ironic isn't it! 4 months I managed, crikey! Quote
Janet Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 Things are getting out of control on the book buying front - I'm going to bankrupt myself really quickly if I keep this up! I said this on 31st January - kinda ironic isn't it! 4 months I managed, crikey! Awww. Just watch what you say on 31 January next year! Quote
Acesare* Posted September 23, 2006 Author Posted September 23, 2006 I plan to go for the Only Fools and Horses special - "This time next year, Rodney, we'll be Millionaires!" Quote
Maureen Posted October 1, 2006 Posted October 1, 2006 Jo, you have really changed your reading habits drastically! Good for you girl! Quote
Acesare* Posted October 12, 2006 Author Posted October 12, 2006 Cat Detective - Vicky Halls I really don't need to write much about this. Everyone on here knows how much I love cats, so any book involving them is enjoyable for me. Vicky Halls is a cat counsellor, and travels about advising people on behaviour problems with their feline friends. The book includes case studies and practical advice for dealing with problem pussies, and all her books are a 'must read' for cat lovers. I've had cats my whole life and have several reference books on cats (I like the pictures ) and this book still gave me an insight into what's been going on with my kitties. They didn't get on, and we didn't realise how much Lex was suffering. I now know why, and what could have been done about it - shame it came a bit late Quote
Acesare* Posted October 12, 2006 Author Posted October 12, 2006 Devil in Grey - Graham Masterson Quote
Acesare* Posted October 12, 2006 Author Posted October 12, 2006 Another book to add to the TBR list - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Andy's constant promotions finally payed off here! Quote
Acesare* Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 Broken - Kelley Armstrong Well, after being introduced to Kelley Armstrong earlier this year by Michelle, I've become a bit of a fan. I really enjoyed the first 5 books in the series, and was really looking forward to reading her 6th, Broken. I wasn't disappointed. With Elena pregnant, I had worried that the book would have lost some of the pace of the others, expecting that pregnancy would have slowed our werewolf heroine down some. I was please to discover she was just as feisty and strong willed as ever. There was an extra bonus in this book for me. I used to be quite interested in the whole Jack the Ripper thing (I had to be - my ex was obsessed!) and have read a few books, seen copies of the letters (those thought to be hoax and those thought to be real) and I had some knowledge of the From Hell letter. I was impressed to find that Kelley had stuck to the original legend quite closely (as far as I remember), and only embelished when she brought in the supernatural Quote
Acesare* Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 One For My Baby - Tony Parsons Quote
Acesare* Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 Right. I'm a bit lost. I like to read books in the order that I buy them, but I've got so many recently that I've got to get the order straight: The Secret Purposes - David Baddiel (just in time to miss the reading circle - I'm reading so little at the moment) Maid of the Mist - Colin Bateman Turbulant Priests - Colin Bateman Kathy Lette - Mad Cows Kathy Lette - Girls' Night Out The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold Tess Gerritsen - Surgeon Flight form Deathrow - Harry Hill Black Angel - Graham Masterson Death Dream - Graham Masterson Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell Miracle In The Andes - Nando Parrado The Stars Tennis Balls - Stephen Fry It's Different For Girls - Jo Brand A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby Sick Puppy & Skin Tight - Carl Hiaasen omnibus Native Tongue & Striptease - Carl Hiaasen omnibus Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Phillip K Dick That's like, 18 books in my TBR pile (if you count the omnibuses as 2 each)! And this is the first year I've asked for books for Christmas! What are you people doing to me?!?!? Quote
Acesare* Posted November 28, 2006 Author Posted November 28, 2006 Can't believe I missed books off this list! 2 x Graham Masterson should have been between Harry Hill and David Mitchell - added now so that makes 20! Quote
Acesare* Posted November 30, 2006 Author Posted November 30, 2006 The Secret Purposes - David Baddiel Quote
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