Pixie Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 I received some books I ordered in the mail today. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen The Ghost Writer by John Harwood
joe Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 I have read another 100 pages of The Passage and it just gets better and better
pipread Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 I've nearly finished Killer Heat - Linda Fairstein, it's a gripping story. Also been online and reserved the new Dexter book from the library.
Ben Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 I'm a good deal through The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson and I am hoping to finish it in the next few days. I can't recommend the trilogy enough. I'm sure many of you have read it, but if you haven't, then make sure you don't miss out. It's good stuff.
Guest Eliza1 Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 I'm about 10 chapters into The Winter House, didn't read anything yesterday, watched persuasion instead, Captain Wentworth is very pretty... I like him:blush:
lauraloves Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 ive had a sort out of my tbr pile, as ive got loads that were putting me off. ive now started worzel gummidge by barbara euphan todd.
bookworm44 Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 I bought Sophie Kinsella's Twenties Girl for a reading group on another book forum, and for my own pleasure I read this last summer and loved it. I hope you enjoy it! =) I should finish Gone with the Wind by this weekend, but I don
SandMan Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Currently engrossed in Stephen King's The Dome. I kind of like what he's done with it, less spooky gory, more a staunch rebuke of human behaviour under trying circumstances. Or so I think.
Karsa Orlong Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Bought some Glen Cook books: Return of The Black Company A Cruel Wind (sounds like the aftermath of a particularly hot curry) Shadowline
pickle Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I started reading one of my library books last night I can't even remember the title, on the back cover I was attaracted to ' mysterious....deadly...gripping...' talk about false advertisment a man is shot on the first page, by half way through nothing and I mean nothing has happened there is no mysterious or deadly about it. So I have started The God of The Hive - Laurie R King which I am enjoying immensely
Weave Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I am still reading 'The Return of Little Big Man' by Thomas Berger
frankie Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I read this last summer and loved it. I hope you enjoy it! =) I've already read it once before, but I loved it so much that I want to reread it and own it as I know I'll go back to it from time to time. Such a funny, enchanting novel, Kinsella's best in my opinion I should finish Gone with the Wind by this weekend, but I don’t want it to end! It's an amazing novel isn't it, once you get it going. We did a mini reading group on this a few months ago, I loved the novel and was really sad when it ended. Maybe you'll want to read the sequel, Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley? I've not read it yet myself but I have it on my TBR. There's also Donald McCaig's Rhett Butler's People, which is apparently written from Rhett's perspective. Enjoy
Echo Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I've been re-reading Jane Austen the last few days. I've already finished both Persuasion and Northanger Abbey, and now I've started Mansfield Park. I love re-reading Austen!
Weave Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I've been re-reading Jane Austen the last few days. I've already finished both Persuasion and Northanger Abbey, and now I've started Mansfield Park. I love re-reading Austen! Good times Echo, you are 'Lost in Austen'
chesilbeach Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Visited three bookshops this morning and came away satisfied with browsing and adding lots of books to wishlist but purchasing none! Finished Shadowland by Alyson No
Charm Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Have just received in the post: Narcissus in Chains ~ Laurell K Hamilton Cerulean Sins ~ Laurell K Hamilton Dead In The Family ~ Charlaine Harris Happy Days!
Johnny Carson Whit Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I'm reading IT again, first time in a few years, I stayed up until about 2am this morning reading it, i'm quite suprised so far how different it is to how I remember it, I dont think I fully took it in and appreciated it on my first read. I gave up on The Book Thief a quarter of the way in. Not my thing at all.
pontalba Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Maybe you'll want to read the sequel, Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley? I've not read it yet myself but I have it on my TBR. There's also Donald McCaig's Rhett Butler's People, which is apparently written from Rhett's perspective. Enjoy Scarlett is not in the same class as GWTW, by a long shot. Of course that is only my opinion, and lots of readers may and do differ with me there. Scarlett is more of what I'd call a "bodice ripper" type romance I guess. Not my cuppa. JMO Rhett Butler's People was quite enjoyable though, telling the story from Rhett's side. I liked it.
Roland Butter Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 OK, the decision's been made. It's The Great Stink, by Clare Clark. Looks like a Victorian murder mystery thing-y, with slums, dark corners and lots of swirling fog. Somebody's been reading Dickens .... To quote: Through the city sewers walks surveyor and ex-soldier William May, just back from the horrifying brutality of the Crimean front and hiding from his own demons in the darkness beneath the capital's streets. But when May stumbles across a body in the tunnels, his discovery draws him into a maelstrom of underworld corruption that drags both himself and those closest to him further into depths from which there may be no possibility of light - or return ... I love a good maelstrom.
Jessi Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I have begun The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks as well as Tinkling the English by Dara O'Briain
AbielleRose Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I finished Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang and am working on writing my review. Due to moving this weekend I don't think I'll start a new book until next week (mainly due to the fact that all my books are packed).
chesilbeach Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Just finished the second of the Morganville Vampire series, The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine. Think I need to move away from fantasy for the next book (I said that two books ago, but I mean it this time!). Will be getting my next book group books this evening, so will see if I fancy one of them first, otherwise, will pick something off the TBR shelves.
Kate Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I have just finished Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen - I loved it!
StephenKingman Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I had a kind of frustrating day of book activity- went to the local bookstore to buy both Apartment 16 and Encounter at North House Road, two horror books i discovered through rave reviews on this very forum , so i asked the assistant did they have the books and after 5 minutes of tapping keys in her laptop, she said "Sorry, never even heard of the books, they are not on any system" !, so i went home and tried to order both off amazon but they are both out of stock!! What gives, i know the books are relatively new but its not usually this hard to order books, unless they have both been flying off the shelves due to rave hype but that seems unlikely. If any member has read these books please let me know how you got hold of them thanks.
nicx27 Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I've finished The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly - a good story, with a couple of nice twists. I'm now a couple of chapters into An Education by Lynn Barber.
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