SweetiiPie85 Posted September 28, 2009 Author Posted September 28, 2009 I am now going to read Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell which my OH has been wanting me to read. Hopefully at some point I will get around to finishing Pride and Prejudice. Quote
fayezie Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 I would say that you really have to read the books in order. Have you read any of them? No I haven't, can you let me know the order? Quote
Charm Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 Great reviews SweetiiPie! I love the Logan MacRea books so it's good to hear Halfhead is just as good, my type of thing Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Posted October 13, 2009 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Sypnosis from Waterstones) Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101. "Nineteen Eight-Four" is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime. My Thoughts I thought this was a brilliant read, although parts of the story were quite distubing! The most chilling thing about this book is the possibility that it could actually happen and that scares me! Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) I am now reading Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell :eek2: I am hoping to complete the Scarpetta series as I have heard she has a new Scarpetta book out at the end of October. A few books to add to my TBR pile; A Book of Illumination: A Novel from the Ghost Files by Mary Ann Winkowski Lady Vernon and her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austin's Lady Susan by Jane Rubino Sawbones by Stuart MacBride The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Scarpetta Series by Patricia Cornwell Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Edited October 13, 2009 by SweetiiPie85 Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell A reclusive writer is dead. And her final manuscript has disappeared ...Someone is stalking Beryl Madison. Someone who spies on her and makes threatening, obscene phone-calls. Terrified, Beryl flees to Key West - but eventually she must return to her Richmond home. The very night she arrives, Beryl inexplicably invites her killer in ...Thus begins for Dr Kay Scarpetta the investigation of a crime that is as convoluted as it is bizarre. Why would Beryl open the door to someone who brutally slashed and then nearly decapitated her? Did she know her killer? Adding to the intrigue is Beryl's enigmatic relationship with a prize-winning author and the disappearance of her own manuscript. As Scarpetta retraces Beryl's footsteps, an investigation that begins in the laboratory with microscopes and lasers leads her deep into a nightmare that soon becomes her own. My Thoughts Brilliant! I really enjoyed reading this book and did not want to put it down. A great second installment to the Scarpetta Series. Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 I am now reading The Woods by Harlan Coben Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted November 2, 2009 Author Posted November 2, 2009 The Woods by Harlan Coben Paul Copeland's sister went missing twenty years ago. Now raising a daughter alone, Cope balances family life with a career as a prosecutor. But when a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope, the well-buried secrets of the past are threatening everything. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive...? Confronting his past, Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to light... My Thoughts This is another brilliant read by Harlan Coben. I was yet again hooked from the very first chapter and I just could not put it down. The book ended just as I hoped it would 10/10 Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted November 2, 2009 Author Posted November 2, 2009 I am now away to read Just One Look by Harlan Coben. I had a trip to the book shop at the weekend and bought Marley and Me by John Grogan Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Hold Tight by Harlan Coben so i will be kept busy for a wee while Quote
northernnutter Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Couldn't agree with you more about Coben, Sweetiipie!! I've read most of his books, and have enjoyed all of them!! I see you're reading another one?? It's a goodie!! Happy reading, Northernnutter. Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Posted November 10, 2009 Couldn't agree with you more about Coben, Sweetiipie!!I've read most of his books, and have enjoyed all of them!! I see you're reading another one?? It's a goodie!! Happy reading, Northernnutter. Thanks I am really enjoying reading his books, they are brilliant! Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Posted November 10, 2009 Just One Look by Harlan Coben Grace Lawson is living a happy, straightforward life in the suburbs with her husband, Jack, and two young children. But that security is about to come to a brutal end. For when Grace picks up a set of holiday snaps, amongst them is one shot that doesn't fit: a faded image of a life that Grace doesn't recognise and of her husband as she never knew him. Within twelve hours, Jack has disappeared, a brutal hitman is stalking her family and the safe world she knows has been turned upside down. And all Grace can see is that the past is coming back to haunt the present and people are getting hurt... My Thoughts Harlan Coben is brilliant, I loved this reading this book. I was hooked and desperate to find out what happens. There are a lot of characters in this book and it was great how he brought them all together. I was very shocked at the ending and annoyed that I never figured it out myself 10/10 Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Posted November 10, 2009 I am now away to start Hold Tight by Harlan Coben. Quote
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