Kate Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I've been listening to Going Postal by Terry Pratchett - enjoying it a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegold Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Finished Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger. Fun light read! Now onto Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I'm up to page 190 of The Turning so am just over halfway finished. It's a very light read that's for sure, but I'm having fun with it after that last book. I'm looking forward to moving back to something heavy after I finish this one though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Finished Possession. What a lovely book. I will get on with reading Alice now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Finished Possession. What a lovely book. I will get on with reading Alice now. Glad you enjoyed Possession, Ooshie Did you find it a tough read, though? I started reading Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Glad you enjoyed Possession, Ooshie :eek2: Did you find it a tough read, though? I found most of the book a straightforward and enjoyable read, and it made me cry at the end which I wasn't expecting *sniff*. But I wasn't joking when I said it had lots of long poems in it - several pages long, many of them - and it also had quite a long section with letters written between two Victorian poets. I have to admit that I did find these bits very hard going, and I think that when I reread this book in the future I will probably miss them out! I am full of admiration for A S Byatt for having created the poems and letters, and the different voices she successfully gave each poet, but to me the poems in particular didn't add anything to the story and just made me long for them to end as I dutifully read through them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mappelle Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Up to chapter 8 in '61 hours'...Jack's back to his best; hope it continues.. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I started reading Oliver Twist last night. I read 50 pages without much difficulty which is saying a lot since I have trouble reading Dickens! Go me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoopalicious Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I didn't get as much reading done yesterday as I had originally hoped, so I'm planning on making up for that today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 A copy of Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures turned up in the post today. I think it's a "thank you" from the publisher for reading the proof copy of Plague Child. It looks a female-orientated book on first viewing, but I stand to be corrected. Has anyone read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I've finished A Midsummer Night's Dream this morning and can say i really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 A copy of Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures turned up in the post today. I think it's a "thank you" from the publisher for reading the proof copy of Plague Child. It looks a female-orientated book on first viewing, but I stand to be corrected. Has anyone read it? I have read it! Not sure of your taste in books but I would say that you are spot on in your thoughts! The story is told from two points of view but they are both women! I enjoyed the book but felt that nothing much happened. Incidentially I was in London 2 weeks ago and I went to the Natural History Museum and saw Mary Anning's fossil. It was pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 A copy of Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures turned up in the post today. I think it's a "thank you" from the publisher for reading the proof copy of Plague Child. It looks a female-orientated book on first viewing, but I stand to be corrected. Has anyone read it? I think Mexicola read it too, Roland, but don't quote me. I love Chevalier dearly and it's on my wishlist . I'm looking forward to hearing what you think if/when you read it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I am 100 pages in to The Book of Flying and I am still in reading nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Read another 100 or so pages of Martin Lukes: Who Moved My Blackberry? which is very funny (I'm sure I know one or two real life Martin's), and have started planning day trip to London in a couple of weeks. Will be indulging in a day of bookshops, so have started plotting the route I need to take to make the best use of time and least amount of travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver arrived in the mail today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I hope you enjoy it, Pixie, I found it a very good read. I finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and started I Can See You by Karen Rose. I need an entertaining read to cheer me up, and that looks like it should keep me occupied now the rain has come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 My mojo has been on vacation the last couple of days so I haven't gotten any reading done Hopefully a little later today I can get at least a half hour in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Rubbish visit to the library today even went into the book shop but was uninspired , I might make a visit to Amazon and treat myself . so I will continue with The Seance which I am enjoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brida Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 ^^That usually happens to me when I go to the library during the summer, because you're allowed to borrow more books than usual, and for a longer period of time. So all of the good ones are out, and the ones left are either crappy, or good but have already been read Have read 50ish pages of The book thief, and have got about as much till the end of The 5 people you meet in heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I've given up on The Turning, mainly for being far too fluffy and to be honest, a waste of time. I decided instead to finally start The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow, and after hearing all kinds of praises heaped upon it by Mac, I'm really looking forward to read it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Just finished 'Banquet of the Damned' by Adam Nevill, now back to 'Little Big Man' by Thomas Berger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I've finished The Laughing Corpse by Laurell. K. Hamilton and I've started to read Club Dead by Charlaine Harris to refresh my memory for Season 3 of True Blood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I finished Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination or whatever it was, read The Sliver by Ira Levin and now I'm re-reading The One hundredth Thing about Caroline by Lois Lowry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I'm still reading The Count of Monte Cristo and really enjoying it. Such a gripping story! Yesterday I bought The Bahviour of Moths by Poppy Adams. It was an impulse buy as I saw it for only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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