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[Suz]

Stephanie wrote: "Just won (in a Goodreads giveaway) the new Alice Pung novel Laurinda. Wonderful so far!"

I won this too and loved it! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did Stephanie.

[Elaine]

Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Reading and really enjoying I Am Pilgrim. Just wish there wasn't so much on right now so I could read more!!!"

That's a really big one too Elaine...but great you're ..."

Thanks Brenda and yes it's massive. I'm only half way through it and am supposed to return it to the library tomorrow. Needless to say I will have to be naughty now and hang onto to it for a few more days!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Reading and really enjoying I Am Pilgrim. Just wish there wasn't so much on right now so I could read more!!!"

That's a really big one too Elaine...bu..."

Can't you renew it online? That's what I do :)

[Sharon]

Finished : Once Upon A Lie by Jill Paterson 4★

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

[Sally]

B the BookAddict wrote: "I've finished A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel. The flow of the novel was interrupted by a ten day absence but still rate it as a 5★ novel.

I have [book:Sto..."

I'm glad you loved A Place of Greater Safety as much as I did, Bette :-) I really enjoyed Vanity Fair, too, thought it was quite audacious for its era. I have History of the Rain waiting to be read on my Kindle, would love to know what you think of it.

[Elaine]

Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Reading and really enjoying I Am Pilgrim. Just wish there wasn't so much on right now so I could read more!!!"

That's a really big one ..."

No I've had it for the maximum time. It has to go back now.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Reading and really enjoying I Am Pilgrim. Just wish there wasn't so much on right now so I could read more!!!"

That's a ..."

Oh that's a shame...well you'd best be naughty then ;)

[Angela]

I've finished The Casual Vacancy - I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would!

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

I am now reading a short story collection by Kurt Vonnegut called While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

[Mish]

Finished and reviewed Luigi's Freedom Ride by Alan Murray - it was a pleasurable enough read; nothing overly spectacular though - 3 Stars

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

[Suz]

Just finished this The Boy in the Book. Interesting if not a little strange? Not too sure how to describe it to be honest!

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

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Glad you enjoyed it Michael:) One of my favs for this year I'm thinking:)

[Kristen]

I just read A Clockwork Orange for the first time. I found the language so engaging that I seem to have adopted it - my mind keeps saying that things are real horrorshow. Lucky it's just in my mind ;).

Angela - I read The Casual Vacancy a couple of month ago and was also surprised at much I enjoyed it! I was very impressed with this book and would recommend it to those looking for a new read.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kristen wrote: "I just read A Clockwork Orange for the first time. I found the language so engaging that I seem to have adopted it - my mind keeps saying that things are real horrorshow. Lucky it's just in my mind..."

Is this A Clockwork Orange the correct one Kristen? There are quite a few listed!

The Casual Vacancy

[Kristen]

Yes, thanks Brenda.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kristen wrote: "Yes, thanks Brenda."

You're welcome:)

[Marianne]

I really loved Charlie Lovett's First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen, and now I've just started Bookmans Tale and am enjoying that too.

[Michelle]

Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Reading and really enjoying I Am Pilgrim. Just wish there wasn't so much on right now so I could read more!!!"

That's a ..."

I loved I Am Pilgrim so much when I read it. I think it's still the best book I've read in the last 12 months or so. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

[Angela]

Kristen wrote: "I just read A Clockwork Orange for the first time. I found the language so engaging that I seem to have adopted it - my mind keeps saying that things are real horrorshow. Lucky it's just in my mind..."

It was difficult for me to finally pick up actually because I'd seen some scathing reviews! I am glad others found it as well written and enjoyable as I did :o)

[Alik]

I Am Pilgrim is also one of my favourite reads of 2014

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I just finished The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan and really did not like it much.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sally]

I recently read The Slow Regard of Silent Things, the new novella by one of my favourite authors, Patrick Rothfuss. I expected to love it, but I never expected to be quite so deeply moved by it as I was. This is a book for all the broken people - 5★s.

Here is my review:

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

This review can also be seen on my blog at http://feelthepowerofstory.wordpress.com.

[Sally906]

Sally wrote: "I recently read The Slow Regard of Silent Things, the new novella by one of my favourite authors, Patrick Rothfuss. I expected to love it, but I never expected to be..."

Wow - great review :)

[Leonie]

Sally wrote: "I recently read The Slow Regard of Silent Things, the new novella by one of my favourite authors, Patrick Rothfuss. I expected to love it, but I never expected to be..."

Amazing review, Sally. Can't wait to read this!

[B the BookAddict]

Author P.D.James has died aged 94. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014...

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Author P.D.James has died aged 94. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014..."

Oh that's a shame. Adam Dalgleish is one of my favourite people. She leaves a great body of work and it is sad there will be no more.

[Sally906]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Author P.D.James has died aged 94. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014..."


It is sad isn't it? 94 is a good age though. I love her books - and haven't quite read all of them yet - so will be spedning time with her in the future.

