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message 8852: by Angela (new)

Angela | 351 comments Thank the heavens above I have finally finished The Book Thief!!

I now have the pleasure of encountering for the first time The Unbearable Lightness of Being.


message 8853: by Maggi (new)

Maggi Andersen I'm reading something light and entertaining. Otherwise Engaged


message 8854: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Sharon wrote: "Thanks I'd appreciate that if it's no trouble. As it sounds good :)"

I've contacted her - I'll let you know when I hear back:)


Liam || Books 'n Beards (madbird) Only like 150 pages left on The Deed of Paksenarrion!!!


message 8856: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5472 comments Brenda wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Thanks I'd appreciate that if it's no trouble. As it sounds good :)"

I've contacted her - I'll let you know when I hear back:)"


Thank you, Brenda :)


message 8857: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15798 comments Mod
I just found me a new author (actually a husband and wife team) of paranormal fiction - Ilona Andrews. The book I read was called On the Edge and it was very good.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 8858: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
I have just finished To Die For by Gary C. King 5s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 8859: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Phrynne wrote: "I just found me a new author (actually a husband and wife team) of paranormal fiction - Ilona Andrews. The book I read was called On the Edge and it was very good.
My ..."


That's great when that happens isn't it! Great review:)


message 8860: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15798 comments Mod
Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I just found me a new author (actually a husband and wife team) of paranormal fiction - Ilona Andrews. The book I read was called On the Edge and it wa..."

Yours too Brenda. I don't read true crime (for some reason I like all my stuff to be fiction) but it sounds like you really enjoyed this one.


message 8861: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Thanks Phrynne. I don't normally read much true crime either, but I needed one for a challenge, and this one had been on my kindle since 2012! So finally I read it, and I'm glad I did!


message 8862: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15798 comments Mod
Brenda wrote: "Thanks Phrynne. I don't normally read much true crime either, but I needed one for a challenge, and this one had been on my kindle since 2012! So finally I read it, and I'm glad I did!"

These challenges - they really make us come out of our comfort zones! (Deja vu - I just wrote that same sentence on another group's site.)


message 8863: by Vicki (new)

Vicki Tyley (vickityley) | 1732 comments

Avid true crime reader here. Thanks for the recommendation, Brenda!


message 8864: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thanks Phrynne. I don't normally read much true crime either, but I needed one for a challenge, and this one had been on my kindle since 2012! So finally I read it, and I'm glad I di..."

They most certainly do Phrynne! I have read way out of my comfort zone because of challenges:)


message 8865: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Vicki wrote: "

Avid true crime reader here. Thanks for the recommendation, Brenda!"


You're most welcome Vicki! I knew you'd be interested;)


message 8866: by B the BookAddict (last edited May 09, 2014 11:55AM) (new)

B the BookAddict (bthebookaddict) I have finished The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer a huge 5★

I am now suffering book-hangover and am intensely
jealous of all who will read it for the first time.

No review as yet.


message 8868: by Jülie ☼♄  (new)

Jülie ☼♄  (jlie) | 6581 comments Bette BookAddict wrote: "I have finished The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer a huge 5★

I am now suffering book-hangover and am intensely
jealous of all who will read it for the first time.

N..."


Another great review Bette, this sounds like a real goodie. I know what you mean though, sometimes a book feels even too good to share and you just want to keep hugging it for a bit longer! That's a measure of a good book.


message 8869: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)


message 8870: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5472 comments Time to toss that lucky coin please, Brenda :) Sinister Intent by Karen M. Davis or As Darkness Falls by Bronwyn Parry


message 8871: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Oh two fantastic choices Sharon! Hang on........

Heads = Sinister Intent

Enjoy!!


message 8872: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5472 comments Thank you :)


message 8873: by Sharon (new)


message 8874: by Marianne (new)

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments A little way into the first of my haul of four from Text, The Rise & Fall of Great Powers: A Novel The Rise & Fall of Great Powers A Novel by Tom Rachman and very much enjoying it


message 8875: by Michele (new)

Michele I just finished Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty , an excellent read and have now started 11/22/63 by Stephen King


message 8876: by Marianne (new)

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments Finished The Autobiography of the Queen the other day. I was hoping for something as good as Mrs. Queen Takes the Train but was disappointed. Should have trusted GR ratings! Here's my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 8877: by Marianne (new)

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments Michele wrote: "I just finished Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty, an excellent read and have now started 11/22/63 by Stephen King"

Loved 11/22/63!!!


message 8878: by Sally906 (new)

Sally906 | 87 comments I finished Outback Blaze by Rachael Johns Outback Blaze by Rachael Johns is another 5 read from her - my review will be written up next week sometime.

