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[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I loved the first one. That and John Wyndham's the Chrysalids were the first sci-fi books that I remember from my early teens.

[Penny]

The Day of the Triffids was the first sci-fi book I read at school. I really enjoyed it too, although sci-fi isn't really my first choice genre

[Will]

Wyndham's books are brilliant, and somehow still relevant today. The Kraken wakes hits the global warming spot with the flooding, and how about The Trouble With Lichen?

[Penny]

The second sci-fi book I read was The Midwitch Cuckoos, which really wasn't bad either, maybe I should re-thonk my stance on Sci-fi!!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

John Wyndham is pretty good all round. Why don't I have any of his books?

[Karen]

Ignite wrote: "I read The Time Machine when I was 13 and I was blown away by it. Read it again in my early 20s and I was amazed at how much I'd gown up in those 10 years. It came over the second time as a bit juv..."

Am still mesmerised by the thought of Ignite gowned up. With chickens.

[Kath]

My chicken frock!

[Will]

Karen wrote: "Ignite wrote: "I read The Time Machine when I was 13 and I was blown away by it. Read it again in my early 20s and I was amazed at how much I'd gown up in those 10 years. It came over the second ti..."

Chickens are such a marvellous fashion accessory, aren't they?

[Will]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "John Wyndham is pretty good all round. Why don't I have any of his books?"

Not in that huge pile? Are you sure?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I'll consult my spreadsheet.

[Will]

You have written a list of books on ypur bedding????

Ready for a sleepless night, eh?

[Steven]

i'm like penny, sci fi isn't my first choice of reading, i wouldn't really know where to start now. read the triffids at school and thought it was great though!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Will wrote: "You have written a list of books on ypur bedding????

Ready for a sleepless night, eh?"

Will. You are an accountant. surely you know what a spreadsheet is.

[Jud]

I finished War and Peace!! Got a bit philosophical for me at the end but I enjoyed it. Starting Code to Zero next

[Steven]

oooooo love ken follett jud. not read that one so will be interested to know what you think when you finish.

[Jud]

I've never read any Ken Follet yet but have his Fall of Giants lined up to read at some point

[Michael]

I've just finished reading The Time Machine, which I really enjoyed reading again:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I'm now onto The Kult, which I have heard many good things about.

[Will]

Still immersed in Jim Butcher. I've just realised that the clothing available in my house is a pretty dam close replica of Harry Dresden's.

Is that good or bad?

[Lorraine]

Finished Our Lady of Pain,starting bo's Stealing Power was going to save it for my holiday,but with everyone saying how good it is,i'm not going to wait.

[Tim]

Finished MTM's Few Are Chosen. It's a bit... abrupt!

[Elle]

finished Stardust (snore)

started Turbulent Sea

[Bill]

just finished The Long Earth

Good read, nice change from Pratchetts usual fare. Though with Stephens Baxter's writing style and influence it felt more like I was reading a Douglas Adams book at times.

And just started the sequel The Long War

[Jud]

What a refreshing change to read a book for 30 mins and get 12% through rather than just 1%!

[Elle]

Hahahahaha!!!

[Penny]

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "What a refreshing change to read a book for 30 mins and get 12% through rather than just 1%!"

I have found this with Les Miserables! It really does seem to go very slowly!!

[Natasha]

Just finished The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt (it was fab).

Just started my first Patricia Cornwell: Postmortem.

[Elle]

finished Turbulent Sea this morning and *omg*oclock and am feeling it today. damn it.


will be starting Michael's upcoming book at some stage today or tomorrow morning

[Elle]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt (it was fab).

Just started my first Patricia Cornwell: Postmortem."

i dont mind patricia cornwell at all i have to say. i've only read the first couple but i did accidentally spoil myself on an ongoing plot line in the later books that i normally hate so not sure whether or not to continue on with it

[Natasha]

Elle wrote: "i did accidentally spoil myself..."

That scary? Yikes. ...

[Steven]

just finished wanted by tim arnot. i loved this book, if you enjoyed hunger games or anything like that you'll love this. well deserved 5 stars on amazon from me for this new author. not really sure what to start next... so much choice!

