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What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book)
Halo ...Alexandra Adornetto and Aussie author to... will start it today..
:) About angels..
Three angels are sent down to bring good to the world: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. But she is the most human, and when she is romantically drawn to a mortal boy, the angels fear she will not be strong enough to save anyone - especially herself - from the Dark Forces.
Is love a great enough power against evil?
Mr Rosenblum's List by Natasha Solomons - loving it so far!
I'm currently reading Sugar Sugar by Carole Wilkinson and Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Found out that 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl has just been turned into a musical. I couldn't resist picking it up once again... :)
A collection of stories... Welcome to your nightmares- Edgar Allen Poe
Kurt wrote: "Found out that 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl has just been turned into a musical. I couldn't resist picking it up once again... :)"wow ... that is great ... I might go and read it again too.
I am currently re reading
by Aussie author Isobelle Carmody...I love this book!
Im currently reading Peter F Hamilton's Pandora's Star.Enjoying it greatly. Has that feel of a massive story with galactic span. There are some nice plots and characters twisting their way into the entire Commonwealth Saga.
Dean wrote: "Im currently reading Peter F Hamilton's Pandora's Star.
Enjoying it greatly. Has that feel of a massive story with galactic span. There are some nice plots and characters twisting their way into th..."
Welcome to the group Dean, Pandora's Star sounds good, I haven't read any Peter F Hamilton.
Enjoying it greatly. Has that feel of a massive story with galactic span. There are some nice plots and characters twisting their way into th..."
Welcome to the group Dean, Pandora's Star sounds good, I haven't read any Peter F Hamilton.
Just putting some links in for the books mentioned previously in this thread:
Loving all the different books people read. It's so fascinating to see our diverse tastes!!
5 of those I have read, and 2 are on my bookshelf ready to read. :) I just love that Halo cover. Isn't it just beautiful? Mind you, the Jace cover is one of my favourites too. (Cassandra Clares - City of Bones)
I haven't read any of those books, and don't have any on my TBR.
(for some absurd reason I keep spelling don't as dodn't , I have been doing it for the last two weeks I keep having to edit it. I think I am having a brain malfunction.)
(for some absurd reason I keep spelling don't as dodn't , I have been doing it for the last two weeks I keep having to edit it. I think I am having a brain malfunction.)
Angela wrote: "5 of those I have read, and 2 are on my bookshelf ready to read. :) I just love that Halo cover. Isn't it just beautiful? Mind you, the Jace cover is one of my favourites too. (Cassandra Clare..."You're right Angela, the Halo cover is very beautiful. Even though it's just a silhouette you immediately know what the book is about and are drawn to the characters. Perfect YA cover art. I believe it's won some awards actually.
Kurt wrote: "Found out that 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl has just been turned into a musical. I couldn't resist picking it up once again... :)"Really?! Yay! My Favouritist book EVER (sort of due to my name)
Matilda wrote: "Really?! Yay! My Favouritist book EVER (sort of due to my name)"
Ha ha fair enough!
Ha ha fair enough!
Hi, I'm new to this group. I'm a 50 yr woman with two daughters, 19 and 23. Work as a nurse in a major public hospital here in Adelaide. Love my reading, never leave home without at least one book in my handbag. Just finishing "Stopping" by David Kundtz, 'how to be still when you have to keep going'. Interesting ideas. Also reading various books for work, and whilst they are helpful and informative I dont count those as reading. SO I need to select what I will read next, for pleasure. Not sure just yet. Maybe the second in the Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Dont read a lot of science fiction but enjoy it occassionally. Enjoy fantasy more. I also enjoy history, anything about Persia, and ancient middle east life. I read a wide selection of fiction, so most things are enjoyable. Perhaps I will start the second Girl in the Hornets Nest book. Will read the previous posts and see what ideas I pick up from the rest of you.
Stephney wrote: ""Sarum" sounds as if it could be an interesting experience!I am presently reading Eragon by Christopher Paolini, i havent seen the movie yet and heard it was not very good , however the book is v..."
Hi Stephney,
I've just joined Aussie Readers and found your comment from 2008 re Jean M Aurel (which I enjoyed too). Am curious about the other series you mentioned "Forbidden Land". Did you find the other copies? I must be a true book lover cos I totally get your need to obtain the missing copy in a series. That is one of the things I most love about reading (apart from the actual reading of course) - the tracking down of books. Anyway, hope you found your missing copy., Maggie
Brian wrote: "I'm getting back to reading again after a break back to my favourite mystery writers, and started with Robert Goddard - P_lay to the End. Enjoying it very much.Play to the End"Love Robert Goddard books, except one was a disappointment. Set in Stone I think, about a haunted house. Not his best. Have you read any others of his?
