Nici Posted February 12, 2008 Author Posted February 12, 2008 Finished Neverwhere this evening. You can see what I thought of it in the Reading Circle thread. I fancied a historical read so I have chosen The Favoured Child - Phillippa Gregory. Blurb from the back of the book The Wideacre Estate is bankrupt. The villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But in the Dower House two children are being riased in protectedinnocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a swcret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir. This book sounds familiar, I hope I haven't read it before! Quote
JudyB Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Neverwhere is taking me a bit longer to read simply because it is such a strange book! I am enjoying it and certainly I will never look at London in the same light again! A very interesting and unusual story..... I've earmarked this as a birthday present for my Dad - it sounds just up his street. Quote
Nici Posted February 12, 2008 Author Posted February 12, 2008 Brilliant Judy! You will have to let me know how he gets on. Quote
Weave Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Getting your good reads on there Nic, happy reading Quote
KW Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Secret and Betrayal. Hmm, this BETRAYAL sounds interesting...might that I take a look.... Quote
happyanddandy Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 This book sounds familiar, I hope I haven't read it before! This happened to me very recently - I bought a new copy of 'The White Family' by Maggie Gee - a few pages in I realised I had read it a couple of years ago!! A waste of my BOGOF Quote
Nici Posted February 13, 2008 Author Posted February 13, 2008 Getting your good reads on there Nic, happy reading I can't believe how well I am doing this year! What an excellent start! Hmm, this BETRAYAL sounds interesting...might that I take a look.... They are great books, I would recommend them to anyone! A waste of my BOGOF Lol that made me smile! Quote
Nici Posted March 5, 2008 Author Posted March 5, 2008 I have just finished The Favoured Child - Phillippa Gregory and what a great book it was! Lot's of ups and downs and moments when I felt real sadness. Couldn't put it down towards the end and even gasped in a few places! Once again another cracking book by Phillippa Gregory. Quote
Nici Posted March 5, 2008 Author Posted March 5, 2008 Next to be read is Slash, I'm looking forward to this one! Blurb from the back of the book From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. He was born in England, but raised in LA, spending an adolescence on the streets of Hollywood, discovering drugs, drinking, rock music and girls, all the while achieving notable status as a BMX rider. But everything changed the day when aged 15, Slash first held the beat-up, one string guitar his grandmother had discarded in a closet. The instrument became his voice and as soon as he could string chords and a solo together, Slash wanted to be in a band. He found that band in the form of four young men of equal minds: Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler and Duff McKagan. Together they became Guns n Roses, one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time. Dirty, volatile and as authentic as the streets that weaned them, they fought their way to the top with ground-breaking albums such as the iconic Appetite for Destruction and Use your Illusion 1 and 2. Here, for the first time ever, Slash tells the tale that has yet to be told: how the band came together, how they wrote the music that defined an era, how they survived insane, never-ending tours, how they rode the most excessive rock 'n' roll wave of a generation and, ultimately, how it all fell apart. This is a window into the world of the notoriously private guitarist and a seat on the rollercoster ride that was one of history's greatest rock and roll machines: always on the edge of self-destruction even at the pinnacle of success. Quote
Nici Posted March 18, 2008 Author Posted March 18, 2008 Finished Slash last night and really enjoyed it. You can read my thoughts over in the Review section (I can't post a link due to my stupid internet provider...) Next is Sarah Pinborough - The Taken Blurb from the back of the book She's a beautiful little girl, only ten years old with pretty blond curls. Why, then, does she strike terror into all who see her? Because she died thirty years ago - a horrible, agonizing death in the middle of a raging thunderstorm. Tonight the storm has returned....and so has she. She has returned from a shadowy realm unseen by the living to exact revenge on those responsible for her death. One by one she will make them pay. There is nowhere to hide, no way to escape. It is only a matter of time before her ghostly vengeance is complete..... Quote
Nici Posted March 25, 2008 Author Posted March 25, 2008 I'm enjoying The Taken but it's really scaring me! There is nothing more frightening than children ghosts! I must stop reading it before I go to bed as it scares me so much that I am cocooning myself in the duvet and keep imagining the children at the bottom of my bed ..... Quote
Michelle Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Aww Nici - you need a nice fluffy chick lit for the evenings! Quote
Guest Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 No, Michelle - we should buy her a copy of Heart-Shaped Box - that'd scare seven bells out of her. Quote
