Currently Reading

[Kerry]

Say's it all - What are you currently reading? :)

[seanraff07]

NME Magazine... does that count :D

[Benjamin]

The Ode Less Travelled - Stephen Fry :love:

[Kerry]

I'm a bit inbetween books at the moment. Not got anything new so looking through some old ones. Might have a dig through the drawers though. Sure my OH has a couple I haven't read yet

[GypsyGoth]

God Stalk by Patricia Christine Hodgell.
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[Benjamin]

God Stalk by Patricia Christine Hodgell.
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What's the synopsis?

[GypsyGoth]

What's the synopsis?

It's part one of five, and they've been written over the last thirty years. I only started it the other night. Might do a review when I finish.

Anyway I bought the fifth one in a second hand store, not knowing it was part of a series, I really wanted to read it but I've a compulsion to start series from the beginning. So I got the others from amazon.

[Benjamin]

It's part one of five, and they've been written over the last thirty years. I only started it the other night. Might do a review when I finish.

Anyway I bought the fifth one in a second hand store, not knowing it was part of a series, I really wanted to read it but I've a compulsion to start series from the beginning. So I got the others from amazon.

Oh cool. I love it when there is a series of books. My favourite for that is Stephen Kings 'The Dark Tower' which goes over 7 books.

So that is the first book?

[GypsyGoth]

Oh cool. I love it when there is a series of books. My favourite for that is Stephen Kings 'The Dark Tower' which goes over 7 books.

So that is the first book?

Yep, and I found out after I bought them on amazon that I could have gotten the first three in a compilation.

[Benjamin]

Yep, and I found out after I bought them on amazon that I could have gotten the first three in a compilation.

Urgh no! Compilations are rubbish. The individual books are much better. :hugesmile:

[Lee.]

Reading some shite book called "Trespass" by Rose Tremain just now.. Bought it as it was in the bestsellers list and her last novel won some award but so far not doing much for me. Bought a Mark Billingham book today (Bloodline) though so may start that instead.

[Chuck]

http://i51.tinypic.com/iqh43o.jpg

For my trip in June :)

[Shaun]

Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", only half a scene in because I read all the introductions too :(

[Niamh.]

Just started Room by Emma Donoghue
It's told by a five year old boy, it's quite sweet so far but I think it will get a bit disturbing. It's a Frtizl type story
http://www.eason.ie/jaceidi/medium/9780330519014

[Jessica.]

I'm not reading anything at the moment but when I finish watching glee I'm gonna read Catching Fire, the second book of The Hunger Games series. :love:

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Im reading The Hornborn Tree by Susan Lewis its part of series of five books, i just love this author.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Just started Room by Emma Donoghue
It's told by a five year old boy, it's quite sweet so far but I think it will get a bit disturbing. It's a Frtizl type story
http://www.eason.ie/jaceidi/medium/9780330519014

I actually looked this book a few weeks ago when i was in Waterstones, but decided not buy it cause, i've got loads of books in the house, still to read but will definatly go & buy it when run out of reading material.

[Princess]

Just started 'Ralph's Party' by Lisa Jewell,I've loved all the other books I've read by her so hoping it's good,enjoying it so far.

[Niamh.]

I actually looked this book a few weeks ago when i was in Waterstones, but decided not buy it cause, i've got loads of books in the house, still to read but will definatly go & buy it when run out of reading material.

Well, I've literally only just started it, I've only read a few pages so far cos I was really tired when i started it but I'll let you know if it's worth buying

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Just started 'Ralph's Party' by Lisa Jewell,I've loved all the other books I've read by her so hoping it's good,enjoying it so far.Just looked at this authors books they all sound great.

[MTVN]

http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/for_whom_the_bell_tolls.large.jpg

Re-reading this, enjoying it a lot more second time round

[Lee.]

http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/for_whom_the_bell_tolls.large.jpg

Re-reading this, enjoying it a lot more second time round

Somebody recommended that to me just recently.. WHat's it actually about??

[MTVN]

Somebody recommended that to me just recently.. WHat's it actually about??

An American volunteer for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, he joins a band of guerillas in the mountains to prepare to blowing up an important bridge. I'd recommend it although Hemmingway's writing style is a bit unorthodox, took me a while to get into it

[Lee.]

An American volunteer for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, he joins a band of guerillas in the mountains to prepare to blowing up an important bridge. I'd recommend it although Hemmingway's writing style is a bit unorthodox, took me a while to get into it

DO you know what? Just ignore me; I'm talking shite as usual!

Don't askwhy I get the two confused but it was asctually "To Kill a Mockingbird" that was suggested to me! :laugh:

[Kerry]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PKTWhvyDL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

The QI Book of the Dead is a book about life. What an awful thing life is. It's like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Around 90 billion people have existed since the human race began. From this huge number, the bestselling QI team selected 600 of the finest examples of our species and researched them in depth, distilling this immense banquet of life into an exquisite tasting menu of six-dozen crisp, racy mini-biographies, where the internationally and immortally famous rub shoulders with the undeservedly and (until now) permanently obscure. The object is to learn something about what it means to be alive and how we can make the most of the time we have. The QI Book of the Dead compares and contrasts the different ways individual human beings cope (or fail to cope) with the curves that the uncaring universe throws at us. Collected into themed chapters with thought-provoking titles such as ‘There’s Nothing Like a Bad Start in Life’, ‘Man Cannot Live by Bread Alone’ and ‘Is That All There Is?’ here is a chance to share the secrets of the Dead, to celebrate their wisdom, to learn from their mistakes, and to marvel at their bad taste in clothes. The man who is not dead still has a chance. LEBANESE PROVERB *We don’t rule out the alternative possibility of a compassionate God whose motives are beyond our ken

[spitfire]

Voices from the grave.

[Kerry]

Voices from the grave.

Sounds like we're on a similar theme!

[Shaun]

finished Much Ado About Nothing...was a bit farfetched. Even by Shakespeare's standards. Did like Beatrice and Benedick's banter though, even if a lot of it was a little too obsessed with the cuckolding jokes.

[patsylimerick]

Just started Room by Emma Donoghue
It's told by a five year old boy, it's quite sweet so far but I think it will get a bit disturbing. It's a Frtizl type story
http://www.eason.ie/jaceidi/medium/9780330519014

I heard her interviewed on radio a few weeks back, sounded good, but disturbing. It was inspired by Fritzl, apparently.

