randa23 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I am currently enjoying The Girl who Played with Fire! Really really really enjoying it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirinrob Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Finished 'A case of Exploding Mangoes' over the weekend. The reading mojo is coming back slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) I finished 'The Radleys' by Matt Haig and I am trying and failing with 'Eat, love and pray' by Elizabeth Gilbert Edited August 31, 2010 by Weave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Jo Nesbo is evil! I've just been reading a particular sequence of events in The Redbreast - one of those sequences where he telegraphs what's going to happen and then proceeds to wring every last drop of suspense out of it. Brilliantly written, perfectly orchestrated. He's evil I tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) Finished "The Clothes On Their Backs" by Linda Grant last night. If I was being all pseudy, I'd describe it as a challenging yet poignant exploration of identity and family relationships. But as I'm not, it was a thoroughly good read. Edited August 31, 2010 by Roland Butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I got 3 books today for my birthday, Ellis Island & One Moment, One Morning, & The Legacy...all of which I gave to hubby for :mrgreen:ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eliza1 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I'm seven chapters into The Good Doctor, I love the way he writes. He's so easy to read but gives you such an atmosphere. I can barely put it down. I've read The Imposter and I loved that too, I think I'll read the rest of his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Read a few more chapters this morning whilst sat in the hairdressers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I finished Adrian Mole the Lost Diaries when I got in from work, I loved it so funny had forgotten it...they did a tv adaptation didn't they in the 80's cause I have had the song ' Pandora I adora'.... going round in my head all day or is that just from the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I'm reading Alone in Berlin by Hans Falada at the moment - I'm really enjoying it. When I bought it I assumed that it was a newly written novel but have discovered that it was written in 1947 just after the 2nd World War which makes it even more fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I think I'd describe We Have Always Lived in the Castle as a bit disturbing. But it was quite interesting and really well written. I have The Lottery and Other Stories on my TBR, but I did get around to reading title story. It's really quite short, but very good. Both going on my to be bought list. Thanks! Jo Nesbo is evil! I've just been reading a particular sequence of events in The Redbreast - one of those sequences where he telegraphs what's going to happen and then proceeds to wring every last drop of suspense out of it. Brilliantly written, perfectly orchestrated. He's evil I tell you! Just wait till you read Jo Nesbo's Nemesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 (edited) I hope you enjoy "Alone in Berlin", Judy. I read it about three weeks ago, and I thought it was exceptional - definitely the best book I've read this year. Edited September 1, 2010 by Roland Butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Just wait till you read Jo Nesbo's Nemesis. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I'm listening to Thud! by Terry Pratchett. This is a great book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I'm halfway through Catching Fire and loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I started reading Juli Zeh - Dark Matter this morning, why for someone whose grasp of physics and mathematics was basic at best ( we always seemed to do circuit boards in physics I never could get mine to light up) do I read fiction on the subject and find them so fascinating, they could say anything and I would believe it, thankfully this is also a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I'm currently reading the last of the Kate Connor Series Julie Kenner > Deja Demon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtjm Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Read 200 pages of Night Light last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Finished Hotel World by Ali Smith today. I love her. Have my first collection of her short stories to read on the shelf, but have decided to have one of my occasional sojourns into non-fiction, and will be reading Coral: A Pessimist in Paradise by Steve Jones next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Posted The Memory Garden to Jo today and the Alexander McCall Smith to Lucybird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuggleMagic Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I finally gave up on Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. I had to return the book to the library and since I wasn't enjoying it that much I didn't see the point in renewing it. Besides, I normally finish my books way before the three week library deadlines. I took out Vlad: The Last Confessions by C.C. Humphreys, which is more my type of book. I am really enjoying it so far and find myself trying to read it at every possible chance. I only heard of it through this forum so, thanks everyone for your great recommendations I've also swapped (via read it swap it) for Eragon and Wedlock and am waiting for those to arrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Started "Men in Space" by Tom McCarthy last night. Bit of an odd one: "Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of Communism, "Men in Space" follows a cast of dissolute Bohemians, political refugees, a football referee, a disorientated police agent and a stranded astronaut as they chase a stolen icon painting from Sofia to Prague and onwards. The icon's melancholy orbit is reflected in the various characters' ellipses and near misses as they career vertiginously through all kinds of space: physical, political, emotional and metaphysical. What emerges is a vision of humanity adrift in history, and a world in a state of disintegration". Actually, there are a few more laughs than you might imagine ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I finished Thud! and loved it! I'm now reading The Oracle Rebounds by Alison van Diepen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Univerze Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 So far a little more than 50 pages of Jane Eyre, just gotten to the part where she decides to advertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 (edited) Have about 50 pages of The Elegance of the Hedgehog to go, so if I don't finish it tonight certainly will tomorrow. Edited September 1, 2010 by Lucybird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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