lauraloves Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I've finished Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern and have started Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Just finished The Blasphemer (Nigel Farndale). It was a bit slow to get going but after that couldn't put it down. Not sure what to read next, maybe The Night Circus..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Finished The Hunger Games. I didn't like it much, but then I don't think it was aimed at my age group Shan't be rushing to read the second book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Finished Bertie Plays The Blues and have started The Quickening Maze for my reading group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Finished A Christmas Carol and have started Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It's good to read another Harry Potter - I missed those characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Finished The Hunger Games. I didn't like it much, but then I don't think it was aimed at my age group Shan't be rushing to read the second book I have heard people rave about this series on here, but for some reason it has never interested me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Just finished another very peculiar work by the highly original James Purdy, entitled I Am Elijah Thrush. The whole thing has a sort of dreamlike quality to it. I'm already struggling to recall much of it to mind. He was a very gifted writer and I was particularly taken with the dialogue in this novel. It's completely unlike anything written in the last century - more like something from several hundred years ago, and certainly preferable to the way we tend to speak in real life. Especially nowadays. It's all a bit warped but I'd recommend anything of Purdy's to a reader seeking something a little offbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 My copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie arrived today so I'll be starting that once I've finished my current book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 ...and have started The Quickening Maze for my reading group. Ooh, I hope you enjoy it. I thought it was great... and the cover of mine was very tactile - I couldn't stop touching it. I've nearly finished Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos - about 50 pages to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Finished The Hunger Games. I didn't like it much, but then I don't think it was aimed at my age group Shan't be rushing to read the second book Aw, that's a shame. But there are plenty of us adults (young at heart?) who love the series! I bought a few more Vintage books today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I've got a few new books this past weeks: Maggie Stiefvater > Lamen Adam Rex > Fat Vampire Nina Blazon > Zweilicht Michelle Harrison > The thirteen treasures Caragh M. O'Brien > Birthmarked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 went to a library booksale today....came away with some great bargains All of these were just 25 cents each: Alias Grace-Margaret Atwood The Bluest Eye-Toni Morrison Daughter of Fortune-Isabel Allende Neither Here nor There-Bill Bryson I Am David-Anne Holm A Walk in the Woods-Bill Bryson As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl-John Colapinto Emma_Jane Austen These were 2 bucks each: Nickel and Dimed: On(not)getting by in America-Barbara Ehrenreich The House at Riverton-Kate Morton The Redbreast-Jo Nesbo Half Broke Horses-Jeannette Walls Mennonite in a Black Dress-Rhoda Janzen A very late comment, but can't help it: A great haul! Emma and The Bluest Eye are fine reads, and I'm jealous of the Bill Bryson titles you acquired! Enjoy! About half way through A Handful of Dust and I may finish it tonight if I get the time. Also bought 5 other books from my local Oxfam: Dead In The Family - Charlaine Harris Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure - John Cleland Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson - Paula Byrne Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Kate Summerscale Great haul Abcinthia! Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series is excellent! And I also have the Whicher book as well as the Fanny Hill book on my TBR, I hope they're good. Can't wait to hear what you think of them! I'm currently reading a biography of Hitler, it's written by a Finnish author, and it's written in a sort of a parodic, black humour style. I'm quite embarrassed to read it each day and learn how much I've forgotten about all the history lessons back in high school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm quite embarrassed to read it each day and learn how much I've forgotten about all the history lessons back in high school But at least you're re-learning it now! I received Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 in the mail today. Exciting times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 But at least you're re-learning it now! I received Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 in the mail today. Exciting times! No I'm not, it's way too detail-oriented, date-focused and my head is spinning from all the German names and places and different political groups etc The one thing I have learnt is that apparently Hitler was a mean farter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 No I'm not, it's way too detail-oriented, date-focused and my head is spinning from all the German names and places and different political groups etc The one thing I have learnt is that apparently Hitler was a mean farter. Frankie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Frankie! What? What did I do? ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I received Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 in the mail today. Exciting times! Indeed. The one thing I have learnt is that apparently Hitler was a mean farter. How apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The one thing I have learnt is that apparently Hitler was a mean farter. Wasn't he a vegetarian? Maybe too many bean based meals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 How apt. Wasn't he a vegetarian? Maybe too many bean based meals. Actually, it's been said in the book that he wasn't exactly entirely vegetarian, but for some reason he's been portrayed that way. It was some pages ago, can't remember exactly how it went, should look it up. Beans, onions... farty party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Busy is not the word for it. But I have been reading a few books. I don't have time to put them up here right now but they are on my blog. I've read the new Karin Slaughter and I was pretty disspaointed. Read the book Twelve by Jasper Kent. ot as good as I had hoped. Reading Crippen by the guy who wrote the boy with the stripedPajamas. This is going really well and reading for the Transworld book club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I've read the new Karin Slaughter and I was pretty disspaointed. Hi CW Which Karin Slaughter was that, and how was it disappointing? I thought she was genetically built to write only excellent thrillers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I've finally managed to read a whole book!!!!! My mojo completely abandoned me and since June I haven't picked a book up but due to hanging around hospitals the last few days I took my kindle and decided to read some of the samples, but I also started, and finished, Touched By Angels by Peggy Webb and really enjoyed it, very predictable but easy to read a relatively short. Single mom Sarah Love is determined to make a fresh start in Alabama for herself and Jenny. Born special, Jenny struggles to do the things other four-year-olds take for granted. Sarah hadn't counted on Jenny escaping her vigilance and racing in front of Jake Townsend's motorcycle. And she certainly hadn't counted on falling for the sexy, complex daredevil who nearly wrecked his bike to save her child. Nor had Jake, who had lost his own child, expected to find himself drawn into the lives of a courageous mother and her stubborn, endearing daughter. Could Sarah and Jenny be his second chance? Could he be the hero Sarah and Jenny believe him to be? Hope I can keep this up and read another book before weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm about halfway through The Quickening Maze which is fascinating, and I'm really enjoying because I have no idea where it's going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 A very late comment, but can't help it: A great haul! Emma and The Bluest Eye are fine reads, and I'm jealous of the Bill Bryson titles you acquired! Enjoy! I'm looking forward to reading him....be my first experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I was in Smiths and Michelle Paver's Dark Matter caught my eye, as it had the 'review of the week' on the Richard & Judy Book Club stand, so I bought it, although I did check it wasn't one of her kids' books beforehand (after my mistake with The Hunger Games). Very intrigued by this book, so it may go straight to the top of my TBR pile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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