Michelle Posted April 27, 2007 Author Posted April 27, 2007 Michael Crichton's Next has reached it's return date.. I'm half way through, but I'm giving up, and am not renewing it. It's just plodding along, and I don;t see much of a point. I'm really enjoying The Robber Bride, the various characters are so easy to get involved in. Quote
Weave Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 Michael Crichton's Next has reached it's return date.. I'm half way through, but I'm giving up, and am not renewing it. It's just plodding along, and I don;t see much of a point. I'm really enjoying The Robber Bride, the various characters are so easy to get involved in. I thought that too Michelle with 'The Robber Bride', I really liked Roz. Quote
angerball Posted April 28, 2007 Posted April 28, 2007 Michael Crichton's Next has reached it's return date.. I'm half way through, but I'm giving up, and am not renewing it. It's just plodding along, and I don;t see much of a point. I'm reading Next as well. I'm enjoying it, but at the same time, I know what you mean about it plodding along. Normally, I can finish books like this within a few days; for some reason though, I'm not all that inspired to pick this up, though when I do, I enjoy reading it. Little parts of the story are very interesting, but as a whole it's quite....jumbled up. Quote
Michelle Posted April 30, 2007 Author Posted April 30, 2007 I've been distracted by anauthor who got in touch with me. I'm reading Brown Owl's Guide to Life by Kate Harrison, and am really enjoying it. Shy, sweet-natured Lucy Collins is used to being pushed around. For the first eighteen years of her life, her widowed mother Judith ruled the roost. Now Lucy's husband, her seven-year-old daughter and even Buster the cat boss her about. But her mother's premature death leaves Lucy an orphan at the age of thirty-five. She's devastated...but she's also free. After a lifetime of being a disappointment to everyone, is it finally time Lucy grew up? As she clears out her mother's rambling house, Lucy discovers a trunk full of memories...her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother were all Brown Owls: capable, no-nonsense matriarchs who were the leading lights of the Girl Guide movement. They spent their spare time preparing the next generation for their roles as wives and mothers with a mixture of campfire songs, sew-on badges and reef knots. But could the old values and frontier spirit now hold the key to help Lucy make the changes she needs in her life? Quote
Michelle Posted May 3, 2007 Author Posted May 3, 2007 Wow - Brown Owl's Guide to Life was excellent.. I shall write a review when I get 5 minutes! I'm trying to get back to The Robber Bride, but I'm not sure I'm in the right frame of mind for it atm, to be honest. Quote
Michelle Posted May 25, 2007 Author Posted May 25, 2007 hmm.. having trouble getting back into The Robber Bride. Finding The Secret of Crickley Hall hard going aswell, for some strange reason. Some bits are quite creepy, but it's not holding me. I am, however, really enjoying The Book of Lost Things! B) I've also zoomed through The Spooks Curse.. it's a fun series. Quote
Kell Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Sounds like your reading mojo is on the blink, Michelle! Hope it gets back in synch soon... B) Quote
Michelle Posted May 26, 2007 Author Posted May 26, 2007 I'm not sure what's going on, because I AM enjoying certain books. I just can't keep going with something if it doesn't 'hook' me. Quote
Louiseog Posted May 26, 2007 Posted May 26, 2007 hmm.. having trouble getting back into The Robber Bride. Finding The Secret of Crickley Hall hard going aswell, for some strange reason. Some bits are quite creepy, but it's not holding me. I am, however, really enjoying The Book of Lost Things! B) I've also zoomed through The Spooks Curse.. it's a fun series. I've just started this and think its great, not what I expected at all Quote
Michelle Posted May 26, 2007 Author Posted May 26, 2007 I have a theory about what's going on... it will be interesting to see if it's right. B) It keeps surprising me, that's for sure.. at one point it jumps from a funny chapter to a quite gruesome one! Quote
Louiseog Posted May 30, 2007 Posted May 30, 2007 I was very frightened at certain ppoints and laughed out loud at others - the seven dwarves were fantastic Quote
Michelle Posted May 30, 2007 Author Posted May 30, 2007 Yep Louise, I loved that chapter.. which made the next one even more gruesome and creepy! Quote
Michelle Posted June 14, 2007 Author Posted June 14, 2007 I have started, and put down unfinished, so many books it's rediculous! I loved The Book of Lost Things, and rather enjoyed The Thief of Always.. I think I need unusual and fairly short books right now. As Blue Smoke is from the library, I'm keeping going with it, before it has to back. If it was my own book, however, I fear it may be yet another one to go back onto my shelf. Quote
KW Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 I got thru about 10 pages of Blue Smoke and then the book went down in flames shall we say... Quote
Michelle Posted June 19, 2007 Author Posted June 19, 2007 Given up with Blue Smoke.. picked up The Memory Keeper's Daughter from WHSmith, which I'm really liking.. beautifully written. Quote
Maureen Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 I have started, and put down unfinished, so many books it's rediculous! . Micha, when I can't seem to like a book, i usually pick a book of short stories. Quote
Michelle Posted June 26, 2007 Author Posted June 26, 2007 Quick update - The Memory Keeper's Daughter was really good, I'll write a review when I can. I'm now half way through The Spook's Secret, and then onto Savage.. yet another offering from our own KW, which I'm sure will be great. Quote
Michelle Posted July 7, 2007 Author Posted July 7, 2007 25 books during this half of the year, plus 3 put down half way through. Seems very slow compared to some here! LOL Quote
Janet Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 25 books during this half of the year, plus 3 put down half way through. Seems very slow compared to some here! LOL I'm only on 18 read, Michelle. I sometimes wish I could read faster, but I can't! Quote
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