Your Book Activity Today ~ Thread 13

[Bettyboop33]

I am reading Goblet of fire .... I know its most shameful to have not yet read this series but I'm doing it.

I am reading really slowly at the moment but I'm reading more than usual because of my snow week which will be over after tomorrow

[Peacefield]

Don't be sorry, Bettyboop! I'm sure there are many out there that have not read the HP series, me included! One day I will though .

 

I've not been reading much this week, so I feel bad. I did get in a nice chunk today though and am now on page 200. Only 174 to go!

[pontalba]

I got three books in waterstines 3 for 2 offer today Moab is my washpot- Stephen Fry and Jo Nesbo - The Redeemer and The Snowman as well as a couple of books from the library which will keep me occupied fot the weekend,

 

 

Yays on Nesbo.....

 

 

I am reading Goblet of fire .... I know its most shameful to have not yet read this series but I'm doing it.

I am reading really slowly at the moment but I'm reading more than usual because of my snow week which will be over after tomorrow

 

Oh fiddlesticks! Nothing to be ashamed of a'tall! In fact I've only read the last one...didn't see much to it, BUT, I know that's mostly because I didn't read the first 6. Heh I have them in the stack. Someday.

[Donna]

I finished Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs. Wasn't that impressed. I never really am with her books, but sometimes I think I'll give them another go.

 

Read about half of The Woman in Black. I get a very gothic, wintery feeling from this book. Perfect for a dark afternoon after just putting up the Christmas tree Shall continue with that this afternoon, then onto Mistletoe Mysteries, a collection of stories edited by Charlotte Macleod.

Edited December 5, 2010 by Donna

[SueB]

After failing miserably so many times I am now reading "The Host by Stephanie Meyer" and thoroughly enjoying it!!

[Donna]

After failing miserably so many times I am now reading "The Host by Stephanie Meyer" and thoroughly enjoying it!!

 

I've tried reading that so many times, I even have it on cd and can't listen to it all the way through.

[Lucybird]

Started War on the Margins- Libby Cole

[Kidsmum]

I'm 200 pages into Sotah & enjoying it so far, some of the names are a bit difficult to pronounce which usually puts me off a bit but it's a good story

[Univerze]

Have been thinking about reading some more Two Towers, but am just a little tired, everything's gloomy and just not really in a reading mood. Mom's putting up xmas thingies downstairs, she has some music on she loved (DUTCH music, a.k.a. horrible) so am not there, but here is just less comfy since I only have my bed and the Lord of the Rings book is huge and heavy.

 

I did check my reading list from this year, only about 20 books, okay, most were at least 500 pages long, but still, I'm disappointed.

[Pixie]

I finished The Shadow of the Wind. I wasn't that impressed. I found it to be contrived with flat, stereotypical characters. There were so many of them and yet not one drew my sympathy. I wouldn't have minded the purple prose so much if the story had been more interesting.

 

I'm now reading The Secret History of Fantasy, a book of short stories by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, Patricia McKillip, Susanna Clarke, and Stephen King, just to name a few.

[pontalba]

Inadvertently bought:

 

Remainder by Tom McCarthy

The End of the World compiled by Michael Kelahan

[Chrissy]

Inadvertently bought:

 

I much prefer this to my expression of "accidentally on purpose".

[pontalba]

I much prefer this to my expression of "accidentally on purpose".

 

I've used both.....done both..

[Kylie]

I did check my reading list from this year, only about 20 books, okay, most were at least 500 pages long, but still, I'm disappointed.

 

I don't think you should be disappointed with that, Univerze. Those 500+ page books take ages to read!

 

I finished The Shadow of the Wind. I wasn't that impressed. I found it to be contrived with flat, stereotypical characters. There were so many of them and yet not one drew my sympathy. I wouldn't have minded the purple prose so much if the story had been more interesting.

 

Aw, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy this too much Pixie. I quite liked it.

 

I read about 20 pages of Plath's journals yesterday and I'm on track to finish it by the end of the year.

 

I finished All Together Dead today; nothing much seemed to happen for most of the book but then the last 50 odd pages exploded into action. Good stuff.

[Pixie]

 

Aw, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy this too much Pixie. I quite liked it.

 

I wanted to like it. I really enjoyed his other one, The Angel's Game. Weird, huh?

[whitegold]

Started reading The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley.

[Kylie]

I've started reading First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde.

[lauraloves]

I brought Gone with the Wind yesterday which is another one for my Rory List

[lopeanha]

I've finally started Justn Cronin - The Passage yesterday and read some this morning. I also started Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets today, as The Passage is a bit to big to read on the tram and such.

[Amesy]

I've given up with The Wrong Kind of Blood. I guess I'm just not a crime Fiction sort of guy. Means I can carry on with the Dark Tower series now though. Wolves Of The Calla, here I come.

[Guest Nyobe]

I just finished Lauren Willig's The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas. It was beautiful, lovely and I adored the main characters.

 

Today I'm going to be starting Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas.

[lopeanha]

I just ordered The complete borrowers by Mary Norton. I seem to be in a book-buying-frenzy again...

[pontalba]

I've finally started Justn Cronin - The Passage .....

 

I am starting that this afternoon as well.

 

I just finished the Regeneration Trilogy. The Ghost Road was the last, and packed a real punch. Good Stuff.

[Pixie]

I will now be starting on my book of Dicken's Christmas stories, which includes A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Haunted Man.

[pickle]

I started two books yesterday Moab is my Washpot - Stephen Fry and The Redeemer - Jo Nesbo and both are great