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What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book) - Part 2
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The Curious Story of Malcolm Turnbull, the Incredible Shrinking Man in the Top Hat byAndrew P. Street
The Scarlet Key, Aussie crime mystery new release. Also Burial Rites.
Settling down later today with a nice easy feeling novel, The Island by Elin Hilderbrand which I've read before and rated a mere 2★. But after the stress of moving, my brain needs a just bit of a girlie read (not my usual fare).
Seeing as Melborne Cup is coming up - I've picked up
Each Way Bet by Ilsa Evans one of my favourite Chick Lit/Women's Fiction Aussie Authors - I need light and fluffy but well written books at the moment and Ilsa fits the criteria perfectly.Set in Melbourne at melbourne cup time it follows two sisters - one single and fancy free and the other a married stay at home mum whose had enough - each think the other has the best life. So on Melbourne cup eve they swap!!!
Sally906 wrote: "Seeing as Melborne Cup is coming up - I've picked up Each Way Bet by Ilsa Evans one of my favourite Chick Lit/Women's Fiction Aussie ..."I haven't read any Isla Evans yet but this one sounds fun. Sometimes you do need something light to read.
Veronica ⭐️ wrote: "I haven't read any Isla Evans yet but this one sounds fun. Sometimes you do need something light to read. '..."You should pick up the first of her cosy crime series -
Nefarious Doings - has a minor character that you might recognise - ME!!!! I won a competition to be a character in the book so there I am - Sally the president of the wine appreciation club - lol!!! I pop up in the next 2 books too - only fleeting mentions but still. Didn't make it into the 4th which was a shame as I wouldn't have minded cruising around the Greek Islands ;)
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You should pick up the first of her cosy crime series - [bookcov..."
I love those books and catching up with you each time Sally :)
Finished the Grace Smith PI series (awesome series, BTW!) I'm now reading
Sally906 wrote: "Veronica ⭐️ wrote: "I haven't read any Isla Evans yet but this one sounds fun. Sometimes you do need something light to read. '..."You should pick up the first of her cosy crime series - [bookcov..."
Haha Sally that's fantastic. I did enter Isla's comp to name one of her books. I enjoy her competitions. I have [book:Flying the Coop|6389679] (which I can't get to link) and Sticks and Stones on my shelf so I'll have to bump them up a bit.
Hey Sally, what a great thing, you are immortalized in print. I'd get a real kick out it, if it were me. Do you like wine in real life?
Have just started Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children which is engrossing and entertaining thus far. Still ploughing through Moby-Dick; or, The Whale which has moments of brilliance and many digressions.
Congratulations Sally — that's amazing!
Started something very light, humerous, and fast! -
B the BookAddict wrote: "Hey Sally, what a great thing, you are immortalized in print. I'd get a real kick out it, if it were me. Do you like wine in real life?"Yes - in a very non-expert way we and 2 other couples meet once every 6'weeks or so and whoever is hosting serves 3 different wines. The bottles are wrapped in paper so we are 'blind' tasting and we try and guess the wine from taste alone. Of course we try to be sneaky and get a blend or something. But is a lot of fun.
So yea, I like my wine.
Sally906 wrote: "Veronica ⭐️ wrote: "I haven't read any Isla Evans yet but this one sounds fun. Sometimes you do need something light to read. '..."You should pick up the first of her cosy crime series - [bookcov..."
How great is that!
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Yes - in a very non-expert way we ..."
That sounds like a lot of fun Sally!
I am currently reading a book by an Aussie author
The Art of Keeping Secrets by Rachael JohnsLove her books and this is a stand alone - started reading it during my lunch break today - but it is one of those books where you are grabbed from page one and then wish like billy-oh that work will end so you can go home and read some more!!!
Let me tell you that hubby will be having last night’s leftovers heated up on toast tonight to minimise time in the kitchen!!!
Heck – the story is so good – HUBBY might be heating the leftovers so I get more reading time in! LOL!
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I'm half-way through This Side of Paradise. Gawd, it has turned tedious, but I hear the last 20 pages or so are great.
LOL, Susan! Maybe they're great because the book's nearly over then!
Currently reading The Pillars of the Earth. After just finishing Middlemarch which was written wonderfully, Pillars is just a really big let down. The way he explains the architecture of the churches and his writing is just average. I've had it on my tbr for so long so I really want to finish it but it really is a struggle to finish... oh well onwards and upwards, hopefully my next book will be better
lol, Sally, treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen!Khenan, I agree with you; I find Follett's writing too dry to really involve me in the story.
I'm reading
and it's creeping me out (yeah... so it's working).
B the BookAddict wrote: "lol, Sally, treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen!Khenan, I agree with you; I find Follett's writing too dry to really involve me in the story."
Update - hubby cooked the left overs - wrapped cold savoury mince and vegetables in a frozen square of puff pastrey and called it a pie ;)
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Khenan, I agree with you; I find Follett's writing too dry to really involve me in the story."
Update - hubby cooked the left o..."
Hahaha! Sounds delish!
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and it's creeping me out (yeah... so it's working)."Read that one a LONG time ago Graeme :)
Brenda wrote: "Graeme Rodaughan wrote: "I'm reading and it's creeping me out (yeah... so it's working)."Read that one a LONG time ago Graeme :)"
Oh yeah, that is one creepy book alright.
As a break from This Side of Paradise, I thought I’d read something light, so started The Rejected Writers’ Book Club — but only made it to the 7% point. I don't want to be unkind to a first-time writer, but...Then I picked up The President’s Hat, which I'm enjoying very much. It’s set in Paris in 1986, which co-incidentally was the first time I visited Paris, so that adds to the enjoyment.
I've finally got Kate Morton's The Lake House from the Library! I've been wanting to read it for nearly a year and eventually had to reserve it. Now....go away and don't bother me!
I am reading Talking to My Country by Stan Grant and it is incredible, feel like its something everyone should read!
Gave up on The Pillars, just wasn't enjoying it at all, felt more like a chore. Jumped straight into A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 by G.J. Meyer. Really fascinating, and enjoying it a lot so far.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris. Hooked so far, not sure where it is going to go, it has a strong sense of expected the unexpected!
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I got used to it surprisingly quickly, unusual as it was. I gave it 5 ★s