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Jan 04, 2015 12:18AM
I've just finished Nicholas Shakespeare's The Dancer Upstairs and have started Rivers of London which I'm hoping might be like Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere or Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. I didn't like Gone Girl at all, though the movie was ok, reading Gone Girl was an exercise in patience. Decided I won't read another of hers.
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The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare
Rivers of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch
Gone Girl was the one that turned me off her writing too Catherine...
Today I finished
. I need to tell everyone about it!! A wholehearted 5 stars from this happy reader. My next step is to recommend it to a few of my friends that haven't read it.My review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "So many people seem to love Divergent Janine:)"The series starts so well and ends so badly."
I thought it started out bad too, but my opinion is normally different to the norm :P
Han wrote: "I'm sitting here now, trying to think of a movie that I thought was better than the book ..."Actually I liked the movie of Chocolat better than the book, but maybe that's because I saw the movie first. I generally tend to prefer the first experience of something: first cover of a song I hear, first actor playing a particular role I see, that kind of thing.
Deborah wrote: "I am reading 
I have to say I am underwhelmed and at page 220 out of 296 I don't expect it to improve. I think it would make a good YA story perhaps, or poss..."
Deborah, I loved The Golem and the Jinni and have just added The Gospel of Loki by Joanne Harris to my tbr.
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Funny Girl
by Nick Hornby. 5★sAbsolutely loved it. As those of you who got my reccys will know.
It was an EXCHANGE for
for the Jan challenge and I can see why. my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am currently reading
I only recently discovered this series and everyone else seemed to have read it, so I got into it. I have really enjoyed it, though there have been some slow points in the series (the previous book crossroads of twilight being one of them)but overall I love it and this book is keeping a nice pace so far, though with the festive season I have been too busy to read as much as I would like.
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I only recently discovered this series and everyone else seemed to have read it, so I got into it. I have really enjoyed it, though there..."
I am reading this series oh so slowly on audio book. I was actually nearly at the end of Knife of Dreams when my audio went kaput. So now I am finishing it off by listening to it on my computer. The best books are the ones with the most Rand. The worst when we get too much Perrin. And his awful wife. (Forgive my spelling. The big problem with audio is never seeing the names written down.)
My biggest problem with audiobooks is when something makes me think and I realise two minutes later that I haven't been paying attention and have to run it back. Kills an iPod battery pretty quickly.
Phrynne wrote: "M.C. wrote: "I am currently reading I only recently discovered this series and everyone else seemed to have read it, so I got into it. I have really enjoyed it,..."
Oh Phrynne, I really liked Perrin but I only got to book 5. I've put them away for another time. Maybe when I retire. Audio would be excellent for how to pronounce some of the names. My son and I often had discussions on pronunciation.
Ryan wrote: "My biggest problem with audiobooks is when something makes me think and I realise two minutes later that I haven't been paying attention and have to run it back. Kills an iPod battery pretty quickly."I tend to not bother and just try to pick up the thread - otherwise I tend to accidentally press the button more than I intend when I'm rewinding or fast forwarding and end up back at the very beginning or the very end of the track - and when the track is annoyingly an hour long, as many of mine seem to be, I get frustrated very quickly trying to get back to where I was up to (or where I stopped listening)!
Haha yeah. Plenty of times I have accidentally skipped to the start of the chapter, especially when driving. So much furious!
Michael, I'm not going to read your review until I've read the book...
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Or me:) Glad you enjoyed it though Michael.
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I only recently discovered this series and everyone else seemed to have read it, so I got into it. I have re..."
Has he married Faile by the end of book five? Because honestly if I hear one more lovesick word from him ..................
Phrynne wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "M.C. wrote: "I am currently reading Has he married Faile by the end of book five? Because honestly if I hear one more lovesick word from him .................. "
I read them a long time ago will need to start from the beginning when I pick them up again.
I actually have a bit of a soft spot for Perrin, but I do look forward to the Mat and Rand chapters. One of my biggest issues is with the female characters, I really have trouble liking most of them, no matter how hard I try.On and on the audio book chat, yeah I feel your pain. They are great for learning to pronounce names (it was awesome for the Silmarillion) but when you lose your place for reason and have to find where you were up to again, it can be infuriating.
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Writing female characters was not one of his strengths. As you say not one of them is actually likeable.
Rereading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. A few of my friends are going through the series again, and it still holds up after all these years :)
I've finished The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley; a bit too much fluff and not enough historical data for my liking. 2★Read The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse in a couple of hours. 3★
Finished Labyrinth by Kate Mosse 4★ Review to follow.
Started The Visitors by Rebecca Mascull; thanks to Marianne's review.
Not this Marianne..... I haven't read it. Maybe Mish?
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Read The Winter Ghosts by ..."
Bette did you see that a mini series of Labyrinth starts on the ABC I think tonight.
B the BookAddict wrote: "I've finished The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley; a bit too much fluff and not enough historical data for my liking. 2★Read The Winter Ghosts by ..."
Reading well there Bette :)
Phrynne wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "I've finished The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley; a bit too much fluff and not enough historical data for my liking. 2★Read [book:The W..."
