AbielleRose Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Wow, are you a really fast reader or did you get to the movie really early? I got there about 25 minutes early If you're not embarrassed easily you should check out CCBB sometime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 i have got Jodi Picoult - songs of the humpback whale today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheeta Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I've read a few pages of The Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer. Next to come: Tunnels 4 (Closer) by Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams and Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 My book activity today was made out of awesome. Judge for yourself. Prologue: a while back me and my sister were talking books, and I used the word "metanarrative"; she then said to me that if I managed to use the word in conversation with a complete stranger - no booksellers allowed - she'd buy me a book. Activity: we went into a bookshop and I dithered nervously for a bit before tapping my sister on the shoulder and walking up to a random young man. I said to him, 'Can I ask you something? I am looking for people to interview for my thesis, it's on metanarrative; would I be able to contact you with my questionnaire? ...' All complete fiction, of course. My sister was suitably proud of my creativity and bought me Paola Boni's L'Evocatore (The Summoner), which looks abysmal in a marvellous way we've settled that when the sequels come out she'll give me other unusual words to puzzle innocent people with. Epilogue: I am not utterly mean though, I will write to the young man with a fictitious questionnaire so he doesn't feel cheated ! lol he said yes?He must have thought you were chatting him up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I read a little in Atonement, will probably be done tomorrow. And I received royal assassin in the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Finished a re-read of Eclipse this evening, and am going back to carry on with Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I read a couple more chapters of Frankenstein and am going to finish by the end of the week I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I have just finished Tess Gerritsen - The Killing Place an excellent read loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 That's awesome, Giulia!Why, thank you!Lol he said yes? He must have thought you were chatting him up!I'm sure he thought nothing of the kind... Oh. My. God. He did? Badger. Maybe I shouldn't send him a made-up questionnaire then...I read a couple more chapters of Frankenstein and am going to finish by the end of the week I would think.How are you getting on with it? 'tis one of my favourite books ever, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I managed an hour and half of reading this evening whilst Hannah was playing indoor hockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I'm not sure that I could do something so bold for the sake of a free book, Giulia. You're very brave! I have about 20 pages left of Rama Revealed. It's quite an epic story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexie Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I'm just starting The girl who kicked the hornets' nest by Stieg Larsson, after The girl who played with fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I finally finished Rama Revealed. Next up will be The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I'm not sure that I could do something so bold for the sake of a free book, Giulia. You're very brave!I'm not sure I'd call it bravery it's more of a mixture between poverty (I simply cannot afford to turn down a free book) and a proud inability to turn down bets (there've been times when, just because I'd been dared to, I've drunk a whole dipping bowl of Tabasco through a straw / eaten a packet of mayonnaise on its own straight out of the wrapper)! In other news, I read 22 pages of The Blue Girl between last night and this morning and will try squeeze a few more in before the day is done I'm enjoying this immensely, it's the YA book I would have given my right arm to have read as a young adult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I read around fifteen pages of Frankenstein and a couple of pages of Lisey's Story by King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Finished Path to the Lake, am thinking about starting Northanger Abbey next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 i finished Lone Pine Five and ive now got some dr who books to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 One chapter left in An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Sound be finishing my reread of City of Bones by Cassandra Clare today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Finished....The Memory Keeper's Daughter By Kim Edwards. What a great read..if you haven't put it on your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Finished An Evil Guest. Confusing, as are most Gene Wolfe books upon first reading. They are for me, anyway. I usually get it the second time around. I think I will read Gone With The Wind next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I think I will read Gone With The Wind next. Good luck! I tried to read that a few months ago and just couldn't. Have you read it before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) Good luck! I tried to read that a few months ago and just couldn't. Have you read it before? No, I haven't. But don't worry. If it doesn't grab me within the first 100 pages, I will move on to something I will enjoy. Have you read The Thornbirds? I adored that book, and I have heard it compared to Gone With The Wind. I did my book browsing today at the local used book store. It was rather disappointing. It may be that I am too picky, but I found the majority of the selection to be in abysmal condition. The one book I did find, The House on the Strand by Daphne De Maurier, that was up to my standards, is now happily nestling among my other books, sighing in bliss, as she is now among her own kind and caliber. Edited July 8, 2010 by Pixie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 The ending is no good, the only downside to pets is that we unfortunately outlive them But there are some really fun and quirky pet tales in the very last few pages, you'll enjoy them I'm sure! Just got to the end - Loved the stories in the last few pages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I finished The Self-Preservation Society by Kate Harrison. It was quite good, I found myself quite drawn to it, despite it being chick-lit. Not sure what to read next. Might keep going with Harry Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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