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I'm trying to read The Sooner but finding it hard going. Not that it's badly written or anything like that - just that it's not my usual sort of thing so I'm finding it hard to get interested in. Has anyone else read this? I know that Dd loves it...

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[Susan]

Anita wrote: "Thats along the lines that I was think Susan. I did find it very readable but felt that S.J,. Watson did tie herself up in knots a bit. Will be buying her next one, writing style was very good.
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Just finished! I suppose there were a few odd things that didn't quite add up, and there weren't any twists and turns. I knew something would happen at the end that would surprise me, and read on to find out what it was. I may try Words to the Wise but I just looked at the blurb and it says 'without any recollection of his past'. Deja vu?

[Aunty Janet]

Just finished the Kashmir Shawl... liked it. Just started John Barrowman's Anything Goes.... love him!!!

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I've put aside The Sooner for the mo and have started to read The Blue Suitcase- it's fantastic, I can really recommend it. A slice of history brought alive.

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[Kath]

Karen (Kew) wrote: "I'm trying to read The Sooner but finding it hard going. Not that it's badly written or anything like that - just that it's not my usual sort of thing so I'm finding it hard to get ..."

I couldn't even finish the sample Karen. Life's too short.

[Kath]

Susan - Words to the Wise - this book is wonderful. And I'm not the author, his agent or a realtive! One of the impressive things is that the main character is a completely blank slate but the author managed to flesh him out and keep us interested. His character develops and we learn about him only as he does. It's amazing!
PS I like it a bit!

I've just finished Darren Hunmphries' New York City Legend. This is an intriguing fantasy but not in his silly/humourous style. Very gripping and amazing as the action unfolds. I don't think anyone with a heart could fail to fall in love with it.

[Mo]

Brought 1Q84 to Paris with me as I have time to read it. Have just finished The Owl Killers which was very good. I am also partially through The Magical Maze: Seeing the World Through Mathematical Eyes but my maths is not up to it. I might still finish it but it could take a while.

[M.A.]

Louise-Lesley wrote: "Ooo! Karen Rose book! I have that on my Kindle (one of my Aunts choices, not mine) Was it good?!"

Great story, love Karen Rose books. ;-)

Glad you enjoyed Cruel Justice Lorraine. ;-)

If I had $84million, I'd share it with everyone. I only need a million, I'm not greedy! ;-)

[Lorraine]

Mel wrote: "Louise-Lesley wrote: "Ooo! Karen Rose book! I have that on my Kindle (one of my Aunts choices, not mine) Was it good?!"

Great story, love Karen Rose books. ;-)

Glad you enjoyed Cruel Justice Lorr..."

I don't want your money Mel, I just want Pete to come back !!!! Lol x

[Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)]

Aunty Janet wrote: "Just finished the Kashmir Shawl... liked it. Just started John Barrowman's Anything Goes.... love him!!!"

Sophie went to see him live a couple of years ago and found him immensely entertaining. She's also read his autobiography. Very interesting.

[M.A.]

Love John Barrowman, (shame he's gay! LOL)

I'll write you a special story Lorraine! ;-)

[Philip (sarah)]

Read Gingerlily's story in Reawakenings and really enjoyed it.
Started Have A Nice Weekend by Ian Ellis.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Delighted to hear that!

[Anthony]

just finished : Happy Snak - a really entertaining and well written (if slightly whacky) indie book - it was the blurb that grabbed me...

just started : A Clash of Kings - I know, I'm miles behind the curve...

:) Anthony

[Janis]

My plan tonight is tea, some work - lesson plans and then finish my book.

[Lorraine]

Mel wrote: "Love John Barrowman, (shame he's gay! LOL)

I'll write you a special story Lorraine! ;-)"

Aw Mel thank you thank you thank you ♥

[Jud]

I just finished Words to the Wise which is amazing I recommend it to all so long as you dont mind fantasy and a lot of twisted goryness. Have now started Words to the Wise: Book Two which has grabbed me by the horns from the first chapter!

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I've just finished The Blue Suitcase and it was excellent. I can really recommend it.

Now I'm reading Hamburg 1947: A Place for the Heart to Kip.

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[Anita]

Mo wrote: "Brought 1Q84 to Paris with me as I have time to read it. Have just finished The Owl Killers which was very good. I am also partially through [book:The Magical Maze: Seeing the World ..."

I loved the Owl Killers Mo, have you read her other books?

[Kath]

I'm re-reading Corenlius Harker's Words to the Wise: Book Two (4th time!) and have started The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft. 67 stores, one or two novella length. So far, I'm enjoying it.

[Aunty Janet]

I really enjoyed the John Barrowman autobiography (Anything goes) and am now reading Kathy Reichs' Spider bones. I do love her books, even the gruesome bits!

[Jane]

I have just finished reading Silver which I enjoyed, and now on to The Honour of the Knights so far so good!

[Jud]

I love Kathy Reichs too Aunty Janet :o) She is what I did at uni (forensic anthropology). I got so excited the first time I read one of her books after I graduated cause I knew exactly what she was talking about!

I even used a quote from one of her books in my essay to get accepted onto the course!

[Patti (baconater)]

I finished Tear In Time yesterday. I really liked it. Excellent depiction of war, great dialogue and plausible time travel.
I've not settled into another novel yet but I'm reading some great short stories.

