Kylie Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Congratulations on winning the book Giulia! I'm about 2/3 through my Trixie Belden book and have also started on The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde.
lexiepiper Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 In the last two days I've read Tess Gerritsen - Harvest and Becca Fitzpatrick - Hush, Hush, and tomorrow I hope to start Lauren Kate - Fallen
Weave Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I've just been informed I've won an ARC of Lisa Mantchev's Theatre Illuminata Act II: Perchance to Dream in a blogger's competition I'm so made up, I've been trying to preorder this for ages and now I don't even have to pay for a copy that's more collectable than a first edition. W00t w00t! Congratulations Giulia!, well done
whitegold Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Time for a new thread! Do not read this if you haven't read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas... What did you think of the ending? Did you see it coming? ETA: There is a discussion thread you can answer that in HERE The ending was incredibly sad! I only saw it coming when Bruno asked for the striped pajamas to blend in. Its such a powerful way to end the book... I feel like every young adult and adult alike should read this! What did you think?? Thanks for the link! I'll check out the discussion!
whitegold Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I started reading The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell, to feed my excitement for the Sex & the City 2 movie! can't wait to see it!!
pickle Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I finally started Kraken last night and this morning and so far I am loving it, I have always had a primordial fear of squid and octopus (except when eating it..my revenge perhaps) and this is a great book to tap into it.
BookJumper Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Oooh I've seen Kraken in W's yesterday and it looked shiny, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it when you're through with it Pickle !
kez952 Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I started reading The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell, to feed my excitement for the Sex & the City 2 movie! can't wait to see it!! I am looking forward to that film too, let us know how you get on with The carrie diarys as its one thats on my want to read list. I am currently reading A minor indiscretion by Carol Matthews, which I am enjoying so far.
Nienna Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Finished Frankenstein last night! Excellent read. About to start The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman.
AbielleRose Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Finished Wicked last night and wrote up my review. I'm still in the middle of Finger Lickin' Fifteen and haven't decided what to pick up next, yet.
Cookie Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I've read a few more chapters of The Book Thief, I'm getting through it slowly but surely.
Nienna Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I've read a few more chapters of The Book Thief, I'm getting through it slowly but surely. A beautiful, beautiful book. One of my favourite contemporary works. I love the emphasis on 'the power of words' as it's something quite dear, I think, to all of us! Hope you're enjoying.
Peacefield Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I finished The House at Midnight last night and will post my review hopefully later today. A bit of a disappointment, but okay overall .
Sheeta Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 The High Crusade by Poul Anderson is really enjoyable. The more I read, the more it's interesting. Humans who would see the Earth in a shuffle: they would be frightened then amazed. But medieval men try to forget what the see, because it can't be, the Earth isn't round, it's not possible, and at the top of the sky there is... night? Not possible. Really interesting, I loved when the E.T. told them about religion that it was a sort of tribal pantheon, poor priest, he was shocked. I don't know if I like BLUE E.T.s, but I'll try to draw them, they're mean and strange.
poppyshake Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Finished Brooklyn and started Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold, I like a bit of historical fiction now and then.
Jessi Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Read some more of The Kings Secret Matter by Jean Plaidy
chesilbeach Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Finished Airhead by Meg Cabot during my lunchbreak, and will move onto the second book Being Nikki this evening (as it's a library book that needs to go back soon).
Ooshie Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 210 pages into A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve. Ordered from Amazon: The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Malevil by Robert Merle
Lucybird Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Finished A Girl made of Dust and started Head Trip Jeff Warren.
catwoman Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Finally finished The Ghost by Robert Harris. All I can say that the nly good bit for me was the end. Last 80 pages flew by but the rest.. Dear god I was bored.. I just hope it has not affected my mojo that much. Not sure what to start yet. Thinking the next in the House of night series.
nicx27 Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I've finished Footprints in the Sand by Sarah Challis. I felt it was a bit long-winded and it read more like a travel memoir than a work of fiction, but it was quite a good story. I'm just about to start Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas, which was I was lucky enough to get free from the Library Thing Early Reviewers programme.
Kylie Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I'm a little over halfway through The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde. The stories are all beautiful.
frankie Posted May 20, 2010 Posted May 20, 2010 210 pages into A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve. Ordered from Amazon: The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Malevil by Robert Merle I spy the influence of Rory Gilmore I read about 150 pages of Trainspotting yesterday, can't wait to read more. I'm also getting The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby from the library today and will maybe look at the library's Irvine Welsh selection to see what they've got.
lauraloves Posted May 20, 2010 Posted May 20, 2010 Finally finished Windfall by Penny Vincenzi, all 694 pages of it. will be writing a reveiw of this soon but i absolutly loved it now going to start reading Great Love Stories of the World which contains over 40 stories from around the world, some well known and some not.i must like a challenge as this book is 895 long
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