pontalba Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Finished The Loves of Charles II by Jean Plaidy yesterday, and tonight I've started The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster. I've only read the first few pages, but I love Auster's voice here. So dry and downright funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I'm about to curl up and read more of The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I'm read about a third of The Killing Dance this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 This morning I begun Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot - very good so far (about 35 pages in)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Finished The Complete Polysyllabic Spree- Nick Hornby. Just finishing off the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheeta Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Nearly finished Shim Chong, Sold Girl by Hwang Sok-Yong, and it's the most interesting book I've read about Asia in my whole life. It's not funny, but I've learned a lot of things about Asia at the end of the XIXth century. After, I'll start The Shining by Stephen King if my library is open, or Alone by Lisa Gardner if I finish the book too quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Crisis Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks for the comments on The Count of Monte Cristo.... I'm looking forward to reading it, but then I'm not. I think it's because I remember being forced to read classics at school, when in fact we were too young to really understand/appreciate them (plus they were Hardy - so depressing!). I'm trying to get stuck into the 1001 list though, so I'm game! pickle - hope you enjoy Black Magic Sanction! I loved it <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Carson Whit Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I've read near to 100 pages of Fatherland today, which is a hell of a lot for me to read in one go, a sure sign of a great book. Robert Harris is fast becoming my favourite author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Got to the end of St Thomas's Eve today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I finished How to Be Good by Nick Hornby today (what a boring book in the end) and started reading Miss Smilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I have just ordered 'Chattering' by Louise Stern, having read about her and her collection of short stories in this Observer interview. I am totally intrigued by the article, so had to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 ive read another 60 pages of Fighter Boys today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I'm now reading Shutter Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Finished The Killing Dance this evening. Written a couple of reviews, and will try and get through a few more (only 10 behind now!) before retiring for the evening with next book which will be Runaway by Meg Cabot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I am part way through two books, Black magic Sanction - Kim Harrison and Shades of Grey - Jasper FForde. Kim Harrison was a read in the garden Jasper when i was still in bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I didn't read anything over the weekend and I doubt I'll get much read today because I'm way too tired to concentrate on anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I decided to start Land of the Burnt Thigh by Edith Eudora Kohl tonight. It's an autobiographical account of 2 women who travel to South Dakota in 1907 to put a claim on a homestead. It's very interesting so far! My great-grandpa came from Norway and settled in South Dakota in about 1890, so it's a story that hits very close to home . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skírnir Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Currently I'm reading a historical novel that takes place in 1874 in Iceland - at the time when king Christian d. 9 comes to visit the small town of Reykjav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I'm listening to Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. It is very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 I got three books for my birthday: The Lost Daughter by Diane Chamberlain (from mother-in-law), The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson and Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey (from hubby and children). It seems my hubby has worked out how to access my Amazon Wishlist! Shame nobody bought me a new reading mojo - it's pitiful at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I got three books for my birthday: The Lost Daughter by Diane Chamberlain (from mother-in-law), The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson and Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey (from hubby and children). It seems my hubby has worked out how to access my Amazon Wishlist! Shame nobody bought me a new reading mojo - it's pitiful at the moment. Ah, sorry to hear that Janet, hope your reading mojo comes back soon. By co-incidence I'm just about to start Tatty. Hope you enjoy The Elephant Keeper I really liked that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Went back to Head Trip. Registered a few books on bookcrossing and released one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Am now about 200 pages into Jackie, Ethel, Joan. It is a really readable book of the three women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 It took me awhile but I am starting to enjoy 'The Ghost Writer' by John Harwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Does dancing for joy because my pretty hardback copies of Generation Dead, The Kiss of Life and Passing Strange have been shipped from the states count ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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