Kylie Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I've been wanting to re-read some of Roald Dahl's books for a while as I adored them as a kid, but I wasn't willing to pay around
whitegold Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I added yet another book to my 'currently reading' pile. Started Dead as a Doornail today and already addicted! haha. So entertaining. But unfortunately for the other books, they're being ignored right now. School + no free time, makes it hard to read, but when I can find the time I want something super light to read.
catwoman Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Read 70 pages of Dexter in the Dark yesterday, is already a promising start, really enjoying it already. I was really tired last night to carry on, but I have no work until this afternoon, so hopefully I can get a few more pages in.
Kylie Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 The rest of my haul: Hugh Laurie: The Gun Seller Stanislaw Lem: The Cyberiad CS Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet Lois Lowry: Gathering Blue David Malouf: The Conversations at Curlow Creek Melina Marchetta: Finnikin of the Rock David Mitchell: Ghostwritten Haruki Murakami: A Wild Sheep Chase Mary Norton: Bedknob and Broomstick Mack Reynolds: Towers of Utopia Terry Pratchett: various Discworlds and others (8 all up) Philip Pullman: The Subtle Knife Arturo Perez-Reverte: The Club Dumas Anne Rice: Interview with the Vampire JK Rowling: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them JK Rowling: Quidditch through the Ages Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things Shel Silverstein: Falling Up Alexander McCall Smith: various series (7 all up) Zadie Smith: White Teeth Alexander Solzhenitsyn: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich John Steinbeck: The Long Valley John Steinbeck: The Moon is Down Hunter S Thompson: The Great Shark Hunt John Updike: The Witches of Eastwick HG Wells: Selected Short Stories Scott Westerfeld: The Last Days Gene Wolfe: The Fifth Head of Cerberus John Wyndham: Trouble with Lichen I also bought a couple of reference books of Van Gogh's artwork.
Charm Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Oh, I must say, I've heard about that and have been considering putting it on my wishlist for a while, is it any good ? Oh yes! I think you'd like it
SueB Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Oh my I wish you lot would stop putting booklists on here........I keep going and ordering some of them Im still reading my Jodi Picoult book but should get that finished in next few days...
SueK Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I've read all the Akunin books except the latest one and think they're great. He also has another series featuring Sister Pelagia which is fairly good Glad you enjoyed them too ScarletBella. I must say that young Fandorin is growing on me. He is so naive and "gung-ho". Perhaps he simmers down in the the later books. I'll give the Sister Pelagia books a try too. Anyway, I finished The first Fandorin book last night and am now embarking on a collection of short stories called Shadows of Sherlock Holmes.
SueK Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Oh my I wish you lot would stop putting booklists on here........I keep going and ordering some of them Im still reading my Jodi Picoult book but should get that finished in next few days... That is the trouble with this Forum SueB. Since I joined last year my book bill has shot up:blush: Lovely though innit.
BookJumper Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Stanislaw Lem: The Cyberiad CS Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet Arturo Perez-Reverte: The Club Dumas These are on my wishlist so I'd love to hear what you make of them - particularly the Lem. I didn't know Hugh had written a book, I might have to chase that up! And I hope you enjoy Interview - because then you'd go on to read The Vampire Lestat, which is even better and one of my favouritest books ever !
SueB Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 That is the trouble with this Forum SueB. Since I joined last year my book bill has shot up:blush: Lovely though innit. Ive just had two books I ordered last week arrived...my pile is ever growing and I hold you lot responsible
page turner Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I finished up Jeremy Clarkson's Born to be Riled and I'm either going for another Diana Wynne Jones book or Pride and Prejudice. I'm thinking more the Jones as Austen is a hardback and I want to be able to read in the bath tomorrow:lurker:
Nicola Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I've just finished Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice and I loved loved loved it! I'm thinking of carrying on with the Vampire Chronicles but will probably be juggling them with uni reading
Guest velocipede2288 Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Reading a library book. H.R.F. Keating's "A Detective Under Fire."130 pages into it.
Fi. Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Got Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater & Covet by J R Ward in the post this morning and just got a dispatch notice from Amazon saying that the new Pratchett 'Unseen Academicals' is on its way I'm having a book blast from the past at the moment and reading Pennington's Seventeenth Summer by K M Peyton & I have the two sequels, Beethoven's Medal & Pennington's Heir, to read when I've finished.
MuggleMagic Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Just Read - One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey (was a little disappointed with this one) Currently Reading - Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier (I looooove Daphne Du Maurier so much ) Next - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (cannot wait to read this. It seems right up my street)
BookJumper Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 just got a dispatch notice from Amazon saying that the new Pratchett 'Unseen Academicals' is on its wayYay they didn't email me, though !
Fi. Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Yay they didn't email me, though ! Oh they will :friends0:Maybe it depends on when you pre-ordered it? I think I placed my order the first day it appeared on Amazon. Have just bought The Lost Book Of Salem and Kevin McCloud's Grand Tour Of Europe - they're both for my mum but I'll read them before I hand the books over
BookJumper Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Oh they will :friends0:Maybe it depends on when you pre-ordered it? I think I placed my order the first day it appeared on Amazon.I hope so although the way I see it, the whole idea of preordering is that you get it before or when it comes out in the shops, otherwise you might as well just get it from a shop... !
Fi. Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I hope so although the way I see it, the whole idea of preordering is that you get it before or when it comes out in the shops, otherwise you might as well just get it from a shop... ! Exactly! According to my little pre-order notebook it's not due out til October 6th or 7th so plenty of time
blithe Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I finished Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson last night - it was a good read with lots of twists and turns. I'm reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo next.
Beccles Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) Just read, The Real James Herriot authorised biography by James Wight. How sad that Alf Wight Died such a painful death He was so lucky to get published too. Now reading Deadly intent by Lynda la Plante which will be followed by Lord of The Flies by William Golding. Edited September 30, 2009 by Beccles
BookJumper Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Exactly! According to my little pre-order notebook it's not due out til October 6th or 7th so plenty of time According to Amazon it comes out tomorrow, which is why I'm all and that they haven't dispatched mine yet...!! also to BookMoochers who don't reply to days-old requests - how long does it take to click a button and say "no, get lost"? On a more positive note, my "used - like new" copy of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's seems to have left the States today so I might just get it in time for HitchCon... *fingers crossed* !
Stephanie2008 Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I'm still reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets I don't have much free time at the minute, and as soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm asleep
Scarlette Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Just Read - One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey (was a little disappointed with this one) Oh, no... I have this on my TBR pile... I'm continuing with Ghostwalk. Things are getting quite intriguing.
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