rosegarden Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 The books I've read so far this year - Emma - Jane Austen The Road to Nab End - William Woodruff Disordered Minds - Minette Walters Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher The God of Small Things - Arundati Roy Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married - Marian Keyes Killing Me Softly - Nicci French Marrying the Mistress - Joanna Trollope The European Job - Jonathan Booth Mrs Murphy Hires a Cleaner - can't remember the author! No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith Over Hill and Dale - Gervaise Phinn An Equal Music - Vikram Seth - it wasn't a page turner, and I felt he waffled too much for my taste. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt Kate Hannigan..........Catherine Cookson.......its been ages since I last read a Catherine Cookson book, took this on my hols and really enjoyed it Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.........JK Rowling.......another one I took on hol and I loved it! Can't wait to read all the others now Second Wind...........Dick Francis Angels & Demons.......Dan Brown.....I found it quite slow and a bit boring at the beginning but it livened up a lot towards the end......its a mix of religion, science, murder mystery, a bit of romance with a few twists and turns......would make a great film! Chocolat..........Joanne Harris........I loved it....this is the 2nd JH book I've read and, like Blackbery Wine, it took me a while to get involved enough to care about the characters. Its a lovely tale of a single mother opening up a chocolate shop (yummmmmyyyyy) in a small French town and how she seems to alter peoples lives slowly, but not everyone (particularly the local priest) is happy that she's there. The Aristocrats .......... Stella Tillyard Any Human Heart .........William Boyd My Life as a Fake ......... Peter Carey Along Came A Spider......... James Patterson Tristram Shandy............... Laurence Sterne Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets ........ JK Rowling The Visitor...................... Lee Child The Tea House on Mulberry Street.........Shirley Owens Amanda's Wedding................. Jenny Colgan One False Move ................. Harlan Coben Falling Angels .................... Tracy Chevalier Notes From A Small Island ............ Bill Bryson The Ice House .................. Minette Walters Mort ............................... Terry Pratchett Tara Road ........................ Maeve Binchy Double Deal ...................... Jenny Pitman The books I'm reading at the moment - Trixie Trader - Helen Dunne One For The Money - Janet Evanovich Favourite book - Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone Least Favourite - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Books to read - Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Playing the Moldovans at Tennis - Tony Hawks Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Wow... what a lot of books, Carole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosegarden Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 Hi Tiger Most of them are audio books that I listen to while doing boring jobs like washing up, ironing, dusting, cleaning windows etc. I wonder if anyone else does that? Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 We did have a discussion about them early on.. I'll go and bump it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosegarden Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 I've nearly finished the first book in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich 'One For The Money' and I have to say that I'm really enjoying it. Quite a few people recommended these books to me but I've avoided reading them for a long time as I didn't think they were my type of book........how wrong I was! Stephanie Plum lost her job, had to sell her car and most of her possessions to pay the rent when she was persuaded to ask her cousin Vinny for a job and ends up being a bounty hunter! I know it sounds far-fetched and, to be honest, it is but Stephanie Plum is a girl with guts and imagination. In parts it is very very funny but it can also be quite scary, especially when she attracts the attention of a psycopathic boxer! She finds herself in a few scrapes (like being handcuffed naked to her shower rail by the man she is looking for!) but she always manages to extracate herself.....with a little help from her friends. I noticed that my local library has most of the series on their shelves, I'm really looking forward to reading them all. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Hi Tiger Most of them are audio books that I listen to while doing boring jobs like washing up, ironing, dusting, cleaning windows etc. I wonder if anyone else does that? Carole Me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosegarden Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 Me! Hi Louise I'm glad I'm not the only one who listens to audio books Do you borrow them from the library? At our library they are 90p for CD's for 3 weeks and 60p for cassettes, which I think is great value. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Gosh no, sounds like a plan though. I listen while driving so not loads, but my kids listen to them all the time. (don't read though!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwimellon Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I have most of the Harry Potter books on cassette. I love listening to them while driving. Also while baking. It's nice for times when I am too busy to read much. Plus, Jim Dale who read them is excellent! I want to try listening to more books-on-tape in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I have most of the Harry Potter books on cassette. I love listening to them while driving. Also while baking. It's nice for times when I am too busy to read much. Plus, Jim Dale who read them is excellent! I want to try listening to more books-on-tape in the future. I've got all of them too but here theya re read by Stephen Fry who I love be interesting to hear another version (not sure I could cope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosegarden Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 Ooooh I've listened to the first two Harry Potter books read by Jim Dale - I think he's a wonderful storyteller I've got the others on my tbr pile. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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