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[Elaine]

Just started A Fraction of the Whole, which is part of my Summer reading challenge and Aussie Authors 2013 challenge.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Love You More by Lisa Gardner. Gosh she writes good books. I was reading on the train to Sydney today and nearly missed my stop at Wynyard because I was so engrossed in the story!

[Mark]

I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with its presence on my kindle in the wake of a daily special, and Delirium for no reason it is possible logically to discern.

[Mark]

Michael wrote: "Just finished my fourth book of the summer challenge Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients.

Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."

I really urgently want to read this, but I could not bring myself to part with $14.99, so I will have to wait for some used copies to filter back through amazon. It will probably only serve to exacerbate my apoplexy about American corporatocracy, in any case, though I gather Goldacre is British.

[Michele]

Just started Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil.

I have just finished Under the Dome by Stephen King, which I enjoyed but not as much as I enjoyed The Stand and I also just finished Come Back to Me by Sara Foster, which was ok, but I don't think I would recommend it.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Love You More by Lisa Gardner. Gosh she writes good books. I was reading on the train to Sydney today and nearly missed my stop at Wynyard because I was so engrossed in the story!"

Oooh yeah!! I can well understand that:) This one is great too Phrynne:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Some great reading happening at the moment:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with its presence on my kindle in the wake of a daily special, and Delirium for no reason it..."

What do you think of The Eyre Affair. I have enjoyed everything I have read by Jasper Fforde so far and I would very much like a dodo as a pet.

[Mark]

Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with its presence on my kindle in the wake of a daily special, and Delirium for..."

Hi, Phrynne. I think it's a bit Douglas Adams manqué, but still immensely clever, and I enjoy the literary allusions. And yes, I'd love to have a pet dodo, too. Let me know if you find a distributor of mostly-extinct animals. :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with its presence on my kindle in the wake of a daily special, ..."

Any author who can name a character Paige Turner is okay with me!
As for the dodo my dog probably wouldn't like it.

[Mark]

Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with its presence on my kindle in the wake of a da..."

Yes, love the wordplay! I think your dog needs to adopt a more tolerant attitude. What if you were to adopt a chimera, a veliciraptor and a kraken? I'm certain that extinct and mythological creatures are getting short shrift in our shelters, and that good homes need to be found for them. :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with its presence on my kindle in ..."

Velociraptors and Krakens are just too big for my house. Sorry. Could probably manage a chimera if it was appropriately mixed. Maybe the head of a house cat and the body of a Dik Dik. Hey - I read Days of Blood & Starlight. I know all about chimeras!

[Mark]

Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with its presence on ..."

Perhaps you could get the miniature breed of velociraptor. I'd get kraken on that as soon as possible. :) I'm afraid I haven't read Days of Blood and Starlight, though it sounds a bit like a vampire novel that takes place in a planetarium. :) Cait's review (the first one listed) is hilarious.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Eyre Affair in connection with ..."

The book was pretty funny too. You should read it and you could compare it with Delirium. (Are you seriously reading that?)

[Mark]

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I don't know how serious I am, but I'm abashed to report that I *am* actually reading it. As YA dystopian fiction goes, it's not too execrable; the prose, at least, is implausibly well-crafted for works in that genre, and the storyline is reasonably engaging. Perhaps I'll give Days of Blood and Starlight a try, since you recommend it.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mark wrote: "I'm reading Historia von D. Johann Fausten in connection with a challenge, The Ey..."

Actually I am a great believer in reading anything as long as the author knows how to put an intelligent sentence together. The trouble with YA fiction is that that is not often the case. So on your recommendation I will give Delirium a try.
Have you read Wool. I keep seeing it mentioned all over the place and don't know whether to try it or not.

[Mark]

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Actually, I think it's a problem with virtually all contemporary fiction that the authors have only a rudimentary command of sentence structure. :) We do have the same bête noire in that respect, though. :) I haven't read Wool, nor have I even heard of it, but I'll hasten to have a look at the review page.

[Dale]

I'm inclined to think sometimes it is a matter too of what else we have read recently. I read .One Breath Awayand Fontanelle: A Collection Of Poems, both of which which I really enjoyed, and now am struggling to get into The Speed of Light.Even though I can see it is well written it is not involving me and feels like a chore to pick it up. Suspect it is a case of bad timing more than anything

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

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The complete Wool Omnibus which is book 1-5 can be purchased from Amazon for $9.99 AU at the moment .. http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Trilogy-1-...

I've been tossing up on this one too, with lots of recommendations from people:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Thanks Brenda. I saw that but in the end I went for the paper edition due out in five days time. Cost a bit more but my husband will probably read it too and he still prefers real books! I guess it must be good because it gets an awful lot of five star ratings.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Thanks Brenda. I saw that but in the end I went for the paper edition due out in five days time. Cost a bit more but my husband will probably read it too and he still prefers real books! I guess it..."

Please let us know what you think when you get to it Phrynne:)

[Mish]

I'm currently reading The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[Maggie]

I've finally started a book for the Aussie author challenge, The Devil's Numbers. It's ok so far, could be good.

