mrstrecool Posted April 22, 2007 Posted April 22, 2007 Finished Skin Gods, fantastic loved this one!Am starting Nicholas Sparks The Notebook. Finished it now (it was very short) but left me cold, someone I know raved about it really said it was great and it touched no emotion in me at all! no I tell a lie, they cooked some crabs and I felt hungry! LOL!! I bought The Notebook because i absolutely love the film, but just found it dull and boring. I was so disappointed. I can't believe they even bothered to make a film from it, although I'm glad they did. Quote
Louiseog Posted April 24, 2007 Author Posted April 24, 2007 I have now read Paul Carson, Scalpel which was one I heard about on here. really gripping thriller, doing well this month. Quote
Louiseog Posted April 25, 2007 Author Posted April 25, 2007 Simon Brett, Mrs, Presumed dead. Light, easy mystery great fun! Quote
Louiseog Posted April 25, 2007 Author Posted April 25, 2007 Elizabeth Falconer The Love of Women Good story but the characters did annoy me one of them got shouted out loud at for being a selfish so and so!! Quote
Squawk Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 LOL!! I bought The Notebook because i absolutely love the film, but just found it dull and boring. I was so disappointed. I can't believe they even bothered to make a film from it, although I'm glad they did. You see that sort of criticism makes me want to read it. Maybe there is a market for really really bad books that will spread this way. Lord knows if there is a man up to the task then it's me! Quote
Louiseog Posted April 25, 2007 Author Posted April 25, 2007 You see that sort of criticism makes me want to read it. Maybe there is a market for really really bad books that will spread this way. Lord knows if there is a man up to the task then it's me! All the best! As I said the crab cooking bit was good Quote
Louiseog Posted April 28, 2007 Author Posted April 28, 2007 Fury by GM Ford Not great, thriller about a serial killer wasn't very thrilled. Been to library today and am reading Eoin Colfer 'Half Moon Investigations' Only read half a page but looks good! Quote
Louiseog Posted April 30, 2007 Author Posted April 30, 2007 Liked the Eoin Colfer one. Probably aimed at a slightly younger audience than Artemis Fowl (which I love) but well plotted and fun. Then read Carole Matthews 'Welcome to the Real World' Good fun but a bit sad at the end I thought. Now Alice Hoffmann The Ice Queen. Quote
Louiseog Posted May 2, 2007 Author Posted May 2, 2007 Loved Alice Hoffmann about a woman struck by lightening really lovely and well told, a modern fairy tale for adults. Quote
Louiseog Posted May 4, 2007 Author Posted May 4, 2007 Alex Kava, At the Stoke of Madness am getting into this author but this was not her best. Thriller about serial killer short and not much changing in the whole story. Paul Carson Cold Steel another thriller set in Dublin read his first last month and swapped for this one. Getting quite thrilling! Quote
Louiseog Posted May 5, 2007 Author Posted May 5, 2007 Was good but need a break from thrillers The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox loved this one have posted in the correct place. Ian Sansom Mr Dixon Disappears second in the mobile library series and enjoyed the first one, North London Jewish librarian ends up in mobile library in northern ireland. Have heard comments that it stereotypes the Irish but I think the North London sophisticate who is beaten by them and he is the one learning to be a better person from them (I think!) It is funny anyway Quote
Louiseog Posted May 6, 2007 Author Posted May 6, 2007 Tracy Chevalier The Virgin Blue Have avoided this author and not sure why as this was fantastic! Quote
Angel Posted May 6, 2007 Posted May 6, 2007 Funny that, but I also avoided her for a long time. I havn't read this one - I think I'll have to add to my wishlist. The Girl with a Pearl Earring and THe Lady and the Unicorn are also very good Quote
Angel Posted May 6, 2007 Posted May 6, 2007 Ooh yes please - that would be great! Is it hardback or paperback. Would you like to swap it for my Lady and the Unicorn? If so pm your details. thank you Louise Quote
Louiseog Posted May 7, 2007 Author Posted May 7, 2007 Annie's New Life by Maureen Martella OK nice story am a bit bored of books set in Ireland now! So started Carry Me Down M J Hyland set ... in Ireland Quote
happyanddandy Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Are you a speed reader? You seem to read very quickly indeed. What is your secret? Quote
Louiseog Posted May 7, 2007 Author Posted May 7, 2007 Dunno appear to be reading ver fast at the moment but not doing much else apart from work and do kids!! Have always read quickly ! Quote
Louiseog Posted May 7, 2007 Author Posted May 7, 2007 Enjoyed Carry me Down can't really describe it but the story was clear and carried me along here is the Amazon synopsis and think I agree! John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve-year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'. With an obsession for the "Guinness Book of Records" and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. During one year in John's life, from his voice breaking, through the breaking-up of his home life, to the near collapse of his sanity, we witness the gradual unsticking of John's mind, and the trouble that creates for him and his family. Set in early seventies Ireland, "Carry Me Down" is a deeply sympathetic take on one sad boyhood, told in gripping, and at times unsettling, prose. It plays out its tragic plot against a disarmingly familiar background and refuses to portray any of its lovingly drawn characters as easy heroes or villains. Anyway Drowning People next. OH has taken middley to see Spiderman 3 and littley is watching Peter Pan (again) Changed my mind and reading a light mystery by Judith Cutler Quote
Louiseog Posted May 9, 2007 Author Posted May 9, 2007 Finshed The Food Detective which I loved - I do enjoy Agatha raisin and Simon Brett and this presses all the buttons that they do. Now Carla Banks Forest of the Souls, another goody! nearly finished its about Belorussia in the war and secrets but its a thriller too well thought out and clever Quote
Louiseog Posted May 10, 2007 Author Posted May 10, 2007 Stuck on what to read next avoiding Ireland and should be a library book so will let you know (on case anyone was on tenterhooks!) Quote
Louiseog Posted May 14, 2007 Author Posted May 14, 2007 Gave up on Drowning People by Richard Mason was a book of the month and I could not get into it!!! So read Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, am still thinking about what I think about it. Quote
Angel Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 Let me know what you think Louise. I got Nineteen Minutes from DH today as a prezzie Quote
Michelle Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 Did you see my review Angel, I was impressed with it. I won't say 'enjoyed' because that's the wrong word, but I do think it was well written. Quote
Louiseog Posted May 15, 2007 Author Posted May 15, 2007 I saw your review, think its up there with MSK but I felt there were unresolved issues and it ended too fast. Read it soon Angel it is worth it! Quote
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