Andrea’s Comments (group member since Sep 13, 2012)

Andrea’s comments from the Aussie Readers group.

Here are mine:

1) The book that's been on your list the longest - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
2) A book recommended by a GR friend - Saturday (from Kathy)
3) A book from your favourite genre - The Lavender Keeper (historical fiction)
4) A book with over 400 pages - The Visitors (544 pages)
5) A book by an author new to you - Unforgivable by Sharon Robards
6) The book you want to read the most - Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth
7) A book by a male author - Glimpses of Bengal by Rabindranath Tagore
8) A book by one of your favourite authors - River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
9) A book by a female author - Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner or Lajja: Shame by Taslima Nasrin
10) A book with a cover you love - The Disappeared



Realistically I can only read an average of one book per week, but it doesn't hurt to shoot for the stars occasionally ;-)

Brenda wrote: "Finished my 2nd (Part 2) - Private Sydney by James Patterson/Kathryn Fox 4.5★s"

You're about to lap me, Brenda!

Finished my 2nd pick - Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. Thrilling - 4 stars!

Managed to find a copy of Delicious! by Ruth Reichl at the Salvos today - been looking for this for a while.

I found myself in BigW after work, so treated myself to My Life in Ruins by Adam Ford.

Melissa wrote: "The Show by John A. Heldt is free on Amazon.com.au http://www.amazon.com.au/Show-Northwe......"

Thanks Melissa - I don't mind a bit of time travel and had not heard of this author or series before. I'm keen to check it out.

Veronica wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Did you get it from Big W Veronica?"

Yes, I saw your post how cheap it was and ducked in before dinner. Very handy that they are open until 7pm. Mind you I also bought knitting wool..."

Sounds like a recipe for a great night in!

Rita *wants a quick quotes quill* Skeeter wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Elaine wrote: "I'm just about finished my "don't know how many" reread of TKAM and I'm loving it as much as I did the first time I read it. I can't imagine [book:Go Set a Watchman|24..."

I KNOW! I had to check with someone else who had read it, to make sure I hadn't misunderstood what was going on!

Elaine wrote: "I'm just about finished my "don't know how many" reread of TKAM and I'm loving it as much as I did the first time I read it. I can't imagine Go Set a Watchman could be bad. She had ..."

When I read chapter 1 on the weekend I got the distinct impression that it was written in the same 'voice' as TKAM, which I think is a good start. I enjoyed Stephen Romei's largely positive review in The Australian today, so am looking forward to reading GSAW for myself. But like others, I think I owe myself a re-read of TKAM first.

Veronica wrote: "Today I received Princess Bari by Hwang Sok-yong which I won through First Reads. The covers a bit wierd ( sorry Scribe ) maybe it will have more meaning when I read ..."

What the?! 'Weird' is too polite in this case.

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Oh that is just beautiful Michael!! I want to buy the book just for that picture! <3"

Ditto

The edition of TKAM that I own is this dinky little one from 1974, very well-read and adored



I'll probably just make do with a digital edition of GSAW until I can find a suitable companion edition. I realise this could take years!

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Hope you like it Andrea, I thought it was brilliant! ..."

I'm not very far into it yet, but I'm enjoying the pace so far.

I notice that the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee is available to read in Fairfax digital newspapers this afternoon - can't wait to get home to read it (in peace)!

Finished my first book for this challenge, You by Caroline Kepnes, 4.5★

Might make a start on Code Name Verity next.

Goodreads has been urging me to take a look at The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer for weeks now, so I finally caved in and got hold of it. Recommended because of Life After Life, I think.

My Kindle kinda died on the way home from work - can't help but wonder if it was protesting my reading matter (Caroline Kepnes).

I'll have to dig out the instructions on how to reboot it and see if that works.

I'm going to start with You by Caroline Kepnes, which I've been itching to read for a while.

Brenda wrote: "You're welcome! It was great, wasn't it! Have you read Nest yet? I loved that one too:)"

No, but I have it on my Kindle, so will be looking forward to it even more now that I've had a taste of Inga Simpson's story-telling.

I'm so glad to have been introduced to Mr Wigg - thank you Brenda and Amber.