Inver Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 One of my absolute favourite children's books! Bought it at a book fair as a child, and re-read it again last year or the year before. Wonderful little story. Is that the one I sent you I think! Or am I getting mixed up with something/one else! I have finished the first section of 'Birdsong' but no way will I get this book finished before watching the second part on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Drop City - T C Boyle and The Lambs of London - Peter Ackroyd finally dropped through my letter box yesterday. Still waiting on The Atrocity Exhibition - J G Ballard a week after it was posted though, which is the one I want most of all... Ebay is always a mine field! Have you read much by Ballard before? Do you have any favourites you'd recommend? I have all of his short stories and about half a dozen of his novels, but I haven't actually read anything by him yet. I keep buying, though, because I just know I'm going to love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I just finished 'Miss Peregrine's House of Peculiar Children' by Ransom Riggs (which as good as I thought it was going to be) and 'Just After Sunset' by Stephen King (Kindle) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I just finished 'Miss Peregrine's House of Peculiar Children' by Ransom Riggs (which as good as I thought it was going to be) and 'Just After Sunset' by Stephen King (Kindle) I loved Miss Peregrine's as well....they are planning a movie I hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I loved Miss Peregrine's as well....they are planning a movie I hear That will be too cool Sofia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookworm44 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 About three quarters of the way through Augusten Burroughs Running with Scissors. I know it's a memoir but I truly hope he's made at least some of it up because if not ... :o I felt the same exact way when I read the book. Off to read some more of The Help before bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 About three quarters of the way through Augusten Burroughs Running with Scissors. I know it's a memoir but I truly hope he's made at least some of it up because if not ... :o I thought the same hen! His Mum was very much under a question mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 That will be too cool Sofia It would, wouldnt it? can't wait to see who is cast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 It would, wouldnt it? can't wait to see who is cast! Oh I don't know where to begin with casting, it would have been a pretty fierce actress to play Miss Peregrine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Oh I don't know where to begin with casting, it would have been a pretty fierce actress to play Miss Peregrine. Oh I agree! Btw, I believe Tim Burton is directing....makes it all the more interesting. Have you ever watched the book trailer? Very cool too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 About three quarters of the way through Augusten Burroughs Running with Scissors. I know it's a memoir but I truly hope he's made at least some of it up because if not ... :o I'm happy to hear you could pick up the book again, you seem to have made great progress! Are you liking it? I know what you mean, it's simply unbelievable at times. But it's written in such a funny, detached kind of way, I couldn't help but love the book. What did you make of it frankie? It took me to a dark, dark place and I felt so helpless that I couldn't do anything .. it made me feel really gloomy shoes. I know. I just wanted to slap Hooper and make him stop, and I wanted to slap Kingshaw's Mum the hardest and make her lose the custody of her child and I wanted to adopt Kingshaw and just give him a good long cuddle. I was so outraged at times. Well most of the time! Oh and I did want to slap Hooper senior as well, he was as guilty as the rest of them. Hmph, I can't find the spoiler tag on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Citizen Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) Have you read much by Ballard before? Do you have any favourites you'd recommend? I have all of his short stories and about half a dozen of his novels, but I haven't actually read anything by him yet. I keep buying, though, because I just know I'm going to love him. I read Super-Cannes recently which is sort of a companion to Cocaine Nights which is quite acclaimed. It was a good fast paced thriller, if a little amoral so not for the faint hearted! So I'll read Cocaine Nights at some point too, (again always reading books in the wrong order!). So I'm just discovering him too at the moment Kylie, I know he is very highly rated and the band Joy Division (who I really like) wrote a song called atrocity exhibition after the lead singer read the book so thats a good enough recommendation for me! Edited January 26, 2012 by The Good Citizen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Finished Before I Go To Sleep before I went to sleep last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I just finished 'Miss Peregrine's House of Peculiar Children' by Ransom Riggs (which as good as I thought it was going to be) and 'Just After Sunset' by Stephen King (Kindle) I loved Miss Peregrine's as well....they are planning a movie I hear This makes me so happy .. thanks girls I haven't read it but I can't wait to and to know that it's great and that they are making a film ... and Tim Burton is to direct .. wow I'm happy to hear you could pick up the book again, you seem to have made great progress! Are you liking it? I know what you mean, it's simply unbelievable at times. But it's written in such a funny, detached kind of way, I couldn't help but love the book. I am loving it but it's freaking me out. I'm thinking this has got to be an exaggeration surely. I thought I knew some eccentric people but goodness the Finches take some beating. As for his Mum and Dad :angry: Augusten deals with the situation well .. in a 'if you can't beat them join them' sort of way and I suppose if he had had a normal upbringing then this book wouldn't have been written but really if any of that had happened to me I would be a total fruitcake by now (instead of being just a slice ) I know. I just wanted to slap Hooper and make him stop, and I wanted to slap Kingshaw's Mum the hardest and make her lose the custody of her child and I wanted to adopt Kingshaw and just give him a good long cuddle. I was so outraged at times. Well most of the time! Oh and I did want to slap Hooper senior as well, he was as guilty as the rest of them. Hmph, I can't find the spoiler tag on this! I felt the same .. total frustration at them all (except Kingshaw) and outrage. I think I hated Kingshaw's Mum the most .. even more than Hooper ... she was too busy thinking about her own future to see what her son was going through .. I felt actual real pain for him .. even though he wasn't real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 After reading some opinions on different books, I recently borrowed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and The Time Traveler's Wife by Aurey Niffenegger from my local library. I'm about a quarter of a way through To Kill a Mockingbird at the moment and I'm enjoying it so far. I'm glad I decided to move out of the fantasy genre and throw myself into some of these novels, they've certainly made me think. All excellent books To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my all time favourites. I started Carter Beats The Devil last night, although I only read about 10 pages. Read some more at lunchtime today, and I think could be a book I will love Promising start anyway, so fingers crossed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I've lately been focusing mainly on some books I need to read for school. Creative Arts Marketing is one of them, been reading it like crazy during the last few days. I hope to finish it in the next few hours so I can get my hands on something a bit lighter. Oh, I did read one novel a couple of days ago. It was a Finnish one, I don't think it's been translated into English.The name of the writer is Irja Virtanen and the book is about some women in Finland during the Second World War. I really enjoyed reading it and the end managed to shake me even though it was pretty predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Couldn't decide what book to start during my lunch break, so I read the introductions and did some puzzles from Johnny Ball's Ball of Confusion, then read the first chapter of Mark Steel's In Town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmo Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I finished the Hunger Games today and can't wait to start the next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I went to the library today and borrowed The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Recommended to me by a work-colleague. I think I'll need tissues from what she has told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I'm about 80 pages into Glen Cook's The White Rose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I went to the library today and borrowed The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Recommended to me by a work-colleague. I think I'll need tissues from what she has told me. Yes you will. But it's totally worth it...a beautiful, funny, lovely book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Finally about half way through Cryptonomicon, and also reading Frank Rich's autobio, Ghost Light. Also, on kindle reading Prince of Time by Sarah Woodbury. Received The Stand, and whoa! Gonna finish at least Cryptonomicon before tackling this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abcinthia Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I'm about halfway through Courtiers by Lucy Worsley and I've just started 9th Judgement by James Patterson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I've read a few more chapters (towns) from Mark Steel's In Town, and I'm now about to settle down with the February Reading Circle book, Mistress Masham's Repose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Have downloaded a few more kindle freebies, I need to stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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