What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book) - Part 2 Showing 501-550 of 3,421

[Amanda -]

I am reading Precious Things by Kelly Doust

[Irene]

Sharon wrote: "Yes, a bit of a perk as I am a volunteer at Vinnies and can read for free and return them or buy them if I want to keep them :)"

Your own private library. And that's an extra reward for volunteering. Good on you.

[K]

I just finished I Married a Billionaire: Lost & Found and I really enjoyed it and I have it four stars.
Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now I am going to read Cross Stitch. I LOVE the Outlander TV series so much and after last night's finale, I have decided that I desperately need to get the first 3 books read before the next season. Wish me luck!

[Andrea]

I'm reading Cairo by Chris Womersley. It's very different from his other novel that I read, Bereft. I'm enjoying it though. It's set in a part of Melbourne I know quite well.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm reading Frontier Defiant by Leonie Rogers - it's so good!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda wrote: "I'm reading Frontier Defiant by Leonie Rogers - it's so good!"

That's why you are being so quiet at the moment:)

[Leonie]

Brenda wrote: "I'm reading Frontier Defiant by Leonie Rogers - it's so good!"

:-)

[Zoey]

Kiera wrote: "I just finished I Married a Billionaire: Lost & Found and I really enjoyed it and I have it four stars.
Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Good luck Kiera it is a massive series. Its my favourite book series & favourite TV series. Enjoy :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I'm reading Frontier Defiant by Leonie Rogers - it's so good!"

That's why you are being so quiet at the moment:)"

Yes :) Having trouble putting it down!

[Jenny]

Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization has just arrived in the mail. I can't wait to start this one - history nerd :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! Enjoy Jenny :)

[K]

Zoey wrote: "Kiera wrote: "I just finished I Married a Billionaire: Lost & Found and I really enjoyed it and I have it four stars.
Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Definitely one of my favourite TV series (I have a few. Lol) and I am really excited about reading them, finally! Thank you, Zoey!

[Elias]

Just finished Hunted by James Patterson. Another one of his "Book Shots" that everyone's probably sick of hearing me mention by now, haha! Looks like Patterson was inspired by "Hard Target" with this one. There were a lot of similarities between that film and this story but that never got in the way of enjoyment of it!

[Jeanette]

I have just started to read Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtney, not a favourite author of mine. An library ebook hard to determine just how pages hard copy but almost fainted at the 1400 or so I have to wade through. I forgot that other books I have read from BC similar in volume. I am enjoying it, however, some extra culling of this book would still leave it interesting particularly those interested in some proponents of WW2 in Pacific areas

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jeanette wrote: "I have just started to read Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtney, not a favourite author of mine. An library ebook hard to determine just how pages hard copy but almost fainted at the 1400 or so I have t..."

The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay

[Nicole]

I finally finished Haxby's Circus by Katharine Susannah Prichard . Filled with detail about life on the road with a family circus, it was a fascinating if detailed read and most nights I only managed a chapter. Time for something a little lighter. 3.5 stars.

[Marianne]

I have loved every book of Paul Torday's so far, and I'm now onto his sixth, The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall and enjoying it, even just a few pages in.
Just two novellas (Theo: A Novella and Breakfast at the Hotel Déjà Vu) and one more novel Light Shining In The Forest to read. And of course the one his son completed Death of an Owl when it comes out. Then no more by this brilliant author :(

[B the BookAddict]

Jeanette wrote: "I have just started to read Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtney, not a favourite author of mine. An library ebook hard to determine just how pages hard copy but almost fainted at the 1400 or so I have t..."

Take heart, Jeanette, the edition Brenda used is only 711 pages:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Jeanette wrote: "I have just started to read Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtney, not a favourite author of mine. An library ebook hard to determine just how pages hard copy but almost fainted at the 14..."

Haha!!

[Tamara]

I'm currently re-reading Harry Potter series (up to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) in preparation for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child being released at the end of the month :D

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Enjoy Tamara :)

[Elias]

James Patterson hasn't hit a false note yet with his "Book Shots" series. He's now at five for five with The Witnesses. It reminded me a lot of "Rear Window" - one of my favourite movies. I've now come out with what I would probably consider my favourite character from his short story series so far.

[Tamara]

Brenda wrote: "Enjoy Tamara :)"

Will do! :)

It's been a while since I've last read the series.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Elias wrote: "James Patterson hasn't hit a false note yet with his "Book Shots" series. He's now at five for five with The Witnesses. It reminded me a lot of "Rear Window" - one of ..."

You read that one already Elias??

[Elias]

Haha, yeah. It was a bit of a long night and I needed an easy read in between study/assignment breaks. I enjoyed it!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good for you! :)

[Elias]

I finally finished The Last Place God Made by Jack Higgins. Very nice! I'm glad that the book was re-released after spending so many years out of print. It was almost like a reading an old-fashioned adventure story that had once been lost.

[Sally906]

Tamara wrote: "I'm currently re-reading Harry Potter series (up to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) in preparation for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child being released at th..."

Isn't this a play script rather than a story?

I was told this when it was first announced so,haven't pre-ordered it for that reason. Thought I'd wait and see.