I'm reading Eat, Love, Pray. Meh. If the dog ate it before I finish, I wouldn't be devastated, I'll put it like that. s'aalllriight.

[Shaun]

Just started Wuthering Heights...oh god this is going to be an ordeal.

['Conor]

Nuts magazine.

[Angus]

James Patterson - Big Bad Wolf
a gripping read about an internet site where those rich enough can order "people" to be kidnapped to order in order to sexually abuse them, and ultimately kill them (a twist on the Hostel type theme).

[Shaun]

James Patterson - Big Bad Wolf
a gripping read about an internet site where those rich enough can order "people" to be kidnapped to order in order to sexually abuse them, and ultimately kill them (a twist on the Hostel type theme).

James Patterson :love: I have a few of his...Along Came a Spider, a few other Crosses.

[Princess]

Just started 'Ralph's Party' by Lisa Jewell,I've loved all the other books I've read by her so hoping it's good,enjoying it so far.

The sequel to this called 'After the Party'. The first was brilliant and am loving the sequel so far.

[Angus]

James Patterson :love: I have a few of his...Along Came a Spider, a few other Crosses.

I've only just started reading his Cross books, though I've seen Morgan Freeman in Along Came A Spider and Kiss the Girls which I thought were really good films. Love his writing style. About to start reading Violets are Blue.

[Kerry]

Gone back to Neil Warnocks autobiog - Made in Sheffield. Personally autographed for me might I add :D It says "To Kerry, from one true Blade to another. Be lucky. Neil Warnock" :dance:

Ahhhh my claim to fame :joker:

[Beastie]

I have started reading "I never fancied him anyway" by Claudia Carroll. It's a good read so far. About a 28 year old woman who can see into other people's futures. Her and her friends are trying to find a "DSM" lol!

[Beastie]

Just started Room by Emma Donoghue
It's told by a five year old boy, it's quite sweet so far but I think it will get a bit disturbing. It's a Frtizl type story
http://www.eason.ie/jaceidi/medium/9780330519014

Jack, Patrick and Steph will love that story! lol

[Niamh.]

I heard her interviewed on radio a few weeks back, sounded good, but disturbing. It was inspired by Fritzl, apparently.

I'm reading Eat, Love, Pray. Meh. If the dog ate it before I finish, I wouldn't be devastated, I'll put it like that. s'aalllriight.

I've finished it now, was really good. It makes you think afterwards a whole lot

[Niamh.]

Jack, Patrick and Steph will love that story! lol

yeah, might make them think abit and cop on:nono:

[Niamh.]

I actually looked this book a few weeks ago when i was in Waterstones, but decided not buy it cause, i've got loads of books in the house, still to read but will definatly go & buy it when run out of reading material.

it was really good, I'd recommend it:thumbs:

[patsylimerick]

I've finished it now, was really good. It makes you think afterwards a whole lot

I'll make it my daytime book - usually have two on the go, one for daylight hours and one for bed. This one wouldn't do for bed - I wouldn't sleep a wink! But I'll definitely give it a go..............

[Shaun]

gave up with Wuthering Heights and bought Fahrenheit 451 yesterday

[Niall]

*Know's this'll be controversial* I'm reading Twilight :love:

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Dawn by Virgina Andrews.

[Shaun]

finished F451 and am now on chapter 27/34 of Wuthering Heights :)

[Princess]

The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler,I'm doing a romanticism for an English project so I figure this is a pretty good book to reading at the moment and it was on my to-read shelf anyways.

[Shaun]

oh, MrGaryy told me to watch that movie LOL - it was alright.

[Princess]

oh, MrGaryy told me to watch that movie LOL - it was alright.

I saw the movie but can't really remember it so least the book ain't spoiled.

[Stephanie]

Jack, Patrick and Steph will love that story! lol
:joker::joker::joker:
yeah, might make them think abit and cop on:nono:
:nono::nono::nono:

[Shaun]

finished WH. It's quite a creepy book. But throughout I found myself hating pretty much every character apart from Catherine (Jr.) and Hareton, so I was pleased by the ending. Oh and Nelly Dean is a babe :love: I love her.

But yeah, I was expecting a great romance between Catherine (Snr.) and Heathcliff and whilst there's definitely something great and spiritual about it, the haunting element picked up by Kate Bush, the lengths he went to to seek revenge were absurd (I never really saw Edgar or Isabella as that bad) and he wasn't even a part of the family to begin with :bored: It's hardly surprising Hindley and Catherine reacted the way they did towards this new favourite of their father's.

And both of the Catherines were pathetic messes.

And omg I can't even start on Linton Heathcliff.

[MTVN]

finished WH. It's quite a creepy book. But throughout I found myself hating pretty much every character apart from Catherine (Jr.) and Hareton, so I was pleased by the ending. Oh and Nelly Dean is a babe :love: I love her.

But yeah, I was expecting a great romance between Catherine (Snr.) and Heathcliff and whilst there's definitely something great and spiritual about it, the haunting element picked up by Kate Bush, the lengths he went to to seek revenge were absurd (I never really saw Edgar or Isabella as that bad) and he wasn't even a part of the family to begin with :bored: It's hardly surprising Hindley and Catherine reacted the way they did towards this new favourite of their father's.

And both of the Catherines were pathetic messes.

And omg I can't even start on Linton Heathcliff.

I did that for coursework last year, I wasnt a fan really and like you I hated basically all the characters, apart from maybe Edgar who I did quite like

[Angus]

Voices from the grave.

Is that the one by Doris Hare?

[Shaun]

just started reading An American Psycho - am only about 30 pages in so nothing's really happened yet other than a (far too lengthy) description of fashion :bored:

[Kerry]

I read a sh!t magazine from cover to cover earlier. I guess it was reading......

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

it was really good, I'd recommend it:thumbs:

I just started reading "ROOM" today, dont know what to make of it yet, i've got a feeling i wont get into it for some reason, but will stick with it for a while longer.

[Niamh.]

I just started reading "ROOM" today, dont know what to make of it yet, i've got a feeling i wont get into it for some reason, but will stick with it for a while longer.

