lauraloves Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 I've just found out I can get ibooks on my ipod touch! and loads of them are free too! Guess I will be going through some this afternoon then!
Univerze Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Finished Ella Minnow Pea last night. Loved it, very original. Now I've kind of broken my rule about not re-reading anything for awhile, and I have started The Stand....again. I just can't help it. It's too good a read. I bought the Kindle version, however incredibly irritatingly, the formatting isn't up to scratch. There are no section breaks within the chapters, so it reads as though each chapter is one continuous section about the same characters. Very irritating. I will try to contact Amazon/the publishers about it Ahh I adore adore adore The Stand. One of my fav books. I have yet to read it in its original english so I imagine it's only better that way. I love the film too, but nothing can be as good as the book. I love post-apocalyptic stories, and virology ones especially (it's quite believable too, the bit about a human made virus one day excaping and wreaking havoc, exterminating our planet mostly).. and this is one of the best one's I've read.
kezlehan Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Bought the first Harry Potter yesterday. Always stayed away from the series, for some reason telling myself I wouldn't like it. Over half way through already and loving it. Makes a change from the amount of Dan Brown books I've been reading lately!
Guest Eliza1 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 I started Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea yesterday. So far I really like it
Chrissy Posted January 8, 2011 Author Posted January 8, 2011 Jasper Fforde's 'Shades Of Grey', Eoin Colfer's 'And Another Thing...', and Han Nolan's 'If I Should Die Before I Wake' arrived while I was out today! I have no idea how they came to be bought............................*walks away whistling tunelessly*
Pixie Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 I finished Twenty Years After by Dumas. I will post my thoughts in my thread. I'm going to start Passage by Connie Willis next.
madcow Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 I managed a bit more of The Legacy whilst lounging in the bath
page turner Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Finished Matched by Ally Condie and I look forward to the next in the series, I really liked Cassia the main character she different. Edited January 9, 2011 by page turner
bobblybear Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Still on The Stand, and probably will be for a while given it's size. It's such a great book. Even after so many re-reads, I'm still completely hooked on it.
frankie Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 I finally finished A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. What a charming read! Then I started Heidi by Johanna Spyri. I'm hoping it to be really good.
bookworm44 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) This morning I started Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. So far so good! Yesterday I did a little book shopping and brought home: Dear John by Nicholas Sparks The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One: 1884-1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook The Knitter's Year: 52 Make-in-a-Week Projects-Quick Gifts and Seasonal Knits by Debbie Bliss Edited January 9, 2011 by bookworm44
pipread Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 I started reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson I've had it waiting for weeks but because of all the hype I didn't expect to like it however I'm over 100 pages in and thoroughly enjoying it!
Lucybird Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 I'm reading The Help and quite enjoying it, despite not being sure at first.
pickle Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 I finished Lee Child's Killing Floor and I am glad I have found another series to get my teeth into thanks as usual to people on here
Himself Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Began Portnoy's Complaint. I think I am going to enjoy this.
green Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 I've just finished Susan Hill's new ghost story 'The Small Hand',and will start 'Wake' by Robert J Sawyer either later tonight or early morning.
Chrissy Posted January 9, 2011 Author Posted January 9, 2011 Finished Suzanne Collin's 'The Hunger Games ~ Catching Fire', the second in the trilogy. I cannot allow myself to even get the third book from the shelf tonight, otherwise I would have to say goodbye to a night's sleep. This is such a compelling series. I find myself holding my breathe every few minutes as yet another "Oh. My. Goodness." moment hits me; be it a scene of intense poignancy, an act of incredible daring by one of the great characters, or a moment of sudden and unexpected brutality. What a book.
pickle Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Finished Suzanne Collin's 'The Hunger Games ~ Catching Fire', the second in the trilogy. I cannot allow myself to even get the third book from the shelf tonight, otherwise I would have to say goodbye to a night's sleep. This is such a compelling series. I find myself holding my breathe every few minutes as yet another "Oh. My. Goodness." moment hits me; be it a scene of intense poignancy, an act of incredible daring by one of the great characters, or a moment of sudden and unexpected brutality. What a book. DO NOT start it under any circumstances I made that mistake with the first one and finished it in one sitting by about 3am the day I got back to work, also DO NOT read it before you go to work you will need major repair work to get over it......enjoy!!! I started the second Lee Child book in the bath tonight am enjoying it so far.
page turner Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 I started Unearthly by Cynthia Hand last night seems ok so far, that was until I was flicking to the last pages (to see how many there were) and caught a glimpse of the word 'trilogy'. Why does every book that comes out these days have to be apart of a series? Where have all the stand alone books gone?
Kylie Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Now that you mention it, Page Turner, there do seem to be an awful lots of trilogies around! I have finished The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and will be starting on Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.
Peacefield Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Water for Elephants is an excellent read, Bookworm! I had a busy weekend but managed to get about 50 pages of PopCo read. I also went to Barnes & Noble yesterday to spend my gift cert and bought myself An Oral and Visual History by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Brendan Mullen
kezlehan Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Just finished Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone. Absolutely loved it. Now to hunt down the rest of them in Waterstones. I want them now, but can't find any of them in shops in Leeds City Centre. Don't want to have to wait for delivery! Wow, I am so impatient.
lopeanha Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 I started Up in Seth's room by Norma Mazer saturday night, as I needed a book that would fit into my handbag (it's only 174 pages long). Plus, I have finished Harry Potter 3 and Passing Strange this weekend.
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