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Post by Scab on Jul 16, 2009 22:22:50 GMT 12
Twilight series, again. movie is crap, but the books are awesom
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Post by misilon on Jul 17, 2009 15:34:47 GMT 12
a silly little book called "the me I used to be" by jennifer archer
its a quik read and its a silly read but about a woman gave up her new born child (girl), for adoption, .....one day a knock on the door her 16 yr grandson walks in ,..with announcement his mum has died and now the woman is all he has ,..blah the blah so on and so on!!
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Post by herodotus on Jul 28, 2009 10:55:37 GMT 12
last train to memphis: peter guralnick, the early life of elvis p
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Post by herodotus on Aug 10, 2009 12:09:16 GMT 12
knights of jerusalem...the hospitallers
David Niccole
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Post by bottlecar on Aug 19, 2009 0:15:27 GMT 12
Just read a couple of Maeve Binchy's ... very nice to read when you are feeling poorly with a cold tucked up with lemon drink and electric blanket.
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Post by Lux on Aug 19, 2009 12:50:40 GMT 12
How are you bottlecar? Yep surely is a good Author, when you need to cuddle up and pamper yourself  I was reading a children's book this morning called 'The Memory Box' Is was a story about a boy who went to holiday with his grandparents for the summer and the grandfather had been given news that he had alzeimers, so grandfather, grandmother and grandson spent the summer putting special things into a box and remembering great times they had had in the past and grandfather gave the box to the grandson at the end of summer and asked him to take care of his memories...nearly balled at the end of the story, but it was such a lovely story all the same. |
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Post by bottlecar on Aug 19, 2009 22:41:45 GMT 12
I've been good thanks Lux. Work has been manic, my boss leaves in 10 days ...not that I'm counting  Family health issues haven't been too hot, but life is busy and happy. Re books, I've been thinking of downloading some audio books for when I'm in the car and bored. I know I'm bad but I think I should wean myself off my cellphone .... even hands free. |
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Post by herodotus on Oct 28, 2009 12:28:00 GMT 12
the devils dictionary:ambrose bierce. ambrose went off to fight for pancho villa and was never seen again. hmmmmmmm
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Post by sparrow on Nov 19, 2009 9:25:36 GMT 12
The Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson: Highly recommended. Murder mysteries are not usually my cup of tea, but I found that secondary to the themes contained in the works. I have romped through the tomes in about a week. Now I'm going to be scratching around for something to replace it!
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Post by maire on Dec 30, 2009 12:15:27 GMT 12
I had a late night/early morning marathon of reading last night. I just had to finish the book .. Ripples on the Lake by Dawn Rotorangi. It was not the sort of book I usually read (a bit too scary) but once started, I couldn't put it down (just had to make sure the 'heroine' was okay) ;D
From the back cover .................
"A subtle web of superstition and the supernatural, and what happens when you break tapu."
And ........
"Set in and around Lake Taupo, Dawn Rotorangi's first novel explores the shadows between two worlds - the living and the dead; Maori and Pakeha, past and present - in a groundbreaking paranormal adventure".
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Post by sparrow on Apr 26, 2010 22:14:29 GMT 12
I've been having a read-fest lately. It's nice to have some time and space to indulge myself. English books are hard to get here but I found a site called www.bookdepository.co.uk that ships books anywhere for free. Yeeha. Okay here are some of the ones I've read that I enjoyed: The song of ice and fire - by George RR Martin. Romped through them and am waiting (like all other fans) for his release of the next one. It's been about 5 years and waiting .... aaaaaagh. He has a really interesting style and writes on a civil war in a fictional kingdom from different characters points of view. I'll warn you now though: Martin has no problem killing off his main characters which is one of the reasons why you read the books with a mix of enjoyment and trepidation! We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver ... not for the feint hearted. A great read. I don't know if I could say I enjoyed it, but it was compelling. Best use of letters as a genre I've seen for some time (like the Color Purple and/or 84 Charing Cross Road). The book centers on a mother trying to come to terms with the fact her son is a Columbine type kid. Wulf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Won the Man Booker and had serious hype. I can take or leave some of the Man Bookers from previous years, but believe the hype on this won. It is masterful. It's set in Tudor England and is on the rise of Thomas Cromwell. It has an interesting style and if you are familiar with that period (even a little) it makes it easier. Behind every socially polite request seems to be the shadow of something nasty in a torture chamber. Mantel hardly ever goes there on the torture and leaves it up to the imagination. Eleanor of Aquitaine and Isabella, the she wolf of France - both by Alison Weir. Good reads if you like that sort of thing. |
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Post by sparrow on May 9, 2010 23:21:36 GMT 12
Okay ... I'm just reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Post apocalyptic and grim.