I found the language hard to get into at the start as it's spoken through a 5 year old but it does get good (well I thought anyway)

[GypsyGoth]

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5078/mistborn.jpg

So far I love it, good opening.

[joeysteele]

Reading a book on my heroine from History, the wrongly treated and wrongly executed amazing Mary Queen of Scots.

[MTVN]

Still on Nineteen Eighty-Four, really enjoying it but not having as much time as I would like to read it, close to finishing now though

[Kerry]

Reading a book on my heroine from History, the wrongly treated and wrongly executed amazing Mary Queen of Scots.

Much about Sheffield in there?

[joeysteele]

Can't say I've noticed anything thus far Kerry. Don't think Sheffield was high on her agenda.

[Kerry]

Can't say I've noticed anything thus far Kerry. Don't think Sheffield was high on her agenda.

She was held captive here

[Kerry]

Sh!t, just realised you may not know. Dopey cow I am. But after you've read the book I may be able to offer you a few stories. Not much. More titbits really. But as you're interested..... I know I was :)

[joeysteele]

Yes, at Sheffield Castle and Sheffield Manor,I am only up to the point of her about to marry the Dauphin of France.

I am fascinated as to her life, and the tragic end it came to,have read many books before and been to lots of places associated with her in Scotland,got this book for my Birthday so am now well into it.

Happyland once asked me a question about her and I had to think on it,so wanted a more comprehensive book as to her life.

I'd have fought for her, no hesitation.

[joeysteele]

No,thanks for your input Kerry, I am glad you are interested in her too, she really was an engaging and fascinating character in History,badly advised but I think she was amazing.

[Kerry]

I actually don't know much about her history which is a shame. Just the Sheffield bits and bobs. The castle, well ruins now, fascinate me and all the stuff named for/after her. There was a pub, The Captive Queen but it's sadly no more. But, as rumours go, she was supposed to have been held in that area briefly too. Oh and Queens Tower. Thats rumoured to be haunted by her :D

[Shaun]

not reading anything at the moment but shall begin Kafka's Metamorphosis & Other Stories soon.

[Kerry]

I'm about to browse Amazon so think my current book which I'm only dipping in and out of will get ditched

[Princess]

Russell Brand's Booky Wook 2. I just finished Reunion by Therese Fowler which was really good.

[InOne]

The Naked Lunch - Read bits and bats but I seem to lose concentration with it easy. Plus some of it is quite disgusting

[Callum]

Harry Potter: Film Wizardry

It's all about the films and how they were made etc. really loving it, plus it comes with loads of cool Harry Potter stuff like a Hogwarts Letter, Qudditch World Cup Programme and a huge map of Diagon Alley.

[Kerry]

Gypsy Boy - Mikey Walsh

Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back.This is something Mikey knows only too well.Growing up, he rarely went to school, and seldom mixed with non-Gypsies. The caravan and camp were his world.But although Mikey inherited a vibrant and loyal culture his family's legacy was bittersweet with a hidden history of grief and abuse.Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision -- to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere he could truly belong.

[Smithy]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I decided to refresh my memory before the final film :bigsmile:

[Shaun]

halfway through the Kafka book, just finished Metamorphosis. The whole collection is pretty bleak, but sums up modernity pretty well.

[Doogle]

Strangers on the 16:02 by Priya Basil

[MTVN]

Finished 1984 a while ago, reading another Orwell book now but a biographical one; Homage to Catalonia, it's about his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War

[Princess]

Just finished From Notting Hill, With Love Actually which was light and predictable but quite good. Just started Secrets She Left Behind by Diane Chamberlain, which is all death and problems so bit of a difference.

[rk3388]

Just finished the maze runner, little brother and half brother. now reading shaken

[patsylimerick]

The Naked Lunch - Read bits and bats but I seem to lose concentration with it easy. Plus some of it is quite disgusting

I absolutely love The Naked Lunch. It's obscene, isn't it? But astonishing at the same time.
Am just finishing Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor. Brilliant, just brilliant. Anyone who loved Star of the Sea should pick it up fast.

[Kerry]

Finished reading Gypsy Boy last night. Very good. It's shocking but gives hope. Learnt a lot too of the gypsy culture which fascinates me

[GypsyGoth]

Journey Through Llandor by Louise Lawrence

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3127/382le.jpg

It's ok, it's like Narnia so in that respect it's enchanting, but the writing could be better. Anyway I intend to read the next two parts after this.

[patsylimerick]

I picked up That They May Face The Rising Sun during the week. Completely forgot until I got to page four that I read lt last year. :conf::bawling: I'm really not old enough for this kind of thing to be happening to me :bawling:

[MTVN]

The Pillars of the Earth, really enjoying it so far

[Kerry]

I'm stuck between about 3 books atm. Can't take to any and when I do I'm always too knackered

[Shaun]

finished Kafka...had some really boring stories towards the end but the majority were nice.

Currently reading Romeo + Juliet. Have that, King Lear, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Macbeth and another one I've forgotten to get through.

[Princess]

Just finished From Notting Hill, With Love Actually which was light and predictable but quite good. Just started Secrets She Left Behind by Diane Chamberlain, which is all death and problems so bit of a difference.

Finished this one, was sooooo good. Now reading The One Before The One by Katy Regan, I'm varying between frothy and light books and dark and heavy books.

[Lee.]

"Spartan" by Valerio Massimo Manfredi... So far so good!

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~sparta/topics/images/books/spartan.jpg

[GypsyGoth]

Just about finished The Road to Irriyan

http://i.imgur.com/GUsoH.jpg

Tomorrow I'm gonna start the last part, Shadow of Mordican

http://i.imgur.com/3Kx5b.jpg

In a way I'm really looking forward to finishing this trilogy as there are a couple of other books I want to get stuck into.

[Shaun]

Hamlet :spin2:

[Princess]

Wild Things by Jo Carneige. Some good ol' fluffy chick-lit.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

this thread ba dum tish

[Chuck]

Rosamunde Pilcher's, 'The Shell Seekers'.

[Stu]

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http://www.headshopireland.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/8c6165b1e617423d79adf0349ac46849/d/o/dope_stories.jpg

[Princess]

Desire by Louise Bagshawe. It's not that great, I wanted to reread Harry Potter but saving that until I'm avoiding Twitter/Tumblr because of tour spoilers.