Liza wrote: "I've just finished The Pact by Jodi Picoult and on page 347 of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I first heard about Twilight when the movie came out last year. I didn't know what to expect - a vampire ..."Sounds like you've been reading similar books to me. I enjoy Jodi Picoult books, especially "Plain Truth" - love the way that author comes up with new dilemmas. Did you enjoy the Twilight series? I came across them when everyone at work was reading the series.
Colleen wrote: "I Like her also and the Bronte sisters and Georgette heyer"I grew up reading Georgette Heyer (and Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, Ngaio Marsh). You've just taken me back in time.
Welcome to the group Maggie. Looks like you are going to fit in here very well. :D
Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Welcome to the group Maggie. Looks like you are going to fit in here very well. :D"Just having fun, browsing books on line. That's why i love Goodreads so much. I already have a few jotted down to find. Today I'm picking up the Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction - sounded too good to ignore.
Maggie wrote: "Just having fun, browsing books on line. That's why i love Goodreads so much. I already ha..."
I love Goodreads too. I try and explain to my friends in the solid world how great it is. They think I'm nuts.
I love Goodreads too. I try and explain to my friends in the solid world how great it is. They think I'm nuts.
Elise wrote: "Currently reading Lady of Avalon: Avalon Book 5 It's brilliant, I am almost done with it though.I am going to Fiji on Tuesday for a week and already have my two books set aside to r..."
LOVE Marion Zimmer Bradley books, and especially the Avalon Series. Have you read "Firebrand" yet? That's another one worth reading, the story of Kassandra.
I finished Wolf Hall a few weeks back and started on The Little Stranger... the idea is to read the 2009 booker winner and a couple of the shortlists for a book club I just joined on GR, The Revisionist Booker...I liked Wolf Hall a lot, might give it 5 stars and I can see why it won the 2009 Booker. The book focuses on the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the England's Henry VIII, around the turbulent time of Henry's controversial divorce and England's subsequent split from the Roman Catholic Church. The book features all the well-known characters including Anne Boleyn, The Duke of Norfolk and a little of Jane Seymour, whose family residence the book is sort of named after (big mystery here!).
I found it a tiring read at first because of the style... I'll try explaining this in a review some time later (when I find time between nursing, nappy changing and soothing my newborn!). But once I figured out the style, the reading gathered pace and I found myself drawn to Thomas Cromwell, the main character in the story. The book is rich in details and I thought the conversations flowed naturally, despite not having used the actual style of speech of the era. Maybe it had something to do with the use of present tense throughout the novel.
Meanwhile, The Little Stranger is also a good one, so far. Sarah Waters is famed for her nineteenth century ghost stories masked as psycho thriller of an acquired literary quality. This time the story's set in post WW II Warwickshire and centers around a dilapidated manor and its inhabitants. The mould infestations and overall decay of the physical state of the building and life around it really serves as a metaphor of a change undergoing that era... the prose is brilliant and story is paced well, so that the suspense doesn't wear out.
Brenda wrote: "I just finished 'Play Dead' by Harlan Coben. It's his first book, which he wrote when he was 20. It was amazing, he obviously had a lot of talent when he first started out, as all of his books are ..."Harlan Coben books are such good fun. I like his charactersin the Myron Bolitar series altho some of them aren't really very pleasant people. Such good fun reads.
I have just finished reading The Name of the Wind, an excellent fantasy, reminiscent of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Well worth picking up if you like fantasy.
I am now reading The Finkler Question, the booker prize winner this year. I hope others can join in, we would like to get a discussion going on this one.
I am now reading The Finkler Question, the booker prize winner this year. I hope others can join in, we would like to get a discussion going on this one.
Trish wrote: "Am reading an OUTSTANDING book by a (former?) L.A. Times journalist called Every Man in this Village is a Liar. Poetic, descriptive, very like the letter of a friend who got off a train in an unfor..."I've heard reviews of that one on the ABC and want to read it. I'll look for it in the usual bookshops - is it easy to find?
In Cold Blood Just started reading In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote which is timely as my son is just reading the play for school of Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. According to the trivia quiz and suggested in the dedications in his book, Truman was a friend and neighbour of Harper.
Adhityani "Dhitri" wrote: "I finished Wolf Hall a few weeks back and started on The Little Stranger... the idea is to read the 2009 booker winner and a couple of the shortlists for a book club I..."So curious to see what you think of The Little Stranger. Had a lengthy discussion about it on Goodreads (dont read those yet tho cos they contain spoilers). Just think about - who is the little stranger, and get back to me when you've finished, ok?
