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What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book)
I've just finished reading A Wanted Man by Lee Child. which I must admit I didn't find it up to Lee Child's usual standard.Now reading Dead Man's Footsteps by Peter James. It has me hooked -- would love to spend the day reading it, but alas it will have to wait.
Sharon wrote: "It had me up till just over midnight Vicki and I'm loving it. Feeling a bit tired today:)"Sharon, that's such a huge compliment. Sorry about the tiredness, though. :)
I started The Visitors by Sally Beauman yesterday. A new release I bought and now the stack of other books waiting or half read ( Norwegian by Night) will have to wait. This is about finding King Tut's tomb, I adore Egyptology.
Vicki wrote: "Sharon wrote: "It had me up till just over midnight Vicki and I'm loving it. Feeling a bit tired today:)"Sharon, that's such a huge compliment. Sorry about the tiredness, though. :)"
Haha I'll forgive you Vicki :) I'll remember not to start your next one before I go to bed ;)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan.
I'm about to start on an ARC I received from Random house -
- is a debut novel by Laura McHugh and it's been compared to novels by Gillian Flynn.I like Gillian Flynn's writing so I'm hoping it's a gripping one :)
Dale wrote: "Hope you enjoy it Mish"I hope so too Dale. The blurbs sound good so fingers crossed :)
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Hahaha... no pressure, right? :)
Thanks so much for your support, Brenda. It means a lot."
Without our great authors, we wouldn't have books to read! So it's not hard to support you all:)
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I think this could be a good one:)"
I hope..."
That's the sign of a good book Sharon! I did that last night too...read until I was finished:)
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- is a debut novel by Laura McHugh and it's been compared to novels by [author:..."Enjoy Mish - it sounds good!
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Just this morning started Eternal On The Water. Covers with water and sunrise or sunset are always going to appeal to me.
Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Bette Book Monomaniac wrote: "I've finished The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. 5★My review is at: https://www.good..."
Kathryn, in case you're interested, and just off the top of my head, here is the spelling of some of the names in Burial Rites ... Agnes's full name is Agnes Magnusdottir (with an acute accent over the U and the O - I don't know how to do accents on here!). The District Commissioner who sentenced Agnes and sent her to the farm for safe-keeping is Bjorn Blondal (with the 'two dots' accent - I forget the proper term for that - over the Os in both names). The farmer is Jon (acute accent over the O), his wife is Margret (acute over the E), the short name of their eldest daughter is Steina, younger daughter is Lauga. The maid at the farm is Kristin (acute over the second I) and one of the farmhands is Gudmundur. The young reverend's first name is Thorvardur, Toti (acute over the O) for short. The farm is Kornsa (acute over the A) and the valley is Vatnsdalur. The place where the murder occurred is Illugastadir. The place where Agnes was held before Kornsa is Stora-Borg (acute over the O). The farm where she was allegedly born is Flaga but the one where she was really born is Brekkukot. One of the murdered men is Natan Ketilsson. The first name of the alleged murderer is Fridrik and the other female alleged murderer is called Sigga for short. And those are the only ones I can remember! Hope it helps.
Marianne, good idea about the favourites shelf! I have about 60 books on my 'favorites' shelf, so it would be a bit of a chore, but I bet I'll cave in and just do it one day, LOL!
I just started the forest of hands and teeth really great beginning
Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Bette Book Monomaniac wrote: "I've finished The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. 5★My review is at: ..."
Thank you, Sally! That's awesome! I had no idea about the farmer - the "J" is said as a "Y", which is what I expected, but it's said "Yo-en", so I wasn't sure if it was Joen, Joan, Johann (with accents or "O's" with strokes through them anywhere or everywhere!), Margaret I expected would be Margarethe, and the maid I thought was Christa. The daughters, I envisaged being spelt Steiner and Lorga and I didn't have any idea about the young minister's full name! I can't recall hearing the farm's name so far (but I probably have - you do miss somethings with audiobooks) and I hadn't realised that Natan was a variant of Nathan!! It's said "Na-tarn".
Thanks again - now I can put spellings to names!
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
I've hit an a good idea for my own little "read what I own" challenge (I have about 70 un-listened to audiobooks) and the plan is that each book I listen too will give me some clues to help choose the next one.It started with We Are Water where the main female character Annie, is about to marry another woman.
So the next book I selected had gay male characters Tell the Wolves I'm Home.
Several times in that book they mention the movie A Room with a View (which I didn't like much) and 'Room' starts with Lucy Honeychurch on holiday in Italy with her aunt...so I went through my collection of books and discovered The Lost Girls of Rome which as you can probably guess by it's title - is set in Italy!
Only just started The Lost Girls Girls of Rome, but it's interesting so far and had some good reviews. Will have to see what it leads me to next.
It's a bit of silly fun but making me pick books out to read next that I otherwise may not have.
