Kylie Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 went to a library booksale today....came away with some great bargains Awesome haul, Sofia! I started 'Cloudstreet' by Tim Winton Woohoo! I hope you love it as much as I did. No book activity for me today.
chesilbeach Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I finished Witch Child by Celia Rees which was excellent, and have started Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro for my book group next week.
bobblybear Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I'm reading a brilliant book called Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook. Bought it for my Kindle on a whim, and it's shaping up to be one of the best I've read in a while.
Abcinthia Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I finshed Sons and Lovers and I'm now about 100 pages into Red Room by Nicci French. It's an easy read but it doesn't have me griped yet.
LittleW Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I finished For the sake of Elena from Elizabeth George today and read a bit of Arctic Dreams and started a new novel.
lauraloves Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I finally finished A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and I'm finally starting The Ambassadors!
julie Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I finished my book "Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson,and have to say I was pretty disappointed .Kind of an odd book . Not nearly as spooky as it might sound . Now back to my Travels With Ted & Ned ...... gotta get this one wrapped up in the next couple of days ..
Roland Butter Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 I'm reading a brilliant book called Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook. Bought it for my Kindle on a whim, and it's shaping up to be one of the best I've read in a while. I read his Places in the Dark (quite!) a few years ago and thought it was very good indeed.
pickle Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 I have been trying to be good and getting freebies for my Kindle and books from the library to cut down on my expenses but I couldn't resiswt the first three parts of an excellent new Vampire series called Blood Wager, Blood Passage and Blood Sense which I have just started, by Connie Suttle in my defence they were all relatively cheap. Have fallen behind on updating my list AGAIN!!!! will do that over the next couple of days
Karsa Orlong Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Finished Fallen Idols by Neil White (thriller about the murders of Premiership footballers - some might say they've been getting away with murder for years ). 'Twas okay in an 'easy-to-read-but-not-particularly-brilliant' kind of way. Now reading All My Sins Remembered by Joe Haldeman.
chesilbeach Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Started The Forgotten Affairs of Youth which is the new Isabel Dalhousie book from Alexander McCall Smith, and read a second short story from Alice Munro's Too Much Happiness.
bobblybear Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 I read his Places in the Dark (quite!) a few years ago and thought it was very good indeed. That must be one of his hard-to-find ones, as I can't even find it on Amazon. Next stop Ebay.
chaliepud Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Finished To Kill A Mockingbird, what a lovely lovely book. Not sure what to read next but I have plenty to choose from :-))
Roland Butter Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 That must be one of his hard-to-find ones, as I can't even find it on Amazon. Next stop Ebay. Now you're making me feel old. Wait a minute, as I recall, I read it on a stone tablet ... There are copies going for £1.74 a couple of pages in on the Thomas H Cook page, if you persevere.
Easy Reader Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Currently reading The Other Hand - Chris Cleave I don't know whether to laugh or cry with it
SueK Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 I've just finished reading Rosemary's Baby - such a great chiller! I'm now reading My Cousin Rachel by du Maurier and have downloaded today Crime and Punishment for 86p.
Kell Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Yesterday, I was told I'd won a Facebook proze draw ro win a signed limited edition of The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, of which there are only 750 in existence. It arrived this morning and is beautiful. It's #276 of 750 and bound in black goat leather (which feels and smells wonderful) with ornate gold and silver. I just checked it out a moment ago and discovered these babies are priced t £150!!! It is now officially my most expensive book and also, on account of it being a wonderful book and so beauitful to loko at, my favourite addition to my permanent library.
The Good Citizen Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 I've just picked up my preordered copy of 1q84 by Haruki Murakami which I've been dying to read for ages. But I was between books on Sunday and couldn't resist starting a new one. So I'm reading Super-Cannes by J.G.Ballard but only half way through it so 1q84 will have to wait. I knew I wouldn't finish it in time but its too good to drop half way through!
Karsa Orlong Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Yesterday, I was told I'd won a Facebook proze draw ro win a signed limited edition of The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, of which there are only 750 in existence. It arrived this morning and is beautiful. It's #276 of 750 and bound in black goat leather (which feels and smells wonderful) with ornate gold and silver. I just checked it out a moment ago and discovered these babies are priced t £150!!! It is now officially my most expensive book and also, on account of it being a wonderful book and so beauitful to loko at, my favourite addition to my permanent library. Nice! I guess the copy I bought my mum for her birthday for £7.99 kind of pales into insignificance in comparison
Kylie Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 I've just picked up my preordered copy of 1q84 by Haruki Murakami which I've been dying to read for ages. But I was between books on Sunday and couldn't resist starting a new one. So I'm reading Super-Cannes by J.G.Ballard but only half way through it so 1q84 will have to wait. I knew I wouldn't finish it in time but its too good to drop half way through! Oooh, lucky you! I preordered mine from the UK and I don't think they've started shipping them yet, so it'll still be a couple of weeks before I receive mine. I've finally finished cataloguing my recent acquisitions so now comes the really fun part: shelving them!
Sofia Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Yesterday, I was told I'd won a Facebook proze draw ro win a signed limited edition of The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, of which there are only 750 in existence. It arrived this morning and is beautiful. It's #276 of 750 and bound in black goat leather (which feels and smells wonderful) with ornate gold and silver. I just checked it out a moment ago and discovered these babies are priced t £150!!! It is now officially my most expensive book and also, on account of it being a wonderful book and so beauitful to loko at, my favourite addition to my permanent library. very nice
busy91 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 I am still plowing through A Prayer for Owen Meany, but I don't think I'm enjoying it much! Did not like this book, couldln't finish it. Loved the movie "Simon Birch" though. Go figure. Never read this, but don't think I will, the film still gives me nightmares The Book pretty close to the film. More graphic I'd say. I'm still reading it, loving it, almost done. Finished To Kill A Mockingbird, what a lovely lovely book. Not sure what to read next but I have plenty to choose from :-)) My favorite book ever.
chaliepud Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Started 2 books today! My public book is The Blasphemer by Nigel Farndale which has been on my TBR pile for a few months, it's starting off slowly but a few reviews on Amazon say it gets better quickly. My home book is Lover Awakened by JR Ward, the third book in the Black dagger Brotherhood series, a bit risque for the school run, doctors waiting room etc!
Easy Reader Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 My home book is Lover Awakened by JR Ward, the third book in the Black dagger Brotherhood series, a bit risque for the school run, doctors waiting room etc! My at home books are childrens books at the moment (Harry Potter and Narnia)but I am too engrossed in my public books so haven't been getting very far was at home books
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