Hazel Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 In fairness, H, Vague is living up to his/her handle . Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 About to start The Book Thief by Markus Zusak for my RL bookgroup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avid Book Reader Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 I'm about 3/4 of the way through 'Clean Cut' by Lynda La Plante. It's not the sort of thing that I would normally read, but it has been pretty good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Just started The Rehearsal by Eleanor Caton - an impulse buy in the train station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightphoebus Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Just started The Rehearsal by Eleanor Caton - an impulse buy in the train station. Oh, Mm, I just bought this too, on impulse, after hearing a persuasive American podcast about the book. Keep me posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Keep me posted. Will do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viccie Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Will do! I've been wondering about this too. Looking forward to your comments. Â Just started The Spa Decameron by Fay Weldon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I've abandoned Wolf Hall and started The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paulo Giordano. The title alone was enough to draw me to the book but now I've started it I'm finding it very compelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layla539 Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I've just read the Dante Club by Matthew Pearl and I'm starting Cat's eye by Margaret Atwood. I've read Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin and loved them so I said i'd give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenmcd Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Have three books on the go at the moment. In bed - Chicago by Alaa Al Aswany. Downstairs - Sovereign by C.J. Sansom and as this proved too cumbersome to read when cuddling my two year old I also started Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuntzy Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Am reading Marilynne Robinson's Home for RL book club. Mixed feelings at the moment but I'll be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZebraMc Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Have made a good start on Suite Francaise and am enjoying it so far. Mount TBR is shrinking - how can this be? Have ordered Solar to restore teetering heights....Zebra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammath Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Started two new books in the last 24 hours, "Waterland" by Graham Swift, which has been lurking on my shelves for years, and on audiobook, Terry Pratchett's "Nation". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Just received my copy of the latest Canongate read, Ghosts and Lightning by Trevor Byrne and looking forward to getting started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Just received my copy of the latest Canongate read, Ghosts and Lightning by Trevor Byrne and looking forward to getting started. Me too! In fact, I've read a couple of chapters already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyla Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Haven't looked at this thread for ages - loads of catching up to do. Â Having loved The Music of Chance and Leviathan, I am wondering whether to give up on the third Auster in my trilogy, Mr Vertigo. It's well enough written, but (and this isn't a spoiler as it's announced from early on) it's about a boy who levitates. Now I know Auster is way, way too intelligent to just do a silly fantasy so there will be allegories and metaphors and so on, with the walking on water/levitating standing in for something else. But I just can't cope with it. He writes so credibly and his characters are so plausible that I just can't play along with the walking on water bit. And Auster's also far too wise and original to go for a hackneyed trick like the old 'and then he woke up and it had all been a terrible dream' thing, or anything similar (eg madness, delusion, etc). Has anyone reading this read Mr Vertigo, and is it worth finishing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Have put Ghosts and Lightning to the side for now and have started Curtis Sittenfield's American Wife. I felt like a good big chunky story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightphoebus Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Have put Ghosts and Lightning to the side for now and have started Curtis Sittenfield's American Wife. I felt like a good big chunky story. I read this last year Mm, and it was a very satisfying, solid read. Now, if you had asked me, did I want to read an account of the life of Laura Bush I would have told you to get on your bike, but well-written fiction can take you down some odd paths. It could probably have done with a little editing but I never felt like giving up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyBean Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I'm reading War & Peace - simply because it's on my list of things to do before I'm 30...so I have until August to finish it. Â And when I'm after something lighter, I'm also reading The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory. I enjoyed The Other Boleyn Girl so hopefully this one will be as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Nothing at the moment. I finished The Book Thief last night, and will need a day or two to recover before I start something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookieBear Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I'm reading one that I picked up at a market...It was one of those random...I'll give it a go and see if it's any good type books.  The Perfect Husband - Lisa Gardner  I believe it's a crime/thriller type book which I have only just gotten into...I usually read more fantasy style books...David Eddings and so on. So far it's good...  xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I am currently reading the Canongate read, Ghosts and Lightning byTrevor Byrne and thoroughly enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I'm just about to start When to Walk by Rebecca Gowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I read this last year Mm, and it was a very satisfying, solid read. Now, if you had asked me, did I want to read an account of the life of Laura Bush I would have told you to get on your bike... Eek, I didn't know that is who it is based on. Is it very true to life? Did all the Andrew stuff really happen? I've just got to the proposal (not really a spoiler, given the title!), and I'm trying hard not to imagine Dubya in the hunky boyfriend role... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightphoebus Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Eek, I didn't know that is who it is based on. Is it very true to life? Did all the Andrew stuff really happen?I've just got to the proposal (not really a spoiler, given the title!), and I'm trying hard not to imagine Dubya in the hunky boyfriend role... Don't know about the Andrew stuff, but she was a democrat and a children's librarian and married against type. Best not to know too much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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