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Fiona (Titch)
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Feb 19, 2010 06:09AM
Tried to listen to When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel, but cd kept jumping, so I will borrow a copy from library at weekend. In meantime I am reading The Thousand Rooms of Dreams and Fear.
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About half way through Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
I just started the first book in the Midnighters series, "The Secret Hour" by Scott Westerfeld.
Fiona (Titch) wrote: "About to start The Lollipop Shoes"Hi Fiona I am a serious major fan of how fast you get through books !!!!
Jason wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "About to start The Lollipop Shoes"Hi Fiona I am a serious major fan of how fast you get through books !!!!
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Most of mine are audios that I have had as books sitting on my bookcases lol. I tend to enjoy both, but when I know someone who wants 1 of my books, I can go and grab an audio and listen to it as much as I would of read the book.
My husband put my book, The Poacher's Son, somewhere and now I can't find it so I had to start The Boy in the Striped Pajamas because I left all my other books at work.
I am now reading The Dark Divine, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and the Count of Monte Cristo. I read Count years ago and i love it so this book has been taking a back seat to the other two books. So far I am more into the Dark Divine then Loud, but that's probably because I read 130-something pages into it before starting Loud. Has anyone else read the Dark Divine? Thoughts>
I am reading Oxygen and Why we disagree about climate change. I seem to be in a science rut at the moment. Trust me I do read lots of fiction too !! Going to finish Anathem when I have read these two books. Then I intend to start 2666 by Roberto Bolano. Going by the size of it that will probably take me till way into the summer to read. I wish I could get through books as fast as you guys can !!
Dean, how is that series going? I think I made it to that book, but none beyond. Are you still into it?
Donna wrote: "Reading Shutter Island instead. Still can't find my book!"What do you think of Shutter Island? I can't stand to put it down.
Jo wrote: "I'm reading The Devouring"You'll have to tell me how you like that because I started it, got about half way through and put it down. I think I meant to pick it up...but I got side tracked...curious to know what you think.
From Dead To Worse by Charlaine Harris.
In the middle of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and about to start ch. 4 of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.So far am liking Jon Strange and Mr. N. but some of the longer footnotes get in the way...
Diane D. wrote: "Donna wrote: "Reading Shutter Island instead. Still can't find my book!"What do you think of Shutter Island? I can't stand to put it down."
I am flying through it. I like it not 100% love but def 90%
Molihua wrote: "In the middle of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and about to start ch. 4 of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.So far am liking Jon Strange and Mr. N. but some of ..."
GRRRR I am really beginning to hate footnotes especially after House of Leaves I pla on readin Jonathan Strange soon
I think that's what bothered me...it was so predictable. Still, there is a sequel to it which leads me to believe it's not compete rbbish...so perhaps I will pick it back up jst in case it has a stellar ending...thoughts?
Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Jason wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "About to start The Lollipop Shoes"Hi Fiona I am a serious major fan of how fast you get through books !!!!
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Most of mine are audios that I ..."
Still Titch you get through them mega quick!! :) All good though!
Im reading the prophecy at the moment. Its fab!
Jason wrote: "I am reading Oxygen and Why we disagree about climate change. I seem to be in a science rut at the moment. Trust me I do read lots of fiction too !! Going to finish Anathem when I have read these t..."Let me know how 2666 goes, Im thinking of buying a copy, it sounds good!
Donna: well brace yourself when you start reading Jon Strange :) They can be such a distraction.
Donna - I don't have a computer at home until Monday. I'm sure I'll finish Shutter Island over the weekend so I'll get back with you on it on Monday.
Yasmin wrote: "Donna: well brace yourself when you start reading Jon Strange :) They can be such a distraction."Thanks for the heads up!
Diane D. wrote: "Donna - I don't have a computer at home until Monday. I'm sure I'll finish Shutter Island over the weekend so I'll get back with you on it on Monday."Me too! I don't usually chk my comp over the weekend but shoot me an email when your done. I should be done with it on the long commute home!
Yasmin wrote: "In the middle of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and about to start ch. 4 of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.So far am liking Jon Strange and Mr. N. but some of ..."
I found the footnotes more interesting than the story, but they were painful distractions. I can't take 3 page footnotes. I never did make it through the book. I wanted to beat both the writer & the editor for the wordiness. I didn't really like any of the characters or feel a connection with them, either. I didn't care if they lived or died, unless they did the latter in an interesting way.
I'm glad you're able to enjoy it, though. A couple of my friends loved it.
