Rawr Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I read a couple more chapters of The Book Thief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Have almost finished The Rotter's Club, may even finish tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Finished "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" today. Bought a couple of books. Probably going to read a few chapters of "Me and Mr. Darcy" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I read another few chapters of Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin books, this one is called Special Assignments I keep thinking I am not enjoying this book but then I get sucked in and this is the best of the 3 I have read so far. Its the russian names which confuse me somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I started reading A Steroid Hit the Earth: A Celebration of Misprints, Typos and Other Howlers last night. It's by far the funniest book I have ever read. I had to put it down just a few pages in because I could no longer read it for the tears in my eyes. I ended up reading a large chunk of it and just laughed hysterically the whole way through. And it takes a lot for me to laugh out loud. Definitely not a book to be read in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Definitely not a book to be read in public. I dunno, nobody would want to sit beside you on public transport always a bonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookThane1590 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I finished volume 1 of "Best New Horror," published in 1990. It's a collection of short horror stories given to me by a friend circa 2002 or 2003, and since it's dog-eared (my sister would say "loved") and kind of gross, I didn't mind taking it to my semi-sanitary workplace (and I think I'm going to BookCross it). Some of the stories were completely annoying, or just ridiculous, and some were ridiculously annoying, but there were a tolerable few. Luckily, I ended on one of the tolerable ones. I think I'm going to blog about it though, so I won't say too much. But I'm grateful to have read it, because it exposed me to more horror authors that I'm going to look up. Without that book, I'd continue my tendency to confine myself to no more than 10 authors of various genres (and most of my bookshelf is Stephen King). I read 2 more chapters of "The Da Vinci Code," and I don't know how Dan Brown didn't get annoyed with his own writing style. He's just a bit too slow for me, and the dead guy in the beginning ... arrghhhh!! So frustrating!! Damn you, Dan Brown!!! ::shakes fist in the air:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanC_84 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Read some more of The Count of Monte Cristo and Rachel's Holiday last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jingo Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I'm just about finished with Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I. I've just got a few more cases to go; I'll be sad to finish it. I guess it's a good thing I have Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume II on stand-by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Read a couple of chapter of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King whilst I had some hot chocolate. This is the one that's about five months overdue at a library in another county Luckily there is a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I have read a few more chapters of Catch 22, I'm still really enjoying it. I forgot to mention I went second hand shop shopping at the weekend and bought: On Beauty - Zadie Smith The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy The Behaviour of Moths - Poppy Adams Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen Labyrinth - Kate Mosse The Savage Garden - Mark Mills I have got to stop buying books. I seriously cannot read fast enough!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I took a couple of books I'd registered on Book Crossing into town with me and left them in the Bon Accord shopping centre in Aberdeen yesterday morning. When I passed back through again 15 minutes later, one was already gone and someone was reading the blurb on the back cover of the other, so I hope they register that they've found them, read them, adn then release them back into the wild once more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I finished reading A Steroid Hit the Earth. I would recommend it to anyone wanting a good belly laugh; it was utterly hilarious. I've also read about 100 pages of The Crimson Petal and the White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave165 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Just starting The Girl Hunters by Mickey Spillane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I'm hoping to finish The Little Princess today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmck Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I read Christine D'Abo's "No Quarter" Awesome!!! And Joey W. Hill's "Branded Sanctuary". Absolutely fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I forgot to mention I went second hand shop shopping at the weekend and bought: On Beauty - Zadie Smith The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy The Behaviour of Moths - Poppy Adams Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen Labyrinth - Kate Mosse The Savage Garden - Mark Mills I have got to stop buying books. I seriously cannot read fast enough!!! Oh the wonders of second hand book shops and charity shops, I love em! Good haul cookie! I haven't read anything in a couple of days now, I have decided though to go on to Amazon and order a few, does that decision count towards book activity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I'm hoping to finish The Little Princess today I did indeed finish it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Finished The Rotter's Club and started Malinche- Laura Esquivel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I haven't read anything in a couple of days now, I have decided though to go on to Amazon and order a few, does that decision count towards book activity? Yes indeed! Do remember though that it might take a bit more time for the books to arrive because of all the plane delays I've been waiting for my book for more than the usual period. My only book activity today so far: I sent a book off to a friend. Ooh and I got Trainspotting from the library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I have read a few more chapters of Catch 22, I'm still really enjoying it. I forgot to mention I went second hand shop shopping at the weekend and bought: On Beauty - Zadie Smith The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy The Behaviour of Moths - Poppy Adams Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen Labyrinth - Kate Mosse The Savage Garden - Mark Mills I have got to stop buying books. I seriously cannot read fast enough!!! Yes I'm having the same problem, I bought 'The God of Small Things' from a charity shop today. I hope to read 'Water for Elephants' soon, liked 'On Beauty' and 'The Behaviour of Moths' and loved 'Catch 22'. I must admit to being scared of taking on 'Labyrinth' .. I've no idea why. Am getting close to finishing 'Cloud Atlas', I can't say I'm sorry. Bits I've enjoyed and bits I haven't but all in all a bit of a struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Although my mojo has divorced me I still couldn't resist the bargain bin at Morrison's (3 for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I must admit to being scared of taking on 'Labyrinth' .. I've no idea why. Am getting close to finishing 'Cloud Atlas', I can't say I'm sorry. Bits I've enjoyed and bits I haven't but all in all a bit of a struggle. Poppyshake, I was a bit wary of Labyrinth too, but thoroughly enjoyed it once I got started - I hope you do too. I agree with you about Cloud Atlas; if I remember rightly I was really drawn in at the beginning of the book and expected to love the whole thing, but was less and less impressed as the book went on. I kept hoping I would enjoy it more again, but didn't. I'm up to page 650 in The Stand by Stephen King now, and have also read 50 pages of Shadow by Karin Alvtegen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I must admit to being scared of taking on 'Labyrinth' .. I've no idea why. Me too! It's taunting me from my shelf, both it and the sequel, but it's huge!! Kathy Reichs - Grave Secrets I'm going to need a few more bookcases at this rate I have exactly the same prob re bookcases, my books are all doubled up now Is the Kathy Reichs new? The last one of hers I bought was Devibl Bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I read a chapter of The Book Thief, hoping to get a few more chapters done if I can drift off to sleep in the next couple hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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