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[★ Jess]

Just started The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan, which is the sequel to The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
The subtitle on my edition is: 'Like the dead, secrets dont stay buried'....pretty awesome.

I dont know about you guys, but I really love the title and cover!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lesley wrote: "Brenda, I am up to pg 37 of , and really liking it so far."

Oh, that's good to hear...

[Neko]

Jessica, yes that cover is really pretty ^_^


I'm going to start My Favourite Wife tomorrow :) It's my last book for Autumn challenge. And will make a start on Just Desserts as well!

[Marianne]

Brenda wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Have just finished , giving it 3 stars. Tonight will start The Poisonwood Bible. I have put My Dream of You aside f..."

To both of you, Brenda, Lesley, I would say you do have to persevere, the start seems slow, but it is well worth it in the end. It may help to look at Wikipaedia on the history of that area if you're not familiar with it (as I wasn't). This was my first Kingsolver book, recommended by my book club connoisseur, (given I am the book whore), I did enjoy it very much and immediately wanted to read more of her work. My favourite so far is Prodigal Summer, but I have enjoyed everything she's written.

[Lesley]

Marianne, thanks for the tip as I am also not familiar with the history of the Congo region. I am enjoying it but it is a large book and due back shortly! I do like her writing style, so I will keep an eye open for her other works and add to my TBR.

[Lynne]

Mariane, I'm with you. Barbra Kingsolver writes great books. I preferred The Poisonwood Bible over all the others, but I haven't read a dud yet from her!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Marianne..I haven't started it yet, but will be soon...

[Sarah]

I've just started reading Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice continued, because May is Jane Austen month, afterall. I am almost half finished, and I'm enjoying it: Although the prose is nothing like Austen, it's fun trying to guess who will capture the heroine's heart, in true Austen-style.

~S.

[Cathy]

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Where abouts in NZ did you go? I went there back in 2004, and LOVED it :)"

I went with my family to the South island last year - it was FABULOUS!!!

[★ Jess]

My favorite part of NZ is by far Queenstown :)

[Neko]

Pretty! :O!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow, Jessica, that's a gorgeous picture!! :)

[Deb]

Brenda wrote: "Thanks Marianne..I haven't started it yet, but will be soon..."

Hey, I've just started reading Poisonwood Bible too - pretty good so far.

[Dzintra aka Ingrid]

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "My favorite part of NZ is by far Queenstown :)

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Wow...absolutely stunning!!!

[Cheryl]

I'm reading Dreamhunter for a monthly read in another group. It will also count for Aussie Author (NZ) and May Sci-Fi challenges. Slow start due to the sheer beauty of the language and style of the story-telling, but once I figured out how to navigate the world I was ok.

[Joanne]

Melanie wrote: "i do love giles... i just feel the legend isn't done justice in tv series but really you should watch merlin (the old one with sam niel) its sometimes hard to find but its so wonderfully weird...th..."

'The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley is a good start. It's the story from the women's point of view, and really well done. Then for something completely different, read Bernard Cornwell's "The Winter King" - a more masculine version, but also a terrific series (3 books).

And then if you're really feeling inspired, go to the source: "Le Morte D'Arthur" by Thomas Malory, written in the 15th century. It's heavy going but if you get hooked by Arthurian mythology, you can't go past it. It's something you can go in an out of over a few years - 1000 pages of Middle English!

Bon voyage Melanie - you're in for a delightful sail, starting the Arthur stories!

[Maggi]

Certainly is the land of the long white cloud.

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haha thanks joanne, i have always loved merlin since i was little and saw the movie and then saw mists of avalon, but being only the movies and factual books on the legend in our house i never got around to reading any books im excited :D

[Joanne]

Melanie wrote: "haha thanks joanne, i have always loved merlin since i was little and saw the movie and then saw mists of avalon, but being only the movies and factual books on the legend in our house i never got ..."

That's great - you'll love it I'm sure. I can re-read some of the good ones almost yearly!

[Marianne]

I just read Craig Sherborne's new book, The Amateur Science of Love. Now I need to get hubby to read it before I finish writing my review because I'd really like to get a guy's take on this one.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

@ Michael...I was reading the blurb on Before I Go to Sleep today, and wondered what it would be like. I also have The Neighbor: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel on my shelves to read! Our tastes in books seem very similar ;)
Your review is excellent, I think I'll get this one from the library...

EDIT: I just reserved it at the library :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

:D

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ha! Michael, I just read your review of Blood Vows, then found this comment! I'm #29 in the queue with the library, so I think it'll still be awhile. :( Your review was very good! :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Seems to be..it'll be worth the wait when I finally get it :)

[★ Jess]

Currently loving The Dead-Tossed Waves...possibly a new favorite?

