Ben Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 May I just mention that I'm with you on the Twilight bit in your sig. Apart from I have read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 I couldn't resist - the book/film is everywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 It doesn't help with the crazy, obsessed fan-girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 It doesn't help with the crazy, obsessed fan-girls. Sorry everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Aww I'm only teasing with my signature - no need to hide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Run Bookbeee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I am a little scared. To be fair, I chat more about Noughts & Crosses now so I can be forgiven a little. Started by George Orwell this morning - (I had a half-term lie-in! ). I'm only on page 28/189 but it's great so far. I love Orwell's easy writing/reading style of his non-fiction books. I did have 1984 on my wishlist but I took it off as I worried the writing style wouldn't be for me. Have you read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 I have. I read it in 1981 and again a couple of years ago - my review here. I see I only gave it 6/10, but actually I think that after digesting it and thinking about it properly, I'd probably raise that figure now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Finished Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell last night. A really good read - 8/10 Edited February 23, 2009 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Finished The Flower Boy by Karen Roberts - 8/10. Now readingThe Land of Far-Beyond by Enid Blyton which is only 128 pages long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 (edited) Finished The Memory Game by Nicci French this morning. 6 Edited March 11, 2009 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I read both The Dare by John Boyne and All These Lonely People by Gervase Phinn this morning. These titles are both part of the Quick Reads series, released as part of World Book Day and are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I've just started The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I decided to read something out of my comfort zone and this is it! I never read sci-fi. I guess I'm cheating slightly because I read it at secondary school (such a long time ago!) but I've just finished the first chapter and have no recollection of the story at all - and I watched the 80s TV version too! I know it's being remade for the BBC this year so wanted to read it before that's released. This is also part of my 'reading through the decades challenge' published in the 1950s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I think that Wyndham is a great introduction to sci-fi. The Chysalids is my favourite. I look forward to hearing what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks Michelle. I've only just finished the first chapter but I'm liking the writing style so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Finished The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham this afternoon. I *loved* this book! I normally avoid sci-fi like the plague (I do have War of the Worlds on my 'to read' pile) but this was fabulous! - I can't praise it highly enough! 10/10 I'm making my husband read it next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I haven`t read Day of The Triffids since I was at school, a long time ago! I might have to read it again, glad you enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) Thanks. It seems that quite a few people read it at school. My Mum (who is far better read than I am) has never read it, so I shall be taking it over when hubby (starts and) finishes it. ETA: I'm going to read What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn next. Edited March 17, 2009 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn The ‘blurb’ A lost little girl with her notebook and toy monkey appears on the CCTV screens of the Green Oaks shopping centre, evoking memories of a junior detective, Kate Meaney, missing for 20 years. Kurt, a security guard with a sleep disorder and Lisa, a disenchanted deputy manager at Your Music, follow her through the centre’s endless corridors - welcome relief from the behaviour of customers, colleagues and the Green Oak’s mystery shopper. But as this after-hours friendship grows in intensity, it brings new loss and new longing to light. This book is set in 1984 and 2003/4. In 1984, Kate and her trusty sidekick, a toy monkey called Mickey, keep up surveillance on a number of ‘suspects’ in the Green Oaks shopping centre. A bit of a loner, she spends time on her own or with Adrian, the son of the local sweet shop owner who is quite a bit older than her. It’s a strange but entirely innocent friendship. The action skips forward to 2003 and Kate has been missing for 20 years after failing to turn up for an entrance exam at an esteemed public school. Kurt and Lisa are intrigued by the sighting of a little girl carrying a monkey and make it their mission to try to find her. Each has their own personal reasons for wanting to solve the mystery of Kate’s disappearance. O’Flynn’s characterisation is spot on and the feelings of loneliness that seem to come from the main characters are realistically written and the way she portrays the soullessness of the shopping centre is also very well done. One of my favourite characters in the early part of the novel was Theresa, who was first depicted as being ‘thick’ and rather unruly, but who in reality was a very kind and clever girl. I loved the 'not quite selfless' act of Kate putting Theresa’s name on the exam paper, enabling Theresa to have the start in life that she really deserved. Perhaps some of the coincidences are a bit… well, far-fetched, but it didn’t matter a jot. This is one of my favourite reads so far this year and I’m eagerly awaiting her next book. Edited March 23, 2009 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 My Mum has read this and keeps recommending it to me and then not being able to find her copy! It's written by and author who comes from Birmingham and apparently the shopping centre is based on Merry Hill- at least Mum claims she recognises it from the descriptions, although I would have thought that all shopping centres are pretty mush the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Well if she finds it then I recommend it too. I think I've read about it being based on Merry Hill before. I see you're reading The Liar - I have that on my Wishlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I like the sound of it anyway so if she found it I would read it. The Liar is pretty good so far, although not quite what I expected (having said that I'm not sure what I expected!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Finished The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham this afternoon. I *loved* this book! I normally avoid sci-fi like the plague (I do have War of the Worlds on my 'to read' pile) but this was fabulous! - I can't praise it highly enough! 10/10 I'm making my husband read it next! So glad you enjoyed it, it's a great book. I read it last year. Quite intrigued by What Was Lost - it does sound good. (mustn't add to wish list, mustn't!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 Quite intrigued by What Was Lost - it does sound good. (mustn't add to wish list, mustn't!) It is good. (should, should! ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I finished Black Rock yesterday (7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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