Is on Thursday Phrynne - have asked hubby to record it for me :D
ABCThursday 8 Jan 2015, 8:30pm
ABCFriday 9 Jan 2015, 1:55am (Repeat)
ABCFriday 9 Jan 2015, 1:55am (Repeat)
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Sorry Sally - not trying to rub it in. Much:)
Marianne wrote: "Not this Marianne..... I haven't read it. Maybe Mish?"B the BookAddict wrote: "I've finished The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley; a bit too much fluff and not enough historical data for my liking. 2★
Read The Winter Ghosts by ..."
Tis' me. And I think I picked it up from Michael, our Mod :)
That's wonderful Bette. I hope you like it as much as I did.
I finished: I Came To Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington 4★My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sharon Caroline Overington is one of my favourite Authors.
Jo wrote: "Sharon Caroline Overington is one of my favourite Authors."This is the first one I've read of hers Jo. Looking forward to reading her other books :)
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My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Phrynne wrote: "I finished The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was very good.My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
It's one of those books that stays with you for years. Very thought-provoking.
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My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
It's one of tho..."
Very true:)
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My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
M.C. wrote: "I actually have a bit of a soft spot for Perrin, but I do look forward to the Mat and Rand chapters. One of my biggest issues is with the female characters, I really have trouble liking most of th..."I have a soft spot for Perrin, too :-) And Faile - I'm the ONLY person I know who really likes her, LOL! Phrynne is right that Jordan wasn't great at writing female characters, although I do like Min and Aviendha.
If you're up to Knife of Dreams now, you're in for a treat, the books just get better and better from there onwards :-) I've read/listened to the entire series, and am currently on my second go-round with it, entirely by audiobook this time, mainly because a good friend of mine just finished the final book and we have been discussing the series a lot. Wait until you guys read that final book, it makes all the hours and hours of time you've invested in the series SO worth it. It really is spectacular!
@Phrynne + @Sally for the ABC Labyrinth info. Great to have it on a station without adverts.Finished The Visitors by Rebecca Mascull; 3.50★ I really liked the story but the first person present tense narration always detracts for me.
Started The Queen Of Four Kingdoms by Princess Michael of Kent.
Woo Hoo - I've just picked up a copy of The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce from the library. Now I have it for a month - so have to get a few overdue review books out of the way and then I'll be onto it - BUT I have it, so thats the main thing!
Hope you enjoy it Sally. I have get to write my review of
by this author. Maybe tomorrow.
It's been a while since I have posted, I am not the fastest reader here so I have to sometimes avoid these forums to get through more reading, a tough choice but one that has to be made......After reading Saving Wishes 5★ in late December couldn't wait to read the other books in the series, so I put my Summer Challenge on hold and read
Second Hearts4★
Sand Jewels4★
Storm Shells5★
Secret North4★
Silver Dawn4★
Star Promise4★
I really enjoyed this series and couldn't recommend it highly enough, I am happy to say Australian author G.J. Walker-Smith can add another smitten fan to her list.
All these books are worthy of a 5 star rating but I personally hold the 5 star rating dear to my heart, you have to jump high and through numerous dangerous and nearly impossible hoops to get one I am afraid.
Dana wrote: "It's been a while since I have posted, I am not the fastest reader here so I have to sometimes avoid these forums to get through more reading, a tough choice but one that has to be made......Afte..."
Oh well done Dana!
Thanks Julie, I noticed you asked me on another thread if these books were all good, I will answer here because they are all listed and rated above.If I had to pick one I liked the least it would have been Silver Dawn but only because it was about the characters I was least attached too, but I could not in truth say it was not good.
There were so many things I loved about the series, all the characters were likeable even if they weren't the most well behaved, the thread of the element of magic (not the fantasy type but the everyday type of magic like a beautiful dawn sky) was so prevalent it felt as if it crossed over into my world a bit ( god that sounds kooky hope you know what I mean). I am not good at explaining, I am sure you will love all these books. The surprise for me was how much I loved Secret North. It is probably better not to read that far ahead in the book blurbs though, it might ruin the surprise (which is why I didn't put the link). Hope you enjoy :)
Dana wrote: "Thanks Julie, I noticed you asked me on another thread if these books were all good, I will answer here because they are all listed and rated above.If I had to pick one I liked the least it would..."
Thanks Dana, I get what you mean and it sounds lovely! I was already looking forward to reading Saving Wishes after good reviews from AR friends, so I might just bump it up the list now ;)
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She is a very talented author; it's always fun to read her books! Glad you enjoyed them all so much:)
So I finished The Narrow Road to the Deep North. I gave it three stars and wouldn't be surprised if my review was shortlisted for next year's Booker.
Ryan wrote: "So I finished The Narrow Road to the Deep North. I gave it three stars and wouldn't be surprised if my review was shortlisted for next year's Booker."Dare I read your review?? I'm at 46% and am just now finding that it is picking up a bit (just a bit...)
Andrea wrote: "Dare I read your review?? I'm at 46% and am just now finding that it is picking up a bit (just a bit...)"It's not too spoilery. As you know, the book itself is full of spoilers anyway, starting as it does in the modern day. Plus everyone knows what happened on the Siam-Burma Railway.
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My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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