Emm Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi all, I'm Emmalene, 31 years old and from sunny Birmingham. Stumbled on this site whilst trying to find what to read next and was viewing posts as a guest well into the wee small hours last night!! Fave 5 books of the year so far: 1) A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini 2) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larrsson 3) The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 4) The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 5) The Time Travelers Wife - Audrey Niffeneger Hmm - a lot of foreign authors there! Have been trying out new books and authors this year after years of reading chick lit - but I still like to settle myself down with a large bar of Galaxy and a Jane Green/Louise Bagshawe/Marian Keyes et al every so often! Always have at least two books on the go at any one time, have run out of new books at the moment so am re-reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and Behaving Badly by Isabel Wolff whilst I'm waiting for my next package from Amazon to drop through the door! Any recommendations would be most appreciated!! Looking forward to getting to know you all, Emm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestfi Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi Emm and welcome. See you're a fan of icanhascheezburger too, as am I...can't recommend anything to you I don't think as I'm more into detective/thriller/crime fiction, but hope you enjoy yourself here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hello Emm, and welcome to the forum! Recommedations? Oh you'll get loads just from looking! Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi Emm I've read all your top five except the Larrsson book, and loved A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Shadow Of The Wind and The Time Travelers Wife. Like Chrissy says, just having a mooch through the forum should give you plenty of recommendations of what to read next, in fact, you'll probably have too much choice! A couple of my favourites of the year have been The Other Hand by Chris Cleave and The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Nice to meet you Emm, and welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amethyst Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Welcome to the forum! I've read some of your top 5 too, and have just started The Book Thief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Welcome! How did you like The Shadow Of The Wind? I have it on my shelf waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hello Emm, welcome to the forum. You`ll soon have so many recommendations you won`t know what to do with them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amethyst Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hello Emm, welcome to the forum. You`ll soon have so many recommendations you won`t know what to do with them all. Other than spend a hell of a lot of money buying them haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hello and welcome Emm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Other than spend a hell of a lot of money buying them haha Lol, very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi and to the forum Emm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hello and welcome to the forum! I'm sure you've found the right place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 hello welcome and enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hello Emm :lol: to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hope you are finding your way around. For recommendations you have come to the right place. Look under the Library section and you will find loads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookworm44 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Welcome to the forum, Emmalene! Enjoy! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Welcome to the forum, Emm! You'll fit right in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I hope you enjoy this wonderful site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hi, and welcome, Emm!! It sounds like you and I share some common reading interests.. I also loved "The Book Thief" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," and am sooo not above lying back with some chocolate, a glass of wine, and a chick-lit read. For chick-lit recs, 2 of my favorites this year have been: The Luxe - Anna Godbersen (Book 1 of a series) The Ivy Chronicles - Karen Quinn (one of the funniest books I've read) Just throwing those out there in case you haven't read either of them and are interested. Hope you're finding your way around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hi Emm and welcome to the gang, you will like it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hello and welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hey Emm! Welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hello and welcome! The Book Thief and The Time Traveler's Wife are two of my very favourite books, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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