[Jud]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Elle wrote: "i did accidentally spoil myself..."

That scary? Yikes. ..."

Spoil not soil! Our Elle is very well house trained, thank you very much! ;o)

[Lorraine]

Finished Stealing Power,a couple of lines made me laugh out loud,i assume bo hasn't got an author thread as i can't find it.StartingA Terrible Beauty,which is actually called white bones on the kindle,there was a women started a thread on the zoo moaning about the violence in it,so i'm looking forward to it.

[Jud]

I finished a code to zero which is based around the explorer 1 launch. I quite enjoyed it and found it a very quick read. Think ill read agatha Christies cards on the table next

[Jud]

Turns out I've already read cards on the table so its poirot loses a client instead

[Tim]

Steven wrote: "just finished wanted by tim arnot. i loved this book, if you enjoyed hunger games or anything like that you'll love this. well deserved 5 stars on amazon from me for this new author. not really sur..."

:-D

[Simon]

I had a change from my usual genre and just finished Wool Omnibus. It was intriguing and a damn good read. Full review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Tim]

Simon wrote: "I had a change from my usual genre and just finished Wool Omnibus. It was intriguing and a damn good read. Full review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."
Shift is queued up on my hardback TBR shelf. Loved Wool, & especially the lava cover on the trad edition (I have the hardbacks which are lavish, and were only 30p more than the Kindle editions at the time!)

[Simon]

Thanks for reminding me to add Shift to my TBR list. I definitely want to read it but have a load of other things to get through first. I bet that Wool cover is very vivid in the flesh. My copy was only for Kindle unfortunately.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just finished The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt (it was fab).

Just started my first Patricia Cornwell: Postmortem."

I enjoyed Patricia Cornwell at first, not read any for a while, but a few on the paperback pile (not picked up one for over 7 weeks)

[Karen]

Yep, I also enjoyed quite a few Patricia Cornwells, but they do get a bit samey and I never bought into the niece Lucy at all.
Just finished, thank goodness, the boring Cazalets The Light Years - towards the end, with WW2 coming, I felt, to paraphrase Betjeman, Come kindly bombs and fall on the Cazalets...
I hated the stock characters of the 'staff', and hated even more the characterless Cazalets. I think this was one book I should never even have bothered reading. Which only goes to show how good a Radio 4 dramatisation can be in beguiling us.
Have now started 'Death to Love' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-To-Love... - by 'our' RMF Brown - so far so good! (You can always pay me NOT to read books, btw...)

[Elle]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Elle wrote: "i did accidentally spoil myself..."

That scary? Yikes. ..."

just a pet hate of mine comes up. i tend to avoid books like the plague when they have (view spoiler)[adultery (hide spoiler)]

[Karon]

Just finished Wildcard. I'm not sure if I am going to like this but it was left on my pile of books by my daughter.

[Karon]

That last post seems to have been truncated :(

What it should have said was
Just finished Wildcard by Ken McClure. A good quick read but I was left feeling a bit disappointed at the end as I wanted to know more about the science and development of the technology (without giving too much away).
Just started City of Bones. I'm not sure if I am going to like this but it was left on my pile of books by my daughter.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Finished Entwined with You - Sylvia Day whilst on holiday and am now reading Release Me - J. Kenner :D

[Will]

Just started

[Jud]

I finished dumb witness/poirot loses a client so now I'm on to death on the nile

[Steven]

just startedRivers Of London which seems ok so far. i've heard a lot of good things about this series so when the first book was reduced in price a few weeks ago i grabbed it!

[Tim]

Steven wrote: "just startedRivers Of London which seems ok so far. i've heard a lot of good things about this series so when the first book was reduced in price a few weeks ago i grabbed it!"

I've just started on Broken Homes (book 4). If you are into audiobooks, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, who narrates these, is utterly brilliant.

[Steven]

thanks Tim. i've seen the audio books for this series. reckon if i like the first book i might try the next as an audio book.

[Stuart]

just started Butterfly Winter. I know already, only forty pages in, that this is one of the greatest books I will ever read. It has already blown my already blown mind!