[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 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 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]

Originally Posted by 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 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 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]

Originally Posted by spitfire

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

[Kerry]

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

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

it was really good, I'd recommend it

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.]

Originally Posted by BigBrotherfan4ever

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


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]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

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]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

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

[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

[Shaun]

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