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[Lu]

Finished

Still reading and

[Lu]

Still reading and and i started

[Lauren]

Just finished A Wizard of Earthsea.

Now I'm making a double effort to complete another letter of June's word, and fulfil one of my goals, which is to read a book my boyfriend has been nagging me to read.

So I'm reading The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus.

Brilliant, my boyfriend says. What's this guy on about? is what I'm saying. Great start, but I don't read that much of the older philosophy, so I'm a little lost. At least it's very short.

[Lu]

Reading , , and i started

[Lauren]

Let us know how A Wizard of Earthsea goes for you Lu, I'm curious to see what you think of it :)

[Lauren]

I read The Place of Tolerance in Islam, which was excellent, and nice and short.

Now I'm reading a western :( - The Good Old Boys by Elmor Kelton. It's for an "I'll read yours if you read mine" reading challenge on another site. I hate westerns, but we'll see how it goes.

Also neglecting my boyfriend's book The Myth of Sisyphus, and just started a book on something I'm really interested in at the moment: Women and Islam: An Historical and Theological Enquiry.

[Lu]

I don't think i have ever read a Western. And i think i'm ok with that :P

Yay public holiday! Its just 2 degrees and less here, so i'm going to stay in bed and read!

[Lauren]

Yeah, I would never have read a western either, but this challenge is about reading genres you normally avoid. I've enjoyed doing it in the past, but this book is a bit lame, although not bad enough to really hate so you have the fun of bitching about it.

I read half a page about a cow drinking water :(

[Lu]

Hehe atleast its providing me with some laughs :P

[Lauren]

Haha, well I'm glad to know it's at least entertaining someone, although I'd be happier if it were me!

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Ok I'm still reading and I'm enjoying it, yes its a slow read, but the characters are kind of cool haha.

Also reading its weird, but I want to know what happens!

[Sonette]

Just finished and at last starting seeing as everyone has made me very curious about these books! Will be putting everything else on hold for the time being, including which I started reading during lunch yesterday!

[Lu]

How was Second life of Bree? Oh you will LOVE Vampire Academy!

[Sonette]

I liked it Lu, although I wasn't crazy about it. Didn't really have a lot of depth, and I think that's why it didn't really capture me in the way that the rest of the Twilight saga did. I was also a bit prejudiced against it before I started reading because I expected it not to live up to the other four books. It's not bad. That's all I can really say about it.

[Sonette]

Just finished and starting . This story definitely has something to it. But I'll give my verdict after book 2!

[Lu]

Still Reading , , ,

[Lauren]

Still reading that western The Good Old Boys. It's easy reading and manages to keep my attention, but the most exciting things that happened so far were the raising of a windmill and a dog urinating on a fat man's leg. Sigh...

Also reading Women and Islam: An Historical and Theological Enquiry and just started a crime novel on audio book - The Devil's Feather by Minette Walters

[Lu]

Lauren wrote: "Still reading that western The Good Old Boys. It's easy reading and manages to keep my attention, but the most exciting things that happened so far were the raising of a windmill and ..."

lol i love it!

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading Stargirl and Pet Semetary...
And I'll finish Women in White tonight!!!! Whoop whoop

Its a really good book by the way, even if it did take me about a month to read it :)

[Emma]

I have started to read The last days By Scott Westerfield and just couldnt get into it nor the storyline so I gave up..I hate doing that, I have this compulsion that I just have to finish the book, but if its no good what can you do??

Then I read about 100 pages of Brick Lane By Monica Ali, and for some reason the story just didnt grip me and I also gave that up.I got both of these books from the library and I am glad that I have a back up of ebooks that I can turn too in times of dire need. :-) The thing is I dont know what to read now. Will have to have a good luck and pin something down.

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I finished Stargirl, Pet Semetary and Women in White

Reading London Bridges now, and Breathing Underwater

[Lu]

Emma when i get stuck like that i just refer to the word of the month and read one of the letters lol

[[deleted user]]

I totally forget about the word of the month sometimes...

[Lauren]

I've just got one more book to go for the word of the month, but I'd completely forgotten about it too. I better hurry up with that western before June ends!

[Lu]

I am mid 2 letters, 1 done, and 1 to go!

[Sonette]

Finished Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) and now starting with Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3).

Getting there with the catch up!

[Sonette]

Wow! Didn't sleep much last night but I got through without so much as batting an eye. I was seriously riled up at Rose at much of the book, but loved it! Now starting

[Emma]

Sonette wrote: "Wow! Didn't sleep much last night but I got through without so much as batting an eye. I was seriously riled up at Rose at much of the book, bu..."

Sonette this is the best of the VA books, its one you wont be able to put down, I loved it. I just read Spirit Bound and was excellent, but wont say no more, cant wait for last sacrifice to come out now.

Enjoy the book and let us know what you thought of it.

[Emma]

Currently reading

Slowly getting through my TBR list...but adding more to it daily.