Now I am reading To Love Anew by Bonnie Leon and Dark Witch by Nora Roberts once I've read these I will have finished the Autumn challenge.


message 8879: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)


message 8880: by Carolyn (last edited May 10, 2014 07:05PM) (new)

Carolyn | 9840 comments Finally finished The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. Really enjoyed it and will get round to posting a reveiw soon - hard to know where to start!
Just have to get back to the May challenge and the Autumn challenge books now ...


message 8881: by Jülie ☼♄  (new)

Jülie ☼♄  (jlie) | 6581 comments Just finished Secret Sister by Emelle Gamble Secret Sister by Emelle Gamble which was a pleasant surprise in that it was not at all like I expected. I think the cover is a bit deceiving. All in all I thought It was a good read.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 8882: by Patricia (new)

Patricia (pjaye) Brenda wrote: "I finished Frog MusicFrog Music by Emma Donoghue by Emma Donoghue 3.5★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."


I just started this one yesterday...liking it so far.
Before that I finished The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell. Set in America in the 1920s, it's the story of Rose, a plain 'good girl' who works as a typist in a police station and her growing obsession with Odalie, an attractive free spirit who also comes to work there.
Subtle and creepy with a bit of a twist at the end. 4 stars from me.


message 8883: by Jülie ☼♄  (new)

Jülie ☼♄  (jlie) | 6581 comments Just started The Happy Endings Book Club by Jane Tara The Happy Endings Book Club by Jane Tara.

I'm trying to clear a few overdue reviews for my arcs.


message 8884: by Lyn (new)

Lyn Ford (lyn003) I am reading the last of the Woody Creek series by Joy Dettman called The tying of the threads, such a fantastic series I will be sorry to see it end


message 8885: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Lyn wrote: "I am reading the last of the Woody Creek series by Joy Dettman called The tying of the threads, such a fantastic series I will be sorry to see it end"

The Tying of Threads by Joy Dettman


message 8886: by Sally906 (last edited May 11, 2014 11:08PM) (new)

Sally906 | 87 comments Finished To Love Anew and now picked up Blood Storm by Rhiannon Hart for no other reason than I want to :) It isn't an Advanced copy for review or a book that fits a challenge - it is for joy!!!


message 8887: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Sally906 wrote: "Finished To Love Anew and now picked up Blood Storm by Rhiannon Hart for no other reason than I want to :) It isn't an Advanced copy for review or a..."

And isn't it nice to do that now and again;)


message 8888: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)


message 8890: by B the BookAddict (new)

B the BookAddict (bthebookaddict) Patricia wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I finished Frog MusicFrog Music by Emma Donoghue by Emma Donoghue 3.5★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I just started t..."


It was very subtle, wasn't it? Glad you liked it.


message 8891: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)


message 8892: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15798 comments Mod
And now for a complete change of pace I am starting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami


message 8893: by Jülie ☼♄  (new)

Jülie ☼♄  (jlie) | 6581 comments Phrynne wrote: "And now for a complete change of pace I am starting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami"

This one sounds challenging Mish.


message 8894: by Sharon (new)


message 8895: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15798 comments Mod
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "And now for a complete change of pace I am starting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami"

This one sounds challenging Mish."


Mish? :)


message 8896: by Jülie ☼♄  (last edited May 12, 2014 09:27PM) (new)

Jülie ☼♄  (jlie) | 6581 comments Phrynne wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "And now for a complete change of pace I am starting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami"

This one sounds challenging Mish."

Mish? :)"

Oooooh Sorry Phrynne, must've still been on my mind after checking reviews! *blush* a thousand apologies :/


message 8897: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79994 comments Mod
Phrynne wrote: "And now for a complete change of pace I am starting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami"

I enjoyed that one when I read it some time ago Phrynne:)


message 8898: by Deb (new)

Deb Omnivorous Reader | 1929 comments I just got my hands on Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
I have to finish my current book(s) before starting it, but I have high hopes for it!


message 8899: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15798 comments Mod
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "And now for a complete change of pace I am starting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami"

This one sounds challenging Mis..."


It was funny. I do it all the time:)


message 8900: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15798 comments Mod
Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "And now for a complete change of pace I am starting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami"

I enjoyed that one when I read it some time ago Phrynne:)"


I've read about 100 pages so far and it is really good! I've read 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle already but this one is probably the most readable of them.


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