[MTVN]

The Pillars of the Earth, really enjoying it so far

This was amazing :love: Reading the sequel now, World Without End

[Kerry]

Reading (or trying to read) a book called The Room. Just can't get into it though

[\PJ/]

Coleen nolan - Envy before you judge I got it free in ibooks when I bought my iPhone4 it's so bad it's good and it's brought this sort of bloated 40+ women in me I have started craving red wine LOL

[Shaun]

LOL PJ - I remember finding one of my mum's trashy novels when I was about 14 and found myself channelling a 40-something singleton who loves cats and wine. In fact, I find myself channelling that every day but still.

Currently reading: The Taming of the Shrew

[Kerry]

Coleen nolan - Envy before you judge I got it free in ibooks when I bought my iPhone4 it's so bad it's good and it's brought this sort of bloated 40+ women in me I have started craving red wine LOL

Nothing is ever as bad as Jodie Marsh's book.

[GypsyGoth]

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

It's a gothic fantasy :love:

http://i.imgur.com/19GLZ.jpg

[Shaun]

-really needs to read something that isn't Shakespeare soon, I'm beginning to think metric poetry is the norm-

[GypsyGoth]

You seem to read serious books all the time Shaun.

[Shaun]

I'm just preparing for Uni really :p plus I usually just read magazines if I want something light

[GypsyGoth]

That makes sense, it's a good idea.

[Shaun]

Measure for Measure :spin2:

[Princess]

Rereading Harry Potter for the millionth time, on Goblet of Fire at the moment.

[Stevep]

Anybody read any of these:

The Historian, The Thirteenth Tale or House of Leaves?

Thinking of buying one of them for my next read. Can anyone reccomend?

[Kerry]

Precious by Sapphire. Gritty and um..... well, be prepared if you read it

Also a film

[Chuck]

http://i.imgur.com/Zhlq9.jpg
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff488/chuckpass/leonaemote.gif

[GypsyGoth]

:laugh: Are you reading that for college Chuck?

[Niamh.]

Shantaram - it's brilliant, one of the best books I've read in ages. It's a true story about this Australian guy who escapes from prison and flees to India.
http://bibliojunkie.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/shantaram.jpg

[Livia]

Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I read this book when I was at school, but I can't truly appreciate a book until I've read it without having to analyse it. So I'm giving it another go with fresh eyes.

[Princess]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Order of Phoenix seemed to take forever to get through.

[Locke.]

http://www.applegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/game-of-thrones.jpeg

[Kerry]

Finished The Room. It started off crap, got better, then ended crap. Wouldn't reccommend it

[Lee.]

My friends and I have gone like all civilised and grown up and formed a proper real life book club! :amazed:
Our first book is Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult.. should be starting it in the next few days. Has anybody read it and is it any good?

[Niamh.]

My friends and I have gone like all civilised and grown up and formed a proper real life book club! :amazed:
Our first book is Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult.. should be starting it in the next few days. Has anybody read it and is it any good?

I hope it goes better than our one did:nono:

[Lee.]

I hope it goes better than our one did:nono:
Yeah I know! I think I maybe killed it with my **** book choice. :sad:

[Niamh.]

Yeah I know! I think I maybe killed it with my **** book choice. :sad:

:laugh:

[Kerry]

A Day Called Hope - Gareth O'Callaghan

For years Gareth O'Callaghan, one of Ireland's popular broadcasters, suffered depression. As soon as he was diagnosed, Gareth began a determined fight back to health. This book describes the nightmare he and his family lived through and presents his insight, practical knowledge, and convictions in a mission to spread hope to those affected by it.

[Princess]

Finished Harry Potter reread on Saturday. Started one called 'The Last Letter from your Lover' by JoJo Moyes, it won Best Romantic Novel of the Year so it's right up my street.

[GypsyGoth]

I'm on Guardian of the Gate by Michelle Zink at the moment.

http://i.imgur.com/oXxPj.jpg

[patsylimerick]

Just finished The Finkler Question by Harold Jacobson - powerful book, highly recommend it.
Just started The Slap - meh, so far.

[Livia]

The Junior Officers' Reading Club by Patrick Hennessey. Amazing book. A first-class insight into what it's like to serve in Afghanistan; the long stretches of mind-numbing boredom followed by short bursts of frantic, terrifying, adrenalin-fuelled exhileration. Recommended to me by someone who's done three tours of Afghanistan as one of the most true-to-life accounts he's ever read. Can't recommend it highly enough.

[Shaun]

King Lear at the moment - only two more Shakespeares after this :laugh:

[Locke.]

Finished book 1 last night, time to start Book 2

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uB90%2BxrSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Alf]

famous tits and arses volume 7

[Lee.]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdyQ459UZ86vBM4YOsIvoI81Jc83MfI RXS3S993f8b7lEIlG19Rg

[Callum]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for the umpteenth time, such a good book but then again the books have always been better than the films.

[Shaun]

finished King Lear - tragic ending :( brilliant though, definitely in my top 5 of his.

[GypsyGoth]

Started Grimspace by Ann Aguirre, it's a lot like tv show Firefly.

http://i.imgur.com/0kcug.jpg

[Stu]

Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson.

Third and final part of the Sprawl trilogy. The original of which kickstarted cyberpunk and was basically The Matrix in utero.

[MTVN]

Fall of Giants, it's another Ken Follett one because Pillars of the Earth & World Without End were both amazing but this one's not as good, is a lot slower and just less interesting tbh, it's still a good read but I'm making quite slow progress with it

[Niall]

New Moon. I've almost finished it and I can safely say, that it was far better than the movie. All the little things that were cut out in the film seem to make a difference for me in the book and it helps to make the sequel more cohesive with the original Twilight. Either way I enjoyed it a lot more compared to the film and I can't wait to finish it and move onto Eclipse. :lovedup:

[Chuck]

http://i.imgur.com/4p5FW.jpg
Clarice Lispector :love:

[Shaun]

Julius Cæsar :spin2:

[Locke.]

How many pages do you all read on average a day?

