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What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book) - Part 2
Carolyn wrote: "Have just started Scrublands by Chris Hammer from A&U. Very good so far!"Very keen to get my hands on this one!
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The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Helen Cullen
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I'll be reading this one soon :)
Am plodding through The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - it's good but slow going with all the detail.I started Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley as a quick filler.
I'm currently reading The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker.It's slow, the leads don't meet each other till roughly 240 pages in, & in some parts there's a little too much detail, but I'm enjoying it overall. It's a mix of Arabic & Jewish folklore/mythology.
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Brenda wrote: "I loved that one Tamara :)"Ah, good to hear! I'm up to where Chava's agreed to have a weekly walk with Ahmad :)
Apparently there's also going to be a second book? I hope so!
Despite having a number of library books on the coffee table, and a couple of others I started and quickly abandoned, I am reading something I am sure to like. The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton.
Dale wrote: "Despite having a number of library books on the coffee table, and a couple of others I started and quickly abandoned, I am reading something II am sure to like. [book:The Clockmaker's Daughter|3933..."Looking forward to seeing your review for that one!
Just finished our Mods Pick for the month Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer.I don't read many "contemporary", and in fact I don't really know what the definition of the genre is, but I tend to think of it as being set in the present day, and being mainly about relationships and personal struggles. I find them a bit too angsty, and that's why I don't read very many. Regardless of that, I found this book easy to read, and wanted to know the outcome.
★★★☆
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Ah, good to hear! I'm up to where Chava's agreed to have a weekly walk with Ahmad :)
Apparently there's also going to be a second book? I hope so!"
Ooh that would be good!!
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See you in about a week Dale ;) Happy reading!
Dale wrote: "Despite having a number of library books on the coffee table, and a couple of others I started and quickly abandoned, I am reading something II am sure to like. [book:The Clockmaker's Daughter|3933..."I just watched a short interview on this book, Dale. It sounds rather good. Hope you enjoy it.
I don't see this one on your list, Brenda 😉
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Brenda wrote: "Dale wrote: "Despite having a number of library books on the coffee table, and a couple of others I started and quickly abandoned, I am reading something I am sure to like. [book:The Clockmaker's ..."Back at you Brenda.
Sharon wrote: "Dale wrote: "Despite having a number of library books on the coffee table, and a couple of others I started and quickly abandoned, I am reading something I am sure to like. [book:The Clockmaker's ..."P
Am so far Sharon
Dale wrote: "Despite having a number of library books on the coffee table, and a couple of others I started and quickly abandoned, I am reading something I am sure to like. [book:The Clockmaker's Daughter|39334..."It's a fat book, Dale!
I'm reading a few books this week - The Paris Seamstress - Natasha Lester
Breath - Tim Winton
Harold and Maude - Colin Higgins
As well as a poem or two a day from The Language of Love
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Haha!
Just started The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and maybe I'm biased but I think my cover is the fairest of them all:
Brenda wrote: "Haven't I put it there yet Sharon? Thanks for the reminder - I'll fix that now :)"You're welcome. I've not read any of her books
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The Portrait of Molly Dean is a great read Jen :)
I'm looking through my list of books to read this month and only one is under 300 pages long, and that's the novella I picked for the heroes challenge *rolls eyes*At the moment I'm listening to the audio book of The Pick, The Spade and The Crow by Bill Rogers while I'm at work and reading The Sunday Girl by Pip Drysdale which I'm really enjoying.
I've got Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer on order at the library but as I'm number 10 in line for their 5 copies, I doubt I'll get it in time for the book of the month.
Kylie wrote: "I've got Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer on order at the library but as I'm number 10 in line for their 5 copies, I doubt I'll get it in time for the book of the month. "Perhaps everyone else will read it very fast! We can hope :)
That would be nice Jazzy, but as I was 12 in line a week ago it's unlikely
Just finished The Winter Horses by Philip KerrLooking at reviews, this one seems to divide readers, with many low ratings. And I understand why - the “fable” aspects of the story would not be for everyone.
Many list it as a YA book, but I am not sure it was written as one.
