Himself Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I finished Man's Search for Meaning and began Labyrinths by Borges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunce Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I've been lacking in the reading department in the past few days, but managed to get through a few chapters of The Picture of Dorian Gray which I'm about to pick up and continue again now, right after I've completed this post. I have 59% of the book left to read according to my Kindle, so I'm hoping to get more than half of the book read before I go to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I'm sending off two Bookmooch books today. One to Sweden, one to Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I'm just over half way through The Girl Who Played With Fire. I'm struggling a bit with it. I wasn't overly keen on the first book in the series, so I don't really know why I started this one. I think it's because it was cheap. bobblybear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I have read nothing today but my friend did get me a couple of Andre Camilleri books for Christmas which is great as I am hoping for an Inspector Montalbano season on the BBc as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I wasn't supposed to buy any books and I almost didn't. But I did. I got Cornelia Funke's Inkworld and now I have the whole trilogy, finally! It was on sale so that's my excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) I'm just over 100 pages into Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, and am finding it quite odd and a little confusing to be honest. But seeing as he's one of my favourites I'll carry on. I also went out and bought 7 books that I clearly needed eventhough my TRB pile is over 200 books already! Edited December 29, 2010 by page turner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Husband bought me 'Room' by Emma Donoghue today. It was on special offer (£3.99 in UK WHSmiths). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Just finished The Dark Is Rising which was totally brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 After not getting any reading in for the past week or so I finally dove back into PopCo last night. I managed about 70 pages before I fell asleep with the book on the floor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaBag Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I am reading the Lost Daughter by Diane Chamberlain... nearly halfway through it and I started reading it yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I'm enjoying 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Put down Tales from the 1001 Nights. It was putting me to sleep. I'm reading Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas now and really enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I'm about 50 pages into The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, and am thoroughly enjoying it so far. I didn't mean to start reading it until after Watchmen and The Sea, The Sea, but became intrigued by seeing what others on here thought of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) Broke down and bought a hardback copy of The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley. I was going to wait till it comes out in paperback in a month or so, but finally I read the first several pages whilst in the book store. Fatal move. Had to buy. heh Read a few pages in True Grit by Charles Portis. Good stuff, will continue. Still reading Cleopatra's Daughter. Enjoyable. AIE: Finished Cleopatra's Daughter, small review in my book list thread. 3/5 Edited December 30, 2010 by pontalba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) I spent a glorious day in my favourite 3-level bookshop in Sydney. I don't think I've ever leisurely browsed the entire store in one go before. I spent my Christmas voucher on: Marcus Aurelius: Meditations Tadeusz Borowski: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen Alberto Manguel: The Library at Night (a book about books: 'a meditation on the meaning and mysteries of libraries through history, beginning with Manguel's extraordinary library in the French countryside') Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto Julie Rugg: Buried in Books (another book about books. This one has over 350 bookish quotations from various authors and other sentences. I was sold on it when I saw a chapter called 'The good practice of buying a book a day'. ) Orson Welles: Mr Arkadin (I have the movie of this but never realised that Welles also wrote the book! A great find.) Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own/Three Guineas, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse ETA: I started reading Wings by Terry Pratchett when I was on the train. My complete Chronicles of Narnia was a little too big to take with me. Edited December 30, 2010 by Kylie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Bought a couple of books in the 12 days for Kindle offer for £1 each - Fup by Jim Dodge and The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Yesterday I finished What They Didn't Teach Me in Sunday School by Rob Parsons and this morning I read Butterflies in May by Karen Hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Still enjoying 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'm about 50 pages into The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, and am thoroughly enjoying it so far. I didn't mean to start reading it until after Watchmen and The Sea, The Sea, but became intrigued by seeing what others on here thought of it Oooh, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying The Thirteenth Tale, it's such a wonderful read I spent a glorious day in my favourite 3-level bookshop in Sydney. I don't think I've ever leisurely browsed the entire store in one go before. What a wonderful way to spend a day! Excellent haul, as always! I read a bit more of Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber last night in bed. I need to start reading it during the day too, it seems like I'm getting nowhere when I'm reading only a few pages every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Bought a couple of books in the 12 days for Kindle offer for £1 each - Fup by Jim Dodge and The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. I also bought 3 books and downloaded to my PC, I haven't fully decided whether to buy the Kindle yet but it's looking very likely that I will and I got, The Lost Daughter - Diane Chamberlain, All The Pretty Girls - J T Ellison and Splinter - Sebastian fitzek all purchased for £1 each just incase! I'm thoroughly enjoying The Fry Chronicles - Stephen Fry over half way through it and loving it. Edited December 30, 2010 by pipread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I didn't manage to make The Cry of the Owl stretch till New Years day I couldn't put it down last night till I'd found out what happened. This is my first book by Patricia Highsmith & I really liked the way she built up the characters & the story, I found it really gripping I plan on reading The Forsythe Saga Volume One by John Galsworthy next but I'm going to wait till New Years Day before I start it so I've got a couple of book free days to get through till then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I also bought 3 books and downloaded to my PC, I haven't fully decided whether to buy the Kindle yet but it's looking very likely that I will and I got, The Lost Daughter - Diane Chamberlain, All The Pretty Girls - J T Ellison and Splinter - Sebastian fitzek all purchased for £1 each just incase! I'm thoroughly enjoying The Fry Chronicles - Stephen Fry over half way through it and loving it. Good choices, pipread! I have to say, I was completely unconvinced that I would ever want an e-reader before I got my iPad, and I now have both that and a Kindle, and I'm not sure when I'll actually buy an actual book again, I'm a total convert to digital books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Just finished Lew Wallace - Ben Hur. Deciding what the first book for 2011 should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I have been into town this afternoon and my little bookshop was open but when I got their I realised I only had £4 on me so I only managed to buy three books! but I got . . . Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult The Devil wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger Chocolat - Joanne Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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