[Tom4784]

I'm gonna go on a spending spree on Friday and get myself a few new books. I really want to read the Hunger Games and the girl With The Dragon Tattoo among a few others.

[Shaun]

How many pages do you all read on average a day?

I try to finish at least 30 in a sitting

[Tom4784]

How many pages do you all read on average a day?

I've got into the habbit of reading a few hundred pages a day when I'm actually reading something, I usually fly through books, i'm quite a fast reader.

[Boothy]

Reading Frank Abagnale's autobiography, Catch Me If You Can atm.

Really interesting, much better than the film.

[Boothy]

Just finished Catch Me If You Can. The best autobiography I've ever read.

[Alf]

razzle: december edition 1997

[Boothy]

^ :joker::joker:

[Doogle]

Twilight, because of Niall :joker:

[Tom4784]

I bought myself Clash of Kings, The Hunger Games and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo today. I'm loving The Hunger Games at the moment, it's very engrossing. I'll have to buy the other two next week I think.

[Tom4784]

Finished book 1 last night, time to start Book 2

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uB90%2BxrSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Oh hell I thought that was the first book. Oh well I'll just have to pick up the first one next week.

[Locke.]

Oh hell I thought that was the first book. Oh well I'll just have to pick up the first one next week.

:joker:

Book 1 is called "A Game of Thrones".

Good look resisting book 2 now that you own it

[Tom4784]

:joker:

Book 1 is called "A Game of Thrones".

Good look resisting book 2 now that you own it

I'm not gonna read the second book until after I've watched the second series, it's what I do with True Blood, it saves me being disappointed in the series. I'll just grab GOT on Friday I think, Clash of kings only cost me £3 so I bet it'll be just as cheap.

[Locke.]

Where did you get it from?

I think all 5 of them are £4.50 in Asda.. I paid £9 for GoT in WHSmith before I saw it in asda.

[Rob]

I'm reading "TV Choice"

[Tom4784]

Where did you get it from?

I think all 5 of them are £4.50 in Asda.. I paid £9 for GoT in WHSmith before I saw it in asda.

I got it from Asda, It was the only one there so I assumed it was the first one. I'll have to check again next time I'm there to see if they have the others. I might just order it on Play though as it's quite cheap on there if I remember right.

[Tom4784]

Just finished reading The Hunger Games, I absolutely loved it. I'm definitely grabbing the other two books next week.

[Stu]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nx9T-lzRESg/TTLpZoWaF6I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/g0-isjzNpOk/s1600/metamorphosis.jpg

http://www.naomiklein.org/files/images/NL-10thcover.jpg

[Shaun]

Metamorphosis :love:

[Tom4784]

I got Catching Fire and Mockingjay today so I'm gonna start on CF today I think.

[Shaun]

F Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night" - it's about rich socialites in the 20s/30s and their psychological problems, affairs, etc.

[Niall]

Reading Breaking Dawn now. :amazed:

[SB90]

Nialls signature.

[Locke.]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511811QMKFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Chuck]

http://i.imgur.com/vCbS9.jpg

It's so funny :love:

[patsylimerick]

Finally gave into temptation and got 2 Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's. But they're out of sequence. Am gonna have to get them all now :joker: Kafka and Klein it ain't, but I was in the mood for something light. Really fun. When's the fillum?

[Kate!]

Tasmina Perry - Guilty Pleasures

[T*]

Reading this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Pt6JTnzDL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
I like it, but it's a bit wierd at the start.

[Niamh.]

Just finished reading The Hunger Games, I absolutely loved it. I'm definitely grabbing the other two books next week.

I just bought that, I've heard a lot of people recommend it, will be starting it soon

[Lee.]

Niamh, I talked to you ages ago about the Rhanna books... you have to read them!

[Niamh.]

Niamh, I talked to you ages ago about the Rhanna books... you have to read them!

What were they about again? (sorry, having a mental block!)

[Lee.]

What were they about again? (sorry, having a mental block!)
They're set on the Scottish islands following the lives of a small community (i know that sounds ****) but they're the only books that I have ever cried over and also laughed out loud until I cried again. I think there's about 7 in the series.

[Niamh.]

They're set on the Scottish islands following the lives of a small community (i know that sounds ****) but they're the only books that I have ever cried over and also laughed out loud until I cried again. I think there's about 7 in the series.

ah yeah, I remember now, just had a look on amazon there, they're for sale for .01p a book:shocked: might pick them up

[Lee.]

A penny??

I'm going to buy the first one again too! My mum very kindly gave mine to my cousin to take home to the States with her. :nono:

[Niamh.]

A penny??

I'm going to buy the first one again too! My mum very kindly gave mine to my cousin to take home to the States with her. :nono:

Yeah, look :amazed:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rhanna-Christine-Marion-Fraser/dp/0006155987/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311849950&sr=1-1

[Lee.]

I've ordered it :amazed:

[Niamh.]

I'm going to order the first one and see how I go with that first, is the one in the link the first?

[Lee.]

I'm going to order the first one and see how I go with that first, is the one in the link the first?
yeah.. hope so! Yeah its just called Rhanna. I think the next one is Return to Rhanna or something.

[Lee.]

-has flashbacks of killing the TiBB book club by suggesting a **** book-

Don't blame me if you think Rhanna is crap Niamh, ok? Just don't ever listen to me again!

[Niamh.]

yeah.. hope so! Yeah its just called Rhanna. I think the next one is Return to Rhanna or something.

1p for the book and £4 for delivery :bored:

[Joelle.]

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk266/JesseHowalt/Books/TheLast10Seconds.jpg

[Lee.]

1p for the book and £4 for delivery :bored:

Mines was only £2.80!

[Ammi]

Just read Thanks for the Memories by Cecilia Ahern a nice light holiday read:hugesmile:

[Niamh.]

Mines was only £2.80!