Set in the Ukraine during WWII, it is a simple tale of a girl and some wild horses. Wild horses that the Nazi’s were trying to eradicate as being “sub-equine”
Reading it sent me to google to read up on the nearly extinct wild horses, the current programs to re-establish them as a viable species, and the (real) efforts of the Nazi’s to wipe them out.
Any book that sends me off to learn new and interesting things gets an extra star from me.
★★★★
Kerri_M wrote: "Just finished The Winter Horses by Philip KerrLooking at reviews, this one seems to divide readers, with many low ratings. And I understand why - the “fable” aspect..."
Historical fiction for all ages - with horses. Sounds good to me!
Kerri_M wrote: "Just finished The Winter Horses by Philip KerrLooking at reviews, this one seems to divide readers, with many low ratings. And I understand why - the “fable” aspect..."
Ooh, sounds good, I've added it to my list
Just finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...Good - but not great!
Rita wrote: "Just finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...Good - but not great!"
I first read that book when I was 15 and living in Louisville, KY. Racism was rife and we had to endure forced busing where they tried to integrate the schools. We had bombings, stabbings, and shootings at school. The KKK were alive and well, burning a cross on the primary school ground behind my house. I was badly beaten, mugged and had my hair set on fire on the school bus and the driver didn't even stop because he was too scared. There were almost daily demonstrations and now as an adult I have more in common with people from Northern Ireland than American high school students.
I remember thinking it was one of the best books ever written. I read mine til it was falling apart.
https://www.leoweekly.com/2016/11/wee...
This isn't exactly the truth. The lines had been re-drawn the students were forced together from opposing neighbourhoods and the tension was horrific. Finally I got a hardship transfer to a school closer to my home, but ended up not knowing anyone there in my final year.
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Good - but not great!"
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Loved that novel when I read it a long time ago :)
Brenda wrote: "Rita wrote: "Just finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...Good - but not great!"
[book:To Kill a Mockingb..."
I’m with you Brenda.
I’ve just started
Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich - I know what to expect, she certainly writes to a formula BUT it is a formula I love and I’d a fun comfort read for me!
Just starting Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett and I already feel like this is not my thing. Hoping it draws me in somewhere unexpectedly!
Marianne wrote: "The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith"Great book! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Luffy wrote: "I'm reading Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, alsoEgg Drop Dead by Laura Childs."I love Murakami! Recently I read his The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
I'm reading several books this week:
The Rules of Backyard Croquet - Sunni Overend my first truly 'modern' book - they use mobiles often!
(both of which I expect to finish before next week)
The Singing Line - Alice Thomson
(non fiction, so going a bit slower)
and because I think everyone ought to read a bit of poetry every day
The Language of Love: Poems Chosen by Anne Harvey
Collected Poems, 1934-1953 by Dylan Thomas
(They will go a lot slower because I want to immerse my soul in love...and the pure magic and beauty of them)
When I am sad and weary
When I think all hope has gone
When I walk along High Holborn
I think of you with nothing on
~Adrian Mitchell, Celia, Celia
Jazzy wrote: "I love Murakami! Recently I read his The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle..."For me it's my first book of his. He has a western tint to his writing. That suits me fine.
Jen wrote: "I'm reading The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith. Really enjoy books set in the art world."I read this last year and really enjoyed it.
Luffy wrote: "For me it's my first book of his. He has a western tint to his writing. That suits me fine."He did live in the United States for a while, so that probably had an influence on him, or it may be the translation.
The next book of his that I'm going to read will be Sputnik Sweetheart.
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Fantastic book Kylie :)
Brenda wrote: "Kylie wrote: "I've just started Burning Fields by Alli Sinclair. Just one chapter in and I'm loving it already :)"Fantastic book Kylie :)"
Yes, I'm really enjoying it Brenda :)
Thanks to Allen&Unwin, I started 2028 by Ken Saunders on the treadmill this morning. Less than thirty pages in, I had to stop: my knees were weak with laughter, and I couldn't see to read anyway for the tears in my eyes. So funny!!!!
I've been on a real thriller kick lately. I've just now started a horror/thriller
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Carolyn, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.