lopeanha Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I finished Room yesterday evening and started Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 (edited) Page 170 of kane and Abel. It's OK. I'm rading it well. It's not my sort of thing, yet I'm reading it without groaning. Which I will be honest I thought it woud do. ...and it's keeping my mojo with me so I can't complain. Edited May 23, 2011 by catwoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanessaL Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Reading another Lesley Pearse books, into them at the moment, find them brilliant 'Charlie' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habeebi Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yipee! Finally finishd Cider House Rules by John Irving. Really enjoyed the second half of the book although the first half was a necessary slog and wasn't that bad looking back I just think I maybe picked the wrong book for my mood at the time. I have to say even though I watched the film before reading the book I didn't envisage the characters as Michael Caine and Elijah Wood. I had totally different pictures in my head. Anyway started The Ring by Koji Suzuki time for a spooky change of pace! X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Finished The House at Riverton- Kate Morton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Still reading Someone Else's Son I also was give another book at work today! Gerald Durrell's The Corfu Trilogy which includes My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Just getting into The Tenderness of Wolves and really enjoying the writing style. Was very bad today, my daughter wanted a book from Waterstones (she is steaming her way through all the Michael Morpurgos) and I bought four more books (!!!!) In my defence, a bought the Derren Brown one for my husbands birthday. For me I bought - Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen (I will blame that on all the good reviews on here!) Grace Williams says it loud - Emma Henderson It's the little things - Erica James (was only £2.99) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Finished Water for Elephants this evening, and also bought: Torment by Lauren Kate Only The Good Spy Young by Ally Carter Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine Up With The Larks by Tessa Hainsworth Devil's Bargain by Rachel Caine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 The Passage has now fast-forwarded to the future. I'm finding myself yawning as this section is not grabbing me like the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I'm still plodding painfully slowly through The Group. If only I could knuckle down and read for more than 5 minutes at a time! I received a book in the mail today: my long-awaited paperback copy of Bill Bryson's At Home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I somehow managed to find time for about 50 pages of Discovery of Witches last night. I can't seem to read more than that in one sitting, but at least I'm loving it as much as I hoped I would . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave165 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Just finished Dekok and the Death of a Clown by AC Baantyer. He is apparently the most widely read author in the Netherlands but must admit I had not heard of him until I picked this up at the library. Very enjoyable mystery novel comparable to the Maigret novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I just finished reading "I am Legend", such an amazing book! It was exciting from start to finish and the ending was so sad. :-( one of my fave books.....but do yourself a favor, skip the Will Smith movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Still enjoying Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 In the post today.... Return to the Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater. I read all the others a few years ago and loved them. Might keep this one for my hols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) Received in the mail today: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen The Inheritance: and Other Stories by Robin Hobb The Way of Kings by Brian Sanderson Purchased for Kindle: Isis by Douglas Clegg The Deadly Streets by Harlan Ellison Sourcery by Terry Pratchett Edited May 24, 2011 by Pixie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 In the post today.... Return to the Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater. I read all the others a few years ago and loved them. Might keep this one for my hols. She's a local girl! Her Dad used to have a party goods shop and theatrical agency in Bromley, and a former workmate used to go out with her when they were young (or so he used to say ...) Came home today with Purge by Sofi Oksanen, which I know a couple of my knowledgeable colleagues here have praised. Also, There's No Home by Alexander Baron. He's a much neglected writer - The Lowlife is one of my favourite "London sleaze" novels - but it seems his work is coming back into print. This one, according to the blurb: It's 1943. The allied invasion of Sicily. In a lull in the fighting, a British battalion march through the summer heat into the bombed out city of Catania, to be greeted by the women, children and old men who remain there. Yearning for some semblance of home life, the men begin to fill the roles left by absent husbands and fathers. Unlikely relationships form: tender, exploitative, even cruel, and each doomed to end when the battalion moves on. Many lives interleave in "There's No Home" but at its heart is the love that develops between Graziella, a bright young mother, and Sergeant Craddock, whose faltering Italian and rough attempts at seduction mask a deeper sympathy. In this sensitive and authentic portrayal of men and women thrown together by chance and conflict, Baron offers us a rare insight into the emotional impact of war. It's a bit out of the ordinary for Baron, but he's a very good writer, so I'm optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knox Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 The Passage has now fast-forwarded to the future. I'm finding myself yawning as this section is not grabbing me like the first. This happened to me but stick with it as it does get better For me though the first section set in present time was fantastic. I'm still reading 'Immortal In Death' JD Robb. Am about 1/4 way through but havent had much time to read the last couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 This happened to me but stick with it as it does get better For me though the first section set in present time was fantastic. It already is starting to pick up again. I am on page 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 So I finished the last of the Stephanie Plum - Janet Evanovich books I had from the library, that makes 6 I have read since Saturday and I loved them, definitely going to try and get these to own as I can see I will re-read them, I was reading one of them for a bit in the garden yesterday evening and had to stop myself from laughing out loud when Lula got stuck in the car window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I've got a couple of books on the go at the moment: The Report by Jessica Francis Kane and The Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski - both centred around WWII - although Secret State is non-fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Got a nice mojo-fuelling present from bf today: Richard Castle > Heat Wave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waits Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm really into The Camel Club now...really loving it, and I've sent off for the second book already so I can get started on that straight after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I finished Perfect Match - Jodi Picoult, which was fantastic and I have started Confessions of an Agony Aunt - Jane Sigaloff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Finished Other Stories and other stories by the incredible Ali Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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