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Elaine wrote: "So I just recently finished 11/22/63 which I absolutely loved and now I'm struggling to start or get into anything else. Started The Perfect Location, which I had to..."As someone in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society said, "Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books"!!
Kathryn wrote: "Elaine wrote: "So I just recently finished 11/22/63 which I absolutely loved and now I'm struggling to start or get into anything else. Started The Perfect Location,..."Yes I remember that quote quite clearly Kathryn and it's spot on!!! :)
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I have Norwegian by Night here from my library, which I haven't started yet:)
Phrynne wrote: "Elaine wrote: "So I just recently finished 11/22/63 which I absolutely loved and now I'm struggling to start or get into anything else. Started The Perfect Location,..."Phrynne it isn't great that's for sure, which is unfortunate because the author is lovely and you kind of want her to be successful as she is an Aussie. Although I'm sure there would be an audience for this kind of novel. Yes I think Bette's review is pretty spot on. I might persevere with it though and read it when I can't be bothered concentrating.
Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "So I just recently finished 11/22/63 which I absolutely loved and now I'm struggling to start or get into anything else. Started The Perfect Location,..."Mine is a library copy too Brenda and I've just realised I have to return it on Friday as it has a reserve on it. It's pretty good so far and I remember reading a really good review about it...I think it was by Marianne.
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There is certainly an audience for her novel. Many people are giving it five stars! I just know it is not for me! :)
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brenda wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Just started a romance Someone Like You by Victoria Purman due for release in a couple of days I am loving it"I pre-ordered that one this afternoon..."
I'm loving it Brenda
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I pre-ordered that ..."
Oh that's good to know:)
Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "So I just recently finished 11/22/63 which I absolutely loved and now I'm struggling to start or get into anything else. Started The Perfect Location,..."Snap! I, too, have Norwegian by Night borrowed from the library and my next-up book:)
Bette wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "So I just recently finished 11/22/63 which I absolutely loved and now I'm struggling to start or get into anything else. Started [book:The Perfect Loca..."Well, as I recommended this one to all of you, I do hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
Marianne wrote: "Bette wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "So I just recently finished 11/22/63 which I absolutely loved and now I'm struggling to start or get into anything else. Started [book:Th..."Well all I can say Marianne is so far so good. I stayed up till 1.30 last night reading it. It was hard to put down. I'm working today and the rest of the week so reading time will be curtailed but somehow I think I'll manage to fit in some reading.
I finally started The Hobbit after all this time and am really enjoying it. I hope the following trilogy is as fun to read
Struggling to get into Questions of Travel - feels like two different books joined into one. Still waiting for the story to properly grip me, though I must say I quite like the lyrical prose (found myself re-reading passages).
I had that trouble Dhitri and in the end just gave up. But that's me. I don't have a lot of patience if book doesn't grab me early on. Be interested to hear how you go.
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Wow there are a few of us to read this one! All thanks to Marianne I think:)
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I created the book in the database for you (and others) Jenna
The Islands of the Sixteen Gods by Stephen Symons
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Dale wrote: "I had that trouble Dhitri and in the end just gave up. But that's me. I don't have a lot of patience if book doesn't grab me early on. Be interested to hear how you go."
I couldn't get into this one either!
Brenda wrote: "Dhitri wrote: "Struggling to get into Questions of Travel - feels like two different books joined into one. Still waiting for the story to properly grip me, though I must say I quit..."I finished it, but it was a struggle. Could not see that winning Miles Franklin over
, but obviously I was not one of the judges
Angela wrote: "I finally started The Hobbit after all this time and am really enjoying it. I hope the following trilogy is as fun to read"I liked the Hobbit, I cannot stand the Lord of the Rings trilogy though. Hobbit was ostensibly a kid's novel, so Tolkien laid off on the descripty, but LOTR drags for so long. I wanted to kill myself.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Tolkien wasn't a very good writer.
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Just love a good crime story! This one's set in Russia
From the back cover:
In his ground-breaking Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith created one of the iconic inverstigators of contemporary fiction, Arkady Renko. In Tatiana, Smith delivers his most ambitious and politically daring novel to date.
