Just finished/Just started (what book are you reading now?) 2015

[Michael]

Some classic SF from Bradbury there.

[Suze]

I'm reading Keri Arthur at the moment, but don't know how far I'll get in the series, before I start to get bored.
I've just finished

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Moon-Ris...
5&keywords=keri+arthur

and


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kissing-Sin-J...

and am in the middle of

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Unbo...

Which is a different series by the same author

[Suze]

It's put an extra book cover in there and won't let me remove it. I'll get the hang of these covers one of these days :-))

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Just finished The Importance of Being Earnest, which yes, was on my class-list but yes, I was avoiding Tom Thumb and Richard III. Richard is a great play but a nightmare to teach...too many people with the same name.

[Empress]

I started yesterday by Elizabeth Moon and I am loving it.

[Emma]

Just finished Chocolat


Going to start Candide tonight.

[Emma]

Just finished it!!! It was really good :) so fast paced, especially since it was written in 1759!

Going to start The Princess Bride now :D

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

I started to read that some time ago, somehow got distracted. Must get back to it.

Struggling to read Fielding's Tom Thumb. Ugh. Have to read it for class. Ugh. I hate reading "contemporary" parodies for which most of the sociopolitical irony has been lost in the mists of time. Kind of like Shakespeare's jokes about pancakes and mustard in As You Like It...a play so weak that the epilogue basically says, "Yeah, we know...it's so bad it doesn't even have a name...call it as you like it."

[Michael]

I've posted my review for David Haynes' latest novel 'The Undertaker's Cabinet', like the authors other books I recommend this as a must read for all horror fans:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto

[Linda]

Just finished . The Silver Mist.
This book took me through an emotional rollercoaster and will stay with me for quite a while. Would not recommend it to anyone who has just went through watching a loved one lose their fight to an illness as I myself have. Too close to home at times.

Not sure what to read next....

[Michael]

Linda wrote: "Just finished . The Silver Mist.
This book took me through an emotional rollercoaster and will stay with me for quite a while. Would not recommend it to any..."

I enjoyed reading it and I know what you mean, it was very emotional.

[Empress]

Emma wrote: "Just finished it!!! It was really good :) so fast paced, especially since it was written in 1759!

Going to start The Princess Bride now :D
"

I want to read that. I just finished The Speed of Dark

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

A Streetcar Named Desire

"Stella! Stella!"

[Aisling]

I just finished Bee Ridgway's 'The River of No Return' and have made a start on Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling.'

[Emma]

Now I'm reading "The Birth of Venus"
And "Coniurationis Commentarium". But it's in Italian/Latin so I'm going very slow...

[♕ ❤ ♕ Princess pink diamonds posh bird LINZY.x.♕ ❤ ♕]

I'm reading Daves
Runaway Joe
and I'm loving it.I almost missed my stop on the bus today cos I was reading it on my kindle.lol!
You hear that Dave? :)

And your books next Bo.:)

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Just Finished Runaway Joe by Dave Hight
and gave it 4* and reviewed on Amazon and GR.

Just Started Last Christmas: A Bumpkinton Short Story by Matthew Drzymala

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

.......that would result in this :-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCDPl...

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Back to Kafka on the Shore. Not my favourite of Murakami's so far, but I've read half of it in one day, due to getting the princely amount of 2.5 hrs of sleep last night.

[Empress]

Almost done with The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Dark and depressing, just how I like 'em.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Dave wrote: "T4bsF wrote: ".......that would result in this :-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCDPl..."

Thank you for the ride in the time machine, Flo! I love it when I hear an old song that I've forgot..."


There are some songs that you recognise immediately and some of the ones that really get into your psyche - make your hairs stand on end. One of these songs (for me) has recently been used in an advertisement and it made me feel really angry. How could they take a song as beautiful as this one below and trivialise it's impact by using it for an advert?? GGGrrrrrrrrr!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go9ak...

[Andrew]

I was just catching up with the thread and saw mention of Candide - I love that book so much!

[♕ ❤ ♕ Princess pink diamonds posh bird LINZY.x.♕ ❤ ♕]

Dave wrote: " ♕ ❤ ♕ Princess pink diamonds posh bird LINZY.x.♕ ❤ ♕ wrote: "I'm reading Daves
Runaway Joe
and I'm loving it.I almost missed my stop on the bus to..."

haha!

