hannibalheyes Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Have just started The Vampire Diaries - volume one. I know, I know. I like to pepper my reading of the worthy with reading of the fluff. I am nothing if not eclectic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakyfi Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Have just started The Vampire Diaries - volume one. I know, I know. I like to pepper my reading of the worthy with reading of the fluff. I am nothing if not eclectic. Couldn't agree more. What do you think of the Vampire Diaries? I've read them both as a teenager and an adult. I still like them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibalheyes Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Couldn't agree more. What do you think of the Vampire Diaries?I've read them both as a teenager and an adult. I still like them... Yeah, I'm enjoying it - should have the first 2 vols finished by this evening, if I get time. She's a good writer - nowhere near as cheesy/cliche-ridden as Meyer, but not as raunchy as Charlaine Harris (but they are teen books!) Not sure I'll bother with the other vols until I find them in the chazza shops. I shall pass this one on to my yr10 pupil who is into all the Twilight stuff - sure she'll love it. We've been discussing the tv series, an neither of us had read any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottilie Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24601 Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Chourmo by Jean- Claude IZZO. It is the second book of the Marseilles Trilogy. I have the third book on standby and will review the lot together when I finish. When that gets too much then I have just started Canterbury Tales by Chaucer as 'retold' by Peter Ackroyd- I just love the modern prose adaptation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I'll Never Be Young Again - Daphne du Maurier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakyfi Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Yeah, I'm enjoying it - should have the first 2 vols finished by this evening, if I get time. She's a good writer - nowhere near as cheesy/cliche-ridden as Meyer, but not as raunchy as Charlaine Harris (but they are teen books!) Not sure I'll bother with the other vols until I find them in the chazza shops. I shall pass this one on to my yr10 pupil who is into all the Twilight stuff - sure she'll love it. We've been discussing the tv series, an neither of us had read any of them. Not a fan of the T.V. series. Probably because I read these first. Only the first 3 volumes are worth bothering with. The rest are pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuntzy Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Reading An Area of Darkness by V S Naipaul written in 1964 after his first visit to India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Just started Starter for Ten by David Nicholls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenmcd Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Just started John Banville's first crime novel, Christine Falls written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. I loath John Banville both as a writer and a person so although the book is quite good I'm struggling to get beyond this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Just started John Banville's first crime novel, Christine Falls written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. I loath John Banville both as a writer and a person so although the book is quite good I'm struggling to get beyond this.I'm curious why you picked up the book at all if John Banville inspires such negative emotions Jenmcd! I struggled with Christine Falls too, although it generally gets good press on the thread devoted to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benmed15 Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Atonement by Ian McEwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenmcd Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 I'm curious why you picked up the book at all if John Banville inspires such negative emotions Jenmcd! I struggled with Christine Falls too, although it generally gets good press on the thread devoted to it. Probably just to reinforce my irrational prejudices. I'm actually enjoying it but am being more picky than usual over minor details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viccie Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 I'm halfway through Cloud Atlas and enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammath Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 The cricket season is here (along with cricketing weather - hurrah!) so my new audiobook is one that celebrates flanelled foolery. It is Michael Simkins' "Fatty Batter". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 I started The Animal Factory by Edward Bunker last night. It's really not what I expected at all - I thought it would be a lurid prison pulp, much like Tim Willock's Green River Rising, but no, it's quite well-written and a little literary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 I (finally) started Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett last night. I think this'll be the first new book I've read in around 6 months so quite an achievement for me! So far it's pretty good, and I'm feeling hopeful that I'll finish it and not get distracted by work. If any author can keep me reading it should be Terry Pratchett!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenmcd Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Started At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien this morning when I should have been cleaning the kitchen floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 I (finally) started Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett last night. I think this'll be the first new book I've read in around 6 months so quite an achievement for me! So far it's pretty good, and I'm feeling hopeful that I'll finish it and not get distracted by work. Ah, the first few years of teaching. It does get better, Opal! I can read maybe two books between October and May! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ennui Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 I'm halfway through war and peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuntzy Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Currently enjoying The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Ah, the first few years of teaching.It does get better, Opal! I can read maybe two books between October and May! Oh I really hope it does!! I feel like I haven't had a break since September My enforced week off has done wonders for the reading though - managed another 20 or so pages last night, might finish this one by the summer holidays at this rate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookieBear Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Currently reading The White Queen - Philippa Gregory Loved her Tudor Court Novels...And this one which I believe is the first book in a new series called 'The Cousins War', looking at the families that preceeded the Tudors. (Correct me if I'm wrong!) I'm not far into it, but I can feel it's dangerous pull already...I fear it's going to be a long ole day and night with this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottilie Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters This is the first book I've read by this author, and it was a totally opportunistic purchase. Saw it in a library sale for 20p. Halfway through and not feeling that my money was wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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