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It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading those kind of books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who saying what' that becomes to..."
Mine too Mish, that's why I didn't look further at reading it, once I found this out..
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It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading book those books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who saying what' that ..."
My son owns it now, so I'll see how he goes before I decide:)
Carolyn wrote: "Mish wrote: "@ Carolyn & Brenda,It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading book those books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who saying what' that ..."
Good to know. It does sounds like he made it easier for readers to not get confused.
Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "@ Carolyn & Brenda,It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading those kind of books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who saying what' th..."
Yes I do recall you didn't like it either. I think it was the time we were reading That Deadman Dance roughly at the same time...Goodness, that was a hard book to read!!
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It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading those kind of books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who ..."
That's right! I haven't gone back to it either... probably won't now.
Mish wrote: "@ Carolyn & Brenda,It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading those kind of books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who saying what' that becomes to..."
I agree, Mish. Sometimes it's not too bad. but sometimes it's too much like hard work,
Marianne wrote: "Mish wrote: "@ Carolyn & Brenda,It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading those kind of books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who saying what' th..."
It's actually one of the issues I've had trying to read The Burial. All the dialogue is in italics, which does weird things to the words inside my head.
Working through the 900-page monstrosity that is Perdido Street Station. This really is less of a novel more of an explosion of creativity.
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That sounds like you're enjoying it Liam! Good for you:)
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An explosion of creativity. I like that. And it describes it perfectly.
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The Bookman’s Tale Michael :)
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Fair enough:) It's not very long - a quick read!
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Absolutely amazing! This will go onto my list of favourites as well as being one of the best..."
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brenda wrote: "I finished Invisible by James Patterson 5★sReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Arghhhh... it's impossible. I tied to resist...
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Arghhhh... it's impossible. I tied to resist..."
LOL!!!
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My review
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My review
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Great review Phrynne!
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My review
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Thanks Brenda. It's a great book. Recommended reading:)
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My review
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It made me think of John Wayne immediately, and now I have the theme song stuck in my head;)
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Yes, John Wayne and then there was a more recent version with Jeff Bridges in it and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie which was also very good and quite true to the book.
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I recently finished Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland, a fascinating and beautiful book about the role forests have played in fairytales. It was an absolute joy to read, I highly recommend it for anyone interested in folklore and storytelling. I don't do this very often, but I'm giving this book 5★s.Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Vicki wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I finished Invisible by James Patterson 5★sReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Arghhhh... it's impossible. I tied to resist..."
Give in to it, Vicki, it's useless trying to resist the lure of books to read. Throw caution to the winds, abandon all reason and just add, add, add to your tbr. lol!
I am currently reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (well, listening to it as I crochet - only 1 hour to go), Inkspell by Cornelia Funke as an e-book (for my YA read for the winter challenge - didn't actually realise when I picked it just how long it is - my e-book version is over 900 pages with a "normal" print size!) and Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson which I was enjoying but have put aside to focus on Inkspell, which needs to go back soon, and the audiobook because I'm trying to finish the gift I'm crocheting for a friend!
I'm still reading the wonderful Shantaram, 7 months and just over halfway through. This book is one of the best I've read, makes you want to go on holidays to India. I thought I might have finished the book by now, but a 1st little addition to the family 4 months ago in Oscar takes up a lot of spare time. I thought a good book was all we needed, but a baby is just exciting! Reset my goal to finish Shantaram before I start reading Oscar his own books.
Kathryn wrote: "I am currently reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (well, listening to it as I crochet - only 1 hour to go),I like the sound of Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson sounds very interesting Kathryn, I have ticked it to read.
I think few people give any thought to those many and varied lasting effects that the war/s had on people...especially women.
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I am currently reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (well, listening to it as I crochet - only 1 hour to go),I like the sound of..."
Hope you enjoy, Julie - it's quite a dense book - well, my copy is, anyway - with small print and smallish margins, so it's kind of slow going. But it is interesting - so sad for the women who wanted to get married and have a family, sad that this is all many women of the time had been "trained" to do and they were then unable to fulfil what they felt was their purpose in life, sad that society showed a lack of understanding with these women referred to as "surplus", sad that unescorted women out at night would be suspected of being prostitutes, and so on...
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Congratulations on the arrival of Oscar, Neil! Great news and he will definitely keep you both on your toes;)
Enjoy Shantaram when you can though:)
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Eye of Zoltar
It may be YA but such a good read all the same 5★s a good dose of Jasper Fforde is such fun
my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brenda wrote: "Finished Nest by Inga Simpson 5★s Blown away!!Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review Brenda!
Would you say it was as good as or even better than Mr Wigg?
Brenda wrote: "Thanks Carolyn! I haven't read Mr Wigg yet! This is my first by Inga Simpson :)"Oh well, you'll have another treat in store when you get the chance to read Mr Wigg. It was one of my favourite books so far this year so I'm really looking forward to reading Nest :)
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Oh well, you'll have another treat in store when you get the chance..."
If it's anything like this one it'll be brilliant!!
Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thanks Carolyn! I haven't read Mr Wigg yet! This is my first by Inga Simpson :)"Oh well, you'll have another treat in store when you get the chance..."
Oh....now I have to get the two of them!!
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Oh well, you'll have another treat in store when yo..."
You do Julie!
Brenda wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thanks Carolyn! I haven't read Mr Wigg yet! This is my first by Inga Simpson :)"Oh well, you'll have another treat ..."
Yay....I can really look forward to that then! :P
Sally wrote: "I recently finished Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland, a fascinating and beautiful book about the role forests have played in fairytales. It was an absolute jo..."Great review, Sally! sounds fascinating.
I just finished reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. There really is more to this book than a lot of people might expect - 4★s.Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brenda wrote: "Finished Nest by Inga Simpson 5★s Blown away!!Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Lucky girl, it will probably be ages before my reserve turns up at the library. I don't want to read your review until I've read the book myself, but good to know it's good.
@Neil Wonderful news about little Oscar. Hoping he fills your life with joy.
I have reserved Nest by Inga Simpson from the library. It is On Order and no one has reserved it yet. So I'm number 1 to read it. Yay! I enjoyed Mr Wigg.
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Nest by Inga Simpson
Mr Wigg
I hope you enjoy it like I did Jo!
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It's one of my pet peeves when they don't have speech marks, and will avoid reading book those books. I find that I'm concentrating more on 'who saying what' that becomes too m..."
Although the speech marks are missing, the author always states who's speaking so I haven't found that I've had to stop and figure it out and haven't been confused at all.
I can see though that if it did really bother or confuse me it would be really annoying!