Yeah, but mine is international delivery :/

[Stu]

http://i43.tower.com/images/mm101393022/morrissey-pageant-his-bleeding-heart-gavin-hopps-hardcover-cover-art.jpg

Morrissey is arguably the greatest disturbance popular music has ever known. Even more than the choreographed carelessness of punk and the hyperbolic gestures of glam rock and the New Romantics, Morrissey's early bookish ineptitude, his celebration of the ordinary, and his subversive endorsement of celibacy, abstinence and rock 'n' roll revolutionised the world of British pop. As an increasingly pugnacious solo artist, he consistently adopts the outsider's perspective and dares us to confront genuinely uncomfortable subjects. In his brilliant and original book, Gavin Hopps examines the work of this compelling performer, whose intelligence, humour, suffering and awkwardness have fascinated audiences around the world for the last 25 years. Hopps traces the trajectory of Morrissey's career - from its beginning in the early 80s with the Smiths to the release of his latest album, "Ringleader of the Tormentors" - and outlines the contours and contradictions of the singer's elusive persona. The book illuminates Morrissey's coyness (how can he remain a mystery when he tells us too much?) , his dramatised melancholy (surely more of a radical existential protest than the gimmick some believe it to be) and his complex attitudes towards loneliness and alienation, as well as his intriguing sense of the religious. In the course of this penetrating study of Morrissey's oeuvre, Hopps offers close readings of individual lyrics and illuminating comparisons with a range of literary figures - such as Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan and Philip Larkin. "Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart", at once erudite and accessible, argues convincingly for Morrissey's inclusion in the pantheon of literary greats.




Ludicrously pretentious. Hard to read at times even for me.

I love it.

[Locke.]

These books are amazing I can't put them down

http://static.guim.co.uk/books/data/covers/97800/07/11/9554.jpg

[Boothy]

Has anyone read The Hobbit?

Any good?

[Niall]

Reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. :love:

[Kerry]

This Perfect World by Suzanne Bugler

[GypsyGoth]

Just finishing off Wanderlust by Ann Aguirre, it's part two of a series I like,
http://i.imgur.com/3jV1M.jpg

And I went looking for the next part but I couldn't find it, so I got this:
http://i.imgur.com/cmFb8.jpg
Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy) by Elizabeth Moon, I've read a couple Moon's fantasy books before, I'm hoping this sci-fi one has a bit more finesse.

[Niall]

I'm reading Prisoner of Azkaban now! :amazed:

[Chuck]

http://i.imgur.com/EJfhp.jpg

:lovedup:

[Lee.]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdyQ459UZ86vBM4YOsIvoI81Jc83MfI RXS3S993f8b7lEIlG19Rg

I had to read this for my book club and really thought it sounded utter ****e, but I forced myself to read it and could not put it down! I would definitely recommend it!

The book I've to read next....

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtaDHqZkqmBNHZ9JgO6Rpf-baGOV9vfAsTgACfIm4JxwHaOLShFg

It really does look ****e... its about a man going deaf! :bored: I really am going to have to force myself to read this!

[Ammi]

I had to read this for my book club and really thought it sounded utter ****e, but I forced myself to read it and could not put it down! I would definitely recommend it!

The book I've to read next....

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtaDHqZkqmBNHZ9JgO6Rpf-baGOV9vfAsTgACfIm4JxwHaOLShFg

It really does look ****e... its about a man going deaf! :bored: I really am going to have to force myself to read this!

Haha, funny that book has been recommended to me by a friend who also had to read it for her book club. She said it was very funny and enjoyed it so I think you may be surprised Lee. That's the lovely thing about book clubs they take you out of your comfort zone and although I've had the odd shocker, I have enjoyed most of the books, even though I would probably never have chosen them (except for they few that people have chosen to be pretentious lol)

[Lee.]

Haha, funny that book has been recommended to me by a friend who also had to read it for her book club. She said it was very funny and enjoyed it so I think you may be surprised Lee. That's the lovely thing about book clubs they take you out of your comfort zone and although I've had the odd shocker, I have enjoyed most of the books, even though I would probably never have chosen them (except for they few that people have chosen to be pretentious lol)

Oh I hope I am pleasantly surprised then! :)

And yeah, that's why I wanted to join a book club; it really does force you to read books that you wouldn't normally choose. We don't choose the books ourselves as our club is through the local library so we just get given our books each month.. I'm really hoping for a few classucs, as there are so many that I haven't yet read. :)

You've actually made me a little more enthusiastic about getting.g into this book... so thanks for that. :)

[Ammi]

Oh I hope I am pleasantly surprised then! :)

And yeah, that's why I wanted to join a book club; it really does force you to read books that you wouldn't normally choose. We don't choose the books ourselves as our club is through the local library so we just get given our books each month.. I'm really hoping for a few classucs, as there are so many that I haven't yet read. :)

You've actually made me a little more enthusiastic about getting.g into this book... so thanks for that. :)

Oh good, mind you I haven't read it myself so if its awful, don't give me that:hmph:look:joker:

[Lee.]

Hahaha.. ok.

I'll give you this look instead.. :mad:

[Boothy]

http://www.tesco.com/tescobooks/ProductAssets/Books/Books/Large/9781405235822_PI.jpg

[Locke.]

I posted this a week ago but I'm only just starting it now. And I need to know the date I start cos I like to know how many pages per day I read on average once i've finished

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ylrzfTNKL4Q/TcGpKcfj3HI/AAAAAAAAGEw/DLkxjGDzTDg/s1600/A%2BFeast%2Bfor%2BCrows%2BUK.jpg

[Shaun]

have just given up with two books. Firstly, 'Tender is the Night'... it starts off brilliantly and is very interesting, but as soon as the Rosemary angle is sidelined it just becomes so dull. Every detail is overwrought and it's basically the blueprints to a sensationalist soap opera with no real points to make other than "rich people have problems too". No solutions offered. So thumbs down for me.

Even worse though was Chuck Palahnuik's "Choke". He really should release 'Misanthropy for Dummies'. This was the most facile, predictable, corny and pathetic piece of self-indulgent smugness I have ever read and I'm really not sure why I'm surprised when he's behind the nihilistic whinge-machine that is Fight Club. I totally relate to the misanthropy but at least do it in an interesting manner, not some sardonic little literary devices. Oooh, watch as I repeat the same catchphrase over and over to emphasise my frustration with all the subtlety of a pick-axe. Marvel as I insert cool words like 'dude' and curse excessively to try and appear like an everyman when really I'm a wealthy author selling myself short.

Just a total ****ing arsehole.

have got On The Road by Kerouac to read though

[Livia]

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Don't normally go out of my way to read award-winning books but I got it cheap in the Oxfam shop. Okay so far...

