whitegold Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I picked up Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay today I'm excited to read it! Im about 250 pages into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I didn't get much reading done yesterday, but I've read 30 pages of Casino Royale so far today, and I expect to get a lot more read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I didn't get much reading done yesterday, but I've read 30 pages of Casino Royale so far today, and I expect to get a lot more read. How are you liking it so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 It's not too bad. I'm about halfway through and most of the plot has dealt with a card game. It's not exactly romping along like I thought it would, but at the same it's better than I thought it would be, in terms of the writing style at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I've ordered this off Amazon. I really liked the name so I decided to buy it. Please tell me it's good and I haven't wasted me money! Whoops, sorry, I only just saw this now! Yes, it's a good book. Very atmospheric and beautifully written. It's more like a work of art than a work of literature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I haven't gotten any reading done yet today (I just walked in the door), but when I went home to get my mail I had a lovely copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies waiting for me! Thankies, Weave!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I read maybe 30 pages of Flowers for Algernon last night before bed. I don't know what it is about this book. When I read it, I really like it, but I never feel like picking it up (I'm always fantasizing about reading some other book). The next morning I can never remember what happened in the book. Well I remember the bigger picture, but not the smaller details, which annoys me because I like the smaller details when I'm reading the book!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Still can't decide what to read I think I may have to wait a day or two until The Heretic's Daughter leaves my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I read maybe 30 pages of Flowers for Algernon last night before bed. I don't know what it is about this book. When I read it, I really like it, but I never feel like picking it up (I'm always fantasizing about reading some other book). I'm sorry you can't get into it properly, Frankie. Maybe you just need to read a little further? I really hope it works out for you because I really want you to enjoy it like Abby and I did/do. Maybe you shouldn't force it though; I wonder if it would be better to give it another go at a later date? I finished Casino Royale. It wasn't too bad, but I'm glad I gave my other James Bond books to my friend. I'll now focus all my attention on Club Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) Recieved A Thousand Splendid Suns in the post along with The Asbo Fairy Tales, The Motorcycle Diaries, A book of Wordsworth poems and a book of Lewis Carroll poems. I put aside The Pickwick Papers so I can start A Thousand Splendid Suns for the reading cycle in March. I just can't seem to finish a book this week. Fingers crossed A Thousand Slendid Suns will do it although I can already feel myself getting angry about the book...I will wait till the thread for it's open before I vent! Edited February 25, 2010 by Cookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Wow thats quite a bargain you got there and reason enough for people on a tight budget to use charity shops for books, you never know what you will find. I don't necessarily think you have to be on a tight budget to buy from charity shops. I go in to mine regularly just to see what is available that your can't get elsewhere. I found a wonderful little hardbook copy of "From Larkrise to Candleford" a year or so back for 75p! It was published in 1940 and is in very good condition. I have found some great out of date classics out there. I'm now really getting in to the Mesmerist by Barbara Ewing. Such a good story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Recieved A Thousand Splendid Suns in the post along with The Asbo Fairy Tales, The Motorcycle Diaries, A book of Wordsworth poems and a book of Lewis Carroll poems. I've never heard of the Asbo Fairy Tales but the title sounds pretty cool. What's it about Cookie? I'm doing dissertation bits and bobs this afternoon but hopefully I'll get a few chapters of The Virgin's Lover read tonight. It's so frustrating because so far it's been brilliant and I just want to sit down and get on with it Darn coursework! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I read a couple of chapters of 1984 by Orwell, i'm on a random book spree at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I've never heard of the Asbo Fairy Tales but the title sounds pretty cool. What's it about Cookie? http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASBO-Fairy-Tales-Christian-Asbosen/dp/1843172933/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267098896&sr=8-1 This is the Amazon page...I just couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I'm sorry you can't get into it properly, Frankie. Maybe you just need to read a little further? I really hope it works out for you because I really want you to enjoy it like Abby and I did/do. Maybe you shouldn't force it though; I wonder if it would be better to give it another go at a later date? I know, and I want to enjoy it too, to the fullest, and I do enjoy it but sometimes it just feels like a chore. I think the main problem is that lately I haven't had the time to concentrate on it for a longer period, I've been doing this and that. But I'm afraid that since I'm already on page 65 I would just hate to leave it and then have to start it again later. I'm gonna have dinner now and after that I have some spare time and I'm really gonna give it a good go Mind you, I think this book is the kind of book that I might want to own and reread later in life. So that's good news I finished Casino Royale. It wasn't too bad, but I'm glad I gave my other James Bond books to my friend. Yes yes yes!! Went to three libraries today, borrowed these from uni library: - The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (I just realised today that it's in the uni library collection!! Woo!!) - The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty (see above) - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon - The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse - Letters for Demian by Jorge Bucay The first four books are for the Rory Challenge, the first novel might also be in the 1001 Books challenge. I'm really looking forward to reading these but some of them are so huge that I'm not going for them immediately. The real perk of borrowing books from the uni library is that if you're lucky and there are no reservations for the books, sometimes you can hold on to them for a year, as long as you remember to reborrow them online :D I'm so naughty. I belong on the naughty step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Recieved A Thousand Splendid Suns in the post along with The Asbo Fairy Tales, The Motorcycle Diaries, A book of Wordsworth poems and a book of Lewis Carroll poems. I put aside The Pickwick Papers so I can start A Thousand Splendid Suns for the reading cycle in March. I just can't seem to finish a book this week. Fingers crossed A Thousand Slendid Suns will do it although I can already feel myself getting angry about the book...I will wait till the thread for it's open before I vent! LOVED the Asbo Fairy Tales - got them for christmas two years ago. Very funny book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASBO-Fairy-Tales-Christian-Asbosen/dp/1843172933/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267098896&sr=8-1 This is the Amazon page...I just couldn't resist. It sounds brilliant and very witty.....Snow White and the Seven Dads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I managed about 70 pages of Cabal by Clive Barker and 45 pages of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury whilst out and about in various places today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I've read about 50 pages of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. But I'm also skim reading the Harry Potter books for uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I am going to pick a new book out and start it in a while - not sure what it is going to be yet though... A romance though - I need a light read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Went to three libraries today, borrowed these from uni library: - The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (I just realised today that it's in the uni library collection!! Woo!!) - The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty (see above) - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon - The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse - Letters for Demian by Jorge Bucay I read Kavalier & Clay recently. It's superb. I write really rubbish reviews I finished The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius by Graham Farmelo today (finally!!!) It's really good but whenever a book takes me longer than a week to read I feel like I'm doing badly. Damn this whole having to work for a living lark. Going to start Lirael by Garth Nix shortly. Also picked up The Blade Itself and Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie from work today. No real idea what they're like but they have pretty covers and cost me 50p each so I thought I'd give them a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Exactly thirteen months to the day after I finished Doctor Who: The Writers Tale, by Russell T. Davis and Benjamin Cook I have finished Doctor Who: The Writers Tale: The Final Chapter, by Russell T. Davis and Benjamin Cook. Spooky . . . Very good it was though, and I shall be posting a review of it shortly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Finished Definitely Dead in bed last night and started the next in the series, All Together Dead, this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Finished 3rd Degree by James Patterson and now starting World War Z by Max Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Went to three libraries today, borrowed these from uni library: - The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (I just realised today that it's in the uni library collection!! Woo!!) - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Hooray! The second one is supposed to excellent, and I've had it on my TBR pile for a while. Maybe I'll read it with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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