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Post by cailz on Dec 28, 2008 8:56:29 GMT 12
I'm busy reading "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver.  Another one to read after is "Vinegar Hill" by A Manette Ansay. I've heard mixed reviews about this one, some can't get into it and others rave about it. The synopsis seemed interesting enough for me to give it a go. |
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Post by sparrow on Dec 29, 2008 10:44:34 GMT 12
*Sigh* I am awaiting the second book in the Conqueror Series and have been a bit starved for reading. I ended up grabbing Forster's A Passage to India to tide myself over. I read this book ages ago and haven't read it since. I'm enjoying it the second time around too.
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Post by kokonutwoman on Jan 4, 2009 8:53:48 GMT 12
Listened to Bad Jelly on Radio every Sunday morning, loved it too! I'm reading Lovely Bones - Alice Seabold I love Bad Jelly especially Spike. Just finished reading Where the wild things to my grand son |
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Post by yollie on Jan 5, 2009 5:23:16 GMT 12
I haven't been reading much of anything lately, just been too busy.
I did manage to find yet another author that I like, Harlan Corben, he writes murder books, and there are quite a few of them.
I don't really remember Bad Jelly, only vaguely, its been a few years!
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Post by sparrow on Jan 20, 2009 22:07:53 GMT 12
Listened to Bad Jelly on Radio every Sunday morning, loved it too! I'm reading Lovely Bones - Alice Seabold I quite enjoyed the Lovely Bones (and Bad Jelly!). Peter Jackson is making into a film too isn't he? I look forward to that. I'm up to the third book in the Ghengis Khan series by Conn Iggulden. It's a darn good read. The first book is my favourite one. I don't know what to do after I've finished this series? I might have to pick up some of the ones you all recommend. |
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Post by sailorness on Jan 21, 2009 8:15:19 GMT 12
Maus by Art spiegelman ;D
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Post by misilon on Jan 21, 2009 14:10:31 GMT 12
Maus by Art spiegelman ;D 13 yrs to complete ? interesting ,. |
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Post by Misstique on Jan 21, 2009 20:07:03 GMT 12
I've just started reading ....
STARING AT THE LIGHT by Frances Fyfield
It's one of those crime murder suspense thrillers .... haven't read one of these in yonks!
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Post by demeter1 on Jan 21, 2009 21:02:15 GMT 12
I'm busy reading "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver. Another one to read after is "Vinegar Hill" by A Manette Ansay. I've heard mixed reviews about this one, some can't get into it and others rave about it. The synopsis seemed interesting enough for me to give it a go. Poisonwood is in my top 10 books cailz. I'm up to the library tomorrow to find me a fat biography on someone who overcomes things. I love triumphant stories of the human spirit. |
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Post by cailz on Feb 6, 2009 15:05:17 GMT 12
Here's one book to try Demeter. The Power of Now, author Eckhart Tolle. |
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Post by cailz on Feb 6, 2009 15:07:10 GMT 12
His newest book is called A New Earth. It's topped the best-seller list in USA for the past 3 years, don' t know about here.
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Post by sparrow on Feb 7, 2009 21:02:17 GMT 12
Okay ... I picked up two books: The Boy in Striped Pyjamas (brilliant for kids and young teenagers) and one on the Mitfords. Got through The Boy in Striped Pyjamas and I thought it was excellent. I'll let you know what our kids think once they've read it. Haven't got up to the Mitfords yet, but can't wait. I find them a fascinating family.
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Post by maire on Feb 8, 2009 7:42:47 GMT 12
Just finished the first volume of K J Parkers Fencer trilogy. As expected a weird twist at the end, I'm NOT opening up #2 until tonight, lol it's far too nice a day to be reading ;D
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Post by cailz on Feb 8, 2009 14:23:43 GMT 12
Has anyone read that "Twilight" (new dracula series coming to TV soon) books? I've heard rave reviews about it, but don't know much about it yet.
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Post by bottlecar on Feb 8, 2009 20:06:14 GMT 12
Ok, since I decided to go for number 1's {I'm modifying this to add Number 1 GLASSES!!!} for reading books I am reading again at last. Reading the History of the English language - it's actually an entralling read!