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Post by maire on May 10, 2010 6:33:02 GMT 12
One of the books I got for mothers day and started last night, promises to be exciting .... Crystal Skull by Manda Scott.
"In a spellbinding blend of history, myth, and science, bestselling novelist Manda Scott unleashes a thriller that sweeps from the secrets of the Mayans to the court of a sixteenth-century queen to a shattering end-times prophecy.
“It’s a lump of rock, Stella; nothing more. No stone is worth dying for.”
Except it’s not just a lump of rock. It’s a blue crystal skull made by the Maya to save the world from ruin; a sapphire so perfect, so powerful that for centuries men have killed to own or destroy it.
Ancient prophecies say that if the thirteen skulls already in existence are not reunited, the world will end on December 21, 2012. Cedric Owen, the skull’s last Keeper, died so that it might keep its secret for the next four centuries. Now Stella Cody has found it, and someone has already tried to kill her. Like Owen, she’s being hunted—but by whom?
Desperate to unravel the mystery of the crystal skull, Stella must decode Cedric Owen’s coded writings, sketches and ciphers no scholar has been able to unravel. What she discovers is astounding: a shocking secret prophecy…and the staggering puzzle of four terrifying creatures, thirteen precious stones, and what will happen if Cedric Owen’s crystal skull falls into the wrong hands. But time is against Stella. She has only days—hours—left to uncover the only secret that may yet save the world.
12.21.12
The date is set. Time is running out.
The end of the world starts now."
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Post by herodotus on Jun 15, 2010 10:38:33 GMT 12
the byzantine commonwealth:dimitri obolensky
how byzantuium rule the balkans in the middle ages
good stuff
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Post by sparrow on Jun 29, 2010 10:09:45 GMT 12
I've just finished reading Furious Love about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Wow ... is all I can say. I enjoyed it.
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Post by herodotus on Jun 29, 2010 10:48:48 GMT 12
the wealth and poverty of nations
david landes
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Post by maire on Jun 30, 2010 6:58:55 GMT 12
In the process of reading Transmission by Hari Kunzru.
In a networked world, anything can change in an instant, and sometimes everything does...
Transmission, Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer.
Lonely and naïve, Arjun Mehta bides his time as a lowly assistant virus tester, pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. Despite building digital creatures in a feeble attempt to enhance his job security, Arjun gets laid-off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers. In an act of desperation to keep his job, he releases a mischievous but destructive virus around the globe that has major unintended consequences. As world order unravels, so does Arjun's sanity, in a rollicking cataclysm that reaches Bollywood and, not so coincidentally, the glamorous star of Arjun's favorite Indian movie.
Award-winning novelist Hari Kunzru was hailed as a "modern-day Kipling," for his best-selling debut, The Impressionist. And now, with his exuberant follow-up, Transmission, Kunzru takes an ultracontemporary turn in a stylish, playful, and wicked exploration of life at the click of a mouse. precision. (The New York Times clever, sharply observant writer ... much more than a brilliant satirist. (The Washington Post) (San Francisco Chronicle) (GQ)
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Post by herodotus on Jun 30, 2010 11:02:56 GMT 12
burning chrome
william gibson
last good science fiction writer
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Post by herodotus on Jul 1, 2010 12:57:08 GMT 12
the uses of enchantment
bruno bettelheim
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Post by sparrow on Jul 4, 2010 0:07:29 GMT 12
My husband, bless him, got me an iPad. I read a lot and being in a country where English books are hard to find and/or take a while to get here, he thought the iPad would be the ticket. After some resistance (and competition from the children) I've started using it. It's great.
I got to download some of the classic texts for free on it. Have just finished reading Jane Eyre. Still good after all these years!
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Post by herodotus on Jul 7, 2010 13:33:10 GMT 12
mad magazine
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Post by herodotus on Jul 19, 2010 12:44:23 GMT 12
contemporary philosophy of social science: brian fay. 5*
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Post by kokonutwoman on Aug 3, 2010 5:43:17 GMT 12
Reading my very very long essay and it's crap at the moment lol...might need to read a real book
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Post by herodotus on Aug 3, 2010 12:52:59 GMT 12
do you need an editor?
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Post by kokonutwoman on Aug 3, 2010 16:58:43 GMT 12
Probably will towards the end of year.
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Family health issues haven't been too hot, but life is busy and happy. 