[Shaun]

Kerouac's "On the Road". I'm only a couple of chapters in but I like it. The writing style is a little bit of a barrier at the beginning; his writing style is quite sporadic and unconventional. But at the same time it makes it feel more personal and fluent, a little more personal too maybe.

edit: what was I thinking when I wrote this? personal twice and 'writing style' twice :( buy a thesaurus, Shaun.

[Chuck]

http://i.imgur.com/6SW4O.jpg

[King Gizzard]

http://www.baby-books-guide.com/image-files/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-01.jpg

On page 3 currently, very worth the read if you have the time.

[Princess]

Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

I'm SO annoyed because she has only gone and killed one of the main characters, it's like killing one of the Golden Trio or one of the Friends Cast, you just don't do it! And the reviews are really mixed and it's really depressing but I'll keep going and see where it ends up. You should have just left it alone, book 4 was a fine ending

[Shaun]

don't spoil the ending for me nate

[GypsyGoth]

Was reading The Heir of Night by Helen Lowe,
http://i.imgur.com/hvQPD.jpg
but the actual book is a bit heavy, it's kinda awkward to hold.

So I took a break and started Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
http://i.imgur.com/zFbsq.jpg
it's interesting so far.

[Livia]

Just started reading The Bourne Identity. Never read it before, it's really different to the film (as you probably all know already). I'm really enjoying it. Oh, and just Finished Brick Lane, which was excellent.

[Rob]

I watch the films, much easier way of reading :D

[Livia]

I watch the films, much easier way of reading :D

LOL... lazy bugger!

[Rob]

LOL... lazy bugger!

:D

[Kerry]

This Perfect World by Suzanne Bugler

Kept picking this up, leaving it, picking it up...... in the end I read it all. Loved it. Until I got to the end. Bloody crap

[Princess]

Chances by Freya North, it's taking me forever, it's good but not exactly gripping

[Sod_James]

The complete History of Jack The Ripper

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/543125-L.jpg

Cos im kinda morbidly curious like that.

[Lee.]

Me too.. Jack the Ripper fascinates me.

Great Sig BTW. :D

[Vladimir]

Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

Got it for my 14th birthday and I didn't quite understand it back then.

[Sod_James]

Me too.. Jack the Ripper fascinates me.

Great Sig BTW. :D

Thanks.

Yeah i recently went on a Jack The Ripper walk around Whitechapel and it was so interesting. So i saw this when i was shopping and i cant put it down.

[Kerry]

Sister - Rosamund Lupton

Nothing can break the bond between sisters ...When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the middle of Sunday lunch to say that her younger sister, Tess, is missing, she boards the first flight home to London. But as she learns about the circumstances surrounding her sister's disappearance, she is stunned to discover how little she actually knows of her sister's life - and unprepared for the terrifying truths she must now face. The police, Beatrice's fiance and even their mother accept they have lost Tess but Beatrice refuses to give up on her. So she embarks on a dangerous journey to discover the truth, no matter the cost.

Reviews -

Voted the number one choice in Richard and Judy's Book Club 2010

Chosen for Radio 4 Book at Bedtime

'Truly marvellous! As compelling as it is stylish, SISTER exists in that rare place where crime fiction and literature coincide' -- Jeffrey Deaver

'Nicci French via Ford Madox Ford, anyone? Lupton's debut is an exceptionally confident domestic gothic thriller...it also packs a devastating punch' -- Guardian

'With SISTER, Lupton enters the highly charged ring where the best psychological detective writers spar, her hands raised in a victory clench. Like Kate Atkinson, Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendell, Lupton builds suspense not only around the causes and details of her story's brutal denouement, but also around the personalities . . . Both tear-jerking and spine-tingling, SISTER provides an adrenaline rush that could cause a chill on the sunniest afternoon' -- New York Times

Original, spooky and clever, this thriller is utterly compelling' --Closer

'Stunningly accomplished from first page to last, this is the most exciting debut thriller I've read all year. The suspense crackles, and the twists come thick and fast, but more than that it has a touching poignancy that brings tears to your eyes . . .Written with the power and panache of a young Daphne du Maurier, it s devastatingly good, and announces the arrival if a truly original talent' -- Daily Mail

'This sophisticated psychological thriller is brilliantly written and utterly gripping' -- You Magazine, Mail Online

'Lupton's crisp insights into grief and familial guilt are married to a confidently executed plot. Free from the genre s more mawkish excesses, Lupton's persuasive narrative voice is what keeps this classy debut on track' -- Independent

'Beautifully written -- you believe every word' Judy Finnegan, Woman's Own

'Tense, gripping and a total page-turner' Richard Madeley, Woman's Own

'A chilling, gripping, tragic, heart-warming, life-affirming enigma of a story' -- Booklist

'This superb debut novel has so many twists and turns as to cause dizziness -- it's the literary equivalent of "scream if you want to go faster" -- and just when you think things are slowing down to a peaceful, settled resolution, there's one more stomach-churning final turn in store' -- Radio Times

'A heart-tugging, tense mystery . . . Is is very good' -- Bookseller

'Lupton's classy debut is a welcome and exciting addition to the genre' -- The Lady

'Fast-paced and absurdly entertaining . . . Along with a juicy mystery, it resounds with an authentic sense of sisterly love and loyalty' -- Boston Globe

'A psychological murder mystery written with literary flair . . . Be prepared for page-turning' -- --Vanity Fair.com

'This sophisticated psychological thriller is brilliantly written and utterly gripping' -- You Magazine, Mail Online

'Lupton's crisp insights into grief and familial guilt are married to a confidently executed plot. Free from the genre s more mawkish excesses, Lupton's persuasive narrative voice is what keeps this classy debut on track' --Independent

'An emotionally gripping and rather frightening debut from Lupton' --Sun

'A riveting foray into the territory between chick lit and thriller' --Red

[Benjamin]

Gravestone plaques.

[Shardlake]

Game of thrones

Loving it so far. Dont think I have ever looked forward to the prospect of reading 5 other books of a series. :dance:

[Princess]

Just finished You Against Me by Jenny Downahm which was really good, don't know what to read next.

