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Tigerlily
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 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject: Books we read in January 08 |
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For you to add as and when
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miranda
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'Small Island' by Andrea Levy - finished - loved it.
'The Book Thief' by Marcus Zusack - I started this last year, and have just got round to finishing it! It is a brilliant read btw all about the power of words - for good or otherwise.
Mister Pip - finished - really enjoyed this one too!
Marley and Me by john Grogan - I enjoyed this light-hearted, quick read!
Not sure what to read next tho!
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RonnieJacobs
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So far this month
Four Blind Mice - James Patterson
Big Bad Wolf - James Patterson
London Bridges - James Patterson
Who Moved My Blackberry - Martin Lukes
Mary Mary - James Patterson
The Hungry Years - William Leith
The Pact - Jodi Picoult
Cross James Patterson
Double Cross James Patterson
Gave up on
I dont mean to be rude but - simon cowell - not in the mood for it
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nicnic
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This month I've read:
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis
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jobar
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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January Reads...
The Saffron Kitchen ~ Yasmin Crowther...9/10
Going Home ~ Harriet Evans...9/10
Mr Pip ~ Lloyd Jones....10/10 ...wow...!
Mistress of Spices ~ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni...7/10
Little Face ~ Sophie Hannah...8/10
Hurting Distance ~ Sophie Hannah..9/10
The Apple ~ Michael Faber...8/10...not as good as TCPATW
In the Dark ~ Deborah Moggach...8/10
The Burning Times ~ Jeanne Kalogridis...10/10....Loved this one
Tamburlaine Must Die ~ Louise Welsh....10/10 ...another super story
A Place Beyond Courage ~ Elizabeth Chadwick...10/10...Loved this one
The Cutting Room ~ Louise Welsh....10/10..dark and dirty...
Gave up on:
Sparkles ~ Louise Bagshawe...managed about 20 pages !
Classic This Month
Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austen
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sparkymarky
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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don't often post on this thread but am 70 pages short of finishing chocolat and absolutely loving it!!!!!!
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Tigerlily
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Chocolat is cool  Read it years ago and remember how it made me feel lovely and gooey inside. Definitely one to re-read.
Now I really want to read this Mr Pip - nothing but glowing reports
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finished this last night-loved it to pieces-now wanna watch the film....
gonna start the fifth elephant now-my first pratchett in ages....  |
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| sparkymarky wrote: | finished this last night-loved it to pieces-now wanna watch the film....
gonna start the fifth elephant now-my first pratchett in ages.... |
The film is rather different to the book. In the book I think it is the priest who is against the chocolate shop but in the film it is the mayor, which I think spoiled it but maybe the films makers didn't what to upset the catholic church! But the film is worth watching as it has Johnny Depp in it  but that may not be of interest to you.
You must read The Lollipop Shoes which carries on the story and is just as good if not better.
I am on Chapter 7 of Jane Eyre and getting quite annoyed about Mr Brockhursts double standards. |
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Tigerlily
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I might have to read Chocolat again to refresh my memory and then The Lollipop Shoes as have heard all good things about it. When a few of us on here like a book, it makes me want to read it.
Hope you enjoy the film Sparky.
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52
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This month? Hmmm.....
Valiant and Ironside by Holly Black
The House of Riverton by Kate Morton
The QI Annual
My Booky Wook by Russel Brand
Horseradish and books one to four of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' by Lemony Snicket
not sure if I should put these here but volumes two to seven of the Battle Royale mangas
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eightlegs
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| 52 wrote: | This month? Hmmm.....
Valiant and Ironside by Holly Black
The House of Riverton by Kate Morton
The QI Annual
My Booky Wook by Russel Brand
Horseradish and books one to four of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' by Lemony Snicket
not sure if I should put these here but volumes two to seven of the Battle Royale mangas |
Wow 52 and it's only the 11th. You must get through lots in a month! |
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52
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I've just not had that much to do recently, normally it's only round a book a week or so.
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eightlegs
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| 52 wrote: | | I've just not had that much to do recently, normally it's only round a book a week or so. |
Phew, that sounds better (more like what I can manage I mean, of course!) In a good month or if lots of them are short I manage 6-7 but more often it's 4-5!
I assume since you've read more than one you enjoyed the Lemony Snickett ones, we have the first one which I keep trying to interest my son in, but at the moment he has got into Harry Potter and is half way through number 2 so I may have a wait!! |
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I love the Lemony Snickets, they appeal to my rather bizarre sense of humour. He's also got a really strange writing style, he goes of on complete tangents as well .I'ld say if you wanted to intrest your son in them, you might be better off trying the second one 'The Reptile Room'. There are a couple of references adult might like as well, my personal favourite is the Virginian Wolfsnake, which you must never let near a typewriter.
I'm slightly scared, the disc drive on my laptop is making perculiar noises...
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So far this month I've only read:
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Started Inkheart but not finished, currently have 2 on the go, Sense & Sensibility and Harry Potter 2. |
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have been a bit slower this month....savouring the books....
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The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd (even better than the bee one.. and if you didn't like the bee one you may very well like this one!)
Notes from an Exhibtion - Patrick Gale - beautifully written, madness, family troubles, reminded me of a more lyrical Spot of Bother (Haddon)
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[quote="lovely treez"]The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd (even better than the bee one.. and if you didn't like the bee one you may very well like this one!)
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How about if we did like the bee one? (I did!) |
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| Just read Little Face and Hurting Distnace both by Sophie Hannah, prefered HD but certainly both are good reads. |
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So far this month I have read About A Boy, by Nick Horny (great, but very different from the film), and Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante (very good). Am about halfway through The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, by Ben Sherwood. So far, I am enjoying it very much, but I think I might have guessed the ending 
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