[Jim]

Just started reading The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader (Author of The Bourne Legacy).

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

I must go back and read Candide. I read it at 16 when I was a college freshman and really didn't "get" it.

Finished Streetcar Named Desire, thank goodness. Well written but I don't like it because I grew up around people like that. For Blanche DuBois, read "my oldest sister." Ugh.
People think I'm weird because having come from a background of family alcoholism, abuse etc I don't like to read "dark" books about those topics. I tell em I had enough of that in the first 20 years of my life, and reverberations of it for the following ten. This here is my life, now, and I fill it with more positive things. Escapist? Maybe, but that's fine with me.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading , which isn't the best of the Discworld series, but was a decent read:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto

[Michael]

I've posted my review for Frazer Lee's fun horror short story 'The Lucifer Glass':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto:

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Just Finished
Last Christmas: A Bumpkinton Short Story by Matthew Drzymala

Just Started
The Ghost of Bluebell Cottage by Claire Voet

[Michael]

I've just finished reading and it was so bad it was awesome:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I've now started

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Finished
Unfortunately, didn't like it much at all. He could have cut about 100 pages of it to an advantage. And not one sentence I wanted to quote, which is unusual for Murakami. His prose is usually hypnotic for me, draws me in willy-nilly. This one was nilly, Willy.

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Currently reading

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Reading Pirates of Penzance.
Yawn.
I hate musicals, anyway, with one or two exceptions.

[Michael]

I've posted my review for Neal Asher's excellent conclusion to the Owner trilogy 'Jupiter War':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Finished that, now I'm into
Homo Delphinus: The Dolphin Within Man With Poster
I'm not sure what I think of it but there are some lovely photos.

[Philip]

Having enjoyed reading The Book of Human Skin and The Fate In The Box by Michelle Lovric, I am now reading her novel, The Remedy.

[Jessica]

anyone ever read Annabel the novel? I reading it is actually pretty good

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Just finished Natsume Soseki's The Gate. Really enjoyed it. Started Aunt Dimity's Death--talk about a change of pace!!

[Michael]

I've posted my review for Mike Gullickson's fun near future novel 'The Northern Star: The Beginning', take a look here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto:

[Emma]

I finished The Birth of Venus, then I started The Smile but the description wasn't specific enough and it completely ruined my day! So I stopped. Then I just finished Exit the Actress but it took so long because 1) I was writing a lot, due to the pain that The Smile caused me [go read my review, if you want to know], and because 2) it wasn't that great. Now, I'm reading The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice.

[Linda]

I have finished the Sloane Monroe series of books by Cheryl Bradshaw

Started

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

That's such a glowing indictment - I'm going to take a look Elyse.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

It does look interesting Elyse - but a bit pricy at the moment..... so I'll play the waiting game and see if the price comes down.

[Jessica]

good bye

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

....are you leaving us Joshua??

[Michael]

I've just finished reading The Dulwich Horror of 1927 by David Hambling which doesn't appear to be available any more, which is a shame as this is fine Lovecraft inspired read:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto 100 Percent Drabbles by Jennifer Hanning

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Jennifer Hanning's collection '100 Percent Drabbles', read my review here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto Reversion: The Inevitable Horror by J. Thorn.

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Started Kokoro. Don't know what I think of it yet. I don't know if it's the translation but I'm having trouble relating to the characters. I wonder if this "Kokoro" is any relation to the people in The Gate, but I don't want to read the reviews because they often have what I would consider spoilers.

[mrbooks]

Just finished Prince of thorns, It mentions the game of thrones and refers to the game far to often, But on the whole it was a good read. I was going to give a quick synopsis but thought better of it in case someone wants to read it. Don't want to spoil it for anyone.

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Reversion: The Inevitable Horror by R Thorn and despite a bumpy start it develops into an excellent horror story:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I also read The Collectors by Ryan Thomas which was a fun short story, but all too short.

I'm now re-reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)]

Just finished an audio book of Murder Must Advertise read by the inimitable Ian Carmichael and really enjoyed it on those nights when sleep is hard to find. Makes a change from reading my ebook till my head aches.

Also finished Ballet Shoes. Good late evening read. I will never grow out of kids' classics.

Finished Kokoro a day or so ago. Disappointed. Not bad, just kind of meh.