[Elias]

I think it is but at the end of the day a story is still being told despite the format.

[Sally906]

Elias wrote: "I think it is but at the end of the day a story is still being told despite the format."

Fair enough - but I bet thousands of fans haven't figured it out and are going to be very disappointed. I can read plays - indeed I've read and enjoyed some obscure Russian plays - but many people can't read like this.

I worry that because they don't like the format there will be some stinking reviews.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I don't think the advertising is very clear which is a shame. My son had no idea as he was going to buy it for his son...

[Elias]

There's that and the fact that plays are usually very stripped down, so a lot of detail and description will be lost and that will probably make it harder for readers to connect to the story on an emotional level.

I do agree, Brenda in that they should be clearer on this as at first even I thought it was a going to be another new novel! I guess it is harder to try and advertise it as a play to the younger demographic, so I can maybe understand, from a marketing perspective, why they're just going with calling it the latest instalment in the Harry Potter series

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

False advertising though... even if not fully!

[Elias]

Definitely!

[B the BookAddict]

Agree, Sally, re Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I had to Google it before I found that it was a play, and that was only via an interview with JKR. Even the book blurb on GR is not particularly clear either, especially if you speed read the italics.

[K]

In the last few days I read .
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Marianne]

just started The Satanic Mechanic: A Tannie Maria Mystery, I've been really looking forward to this and it's not letting me down, funny from page 1

[Nicole]

Finished Precious Things by Kelly Doust . I read it in 4 days which is a big improvement on the nearly 4 wks it took me to read Haxby's Circus . I really enjoyed Precious Things. The narrative moved around a lot - timeline/characters , and at times I got a little lost, but an enjoyable read.

[Anna]

just started reading a non fiction called NeuroSlimming by Dr Helena Popovic - not on GR unfortunately - but it is very interesting. i like the occasional non fiction :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Adding for you now Anna...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Anna wrote: "just started reading a non fiction called NeuroSlimming by Dr Helena Popovic - not on GR unfortunately - but it is very interesting. i like the occasional non fiction :)"

NeuroSlimming by Helena Popovic

[Anna]

Brenda wrote: "Anna wrote: "just started reading a non fiction called NeuroSlimming by Dr Helena Popovic - not on GR unfortunately - but it is very interesting. i like the occasional non fiction :)"

[book:NeuroS..."

thanks Brenda :)

[Elias]

I just finished re-reading Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean. Top stuff! It just gets better with each reading.

[Carolyn]

Have finally started reading The Fireman by Joe Hill and am thoroughly enjoying it! Also just started Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman as my bedtime reading so I'm in for a good week of reading.
Also reading Lolcatz, Santa, and Death by Dog: Strange and True Tales from Science and Technology which has lots of short anecdotey chapters so is great to read in bursts.

[Rita]

I'm reading The Gypsy Madonna https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... . It is about a six year old German boy living in France with his mother following his father's death. He and his mother are treated with contempt by the locals because of their German connection and so terrify he young boy that he stops speaking. It is beautifully written and very different.

PS can someone please tell me how to do the book's name link?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Rita wrote: "I'm reading The Gypsy Madonna https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... . It is about a six year old German boy living in France with his mother following h..."

Rita at the top of the comment box, you will see "add book/author" - click on that and fill in the details - search - add. Go back into it and change the top from "book" to "author" and click add again :) There you go!

[Marianne]

I'm very much enjoying my current read The Satanic Mechanic: A Tannie Maria Mystery which is the second in the Tannie Maria Mystery series.

Tannie Maria writes the Love Advice and Recipe column for the Klein Karoo Gazette (all explained in the first book) and here's a little example:

“‘Dear Auntie Maria,
My boyfriend says he wants to have two girlfriends. He has a story about how he loves me but you can never find everything you want in one person. He wants us all to have dinner together some time (me and his other girlfriend). What should I do?
Miss Helpme’

I finished my coffee and answered:

‘Dear Miss Helpme,
Tell your boyfriend that is fine, so long as you have two boyfriends as well. And each of your boyfriends has two girlfriends. And those girlfriends need two too, and so on. It will be like a chain letter.
The problem will be having dinner together. How do you plan numbers for catering? It would be safest to have a picnic in the park or on the beach and ask everyone to bring thieir own food.’”

But she does go on to provide some less frivolous advice:

“It may be true that you cannot find everything you want in one person. But it's also true that your most important needs must be met by yourself.
If your boyfriend does not like the chain-letter plan, and does not want to be faithful to you, you may find you can meet your needs better without him. It is more lonely to be with someone who cannot love you right, than to be on your own.”
And then, of course, she includes a recipe, Annemarie's amazing brandy tart

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Marianne wrote: "I'm very much enjoying my current read The Satanic Mechanic: A Tannie Maria Mystery which is the second in the Tannie Maria Mystery series.

Tannie Maria writes the Love Advice and..."

That sounds like like a nice read Marianne :)

[Elias]

Just finished Tick Tock by James Patterson. Despite reading them out of the order, they just keep getting better! I will say that this instalment had the most interesting villains out of all the books I'd read so far in the series as well as the most interesting villainous plan.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I read that one in 2010 and remember loving it Elias :)