[Sally906]

I finished O Little Town by Don Reid this morning - have given it 5 stars!

Review not done yet - but it was a very inspiring Christmas story, not sure why it has taken me a few Christmas seasons to get around to reading it. But so glad I did – is a wonderful feel-good story with a theme of forgiveness and new starts that is not rammed down your throat.

I am still reading After Darkness by Christine Piper which is set in an Australian prisioner of war camp in South Australia and related by a Japanese prisoner - totally different to my Christmas read!!!

Up next will be Meant To Be by Fiona McCallum but as I am reading this for the Summer Challenge i need to hold off for a couple of days!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Just finished Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 4★s

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

[Jo]

Lived that book Brenda. Sm reading The Hypnotist's love story. Not as good as Big little lies. I seem to be slogging my way through it.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I haven't read The Hypnotist's Love Story yet Jo:)

[Lilian]

I'm reading

[Sally]

Leonie wrote: "Sally wrote: "I recently read The Slow Regard of Silent Things, the new novella by one of my favourite authors, Patrick Rothfuss. I expected to love it, but I never ..."

Thank you, Sally and Leonie :-) As you can tell, this book meant a lot to me, so I wanted to do it justice.

[B the BookAddict]

@Brenda Finished Stormbird last night. No review. I found the book to be vaguely unsatisfying. It has a long list of characters with lots of names I did not know. Iggulden doesn't specify which are real and which are fictional which is a huge shame. Quite a few gory descriptions of battle and torture which I could have done without. At very few intervals, he heads a chapter with a date specification so sometimes it's unclear just when things are happening. Overall, the book feels very much like a Fiction rather than Historical Faction.

I love Historians like Hilary Mantel and Alison Weir books on the subject much more than Iggulden.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

B the BookAddict wrote: "@Brenda Finished Stormbird last night. No review. I found the book to be vaguely unsatisfying. It has a long list of characters with lots of names I did not know. Iggulden doe..."

That's a shame Bette...always disappointing when a book doesn't live up to your expectations...

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Michael wrote: "As promised here is my review of the superb Nightingale

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

Easily one of the best books i have read this year.

I started reading [bo..."

Another great review Michael! :)

[MaryG2E]

Michael wrote: "As promised here is my review of the superb Nightingale

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

Easily one of the best books i have read this year.

I started reading [bo..."

A great review Michael, and I immediately put Nightingale on my TBR list. Checked my library catalogue and they do have a copy, BUT 5 reserves ahead of me. I only hope I get to read it before 25th April 2015!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great review Michael!

[MaryG2E]

Currently reading The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. Although it is not quite December yet, I need to move on from my November challenges. I am greatly enjoying this story, which has quite an easy prose style, plus some deep-and-meaningful ideas about life, love, family and forgiveness underlying the straightforward narrative about getting ready for a Christmas celebration.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Just finished The Dog Who Danced by Susan Wilson 5★s

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

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[Kathryn]

I'm currently reading In Falling Snow by Australian author Mary-Rose MacColl. I'm enjoying the fairly contemporary Brisbane setting (1970's, I think), with familiar landmarks and descriptions, and the WWI setting (mostly Royaumont, France) and descriptions of life at that time.

[Katrina]

Just finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom which i enjoyed more than I expected. Also finished Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light by Amy Thomas which was a wonderful journey through the best dessert places in both Paris and New York.....all sounded soooo yum!
Now starting The Fault in Our Stars by John Green which I have been keen to read for a while!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Make sure you have your tissues handy Katrina:)

[B the BookAddict]

I was okay in The Fault of Out Stars until the end. That part smacked me so hard emotionally I just sat and bawled. Glad I was reading int at home!

[Carolyn]

I've started my first Christmas/Summer read Festive in Death. I know it's very naughty to read #39 when I've only read #1 in the series but I couldn't wait! Will definitely read the intervening 37 when I get time but it could take a while :)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

I've kicked off with Gypsy Hunted by Andrea Drew.
....so far pretty good :)
like the cover too.

*I'd started off reading a pre release version of this book which was still in need of some editing. I have since switched to a final edited version and am happy to say I'm enjoying it greatly. :)

[Suzie]

I'm reading American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson. It is an absolute emotional rollercoaster. I have to put it down every few chapters to re-group. But it is very, very interesting

[Sally906]

OK well the Christmas season has started and my reading is reflecting this - started today: Meant To Be by Fiona McCallum (my only Non-Christmas themed book - it is set just after Christmas though); Festive in Death J.D. Robb; Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris et al; and Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke

That lot should keep me quiet for a day or two :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sally906 wrote: "OK well the Christmas season has started and my reading is reflecting this - started today: Meant To Be by Fiona McCallum (my only Non-Christmas themed book - it is..."

Don't know how you can read similar themed books and not get them confused Sally!!!

[Sally906]

Brenda wrote: "Don't know how you can read similar themed books and not get them confused Sally!!! ..."

I don't know either - I forget the dogs name and confuse children and grandchildren - but can follow multiple books and thier plots without a problem :)