[Chuck]

http://i.imgur.com/fvL0f.jpg

[Kerry]

I've lost my book. How the bloody hell do you lose a book?

[Chuck]

:laugh:

I used to lose my books all the time Kerry. Not only books but everything I had in hands.

I remember losing a book but I couldn't find anywhere to buy it so the school lent it to me then I lost the school's book and had to buy one for me and one for them. D:

[Kerry]

I'm gonna check under the bed. It's my last hope. Thing is the gap under the bed is about an inch and the books a wedge of a thing. I'm honestly flummoxed :joker:

[Kerry]

:laugh:

I used to lose my books all the time Kerry. Not only books but everything I had in hands.

I remember losing a book but I couldn't find anywhere to buy it so the school lent it to me then I lost the school's book and had to buy one for me and one for them. D:

Ouch! :bawling:

I'm usually OK with stuff despite having a terrible memory. The thing thats spooky is I KNOW I haven't taken it anywhere :shocked:

[Shardlake]

I've lost my book. How the bloody hell do you lose a book?


I used to do that, I have a very annoying habit of falling asleep whilst reading. Almost every single day I would wake up and my book would be behind or under my bed or even across the other side of the room, and I would have totally lost my page.


It's one of the main reasons I bought a Kindle, I still loose it but at least I know what page i'm on :dance:

[Shaun]

I have 16 books on my set texts for this year :sad:

currently reading Genesis (yes the bible. really.), The Picture of Dorian Gray and Eighteenth Century Women Poets... they're all positively riveting.

edit: Dorian Gray is actually my favourite book, it's just the other two combine to so much awfulness that I felt I had to express boredom.

[Iceman]

Eminem - The Way I Am, never read it properl before starting it tonight.

[Lee.]

http://hdbarrett.com/Little%20Women%20Cover.jpg

[fruit_cake]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxSPmzsjzYZpS4TqgjlzbJtL-NDPaBPkYQH5aiXvvzqL23rKBxIA

Noah has just been saved and the earth is flooded, it's getting rather tense

[Shaun]

Jesus dies

"Letters Written in Norway, Sweden and Denmark" by Mary Wollstonecraft. She complains about beds a lot.

[Bollo]

http://images.thebookpeople.co.uk/images/books/large/PART.jpg

Just got it for my birthday and looking forward to reading it

[Princess]

Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner, am only a few chapters in but it's good so far.

[Livia]

Dracula.... again. I love that book.

[Niamh.]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxSPmzsjzYZpS4TqgjlzbJtL-NDPaBPkYQH5aiXvvzqL23rKBxIA

Noah has just been saved and the earth is flooded, it's getting rather tense

:laugh2:

[Kate!]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhg4jA-mbUlz4n--dZi_8ae9syuqCFZT5yMBP-WnfipFnSfUvcgw

She's a great thriller writer, this is the second I have/am reading by her, gripping.

[LemonJam]

http://jimperkins.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the-rest-is-noise-197x300.jpg

Cos I'm cool.

[Stu]

http://images.wikia.com/4chanlit/images/7/7f/The_complete_robot.jpg

[Shaun]

finally finished Wollstonecraft, am now starting the Crucible. much more interesting :love:

[Kerry]

Read a trashy romance. Suddenly Single. I wanted something brain numbing to send me to sleep

OMG what a complete pile of Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

[Princess]

Started a trashy romance myself last night, Dirty Things by Jo Carneige, I have to read loads of depressing plays for my exams at the moment so wanted a bit of a change.

[InOne]

Goblet Of Fire

1 and 3 have gone missing somewhere, so thought I'd just start with 4 and blast through them all. Always like to read them about every 2 years.

[Shaun]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I got it for free during freshers' week... it's very interesting so far

[Shaun]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I got it for free during freshers' week... it's very interesting so far

[GypsyGoth]

http://i.imgur.com/jhNwp.jpg

Seeker’s Mask by P.C. Hodgell :love:

[Jessica.]

I recently read Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, after reading The Hunger Games months ago, I really enjoyed them, I also read I am Number Four and The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore, there is another book which follows them but it doesn't come out til next year, and currently I am reading The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett, I have barely started but it's very interesting. Been reading a lot recently. :o

[Josy]

Finished Martina Coles Faithless at the beginning of the week, I have read all her books but have been disapointed with the last 2 she's done :(

Also just finished George R.R Martins, A Game Of Thrones and loved every minute of it, I started the second book in the series last night

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EHRWICie9vE/Tj6hILeeMVI/AAAAAAAAApw/obF4fLEUEmU/s1600/a-clash-of-kings.jpg

[Shaun]

Just finished reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

I kinda predicted that Harriet wouldn't be dead, but I didn't see the serial-killing twist coming. Happy that Wernerstrom got his come-uppance but there were a couple of problems I had with the plot - surely Salander's transfer of the money to her accounts would've been noticed (although they were false accounts the banks could still surely shut them down?)

And I don't like the idea of Salander falling in love with Blomkvist.

It felt a lot like watching Forbrydelsen - not just because of the Scandinavian setting or quirky female protagonist, but the attention to detail with the characterisation and the really forthright twists (incest, rape, torture). I've got the next one so I'll read it soon :lovedup:

[Shaun]

Just finished reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

I kinda predicted that Harriet wouldn't be dead, but I didn't see the serial-killing twist coming. Happy that Wernerstrom got his come-uppance but there were a couple of problems I had with the plot - surely Salander's transfer of the money to her accounts would've been noticed (although they were false accounts the banks could still surely shut them down?)

And I don't like the idea of Salander falling in love with Blomkvist.

It felt a lot like watching Forbrydelsen - not just because of the Scandinavian setting or quirky female protagonist, but the attention to detail with the characterisation and the really forthright twists (incest, rape, torture). I've got the next one so I'll read it soon :lovedup:

[Princess]

Just started Getting Away With It by Julie Cohen, it looked pretty out of my new Christmas pile and it got good reviews so hoping it's good.

[Stu]

I genuinly think those books work better as films than as books for those reasons you mentioned, Shaun. Though I love both.

[Shaun]

-needs to see both the Swedish and Daniel Craigish adaptations-

started reading The Girl Who Played With Fire earlier... I can tell I'm going to be in turmoil. I get too emotionally invested in Scandicrime.