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Anna_43
Anna_43 Posts: 117
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My last 3 were (all brilliant):

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Got another 12 from the library, waiting to be started - not sure what to go for now....

I read anything and everything really....

Loved:

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.. ermm I better shut up, yes - between my dog and 4 cats and bokks - I am dead boringggg yawnnnnnnnnnnn
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  • Caitlinhappymeal
    Caitlinhappymeal Posts: 185 Member
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  • nothingisred
    nothingisred Posts: 292
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    I'm currently reading Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell, he's my favourite author, I'm making my way through his works at the moment. Before that I read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, an amazing book.

    I'm a bit of a book nut, I'm one of those people that has about 20 books sitting on their bookshelf waiting to be read but still can't resist buying more books whenever possible!
  • Anna_43
    Anna_43 Posts: 117
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    Oh I have stopped buying books....

    I order them online to be delivered to the library that is 2 min away from what I live, when books arrive - they email me to collect. All free. Fantastic service :)

    Glad I am not the only one book worm on here ... diet is not the only thing in our lives, is it?
  • gtfcnat
    gtfcnat Posts: 199
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    I'm reading Love Lies (Adele Parks) I got a Kindle for Christmas & it's the best thing ever.
    I was running out of room to keep books :indifferent:

    I'm thinking about downloading The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.
  • Anna_43
    Anna_43 Posts: 117
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    I can not do Kindle - I just so like paper.. turning the pages..... :)
  • SuzMcH
    SuzMcH Posts: 343 Member
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    I am also a book worm. And also a paper lover and can't get into the idea of a kindle. Possibly for travel but not when i wantt o curl up on sofa with a cup of tea and a good book. Curling up with a Kindle just doesn't seem right.

    I'm reading a thriller things just now, The Killing Hour. Not really a genre I've ever been into but my friend passed on a big pile of books and a lot of them seem to be crime thrillers so I'm giving it a go.
  • Anna_43
    Anna_43 Posts: 117
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    Quite likes those - although not really generaly into "thrillers" kind of books:

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    And this oen was so absolutely brilliant.....

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    For fun - all Sophie Kinsella starting with all th eseries starting from:

    51AC9yTHOcL._SL500_AA300_.jpg and ending with the baby being like a mu m (quite a few great books, really funny)

    then

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    and everything else by her.

    She also writes as Madelaine Wickham - different types of books though :)
  • SuzMcH
    SuzMcH Posts: 343 Member
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    Those Linwood Barclay books are in the pile I have been given by a friend. I think I have read one of his in teh past.

    I tried really hard to read Sophie Kinsella once and failed. Not for me I don't think.
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
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    Well, i always said I wouldn't get a Kindle but its an absolute revelation. I always have two or three books on the go and the Kindle allows me to do that without the pain of having to cart them all around.

    I'm currently reading the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy, the new Jonathan Frantzen which is fantastic, Silas Marner and some rather racy victorian porn I got free from Project Gutenberg. i love all the free books you get with a kindle.

    :-)
  • nothingisred
    nothingisred Posts: 292
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    I completely agree about the Kindle thing, I just can't get my head around the idea of it. In years to come I'll be showing my children what a book is as an alien concept I'm sure, but I will definitely be one of those people who refuse to give up paper!
  • gtfcnat
    gtfcnat Posts: 199
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    When Kindles first came out I was really against them, I love how a paper book feels (and smells) but my Mum got one, then my FIL and I started to look at them in a different light.
    I think the screen is what sold it to me, because of the E-Ink thingy it is as close to reading ink printed on paper as you can get without it being real imho. I live in a very small house as well so unless it is a book I absolutely love I couldn't keep it as we don't have the room to store all the books I read. So for me the Kindle is a great gadget.

    Oh and I can put it on my desk and read discretely at work, when it's quiet which is something I could never do with a paper book lol

    I totally understand why some people wouldn't want one though.
  • SuzMcH
    SuzMcH Posts: 343 Member
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    Again on the kindle debate. I'm torn
    Pro - for travelling now that baggage allowance is so low a kindle would be better than lining the bottom of my case with books.
    Con- I don't fancy reading Harry Potter to my son when he is old enough on the Kindle !
  • TeeferTiger
    TeeferTiger Posts: 136 Member
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    I like to "own" things so I'm not sure I'd get on well with the Kindle. I also don't think it should cost £8 odd etc for a Kindle book or £10 odd for the actual book. I'd rather have the actual book and then have it posted to me. I feel like I'm getting more for my monies then lol

    Also, when I go on holiday, I tend to "do" stuff so don't have time to read anyway :D
  • annrum
    annrum Posts: 144
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    The problem I have with the kindle is that I love re-reading a lot of my existing books, so I'd need to put them on the kindle, which, as someone's pointed out, costs about £8/book.... which is a little excessive. Not to mention, some of the authors I like, (sci-fi/fantasy) write trilogies/massive great series & there's only the first book on the kindle. Not helpful.

    On the other hand, I am borrowing my mother's for when I go on holiday in about a month :-) It helps that I'll read anything & she's already downloaded a ton of freebie books onto it :-)

    Otherwise, the last book I read was 'The Lady of the River' - Phillipa Gregory. Historical fiction :-)
  • Anna_43
    Anna_43 Posts: 117
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    Just finished Sick NOtes, next on the liost (and within the reach from my bed is)

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  • TeeferTiger
    TeeferTiger Posts: 136 Member
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    The only thing I'm reading at the moment is Advanced Biology. Exam time :grumble:

    But if I get some time to myself to relax once they're over, I'll carry on reading Nature's Building Blocks (a book about the elements) and for a less scientific read, The Pagan Christ by Tom Harpur.
  • Anna_43
    Anna_43 Posts: 117
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    Oh poor you.. there was times when I was reading "Advanced Calculus" so feel for you ;)
  • TeeferTiger
    TeeferTiger Posts: 136 Member
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    I dropped the Maths recently! I missed so many lessons due to my migraines and I can't concentrate at the best of times. I already have an A Level in Human Biology and a Certificate of Higher Education in Natural Sciences (and Maths) so Biology isn't a chore :happy: I enjoy learning. It's all I've got left to enjoy seeing as I can't get out much :grumble: And it's more interesting than housework :laugh:

    I'm doing AS French too, but that's on the back burner at the moment, my brain can't handle being filled with more than one lot of information at a time lol
  • AndyD123
    AndyD123 Posts: 6 Member
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    I'm currently reading 'The Shining'. Before that I read 'Carrie' both by Stephen King. These were books I got years ago and only just got round to reading. I just can't stick to reading, never any peace and quiet at home (with parents and an older brother). If I read in bed, I can either hear the television on loud downstairs and in the next room, which just makes me lose focus; resulting in reading the same bit over and over to register it. Thanks to the distractions, its taken me almost a month and only 4/5 through current book, not reading every night though but most.

    However If I was to get into reading more, I think I would buy a kindle as I'm not one for keeping items. If I could I'd throw out a lot more junk in the home. I like less clutter so having books on 1 device would be better than a whole bookshelf.
  • LazyDavid
    LazyDavid Posts: 60
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    My better half just bought me the first two books in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. I really enjoyed the tv series and I'm looking forward to season two hitting the screens!

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