Purple Poppy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I have just ordered Fluffy from Amazon, as it looks good. Will let you know how I get on with it. I doubt it could be more different than Maus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 I have just ordered Fluffy from Amazon, as it looks good. Will let you know how I get on with it. I doubt it could be more different than Maus! What is Fluffy about PP? Glad you enjoyed On Beauty On the graphic novel front, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a good graphic novel to read after Maus, I reckon. Thanks Amy. I have Persepolis on my wish list. I am hoping that some kind person (son or daughter) will get it for me for Mothers Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 This is Fluffy. I had a peep inside when I was at Waterstones yesterday, and after reading the blurb, I think it looks good. Will let you know. Pp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 It sounds as if it will be a lovely read PP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 It does doesn't it? And a bit different. When I finish it (2010...you know how slow I am) I will pass it round to those who would like to borrow it. Maybe we should start book chains...lend a book out and track who has it on the forum until it gets back home again. Everytime it arrives at a forum members house, its logged as received and when they finish it, they post it to the next person on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I have now started on A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle. Born in the slum of Dublin in 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk he is out robbing, begging, often cold always hungry, but a prince of the streets. At fourteen, already six foot two, Henry is in the General Post Office on Easter Monday 1916, a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army, fighting for freedom. I have this on my TBR shelf, I hope it's good. It was an impulse buy for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Hi Ronny I got this book out of the library because I had read a couple of other books by Roddy Doyle. So Far it is quite different and much darker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 I have finished reading A Star Called Henry. It was very different from the other Roddy Doyle books that I have read. I am now starting on Perfume by Patrick Suskind. He is abandoned on the filthy streets as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I have now finished reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. I enjoyed it very much. I am now reading After You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Ah, this is one of my favourite novels EVER! Definitely All Time Top 5 material for me. I really hope you enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I've just recommended it to KW aswell.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I am loving it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Maggie O'Farrell will be with us in May, so if you have any questions for her whilst reading, make a note! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Will do, but I am so involved in the story I just want to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Well I finished After You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 I have finished reading The Interpretation of Murder and I have now started on Every Light in the House Burnin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well I finished After You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 I really mean to read more of Maggie O’Farrell's books. I think they are excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I really mean to read more of Maggie O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Oh I had not realised that there were three more books she had written. That is good news. I will try and read them in the order you suggest Amy. Thanks:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I'm finding that The Distance Between Us reminds me very much of After You'd Gone, where as My Lover's Lover was very different. I found myself rushing through that one, because I wanted to find out what had happened, whereas the other two I relax and enjoy more. May I remind everyone that there will be quite a few copies of The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox on offer during April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 My Lover's Lover was very different. I found myself rushing through that one, because I wanted to find out what had happened, whereas the other two I relax and enjoy more. That's very true: I remember rushing through it too. I sped through The Distance Between Us but only because I had insomnia for two nights running. It was a great companion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 I have finished Every Light in the House Burnin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 I have finished Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 It has taken me a while but I eventually finished reading Lolita. I quickly got used to the style but I was pretty appalled at Humbert Humbert and so I could only read a little at a time. I am struggling to get the right words to describe this book. I enjoyed it but at times I hated it and it made me shiver. I am putting it in my to be read again pile. I am now starting on Suite Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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