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my copy of came in the mail...so im getting into that...its so tekken! :D

[Michael]

awesome

[★ Jess]

Yay :) More Hunger-Gamers. Hope you enjoy it!
Ive gotten all my friends hooked on those books :D

[[deleted user]]

Haha its really good better then I thought it would be! Pretty sure ill be finished by tomorrow...well today seeing the time I guess lol

[Neko]

Yaaay for Tekken! One more book to read then I'm going to read this HG!!

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haha finished it in a day....so much better then i thought it was going to be :)

thanks for telling us all to read it jess lol

[Adhityani]

I wrote the exact same comment on the May Challenge thread, I am feeling too frustrated and too lazy to come up with a different one :)

I finished reading Blackout and if I could put my reaction in audibles, it would be:

Aaaaaaaaargh!!!!!

I have given it three stars, because it has all the basic ingredients for a great read, but there were massive let downs in terms of plot and narrative style, I was overcome with frustration when I finished this book.

Aaaargh!!!

If you'd like to know more details, please read my review:

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

As I mentioned before, it's part of a 'duology' but the first book ended too abruptly, which leads me to suspect that it is merely one book chopped into two to make it sell better (who would want to buy a 1,500 page sci fi novel on time travel?).

Anyway, will move on to the next on before the month ends!

[Neko]

@Dhitri- Don't worry about repeating :D I do that myself as well..hahaha.

Wow..1,500page book O.O; I'd be scared of a novel of that size..haha!

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I'm just reading My Favourite Wife. It's my last book for the Autumn challenge :) Only 2 bit weeks to read it though..Not sure I'll make it..haha. Anyways, it's alright so far but only up to page 60. I might take longer to read it because it seems to be a different sort of book from my norms but time will tell I guess for that :P

It's a book that has gotten some really mixed reviews from people on GR.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Go, go, go Laura!!!! You can do it...you can!;) LOL

[Maggie]

Started Battle Royale last night and cant wait to get back to it. Such an interesting book. It's Hunger Games but for adults. Highly recommended on what I've read so far. Anyone who enjoyed The Hunger Games should seriously consider it. Warning: it is a bit violent, but not in a revoltingly detailed way.

[★ Jess]

Let me know your final thoughts, because I am on the fence about reading it...

[Quetzi]

Hi, I'm currently reading WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS by Elizabeth George! I'm almost finished with it & it's an amazing read. I can hardly wait to find out who the killer is. What's everyone else reading?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hi Quetzi With No One as Witness sounds really interesting :) You seem to be a newbie...welcome to our wonderful group. It'd be lovely if you'd introduce yourself to everyone in the thread http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3... as we'd all love to meet you :)

[Michael]

Currently reading Neuromancer

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Cliff, I have wondered what My Life as a Fake was like..thanks for putting your review up there...I've got True History of the Kelly Gang on my TBR list, which I will hopefully get to soon!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Cliff wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Cliff, I have wondered what My Life as a Fake was like..thanks for putting your review up there...I've got True History of the Kelly Gang on my TBR list, ..."

Haha!! Thanks Cliff...that was yesterday..I must change that nickname now, mustn't I!! Carmel did it, and she's offline today, so looks like it's up to me..lol

Let me know when/if you read True History of the Kelly Gang, I'd love to know your thoughts :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Cliff wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Cliff wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Cliff, I have wondered what My Life as a Fake was like..thanks for putting your review up there...I've got [book:True History of the Kelly ..."

Thanks Cliff :)

[Jacinta]

Currently reading The Magicians' Guild. Its a bit slow but I was warned of that by (Murray I think) but I think this book is setting up a great series.

[Lesley]

Brenda, Happy Birthday for yesterday. I hope to read True History of the Kelly Gang soon also.

[Neko]

Today I finally read through all of Chew Just Desserts for the May challenge. Will write a review a bit later on..Time to watch ppl play on the wii..haaha.

[Geoff]

Just received an e-mail from Book Dep UK and they have a special offer of an additional 10% off all of their books (including free postage) until the 31st May.
The code is May11 to be entered at the check out area.
cheers
Geoff
www.geoffwoodland.com

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

@ Lesley...thank you kindly for the birthday wishes :)

@ Geoff...thanks for that info..so worth it!!! :)

[Lesley]

I have today finished . I really liked it, rating it 4 stars though would give 4.5 stars if I could. Just starting The Reader.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lesley wrote: "I have today finished . I really liked it, rating it 4 stars though would give 4.5 stars if I could. Just starting The Reader."

Lesley, did you do a review for this book? I'd love to see what you thought. :)

[Daniella]

Devouring the Cookbook Collector. One of these extremely dense reads that you can't put down. Funny though, as a writer, at the end of a book, I always think about the quality of the book, and funny that--though the writing was fantastic, and engaging, and suspenseful, in the end, I only cared about one of the characters. For me, this is the difference between a good read and a great read. Do you feel the same about character connection? Just curious.