Patricia wrote: "I've hit an a good idea for my own little "read what I own" challenge (I have about 70 un-listened to audiobooks) and the plan is that each book I listen too will give me some clues to help choose ..."Not at all, I think it's an excellent idea, Patricia. thumbs up here from me:)
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Great and really interesting idea Patricia! Well thought out - I hope you enjoy:)
Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Bette Book Monomaniac wrote: "I've finished The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. 5★My r..."
Thank you, too, Kathryn, now I can put some pronunciations to the written names!
Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Bette Book Monomaniac wrote: "I've finished The Invention of Wings by [author:Sue Monk Kidd..."I was just looking back over my post, Sally - although I thought Steina's name would be Steiner, it's said Stainer!
I haven't had the chance to listen to anymore this week and I'm missing it! I probably won't get a chance til Sat unless I do some crocheting tomorrow night :-/
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Clare wrote: "Mein Kampf"I read Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler when I did a WWII History unit at Uni. It certainly gave insight into Hitler's mind and while it is not a pleasant read and quite scary to understand that this is how this man thought it should not be ignored or avoided as it has a role in human history.
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Hope you enjoy Jen:)
Brenda wrote: "Jennie wrote: "Just starting The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt for kindle group monthly read"
Hope you enjoy Jen:)"
Thanks Brenda. Taking on another chunkster immediately after The Luminaries is a bit daunting
Hope you enjoy Jen:)"
Thanks Brenda. Taking on another chunkster immediately after The Luminaries is a bit daunting
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Hope you enjoy Jen:)"
Thanks Brenda. Taking on another chunks..."
You should probably have had a light one next:) Good luck!
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My review of The Goldfinch and sorry to everyone who loved it. It just was not my cup of tea!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Sally Beauman's new novel The Visitors.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Clare wrote: "Mein Kampf"Interesting read for sure.
just finished
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine which was very good, but I think would be more appreciated by readers who have read a lot more classics than I have. Review after the embargo date. Now onto
which looks more like my sort of read....
Reading Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell; not sure this is her best book. After this, I've logged Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain as my next read.
Followed by The Dud Avocado
Elaine Dundy which I've selected partly because of the color of the brilliant cover.
I thought Necessary Lies sounded interesting from Sharon's review. Hope you enjoy, Bette. I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger with someone in another group. It's an amazing book so far - my mind boggles trying to work out how or why things are happening and I can not understand how the author can come up with something like this! I hope the ending lives up to the rest of the book!
I'm also reading It Takes A Village by Aussie author Christine Stinson and it's an interesting read as well. Sad, at times - people can be so cruel, but then other people can be very generous-hearted. It's an easy read and I'm looking forward to finding out more about Sophie as she grows.
Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Sally wrote: "Bette Book Monomaniac wrote: "I've finished The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. 5★My review is at: ..."
I just realised when I was listening again yesterday, the younger daughter's name is actually said Loyga, and I do remember hearing the farm name now - it sounded like it was spelt Konzo to me, but I can see that Kornsa would work better!
Marianne wrote: "Bette Bookworm wrote: "Reading Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell; not sure this is her best book. After this, I've logged [book:Necessary Lies|172867..."
Your post is all messed up!:) I know about Aoife, I'm Irish descent, lots of 'weird' spellings in my family, lol. I am enjoying Instructions for... ; but for me, The Hand That First Held Mine is my fav of her stuff.
Bette Bookworm wrote: "Reading Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell; not sure this is her best book. After this, I've logged Necessary Lies
I really enjoyed Instructions for a Heatwave, Bette, so give it a chance. BTW, you pronounce Aoife as EEFA, if you're wondering.... I always need to know how to say it in my head!
Kathryn wrote: "I thought Necessary Lies sounded interesting from Sharon's review. Hope you enjoy, Bette. I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my alltime favourites!
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I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife
[book:The Time Tr..."
Yes it is a fantastic book. But don't mention the movie.
Phrynne wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I thought Necessary Lies sounded interesting from Sharon's review. Hope you enjoy, Bette. I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife
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I've never seen it, but heard it wasn't great. That's OK, I can save a couple of hours for something more enjoyable!
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I am reading [book:The Time Traveler's W..."
The funniest thing in the movie was how they coped with the fact that he was always naked when he arrived. Actually seeing a naked man all curled up to hide his bits rather took away from the drama and the romance. In the book of course your own imagination dealt with it however you wanted!
Finished reading Fatal Liaison by Vicki Tyley 5 ★My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kathryn wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I thought Necessary Lies sounded interesting from Sharon's review. Hope you enjoy, Bette. Yes it is a fantastic book. But don't mention the movie.
Well, I liked the movie too. Of course it wasn't the book, but no movie ever is.
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I think this could be a good one:)"
I hope it lives up t..."
It had me up till just over midnight Vicki and I'm loving it. Feeling a bit tired today:)