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Just love a good crime story! This one's set in Russia
From the back cover:
In his ground-breaking Gorky Park, Martin ..."
Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith
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Marianne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Dhitri wrote: "Struggling to get into Questions of Travel - feels like two different books joined into one. Still waiting for the story to properly grip me, though I ..."Agree with both Brenda and Marianne on this.
@Liam - oh no! I'd heard LOTR was hard to get through but was hoping it was just hype.
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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You need to read it yourself Angela. Many people love LOTR, me included. As with any book it is a personal thing.
Liam wrote: "Angela wrote: "I finally started The Hobbit after all this time and am really enjoying it. I hope the following trilogy is as fun to read"I liked the Hobbit, I cannot stand the Lord o..."
I am with you Liam, I could not get into it and I hated the movies, never bothered to see the third one after I spent most of my time looking at my watch during the 2nd wondering when it was ever going to end...lol
Finished my second read of The Secret History by Donna Tartt.I've started The Weekend by Peter Cameron and Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller.
Haha so many mixed views on LOTR! I will attempt the first of the trilogy this year and let you know how I go! :)
Have always loved LOTR, for anyone wanting a more encouraging viewpoint. I've probably read it once a year since the age of eleven.
I finished and reviewed In a Cat's Eye - Fun and entertaining read - 4 starsReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Leonie wrote: "Have always loved LOTR, for anyone wanting a more encouraging viewpoint. I've probably read it once a year since the age of eleven."I guess one person's 'not very good writer' is another 100 million or so people's 'genius'. After it was first published in 1954, it was the second highest selling book in history, certainly up until 2007 and possibly to this day (I have heard rumours about Harry Potter and/or the Twilight books having broken that record, but I'm not at all sure they are true). It has also been voted 'the nation's favourite book' in the UK, Germany and Australia, and was voted 'the book of the millennium' by Amazon.com customers in 1999. So while it would certainly be a dull world if we all agreed on everything, I think it's fairly safe to say that Tolkien must have been doing something right ... ;-)
(Disclaimer: The above opinion is that of Sally Howes, a professed Lord of the Rings addict and Tolkien groupie, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Aussie Readers group.)
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I guess one person's 'not very good writer' is a..."
I'm with you all the way Sally!
Wow thanks everyone!! This has all made me want to crack on with it even more :-)
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I guess one person's 'not very goo..."
And what other author has ever made Orlando Bloom wear pointy ears and a pony tail to such incredible effect?
I started My Brother-But-One by T.M. Clark Loving the African setting as something different for me.
I'm just over half way through Tell the Wolves I'm Home and I really like it.It's set in the late 1980s and about a teenage girl whose uncle dies of HIV/AIDS. After her uncle's death she discovers for the first time that he's had a partner for many years that she's never known about and gradually they start to develop an unconventional friendship.
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Loving the African setting as something different for me."
I received this one for Christmas Lily, and I haven't read it yet. I'll look forward to your thoughts:)
Just finished
as recommended by Jeniwren. Excellent! review soon...
Current;y reading and ARC of Grace's TableVery different from the last book I readThe Celtic Stone but perhaps that is a good thing. Gently enjoying it.
Patricia wrote: "I'm just over half way through Tell the Wolves I'm Home and I really like it.It's set in the late 1980s and about a teenage girl whose uncle dies of HIV/AIDS. After her uncle's dea..."
I finished that a few days ago; loved it! review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have just re-picked up
Red Queen by Honey Brown. I was planning on reading it last weekend then realised it would fit the February Dystopian challenge so have picked it up this morning as there is no way I will finish it today so will be a February finish. I am 2 chapters in and very intrigued already.
I've just started reading The Fence Painting Fortnight of Destiny by Meshel Laurie and I'm really enjoying it. At first the writing style was a little bit hard to get my head around (jumpy is the only way I can think to explain it) but then I imagined her saying it, like she was talking to me conversationally, and strangely I found it much easier to read.
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I looked up The Perfect Location and just the names of the three heroines would put me off completely. If that was not enough Bette's review would do it!