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I have Eragon, but havn't read it yet. You'll have to let me know if it's any good.
aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!The Silmarillion
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Eragon
Wuthering Heights
The Boy In The Suitcase
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
READING OVERLOAD!!!!!!! *faint*
Well, tonight I plan on starting my first challenge book - The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins! I started this one once before and didn't get into it. Recently a friend on B&N whose tastes frequently coincide with my own, read it and loved it, so that, and finding this group, have inspired me to give it another try! I hope it goes better this time - wish me luck! It's long, too - almost 500 pages. The publication date is 1993, so I probably bought it shortly after that.
Hannah, it IS SO GOOD. *throws flags everywhere* I've already read it now, but I just got the paperback I preordered in the mail today and I can't stop holding it. <3333My goodness, about fifty pages into Eragon now; it's FINALLY picking up, hahah.
April wrote: "And..it's fun to hear somebody can just put a book down when it's bad and walk away...(I sometimes wish I could, so I could move on!)...but I'm always glad I finish!" I have to admit it. If I start reading a book and it starts to get really bad, I just skip to the end because I have to know what happens. I just don't want to waste the time to figure it out. I am also a homeschool mom of 3. I love it but it leaves little time for myself. One book I wish I hadn't wasted time on was Gregor and the Code of Claw. She started the series really well but it ended really bad. I was reluctant to start any series for a while after that. I hear her Hunger Games books are good but I am not sure if I want to risk it.
~ Amanda
See, I think my problem is that I'm so picky about what I'm going to read in the first place - I don't ever want to be in the position of having to put a book DOWN. And I assumed I'd be safe with Jane Austen, but again not realizing they were romances. At least next go-round I'll know that. ;) LOLBut yeah, I'm definitely not about skipping parts! Like Thalia, that makes my brain go AAAAHHHHHHHHH! ;)
And hello Amanda! Nice to meet another homeschooling mom on here! :) I think there's a few of us now.
So guess what? I'm over half through Silmarillion now. YAY, finally, go me!!!Today I had a goal: to get through the chapter-after-next which contained the story of Beren and Luthien.
Something about not liking romances?? Yeah, I guess I just want some action in there. (And there's no kissy stuff. None. Zero. And I still liked it. ROFL)
So maybe it turns out I'm just a knight-in-shining-armor sort? Though Luthien certainly wasn't a helpless, forlorn maiden waiting in her lonesome tower. She saved his butt more than once! And all for love. <3 Now THAT is what I'm talkin' 'bout!!!
Amanda wrote: "April wrote: "And..it's fun to hear somebody can just put a book down when it's bad and walk away...(I sometimes wish I could, so I could move on!)...but I'm always glad I finish!" I have to adm..."
I totally know what you mean...and I have to admit I did that with Fountain Head...it was Atlas Shrugged again, with diff. characters...and I already knew how it would end...so I'll be honest, I did not waste my time!
I have Hunger Games on my list, but my mom is reading it and from what she's saying...it's not generally where I like to go in my books...hurting kids usually just upsets me so I try to stay away...She said she can't put it down, so maybe later...I probably WILL read them...just not yet! :)
OH! and an off topic thing:) Well..not too off topic, it is about books! I would never ask any of you to buy (well of course, uless you're led to do so!)...but, if any of you enjoy historical fiction..you can sign up to win my hubby's book! The Norseman (The Norseman Chronicles) He's got a give-a-way on goodreads! Woot woot! :) That's my man!
GUESS what! I broke page 200 in Silmarillion today. I'm 2/3 done! Wahoo!!! Maybe I can finish this weekend, or at least by Monday. :)
WoooHooo!!! GO Dalynn! You can totally do it! Just picture me with pompoms over here in the cheering section!
I put a book called Malice on hold at the library after seeing a bunch of good reviews on here about it, and it just came in today! I'm super excited to try it out :)
Silmarillion is only three hundred-ish pages? Oh man, I thought it was MUCH longer! Congrats Dalynn! :D Sydney, sounds fun! :D
Only 2/5 of the way done with Eragon...slowly but surely, right? x)
I'm with you Thalia...it's more exciting, but didn't get a chance to read yesterday at all, sigh! But hopefully for the next half hour here i can get a few pages in...slow and steady, slow and steady!
