Kat's Reading 2006

[Lilywhite]

Today i finished The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury and The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman.

 

I enjoyed the Ice Queen even though it is quite a sad read. I love the way Hoffman writes, she can be so descriptive with the simplest of ideas and really bring them to life for her readers.

 

The Last Templar is a great story. Along the lines of The Da Vinci Code but IMO a book written for film rather than just to be a great book (if you get what I mean???) It was very blockbuster-ish in some parts and I honestly feel the book could have been better written. If you bring it down to the basics though, a great plot idea. I loved the story within

 

I shall now concentrate on the Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

[Kell]

I've been eyeing up a copy of The Last Templar - I might have to add it to my TBR pile now (it never ends - LOL!).

[Lilywhite]

it's definately a good read Kell, as long as you don't get hung yp on tiny details and just like the story

[Icecream]

Yes. I would like to read that book. The trouble with a memory like mine is that one forgets wat books one has seen that seem super. I now have a list on my computer..

[Lilywhite]

I have the same problem Icecream!! I have a list on the computer and I carry a list around in my bag too..... just in case I 'find' myself in a bookshop or near the market

 

I also have to carry a pen too so I can add to it when I see something else

[Lilywhite]

I'm still ploughing on with The Historian, it's really really heavy

 

So far liking what I read although it's a bit difficult as it's not a book you can read bit by bit, you really have to dedicate some time to it

 

I'm getting there eventually though, I just have to fit it in around my OU studies at the minute. :read:

[Sarahrob]

So far liking what I read although it's a bit difficult as it's not a book you can read bit by bit, you really have to dedicate some time to it

 

I'm doing exactly the same thing! Hopefully this weekend I will be able to find a good block of time to spend on it.

[Lilywhite]

Just been in waterstones and seen they have a paperback copy of it now

 

Oh well, I managed to only pick up one book today, I'm being good :angel:

 

I got the Darran Shan trilogy, which I can't really be held accountable for, it was all Kells fault

[Kell]

Hope you enjoy the Darren Shan stuff, Kat!

 

I've failed coompletely to find any nice, big chunks of time to read the Historian properly, so every time I pick it up I have a humourous "what the h*ll is going on?" moment while I try to figure out who's narrating that bit of the story - LOL! Still, I'm managing to really enjoy it, despite taking forever to read it, so that's good. Several of my colleagues have been asking me about it, so it's become quite the coffee-break topic of conversation (althoguh I only found this out by chance as I sit alone & read rather than joining them - LOL!) & am lending it to one of my nicest colleagues when I'm done. I think he may well enjoy it too...

[Lilywhite]

it's become quite popular here too.... I'm having to fight the boyfriend for it lol

[Kell]

BTW, Kat - congratulations on the 10 months & 6 days of being cigarette-free - I know it can be tough, but it's worth it - well done!

[Lilywhite]

Thank you Kell. I only realised how long it had actually been the other day and it felt such an achievment I'm an inspiration to others because if I can do it then ANYONE can lol

[Lilywhite]

I managed to get through quite a bit of the Historian yesterday and although it is heavy I'm pushing through the pain ( ) and really enjoying it.

 

I went to the Library today and picked up a couple of new books and I also managed to get a copy of The Tenth Circle for only

[Lilywhite]

 

I finished the Historian!!!!!

 

Not sure what I will read next but I know it will be smaller

[Lilywhite]

I chose Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. I finished it this afternoon and really enjoyed it. It's a much better story than Salem Falls and Plain Truth IMO. I thought her stories were on a bit of a decline but I'm well and truly hooked again now.

[Lilywhite]

The B*tch Goddess Notebook - Martha O'Connor

 

quote from back of book

'Dark, poignant and only too believable. This is a book that will walk alongside you, and haunt your dreams long after you turn the last page.' Jacquelyn Mitchard

 

My opinion

Don't know what book she was reading but it wasn't this one. The story was nothing special other than it was a quick easy read. It had very little to do with the plot outlined in the blurb and therefore I felt duped into reading it.

 

I have now picked up Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters instead.

[Lilywhite]

Yay :star:

 

Another successful trip to the library where I came back with three books to read, none of which are from my, ever increasing, 'want to read' list!!

 

Also managed to pick up Eva Rice - The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets for 50p on the car boot.

 

Happy bunny

[Sarahrob]

Also managed to pick up Eva Rice - The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets for 50p on the car boot.

 

Happy bunny

 

Love it when that happens!

[Lilywhite]

I am quite proud of myself for finding that little gem......

[Lilywhite]

I finished Tipping The Velvet ~ Sarah Waters today. I found this quite an enjoyable read, although I was quite tainted at first due to the BBC's 'dramatisation' of it. I was quite fascinated to find that there is a great story hidden underneath all the bodice ripping that they advertised on tv!

 

Made me blush in a few places, not for the faint hearted but still a great story

[Kell]

I've been thinking of getting this one & The Fingersmith for a little while now...

[Lilywhite]

I really enjoyed this one, more than I thought I would and Fingersmith and Affinity are now on my list to be found

[Angel]

I have a copy of Fingersmith up for sale if you're interested! It is in very good condition with a crease down the spine and has only been read once

[Lilywhite]

Thanks Angel, will keep you in mind. I'm having to be good (well, as much as I can) at the moment but when I've cleared a few of my TBR's I will come back and hope you still have it

[Lilywhite]

I finished the Undomestic Goddess last night. I qute enjoyed this book and it was a great light read after the few heavy books I've read recently.

 

Now starting Out ~ Natsuo Kirino

 

In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives.

A young mother among them finally cracks and strangles her philandering, gambling husband then confesses her crime to Masako, the closest of her colleagues. For reasons of her own, Masako agrees to assist her friend and seeks the help of the other co-workers to dismember and dispose of the body. The body parts are discovered, the police start asking questions, but the women have far more dangerous enemies - a yakuza-connected loan shark who discovers their secret, and a ruthless nightclub owner the police are convinced is guilty of murder. He has lost everything as a result of their crime and he is out for revenge.