Yas wrote: "Jason wrote: "I am reading Oxygen and Why we disagree about climate change. I seem to be in a science rut at the moment. Trust me I do read lots of fiction too !! Going to finish Anathem when I hav..."Read the first twenty pages and its certainly a different way to start a novel. Like it so far, but I can't see me taking the phone of off the hook while I am reading it. Can see why some people have problems with it. I am going to stay with it though and who knows maybe a couple of hundred pages in I will be gripped and will be reading it into the wee small hours of the morning !!
The above is about 2666 its not clear is it ?
I've started yet another book as well as the I think it is four or five I have on the go at the moment !!! Tomorrows people by Susan Greenfield. I am going to have to stop doing this and just try to stick with one book at a time !!!Its interesting though, a futurology book about what life a hundred years from now will be like. I know we won't be around then to see if she was right, but its thought provoking never the less.
My pet bird had a narrow escape this morning. Didn't see that he was out and on the floor and let the cat out ? luckily the cat didn't see him when I let him out !!!
I'm reading Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe by Laurie Lisle, and Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson.
I'm starting the month with Labyrinth - Kate Mosse for Goodreads Seasonal Challenge.
Fiona (Titch) wrote: "I'm starting the month with Labyrinth - Kate Mosse for Goodreads Seasonal Challenge."Hope you enjoy it !! I didn't think much to this one at all and really struggled to finish it.
I'm on the last story of The Compleat Werewolf by Anthony Boucher. What a wonderful & wild collection of speculative fiction. Only the title story is about a werewolf & it's a way different take on it than I've ever read before. Other stories are SF, SF/Fantasy (time travel mixed with demonology), fantasy, horror & more. You just never know what the next story will be. I just finished a story where a newspaper only prints the truth. How much trouble could that be? Well, you find out! The only problem is it is the stories are often McCarthy era/war effort stuff that dates it considerably. Still, very good, though.
right now I am reading rosamund you guys so should read it ! and its very inspiring to women
Jason wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "I'm starting the month with Labyrinth - Kate Mosse for Goodreads Seasonal Challenge."Hope you enjoy it !! I didn't think much to this one at all and really struggled to fini..."
Its not my usual kind of book. I am on p195
Jim wrote: "I found the footnotes more interesting than the story, but they were painful distractions. I can't take 3 page footnotes. I never did make it through the book. I wanted to beat both the writer & the editor for the wordiness. I didn't really like any of the characters or feel a connection with them, either. I didn't care if they lived or died, unless they did the latter in an interesting way.I'm glad you're able to enjoy it, though. A couple of my friends loved it. ..."
thanks :)
and yeah, funnily enough i'm not really feeling chummy with the characters either (like Norrell), but i'm still enjoying the read.
I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett and I'm currently reading Under The Dome by Stephen King.
I'm only a couple of pages in so far. I've got a long way to go before I can say. :) I'm sure I'll like it, though. I'm a huge Stephen King fan! Did you like it?
Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "I have just started Her Dreadful symmetry and so far I am not very impressed. It jumps from one character to the next and is about as gripping as a rock face covered in jello. Will st..."Hi Jason-I really loved it but we are all different.Maybe your first post was a portent of what was to come in the book?....LOL!!!
(please forgive my humour!).
Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Tomorrow I will listen to The Brutal Art - Jesse Kellerman."I`ve just bought it and would be interested in what you think.....
THANKS!
DJ wrote: "Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "I have just started Her Dreadful symmetry and so far I am not very impressed. It jumps from one character to the next and is about as gripping as a rock face covered in ..."Hi DJ I don't mind the humour at all. I rushed too quickly to review the book and it grew on me as I read it and I finished it enjoying it very much.
Jason wrote: "DJ wrote: "Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "I have just started Her Dreadful symmetry and so far I am not very impressed. It jumps from one character to the next and is about as gripping as a rock face..."I`m really glad.I loved the quirkiness of it......
I`m looking forward to a re read sometime I`m under the weather.....LOL,er I don`t want to wind up in the Cemmetery just yet-don`t worry!!
Off to Start NORTHANGER ABBEY..(Jo I have made a note on my comment on THE BRUTAL ART to remind me to let you know how it is :-)..).
You`re welcome :-).I was worried that it would get lost,so don`t worry if on my review posts you see notations like this it is just to stop me from disappointing anyone.......
I'm reading a few books at the moment:Vampire Diaries 5 - The Return: Nightfall (after reading the first 4 in less than a week on holiday... hideously addictive for all the wrong reasons)
Jane Eyre (one of my favourite books ever that I'm re-reading for uni)
and Love Letters of Great Men (ed. Ursula Doyle)
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