My goal was to finish it last night and just blaze through the last three hundred pages, but I also wanted to watch Fahrenheit 451 to complete a "Book to Movie" challenge I'm taking. Fell asleep an hour in and woke up at the strangest part (that wasn't in the book)! So I gave up, realized I was exhausted, and didn't end up reading Eragon at all! OTL The Stake Valentine's dance is tonight and I'm going, but when I get home, no matter how exhausted, I will not rest until Eragon is compelete!So who's reading Clockwork Angel? I'd love to hear your thoughts when you're finished!
You Go! Thalia! I may or may not get some afternoon reading in...but tonight is LotR, so I'll take that over Eragon right now! :)Hmmm..Clockwork Angel is on my list, but I've got some other things to read through first...did you like it?
April, well, Clare's other series, the Mortal Instruments, literally changed me. I read all three in four days, and I was a shell of numbness and too many emotions to feel all at once. I was actually home sick for two days because my stomach was so twisted up over it! Clockwork Angel is the first in her prequel series to TMI, called the Infernal Devices. To me, the first one wasn't as good as her other books, but read it just for the sequel, which is Clockwork Prince, which brought back ALL those feelings. Oh my goodness, I couldn't feel anything after I finished CP. I don't know how I'll last until December for the third book to come out!
I know how you feel! I had that problem with Karen Marie Moning's Fever series...she quit at a point that about KILLED me...and I had to wait TWO stinking years (but bonus to that, I got to read the whole series again when the last one came out!) I'll have to wait until I'm ready for that much emotion! Thanks for your opinion:) I love hearing what other people think about books I want to read or have read!
The book is like 385 pages, but the last 80 or so are tables and notes. The text is only 304 pages...and I've only 19 to go! Just the section on the Rings of Power and the Third Age... which I'm most excited to read!
But hubby didn't get off work in time to take boys to scouts, except my oldest who was late. Now it's time to cook dinner, so it may be that finishing Silmarillion is all I'll accomplish tonight. Eragon tomorrow I guess. :/
BUT!! I will not sleep til Silmarillion be finished! ;) Kidding me??? 19 pages??? LOL
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Dalynn wrote: "DONE! *party*"Woot woot! CONGRATS!
I thought I'd come here and share with everyone that I won my first goodreads giveaway :P I am really excited!Bloodman-Robert Pobi
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I've finally written down all the books I need to read before I can buy/download any more - it's a long bloomin' list :S I miss Waterstones already:(
http://beesbuzzgoneawol.blogspot.com/...
Hayley wrote: "Congrats Ashley - I do love winning free books :)The last one I received in the mail was a 'soon to be released' copy to review for Waterstones... great feeling getting random parcels ;)I've fina..."
Hayley, I love your quote: "great feeling getting random parcels." (And I, too, have a list of all the books I promised myself I would read before buying more. Well, except for that one book that just came out, which I simply must buy . . .)
Ashley wrote: "I thought I'd come here and share with everyone that I won my first goodreads giveaway :P I am really excited!Bloodman-Robert Pobi"
Congratulations, Ashley! (I've yet to win a free book, but then again, maybe I just need to enter a contest.)
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Thanks Daleen -it's so true tho', I didn't know I'd won until I received this random parcel in the post!
Those books - all ones that I've told myself (or been informed) need to be read and I've gone after getting them with great enthusiasm and good intentions - and then just never got round to them, it's terrible! I will stick with it tho', I must for my bookshelf's sake!
Hayley wrote: "Daleen wrote: "Hayley wrote: "Congrats Ashley - I do love winning free books :)The last one I received in the mail was a 'soon to be released' copy to review for Waterstones... great feeling gettin..."And to keep the dust from sticking to them!
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Nothing wrong with a bit of dust on a book - adds character (and saves time dusting) ;D The next book I'm really looking forward to getting into (after Pillars) is Game Of Thrones - really hope I enjoy it :D
I FINISHED ERAGON!Hallelujah!
So now I'm reading
, which is another one of my dusty books. (:
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It seems like life has been hectic and I'm not reading nearly as much as I used to! I'm only on page 170 of Hunchback of Notre Dame and I've been reading it for 2 weeks *head desk* I like it better than Les Mis so far.
I've set my goal at 10 books. I am just trying to finish Bessie already. It's a biography on the life of blues singer Bessie Smith. I've been reading it for months. It's interesting but I just have a hard time with biographies, for some reason.