[Aunty Janet]

Wow Jud, that's amazing! Fascinating subject.... have you carried on in that line of work?

[Jud]

no sadly not Aunty Janet :o( Would love to though! but need a PhD to qualify as a trainee forensic anthropologist and then once you have that you have to find a registered Forensic Anth who is willing to take you on as their protege, and there's only 6 of them in the UK maybe 7 if one of my lecturers is now registered.

[Aunty Janet]

That's a shame. I did my degree with the OU. I did Psychology and Criminology, I fancied a masters in Forensic Criminology, but couldn't afford it. That was many moons ago and I've lost the study bug now.

[Roger]

Just finnished The Doomsday Prophecy, which was good, now on The Detachment , which is even better.

[Jud]

I feel all organised for a change, this morning I had some spare time before I had to leave for work so I decided I would pick a few books to read next. I saw one in my bookcase that i've been wanting to read for ages so I lifted that out and the 2 beside it that I havent read yet so I am now sorted for the next 3 books I am going to read The Help followed by The Old Curiosity Shop and then Small Island. It feels so good to know what I'm reading next

[Patti (baconater)]

I loved The Help! I've got Small Island here in DTB but I just can't go back to holding a book...maybe I'll give it a go if you love it, Jud.

[Jud]

those are all DTB's I am determined to read all the ones I have so I can then just focus solely on my kindle

[Patti (baconater)]

I've got probably 40-50 dtbs here I've not read yet. I'd stocked up with two suitcases full just before I got my kindle.

I should have a car boot sale. Well, a bike boot sale, really.

[Jud]

you should read them! just go on a spree every so often, like I am doing. Read 3 or 4 one after the other then go back to the kindle afterwards

[Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)]

Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "I loved The Help! I've got Small Island here in DTB but I just can't go back to holding a book...maybe I'll give it a go if you love it, Jud."

Small Island is a great book Patti. Andrea Levy writes beautifully.

[Jud]

Small Island was recommend to be by a friend reading it cause I have had the book for over a year now and still not read it and I am visiting her at the end of Jan so would like to return it

[Philip (sarah)]

Finished Have A Nice Weekend by one of 'our' authors,Ian Ellis.The story of a marriage breakdown from a mostly male perspective.Funny and tragic in turn.I really enjoyed it.
Started Words to the Wise book 2.

[Maureen (Mews)]

The Help was one of the last DTB's I bought just before I got my Kindle, and I haven't read it yet. I've heard it's excellent though and I am sure if I had the Kindle version I would probably have read it by now. I keep putting it off though because it's a DTB. That said though, I still can't pass a charity shop without going in to look at the books. I've bought 4 in the last couple of weeks and they are just lying in the corner in a rather sad unread pile.

[Jud]

Oh you'll enjoy that Sarah!! I just read an amazingly intriguing part about _______ where ________ and W is like __________ AWESOME!!!!

[Kath]

The Help was brilliant - very thought provoking - especially considering it was set in my lifetime.
Small Island - wonderful -the Long Song - well I think I liked it more than Small Island but I was the only one in our Book Group that did. They liked it but not as much.

Edit - Yes, Sarah, Jud is RIGHT!

[Mo]

Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "I've got probably 40-50 dtbs here I've not read yet. I'd stocked up with two suitcases full just before I got my kindle.

I should have a car boot sale. Well, a bike boot sale, really."

That may pay for getting about a third of them on Kindle format possibly if you are lucky. DTBs are for the bath. I never read in the bath then was told by the doc to wash my hair in a steroid shampoo and keep it on for 20 min , so I use the time getting dtbs read or listening to audible books on my Kindle depends how lazy I feel.

[Philip (sarah)]

I got a waterproof book free with the Daily Mail recently.
Specially laminated for reading in the bath.I can't remember what it was called but think it was something water related.:@0.

[Kath]

The cruel sea?

[Patti (baconater)]

I read my kindle in the bath. No zippy bag. I believe in living dangerously.

[Lorraine]

Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "I read my kindle in the bath. No zippy bag. I believe in living dangerously."

Wow dangerous it is indeed !

[Jud]

I sometimes use a zippy bag for my kindle in the bath but really it depends on how lazy I feel. Plus I value my kindle to highly to drop it carelessly

[Ros (Shizania)]

I just finished Take No More I was a little disappointed with it. Just started The Villa Triste so far so good.

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I finished reading Harry's book Hamburg 1947: A Place for the Heart to Kip on the train on the way here! I can recommend it - very well written. Then I read While We're Far Apart which was ok but nothing special. I did some skip reading for bits of it but it was quite enjoyable. Now I'm reading light and silly - some romantic short stories that I can pick up and put down again - The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance.

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[Kath]

Oh I really loved Take No More, Ros. Still, if we were all the same some of us would get killed in the rush!

[Elle]

I failed miserably to finish The Color of Magic so I started Flash and Bones and so far I am finding it a level way under her previous books. Kathy Reichs is one of my favourite authors but this feels choppy and quick.

[Mo]

Just finished a great book Unusual Uses For Olive Oil: A Von Igelfeld Novel which make fun of academia and now starting Words To The Wise: Book Two