[Mark]

Phrynne (and Brenda), I'd recommend having a look at the (very few) one-star reviews and the comments appended thereto, including those of the author. I decided not to buy it because I have a problem with multiple, serial protagonists (I have a need to identify with one, continuous world view), but most of the criticism involves Howey's use of excruciatingly tedious, interminable descriptive passages. Of course, there are an (implausibly) huge number of deliriously ecstatic, 5-star reviews, so even assuming most of them to have been ginned up, there must be *something* to the story, and it was easy to discern from the author's comments that he writes exceedingly well. Thanks, in any case, for the suggestion: I'd probably have bought it had it not been for the matter of shifting protagonists, and you may very well enjoy it immensely if you're not afflicted with my idiosyncratic intolerance of that single feature of the book. It's worth noting that if you buy the version here, http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Ed... , you can obtain the entire Audible narration for only $1.99.

[Mark]

Brenda, I should mention also that part 1 of Wool (58 pages) can be had for free, here, in case you want to sample it:

http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Part-One-e...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mark wrote: "Brenda, I should mention also that part 1 of Wool (58 pages) can be had for free, here, in case you want to sample it:

http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Part-One-e..."

Not for us Aussies Mark:( For some reason there's quite a large number of ebooks from Amazon unavailable for Australian download!

But thanks...I was going to get it to try it out:(

[Mark]

Sorry, Brenda! Seems to be the same sort of problem that perennially exasperates me with amazon.fr -- the "not-available-in-your-country" blue screen of death. I'd assumed, somehow, that Aussies buying books from amazon.com were exempt, but perhaps you're only precluded from downloading freebies. This division of the world into impenetrable partitions reminiscent of the Cold War for idiotic reasons of arcane international copyright law (or just because ebook sellers are inherently deranged) really needs to be stopped.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I have picked up a huge amount of free kindle copies of books over the past 12 months, but every now and then I come across a 'not available to Australia'...this is obviously one of them!

Not your fault either, so don't be sorry!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Finished my first ever ebook readPerception on my Kindle abit earlier and found it a great read.

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

Not sure what i will read next."

Did you enjoy reading it on the kindle Michael?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Did you check out that free link I suggested before? http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Ki...

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I'm currently reading Nicholas and Alexandra. Has anyone else read it?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Gigi wrote: "I'm currently reading Nicholas and Alexandra. Has anyone else read it?"

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

Nicholas and Alexandra by George Sergei Vilinbakhov

Which one are you reading Gigi?

I notice you are a new member...welcome to the group! If you'd like to head over here http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3... you can introduce yourself so the other members can say hi:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "No Brenda i havn't i know the shame lol. :)"

You've still got time;) The freebies are a great way to start:)

[[deleted user]]

I am reading The Island House

[[deleted user]]

Brenda wrote: "Gigi wrote: "I'm currently reading Nicholas and Alexandra. Has anyone else read it?"

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

Nicholas and Alexandra by George Sergei Vilinbakhov

Which one are..."

Ooh. I didn't know there were two versions. I'm reading the one by Robert K. Massie.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Gigi wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Gigi wrote: "I'm currently reading Nicholas and Alexandra. Has anyone else read it?"

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

Nicholas and Alexandra by George Sergei Vilinbakhov..."

Nicholas and Alexandra ...there we go then;) And to answer your earlier question...no, I at least, haven't read it:) But I'm sure there will be others who have.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jennie - Daystarz Books wrote: "I am reading The Island House "

Will wait for your thoughts Jen...it's on my TBR:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mark wrote: "Phrynne (and Brenda), I'd recommend having a look at the (very few) one-star reviews and the comments appended thereto, including those of the author. I decided not to buy it because I have a prob..."

Thanks Mark - I agree with you about the reviews but I have ordered it anyway. It will either be good or it won't, like any other book! I'll let you know my opinion in due course.
I'm currently enjoying a Dean Koontz book but I have Delirium loaded up on my kindle ready to go.

[Nicola]

I recently read Divergent by Veronica Roth and finished the second book in the series, Insurgent yesterday.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Just finished Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz which was good as his books usually are. About to start Delirium. Perfect way to spend a slightly chilly, drizzly Sunday afternoon.

[Kathryn]

I'm reading NW by Zadie Smith (sorry, can't link because I'm on phone - will do it when I'm next on my computer) and at the moment, it's awful, in my opinion!! Am less than 50 pages in and hoping it gets better than this!

[Tango]

Reading The Hungry Ghosts for a book club I'm in and really enjoying. I'd never heard of the author but she writes well and the story is quite original.

[Mish]

Kathryn wrote: "I'm reading NW by Zadie Smith (sorry, can't link because I'm on phone - will do it when I'm next on my computer) and at the moment, it's awful, in my opinion!! Am less than 50 pages in and hoping i..."

NWby Zadie Smith. There you go Kathryn.

[Kathryn]

Oh, thank you, Mish - I jumped on the computer this morning and forgot to go back and edit my post!!

[Mish]

Kathryn wrote: "Oh, thank you, Mish - I jumped on the computer this morning and forgot to go back and edit my post!!"

That's okay Kathryn :)

[Dale]

Jennie - Daystarz Books wrote: "I am reading The Island House "

I really enjoyed this one.

[Mish]

I'm currently reading A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mish wrote: "I'm currently reading A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn"

Really enjoyed that one Mish:)

[Mish]

Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "I'm currently reading A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn"

Really enjoyed that one Mish:)"

Oh I think I'm going to enjoy this too. I'm only 12 pages in and already we discovered the murdered body & the investigation is under way. I love a start like this :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mish wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "I'm currently reading A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn"

Really enjoyed that one Mish:)"

Oh I think I'm going to enjoy this too. I'm only 12 pages in and already ..."

Yes, right into it!!