Thalia wrote: "I FINISHED ERAGON!Hallelujah!
So now I'm reading
, which is another one of my dusty books. (:Unfortunately, it's pretty bad thus far. OTL"
Great Job Thalia...as if there were ever any doubt! :)
Yay for everyone who's completed their first book! Great job!!!Last night I finished The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins. I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, much as I love to read, I am a fairly slow reader, and I seem to have chosen some fairly long books for this challenge! Next I think I will read 101 Things You Didn't Know About Jane Austen. It seems like it should be a quick read, although it is 230 pages of small print.
My goodness, no wonder I haven't read my dusty books yet. So far, they've almost all been terrible! I'm more than halfway through Choker and it's so bad. I'm making sticky note messages to myself on what things to point out in my review!I need my dusty books to pick up soon. OTL
Thalia wrote: "My goodness, no wonder I haven't read my dusty books yet. So far, they've almost all been terrible! I'm more than halfway through Choker and it's so bad. I'm making sticky note messages to myself o..."But on a good note! I see you're putting lots of interesting new books on your TBR list! :) Sorry...maybe the next one will be better...and I know you've got the LotR on your list! You will not be disappointed there! :)
Thalia wrote: "My goodness, no wonder I haven't read my dusty books yet. So far, they've almost all been terrible! I'm more than halfway through Choker and it's so bad. I'm making sticky note messages to myself o..."I agree with April - The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are great, and so is Poe! You have those to look forward to!
If you want any recommendations on what Poe to read (or are you going to read the whole thing - it's enormous!?), just ask!
Yay! (: I am going to read the whole thing! We're having a group read of it starting in March, with two short stories per week, I believe. (:
Thalia wrote: "Yay! (: I am going to read the whole thing! We're having a group read of it starting in March, with two short stories per week, I believe. (:"
So, how many years will it take you to get through it all at that pace?! LOL!!! ;-)
I don't even know, ahahaha. Probably a LONG time! (:
Thalia wrote: "I don't even know, ahahaha. Probably a LONG time! (:"But if you take it in sips...it'll seem much less daunting!...and it'll be fun to discuss with people on here! :)
I finished
last night (starting at 1:30am, since I decided to watch Attack of the Clones after having seen Phantom Mencace in theatres again, hahah), and it was great! I liked it much more than I thought I would, even if it had its little flaws. (:Unfortunately though, none of my February challenge reads are dusty books as well, so let's hope my challenge widget doesn't tell me I'm falling behind, hahah.
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Nevermind! I decided to up my challenge to twenty dusty books, and random.org actually chose the book I'm reading right now to be one of my dusty books, hahah. Woo hoo for random convienience. (:
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Hayley wrote: "I really wish Pillars of the Earth was on my ebook - it's so hefty that putting it in my rucksack for my cycle to & from work every day is pretty unfeasible and even if I do I can't sneak it out wh..."There is a site, that you can sign up for a free 14 day trial (and get Pillars free) but I don't know how you feel about giving a credit card number (that won't be charged) and then cancelling? But, here's the link if you're interested...I haven't tried it yet, because I hate trying to remember to cancel before my 14 days are up....but it may be worth it to save you some shoulder surgery in the future carrying that lug around! :)
http://www.filestube.com/p/pillars+of...
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Thanks for thinking of my shoulders though :)
I was just going to do this for physical books, but decided to put audio books on as well. I count it as a dusty book if I've had it for longer than 3 years.Here is what I've recently finished:
The Martian Child (audio, 2007)
Shark Trouble (audio, 2004)
Bessie (hardcover)
The Book of Pirates (audio, 2004)
Alright. Let's get started here. I'm currently reading Divergent by Veronica Roth and The Help right now. But I did just finish a Dean Koontz novel (Watchers). Anyone have any suggestions of another good Koontz novel cause I loved that one.
Also, I'm curious to hear people's opinions about Divergent. I'm about half way done. It comes across to me as a mix of The Hunger Games and The Giver (with a little Fight Club thrown in). I really do love it. Curious to hear other's thoughts about it.
I need to remember to read some Koontz this year! I only read one of his, back when I was pregnant in 2010, but I LOVED it and really want to read more by him. I'll have to remember what I read and go rate it so I can get rec's on it. :)
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@April: O my goodness! I have the awesome Harper Teen copy and I can't wait to read it!