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Post by Lux on Feb 8, 2009 21:50:29 GMT 12
Listened to Bad Jelly on Radio every Sunday morning, loved it too! I'm reading Lovely Bones - Alice Seabold I quite enjoyed the Lovely Bones (and Bad Jelly!). Peter Jackson is making into a film too isn't he? I look forward to that. I'm up to the third book in the Ghengis Khan series by Conn Iggulden. It's a darn good read. The first book is my favourite one. I don't know what to do after I've finished this series? I might have to pick up some of the ones you all recommend. I had a really weird dream after reading the lovely bones which I'm sure must have been the instigator - I dreamed I was a ghost wandering around some town or suburb that was quite run down but in the middle of this street there was a great house so I decided to look inside, inside there where lots of rooms but hardly any furniture, there was a woman cooking in the kitchen and a man praying in another room also a little girl wandering around the house, I realised she could see me, I went into the bathroom where a baby was lying in the bath tub, nobody was watching the baby and I was worried it would drown so I waved to the little girl to come into the bathroom, then lifted the baby out of the bath and put it on the floor, then I left the little girl and the baby and went back outside, in the garden there was a graveyard, when I walked past the last grave it opened up and a woman started out of the grave and scared the crap out of me but then I remembered I was a ghost and so was she so I told her to come for a walk, we went to a picture theatre to watch a movie. |
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Post by herodotus on Feb 12, 2009 13:05:37 GMT 12
Who Says Elephants Cant Dance: Louis V Gerstner jnr
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Post by cailz on Feb 20, 2009 18:15:14 GMT 12
That was a weird dream you had Lux. I'm amazed you remembered so much of it, I usually can't remember what I dreamt, except if I'm woken suddenly. It sounds like a story waiting to be written.  The latest book I want to read is called "The story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski. It's a modern twist on Hamlet, story about a mute boy and his family of dog trainers. It received excellent reviews. ***** |
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Post by bottlecar on Feb 28, 2009 20:00:28 GMT 12
A widow for a year by John Irving. A good read, but divided into 3 sections and I've just started the 2nd section set 32 years after the first and I"m getting readers block  |
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Post by yollie on Mar 25, 2009 5:51:52 GMT 12
Ok, since I decided to go for number 1's {I'm modifying this to add Number 1 GLASSES!!!} for reading books I am reading again at last. Reading the History of the English language - it's actually an entralling read! I'm using number 1's these days too, sigh. Well its better than squinting at the page and trying to decipher what is written or reading strange words that don't fit in!! lmao. Have just finished One Last look by Harlan Corben. An excellent crime book writer, his plots are really good! |
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Post by kokonutwoman on May 8, 2009 7:25:31 GMT 12
The Art of War - again Sun Tzu, translated by Thomas Cleary
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Post by sparrow on Jun 11, 2009 9:39:22 GMT 12
Has anyone read that "Twilight" (new dracula series coming to TV soon) books? I've heard rave reviews about it, but don't know much about it yet. Yeah I have. Lol! We watched the film (before I read the books) and after that I was kind of intrigued. I enjoyed the first book very much. There are some great characters in the series. I'd recommend as light, enjoyable reading, but I don't think it's going to be everyone's cup of tea. By the end of the series, the two main characters irritated me no end ... Long live the Werewolf! ;D |
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Post by Lux on Jun 11, 2009 20:19:12 GMT 12
My big son is currently reading the twilight series...not my cup of tea.
I have the book 'Handle with Care' by Jodi Picoult sitting on my bedside table its been there for about a month and I've yet to open it. I work a lot with a little one who has osteogenesis imperfecta or is commonly known as brittle bone syndrome...Oh my gosh she is a real joy this kid an absolute pleasure to be with. At the moment she has a broken femur which can't be set, just from sitting down hard on her bottom. She talks your ears off but if her tiger is sleeping (she has him wrapped up in a blanket, she shushes you to be quiet and then continues to talk your ears off. real neat kid.
I've met another wee boy at kidsfirst in Auckland with the same condition he was in a hip spica having broken both legs turning over in bed and getting caught in the sheets.
Poor loves and so brave.
Anyway I'll get around to reading this book one day!
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Post by Lux on Jul 6, 2009 16:43:06 GMT 12
We're reading board books, abcs, animals and whats hiding behind things books...It's kinda weird but still fun. LoL. And the other book I mentioned above is still sitting on my bedside table I think it needs dusting! |
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Post by sparrow on Jul 6, 2009 22:44:31 GMT 12
I've read the Twilight series. I surprisingly enjoyed it until the last book. It was a bit silly.
I'm reading another vampire book at the moment. No, there isn't a pattern, but maybe there is? Ooooh. Spooky. I'm reading a book called "Let the right one in". Rather bleak and a bit scary in a way only Scandanavians can do. It's more psychological than bloody thirsty. Very well done. I watched the film (which got rave reviews) and thought there were a whole heap of unanswered questions. The book answers them and now I think maybe I really didn't want to know ... LOL.
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