Janet Posted January 11, 2011 Author Posted January 11, 2011 Finished The Christmas Train by David Baldacci - 4/10. Completely lacking in substance and written like a Mills and Boon book! Quote
Inver Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 The Christmas Train is a nice easy read Janet...enjoy:readingtwo: Quote
Janet Posted January 11, 2011 Author Posted January 11, 2011 I already did - I'm afraid I didn't think much of it, sorry. Quote
Janet Posted January 12, 2011 Author Posted January 12, 2011 I read Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig this morning - I thoroughly enjoyed it! Quote
Janet Posted January 14, 2011 Author Posted January 14, 2011 Whoops - I appear to have bought another book! In my defence, it was only £2.81 and it's been on my Wishlist for ages! A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh - this is a children's book about the plague village Eyam. I've read, and thoroughly enjoyed Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks about the same village so I've wanted to read this for yonks! It will also count towards my Decades challenge. Win win! Quote
Ben Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Hey Janet, just read your review of The Elephant Keeper, which was great. It does indeed look like it could be a delightful little read. Thank you for letting us know your thoughts on it, for you've encouraged me to add it to my wishlist. I know I shouldn't be adding books to my wishlist with them being so easy to purchase on my Kindle, but it seems I'll allow myself to cave for this one. Edited January 14, 2011 by Ben Quote
Inver Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 No worries Janet about the non liking of the book Quote
Janet Posted January 14, 2011 Author Posted January 14, 2011 I do hope you enjoy it, Ben. And thanks, Diane. It wouldn't do if we all liked exactly the same things, would it! Quote
Ben Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 I do hope you enjoy it, Ben. Cheers, I'll let you know how I get on when I get hold of it and give it a read. Quote
Janet Posted January 15, 2011 Author Posted January 15, 2011 Forgive me, forum members, for I have sinned and bought another book. Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. I swore I wasn't going to buy lots of new books in 2011 - and this is number 4! Oh dear! Quote
Peacefield Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Uh-oh, I think you're in trouble Janet! It's not even the end of January yet! Quote
Janet Posted January 15, 2011 Author Posted January 15, 2011 I know! Hubby and I had a morning/lunch out together today - we went to a little market town called Devizes - they had loads of charity shops - what can I say - I'm easily tempted! Quote
Peacefield Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 It's understandable! Cheap books - you can't go wrong! Quote
Janet Posted January 17, 2011 Author Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) Using this as my defence: Technically, I would say you didn't buy this book, it was a gift, just one you chose yourself. It definitely shouldn't count against you, and I'm pretty sure a good defence lawyer could argue against you having "bought" it, so you should not have any guilty feelings or think you've let yourself down in any way, Janet. You are hereby absolved of any responsibility for having increased your TBR pile. Today I purchased book 5 of 2011 - The Hundred and Ninety-nine Steps by Michel Faber Looking at my Amazon Wish List I added this on 29 June 2007!! It counts towards my Europe (and therefore my World) Challenge as the author was born in the Netherlands. ETA: Thanks again for the defence, Claire! Edited January 17, 2011 by Janet Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) You're more than welcome, Janet, especially since you're "acquiring" a book I've just read and really liked! Edited January 17, 2011 by chesilbeach Quote
Janet Posted January 17, 2011 Author Posted January 17, 2011 Oooh, excellent! The lovely guy in Waterstone's was raving about Michel Faber - apparently he's his favourite author of all time!). I will look forward to it. Quote
Janet Posted January 19, 2011 Author Posted January 19, 2011 Finished my first non-fiction book of 2011 - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee. 87½/10 - review to follow. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Only 87½/10? Can't wait to see what did it dropped that ½ / 2½ / 12½ for? (Obviously not quite sure what your marking scheme is ) Quote
Janet Posted January 19, 2011 Author Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) Whoops - it should have said 9/10 anyway, not ½ anything! I don't know what happened there! ETA: On reflection, I can't think of anything to criticize it for so I'm going to make it 10/10 - I loved it as much as Cider With Rosie. Edited January 19, 2011 by Janet Quote
Janet Posted January 20, 2011 Author Posted January 20, 2011 I bought another book today - Yes Man by Danny Wallace. It was only 50p in a charity shop and looks brand new. What's a girl to do*?! *Stop going anywhere near shops is probably the answer to that! Quote
Kidsmum Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 I loved it as much as Cider With Rosie. When I was at school a teacher refused to let me read Midnight Express by Billy Hayes during quiet reading time & she tried to force Cider With Rosie on me instead. Consequently I didn't get round to reading it till I was an adult & I didn't think much of it either, I think I was predjudiced against it , which just goes to show how someone can have a negative influence on your reading instead of a positive one. Quote
Janet Posted January 20, 2011 Author Posted January 20, 2011 That's a shame, but you're right - probably her trying to force you to read it didn't help much. I tend to like reading about England in the early 1900s (fiction or non-fiction) so it was right up my street, but I imagine some people would find it very dated or even maybe a bit twee. Quote
Janet Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 I finished The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps by Michel Faber on Friday, and the children's book A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh today - both were excellent reads! Quote
Janet Posted January 31, 2011 Author Posted January 31, 2011 I bought book 7 yesterday, but it's okay because I've already read it, so it sort of doesn't count! The Triple Echo by H E Bates. Thoughts to follow. I really must try to catch up on my reviews! Quote
Janet Posted February 4, 2011 Author Posted February 4, 2011 Yesterday I finished The Autobiography of a Super-tramp by W H Davies. Today I bought another book. A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines for £1.49 in Age UK, Shaftsbury. I’m not clear as to whether this is a children’s/YA book or not? It’s in the Telegraph’s “100 Children’s books…” list and I believe it’s studied at KS4 in the UK (Years 10 and 11) but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not an adult book. If it’s classed as an adult book then I can use it for my decades challenge. If not, well it doesn’t matter - I’ve had it on my Wish List for quite some time. Annoyingly I also bought an Orwell book that I thought I needed and discovered it's one I already have - it's Shooting the Elephant I'm missing. Grr. Still, this has far nicer print so I'll pass the old one on. Total new books acquired in 2011: 8 Number of these read: 4 Total cost of books acquired: £10.53 Quote
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