Nici Posted March 28, 2008 Author Posted March 28, 2008 Fished The Taken last night, now about to start Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth. Blurb from the back of the book Set in the turbulent times of twelfth-century England when civil war, famine, religious strife and battles over royal succesion tore lives and families apart, The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of the building of a magnificent cathedral. Against this richly imagined backdrop, filled with intrigue and treachery, Ken Follett draws the reader irresistibly into a wonderful epic of family drama, violent conflict and unanswering ambition. From humble stonemason to imperious monarch, the dreams, labours and loves of his characters come vividly to life. The Pillars of the Earth is, without doubt, a masterpiece - and has proved to be one of the most popular books of our time. Quote
Nici Posted April 1, 2008 Author Posted April 1, 2008 I am love love loving The Pillars of the Earth! I haven't been able to put it down all day! But at a huge 1,088 pages long with itsy bitsy writing I haven't made much of a dent in it yet! Quote
Michelle Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 That's my worry about this book, how long it will take! Do you think it can be read alongside other books? Quote
Nici Posted April 2, 2008 Author Posted April 2, 2008 Michelle, I personaly can't read two books at a time. But I think that if I could, this would be one that could be. (Hope that makes sense lol). Quote
Michelle Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 Yes, it does. I've been reading about 3 at a time recently, so I might consider it soon. Quote
Nici Posted April 19, 2008 Author Posted April 19, 2008 Finshed Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth last night, what a great book! My review can be found here Next I'm onto Rose Malikan - The Blackstone Key Synopsis from Amazon: 1795, and a young woman travels in haste from Cambridge to the Suffolk coast. Her name is Mary Finch, and she has been invited to meet her wealthy uncle - and so end a family estrangement that has held fast for more than twenty years. Smart, courageous and blessed with good looks if not good fortune, Mary is excited by the prospect of adventure, and the chance to escape a miserable future teaching at Mrs Bunbury's school for young ladies. But a whispered warning from a man dying on the road who carries a strangely familiar watch bearing her uncle's initials, exposes her to a ruthless conspiracy that threatens not only her family's reputation, but her very life. With England embroiled in a ****** war with Republican France, and spies and smugglers active all along the coast, Mary must learn quickly how to fight for her survival, and to distinguish friend from foe. Can she trust the two men who want to help her? What is their interest in the mysterious Blackstone key? Does it guard a secret treasure, or might it have a more sinister purpose? Quote
Nici Posted April 22, 2008 Author Posted April 22, 2008 Unfortunately I have had to give up on Rose Malikan - The Blackstone Key. Unfortunately this book just didn't hold my attention. So now i'm onto Wicked - Gregory Maguire Synopsis from Amazon: An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. Quote
Weave Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Snap Nici! I am on page 197 and I started it yesterday, I am enjoying it a lot more this time, I have tried and failed to read it before but this time it is aces! Happy reading Nici! Quote
Nici Posted May 10, 2008 Author Posted May 10, 2008 Although I was enjoying Wicked, I wasn't really in the mood for a fantasy/magical read so I stopped reading it for now. I will go back to it when I am in the mood. So I decided I would read The Memory Keepers Daughter - Kim Edwards instead. Blurb: David Henry, a doctor who has escaped his humble beginnings in rural Pennsylvania, moves to Lexington, Kentucky, to begin his career. There, he meets Norah Asher, whom he marries after a brief but intense relationship. A year later, on a very snowy night in 1964, a pregnant Norah goes into labor Quote
Nici Posted May 22, 2008 Author Posted May 22, 2008 Finished The Memory Keepers Daughter this afternoon and really really loved it. You can find my review here Next is: Before the Storm - Judith Lennox Synopsis from Amazon: A gripping multi-generational family drama set in London and Cornwall, from 1908 until the 1950s.On an autumn day in 1909 wealthyyoungRichard Finborough catches sight of twenty-year-old Isabel Zeale at the harbour at Lynmouth in Devon. Her beautycaptivates him. Aware of shameful secrets in her past, Isabel has no intention of letting anyone into her life, but Richard'spersistence and ardour eventually win himher trust- and her hand in marriage. The decades pass and Isabel and Richard raise a family through the turbulent times of the First World War and the 1920s. As her children reach adulthood, Isabel is convinced her secret is safe - until an old acquaintance emerges from the shadows, turning her world upside down. To protect the happiness of those she loves most, Isabel must find the courage to confront what came before, and live with the consequences! Quote
Kate Posted May 23, 2008 Posted May 23, 2008 I can't wait to read the Memory Keeper's Daughter, it is on my TBR list Quote
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