Acesare* Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 Maid of the Mist - Colin Bateman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Mad Cows - Kathy Lette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Girls Night Out - Kathy Lette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Johnny and the Bomb - Terry Pratchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Got a little out of order and Harry Hill got accidentally bumped! So, updated reading list: Flight from Deathrow - Harry Hill The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold Tess Gerritsen - Surgeon 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 The Abortionist's Daughter - Elizabeth Hyde The Throat - Peter Straub Lisey's Story - Stephen King Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman Gasping - Ben Elton I think that's all at the mo. Need to read faster so I can buy more books! The next ones I want to buy are - A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Balck Pencil by Christopher Brookmyer and The QI Book of General Ignorance (if that's what it's called). There are more, but I can't remember at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Wow, Jo - you've really diversified these days, haven't you? That's an excellent range you have there. I spy several I've read alreay myself & can say you've got some great reading coming up - and I can definitely recommend the Brookmyre! Happy reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Acesare- On your avatar info it says: bomb: terry pratchett -- what does bomb mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I think it's Johnny and the Bomb, by T.P. It's just that it did not fit all in one line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Oh, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dupin Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Well? Do they? I intend to find out as well. At some point. For years I've even held off watching Blade Runner because of my intention to read the book first. And to think I might absolutely hate both book and film, ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Flight From Deathrow - Harry Hill This has to be one of the most bizzare books I have ever read! The book reads like on of Harry Hill's stage shows - a basic story that is padded out with random tangents and strange coincidences. The blurb: What happens when you are sharing a flat with Prince Edward and twenty pigmies? When an artificial-foot freedom fighter throws a British-made foot at the chairman of the communist party of China and is bundled off to a mobile prison made by the Ford Motor Company? Just what is Jonathan Aitken's Divas of Rock Show? Will Deng Xiao Ping make it to Tower Records to buy the latest Staus Quo album? What of Lady Di Chinese Restaurant in Walthamstowe which specialises in radishes carved in the shape of British Prime Ministers? Will Andrew Lloyd Webber complete his new musical DOG BREEDER? Will Willie Whitelaw marry his parrot? Will our hero make that engagement at the Gonk factory in Leeds? There are a number of celebrities appearing in situations that only Hill could imagine, and this quite often had me slack jawed in amazement! The book is very funny, but probably not a good read for those who like a story to have a purpose or to be 'realistic'. Basically, if you like Harry Hill, read this book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold I've heard conflicting reviews on this book, so I was quite interested to read it and see what I thought of it. I actually quite enjoyed this book, despite the fact that I found the subject matter upsetting. I felt that the reactions of Susie's family were so believable. The death of a loved one, especially a child can rip a family apart or bring them closer together. Parents can become obsessed (as Susie's father does), distracted and self absorbed (Susie's mother) as well as simply falling to pieces and becoming depressed (which is often more expected) - people deal with grief in so many different ways. I enjoyed the way the relationships developed within the book, especially Susie's attempts to grow up by sharing experiences with her sisters. There are quite a few things that annoyed me about this book. I felt that the language used by the narrator, Susie, was a little too mature for a girl of 14 - I'm struggling to find an example at the moment, but the tone just didn't seem to fit with my idea of a teenager, even a teenager in the 70s. Also, I didn't particularly enjoy the passage about Susie's heaven - they just didn't seem to make sense in the context of the book, they seemed to shallow and poorly developed and left a strange taste in the mouth. I was aprehensive about reading this book, it's very far removed from the books I would normally choose (and I wouldn't have bought it at all if I wasn't looking for a third book to make up the '3 books for £2.50' in the charity shop), and, one I'd bought it, I read a number of unsatisfied reviews on here. I did enjoy the book, although it wouldn't be high on my list of books to read again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 That one I read and enjoyed Jo. How are you finding it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 That one I read and enjoyed Jo. How are you finding it? The Surgeon? It was ok, very difficult for me to read though . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 The control freak in me is going mental! I received 3 new books yesterday through the post and I'm expecting another to arrive soon, they all need to be bumped to the top of my TBR pile and I'm freaking out about it! It's really weird, because I offered to read the books (they're for future projects for the forum), and I'm pleased and excited to be helping out, there's just this part of me that's thinking "you should be reading Cloud Atlas"! The 3 that arrived yesterday are: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell Small Island - Andrea Levy The Mathmatics of Love - Emma Darwin They're all very far removed from my normal reading choices (although I'm not so sure what they are at the moment - I'm just reading everything!), but I'm really looking forward to them. I've already started 'Esme Lennox' and, although I'm only 30 pages in, I'm already hooked and think I'm really going to enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I've already started 'Esme Lennox' and, although I'm only 30 pages in, I'm already hooked and think I'm really going to enjoy it. Yay! I'm glad you're liking it Maggie O'Farrell's one of my favourite writers and reading Esme was one of my highlights of 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold I've heard conflicting reviews on this book, so I was quite interested to read it and see what I thought of it. I actually quite enjoyed this book, despite the fact that I found the subject matter upsetting. I felt that the reactions of Susie's family were so believable. The death of a loved one, especially a child can rip a family apart or bring them closer together. Parents can become obsessed (as Susie's father does), distracted and self absorbed (Susie's mother) as well as simply falling to pieces and becoming depressed (which is often more expected) - people deal with grief in so many different ways. I enjoyed the way the relationships developed within the book, especially Susie's attempts to grow up by sharing experiences with her sisters. There are quite a few things that annoyed me about this book. I felt that the language used by the narrator, Susie, was a little too mature for a girl of 14 - I'm struggling to find an example at the moment, but the tone just didn't seem to fit with my idea of a teenager, even a teenager in the 70s. Also, I didn't particularly enjoy the passage about Susie's heaven - they just didn't seem to make sense in the context of the book, they seemed to shallow and poorly developed and left a strange taste in the mouth. I was apprehensive about reading this book, it's very far removed from the books I would normally choose (and I wouldn't have bought it at all if I wasn't looking for a third book to make up the '3 books for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I am bit late answering this, sorry Aces, I am glad you are looking forward to a good year. About books, I find myself going back to old favourites too, it gives you a bit of comfort x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Small Island - Andrea Levy Heya Jo - I read this at the end of last year and it is completely outside of my normal reading too. But I really enjoyed it, I'd never really thought about that time just after the 2nd world war - I think it gets a bit forgotten in novels and history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 Updated list: Dead Souls - Michael Laimo Small Island - Andrea Levy The Mathmatics of Love - Emma Darwin 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 The Abortionist's Daughter - Elizabeth Hyde The Throat - Peter Straub Lisey's Story - Stephen King Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman Gasping - Ben Elton The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne Tengu - Graham Masterson The Devils of D-Day - Graham Masterson Mirror - Graham Masterson Charnel House - Graham Masterson and these random books Wraith left here and thinks I should read: The Reunion - Sue Walker For a Few Demons More - Kim Harrison Countdown - Ruth Wind Should keep me quite for a while, especially since my reading rate is almost non-existent at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Wraith's left another book behind for me to read: The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie Like the look of this one - I've had good experiences with comedians' novels in the past (David Baddiel, Robert Llewelyn, Ben Elton, et al) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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