Really enjoying this book.

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Oooh Emma let me know how A Great and Terrible Beautyis going, its on my tbr list

I'm currently reading ...

[Lu]

Yay finished (4 1/2 out of 5)

Still Reading , ,

[[deleted user]]

Ai jai jai Lu, hehe still with Wuthering Heights? Just kidding, I think it took me about a month to read The Women in White, another older classic book...

I'm really loving The White Queen!!!

If any of you have books on Royalty please let me know???

[Lauren]

Phew, finally finished Women and Islam by Fatima Mernissi, my western, and On Truth by Harry G. Frankfurt. The western wasn't that bad - on the whole I wasn't that bored, nor did I roll my eyes. However, it's not something I'd read again unless I was bored. It just doesn't interest me.

Now listening to an audiobook: at the gym, and trying to pick another book to suit my reading goals.

[[deleted user]]

Ok so I'm finally reading Memoirs of a Geisha and I'm off to a good start for today.

Starting Wings this week and I want to start The Pillars of the Earth

[Sonette]

Reading . By the way, do any of you have the Vampire Diaries Books in Pdf or Lit format? I have the books but I need to put them in my electronic library.

[[deleted user]]

I have them in Word Format, I will send them to you :)
Just send me your mail address

[Sonette]

Oh! And finished and over the weekend! LOVED THIS SERIES! Thank you all so much for recommending it! Because of Dimitri and Edward (Twilight) I have unrealistic expectation in men! Hehe! I can't wait for the last book! Can't believe we have to wait until DECEMBER! ARGGG!

[Lu]

So Glad you loved it!

[Lu]

Finished and (3 1/2)

Still Reading and started

[[deleted user]]

Hey Lu! How far are you with Wuthering?
Are you enjoying it at least? It got better for me to the end...

I'm currently reading and also
Both are really good.

Starting tomorrow, and I wanted to start at home, but I only have it at work, so I'll start that soon

[Lauren]

Got bored watching the soccer, and also with reading non-fiction, so I ended up ripping through most of Maskerade by Terry Pratchett. I love Pratchett, he never disappoints :)

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And how was it?

[Lauren]

I'm not quite finished yet, but it's a pretty good mystery. It's not one of the really funny Discworld novels, but like all of them, it's at least amusing. Also, I love the witches, especially Nanny Ogg.

[Lu]

Niecole wrote: "Hey Lu! How far are you with Wuthering?
Are you enjoying it at least? It got better for me to the end...

I'm currently reading and also [bookcover:The Boleyn..."

Half way with Wuthering Heights, just no time to read, and other books distracting me. But i still like it, its just one of those short reads :(

My boyfriend has tons of Terry Pratchett books, i should really read them!

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What kind of style does Pratchett write in? I dont know him at all

[Lauren]

Niecole wrote: "What kind of style does Pratchett write in? I dont know him at all"

Wow, really? You're missing out!

You may know his novels as "those books with the funny covers", which is generally how people think of his books if they don't know them.

He writes fantasy humour. His most famous novels are the Discworld series. He also has some YA fiction.

I love him because he's always amusing, often very funny, and his books are easy reads, but never short on quality. His Discworld novels usually parody or satirise real life. He's the kind of author you can always trust to deliver a good book, even when you're in a reading rut and can't finish anything.

Highly recommended to absolutely everybody.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Lauren, then I go check him out for sure!

I generally dont got find books by author, thats why its so great for me when people recommend a certain author...

[Emma]

I tried reading Pratchett when I was in my teens but I just didnt get his books. Thats kind of strange as I do like fantasy books, but for the life of me I just couldnt understand these books.I just find them really weird.

But as time goes by your view of books can change,so maybe I could try again, so for all you Practhett fans.....

if you could recommend one book of his for me to read which would it be?

[Sonette]

Have downloaded all of the Discworlds that I could find and am going to start reading them asap! Always loved the Death books and if Discworld has the same type of humour it should be a good series! Thanks Luaren!

[Lauren]

Reaper Man, Hogfather, Guards! Guards!, and Witches Abroad are my favourites. Guards! Guards! is an especially good place to start. I think I started with Reaper Man, but I can't remember.

You can start with the first book - The Color of Magic - if you want, but you don't have to, as long as you start with one of the earlier books.

The thing with Pratchett is that he's weird but his humour is almost always a parody of real life, and the odd ways that people behave. Magic is usually mixed in too - eg. in Moving Pictures, what we know as celebrity culture and the fascination with blockbusters is the magic of 'Holy Wood' in Discworld. The witches use magic but also 'headology' (psychology) as well as a little modern medicine, but they make fake potions and do fake chanting because that's what people expect.

So just let go, and let the novel do its thing :)
Sonette, the humour is the same across all the Discworld novels. On the whole, if you like British humour you will probably like Pratchett. Enjoy!