OK, after reading through this thread, I've compiled a list of books to find:A Dark Music, Hunger Games, Stolen, City of Bones, Strange Objects, Angels Gate, Twilight of Avalon, Dark Lover, Kiss of Midnight, Saltwater Vampires, Every man in this village is a liar, Anthology of Australian Colonial Gothic Fiction.........the lists never end. Life's too short.
Maggie wrote: "Today I'm picking up the Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction - sounded too good to ignore..."Yes I found that one on this post as well and I love it. It's an anthology so I'm reading it in bits and pieces. It's the sort of book that can last for ages and you can talk about with other people I think!
Dee-Ann wrote: According to the trivia quiz and suggested in the dedications in his book, Truman was a friend and neighbour of Harper..."To Kill a Mockingbird was recently reviewed on The First Tuesday Book Club and they were saying there is a rumour that Truman Capote actually wrote the book. A big literary gossip/scandal at the time!:)
Gail "cyborg" wrote: "I am now reading The Finkler Question, the booker prize winner this year. I hope others can join in, we would like to get a discussion going on this one."Yaaay...!!! Can't wait to hear (read) what you think of the book...
Maggie wrote: "Just think about - who is the little stranger, and get back to me when you've finished, ok? "Will do! I hope to finish this weekend... the plot has thickened and definitely gathering pace!
I'll be interested to hear what you think of The Finkler Question, Gail. I tossed up giving it a go, but after reading a review stating that the author waffles and wanders a lot, and given that it's basically a debate on what it means to be Jewish - which affects me not at all - I decided to pass.
Jenny I'm only a little way in. To tell you the truth I'm alway a little nervous discussing the Jewish issue, it appears to me if you don't agree with them you are accused of being anti-semitic. The book touches on this very issue which is good to know. The company I work for is predominantly jewish. I am really keen to read further and get a better understanding.
It does waffle a bit. I had a headache while I was reading it on the train this morning. I found I couldn't follow it at all. I had to stop & listen to some soft music instead. :)
It does waffle a bit. I had a headache while I was reading it on the train this morning. I found I couldn't follow it at all. I had to stop & listen to some soft music instead. :)
Currently reading the latest from Kathryn Fox - Death Mask. Next up is a reread of The Likeness by Tana French
Mandy wrote: "Dee-Ann wrote: According to the trivia quiz and suggested in the dedications in his book, Truman was a friend and neighbour of Harper..."To Kill a Mockingbird was recently reviewed on The First..."
Wow ... I will have to tell my son that ... it will add to the mystique of both stories/authors.
I am reading
by L.A. Weatherly...yet again it was the cover that made me want it :D
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Loved 'Death Mask'...:)
Rachael wrote: "I am reading by L.A. Weatherly...yet again it was the cover that made me want it :D"I just checked out the larger cover size. Very nice. Wow this book is getting some rave reviews! Hope you enjoy it Rachael.:)
Gail "cyborg" wrote: "I have just finished reading The Name of the Wind, an excellent fantasy, reminiscent of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Well worth picking up if you like fantasy...."
Or even if you don't!! If you've ever liked fairy tales, or Chronicles of Narnia, or The Hobbit (the easier prequel to Lord of the Rings I mean) or Harry Potter or Redwall or Eragon or anything related. I generally don't like fantasy and didn't like LotR and don't even want to try Jordan, but I gave Rothfuss's debut five stars.
Now I'm reading Tomorrow, When the War Began.
I am reading The Third Day, The Frost, the third book in the Tomorrow series by John Marsden
Cheryl wrote: "Or even if you don't!! If you've ever liked fairy tales, or Chronicles of Narnia, or The Hobbit (the easier prequel to Lord of the Rings I mean) or Harry Potter or Redwall or Eragon or anything related. I generally don't like fantasy and didn't like LotR and don't even want to try Jordan, but I gave Rothfuss's debut five stars..."OK you've got me Cheryl! I'm putting it on my TBR.:)
Since you know people who are Jeweish, Gail, you'd probably get more from the book than most. I find the history of this and other religions fascinating. I'm in awe of how faith can be so ingrained in the day to day lives and thoughts of individuals.Marg: Are you finding the Tomorrow series depressing? I found I couldn't get past the third book for this reason. It was just too real.
Not depressing as such but very, very confronting because it does seem very real.
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Finished it and it was great !!! ;)