What are you reading?
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I watched the movie only AFTER I read the book.
The movie was truly awful, book was great.
Undomesticated Goddess (book) was brilliant too, hope they never make it into a movie
Yup, she writes completely different stuff under the other name...0 -
I am on a wierd jag with my reading starting with aron ralston 127 hours now I'm on "into the wild" by John can't remember last name and next I'm going to see if I can get touching the void by Joe Simpson. Last month it was a classics fest and next I think I might fancy some post modernist Virginia Woolf and dh Lawrence.
Oh and definitely a kindle fan. Loved paper but trying to prop up a hardback in the bath or lying on a beach makes having the kindle a dream some times I just lie on my side and prop it up in the case hands free reading!0 -
Half way through:
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Oh and definitely a kindle fan. Loved paper but trying to prop up a hardback in the bath or lying on a beach makes having the kindle a dream some times I just lie on my side and prop it up in the case hands free reading!
Totally agree! Even without a case it's easily one-handed which is useful when you have to stand on a train - no need to wait until the stops to change the page!!0 -
Oh poor you.. there was times when I was reading "Advanced Calculus" so feel for you
Advanced Calculus was one of my favourites :blushing: :blushing: :blushing:
I didn't mind Calculus because I quite like algebra.
Biology exams are all over now! Until June :grumble:0 -
Currently on Private Games - James Patterson, and 13 Things That Don't Make Sense - popular science book.
Before those was - I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan - Steve Coogan/Alan Partridge0 -
so happy to find a discussion that isn't just about diets, food and exercise!
I'm currently reading my through the Sherlock Holmes short stories. I love the BBC series and after series 1 was inspired to read the novels. I thought they were brilliant so carried on with the short stories.
I would say that if you haven't read them yet and want to, don't do it all in one go as they can get a bit formulaic.0 -
On a hot summer's day in 1931, three five-year-olds meet on a dusty street in a small Midwestern town, beginning a friendship that will last all their lives. Kathryn, the oldest in an ever-expanding family, is bright and earnest, and thinks she wants to become a nurse. Starling is an only child with an absent father. He doesn't yet know that he is of mixed race-he doesn't even know what that means-all he knows is that when he grows up he will be a star. Luke doesn't know what he wants, except for his older brother not to be dead. Together they experience the joys and pains of childhood, although the anxieties of puberty and awakening sexuality nearly destroy their three-way friendship forever. Reaching adulthood after World War II, they follow their dreams to New York City, where they discover that not even Manhattan is free of racism and prejudice.Through the years of their ever-entwined adult lives some dreams are realized while others grow dim, but one constant remains: their bond of friendship. At the book's end, some seventy years after it began, only one of them remains to tell the story of their lives, and of what happened...in the meantime.0 -
Sophie Hayes was in her early twenties when she was forced into prostitution in Italy. Following her horrifying orders, Sophie is rebuilding her life in London. She is working with the charity STOP THE TRAFFIK and the William Wilberforce Trust to raise awareness of trafficking and to help other women life herself. To date she has worked with Cherie Blair, the Metropolitan Police and the UN.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trafficked-Terrifying-Story-British-Forced/dp/0007438885/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328208912&sr=8-1
When anyone posts what they read, if possible - could you pls post image of the book and a link to it on amazon for more info?
May help others (read:me) to pick something I may I mean they may like 0 -
I'm reading a book called Run Fat *****, Run by Ruth Field.
It is a fantastic, no nonsense and humorous approach to getting your bottom off the sofa and out in the fresh air.
I highly recommend this for anyone who is thinking about starting running or anyone who wants to get back into it.
Not for the sensitive but definitely for the realist.
Read! Enjoy! Run! :-)0 -
Just finished Trafficked...hmmmmm Incredible - who would have thought?0
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I too have a Kindle. I find it great for novels and the like, but anything that requires colour or large format, such as an atlas, is a non-starter on the device. I also have an iPad, which offers colour, but the battery life, while good, doesn't come close to a Kindle. You can't read the iPad screen in bright sunlight either. Some have pointed out that you rent, not buy, a book on Kindle; while that is true, you don't get charged again if you delete from Kindle and subsequently re-download as the book is kept on your account regardless of whether it is held on the device or not.
"Calibre" is a free and open source eBook library manager which lets you convert other free eBooks into a format viewable on the Kindle and transfer the book to the Kindle via USB. I have used it and it works well. There are many other sources of eBooks for Kindle outside of Amazon too. Happy reading!0 -
I use Calibre as well, it's great very simple to use.I too have a Kindle. I find it great for novels and the like, but anything that requires colour or large format, such as an atlas, is a non-starter on the device. I also have an iPad, which offers colour, but the battery life, while good, doesn't come close to a Kindle. You can't read the iPad screen in bright sunlight either. Some have pointed out that you rent, not buy, a book on Kindle; while that is true, you don't get charged again if you delete from Kindle and subsequently re-download as the book is kept on your account regardless of whether it is held on the device or not.
"Calibre" is a free and open source eBook library manager which lets you convert other free eBooks into a format viewable on the Kindle and transfer the book to the Kindle via USB. I have used it and it works well. There are many other sources of eBooks for Kindle outside of Amazon too. Happy reading!
I'm now reading
From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish -- and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone calls came at 3:00 A.M. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact -- leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.0 -
I am on a wierd jag with my reading starting with aron ralston 127 hours now I'm on "into the wild" by John can't remember last name and next I'm going to see if I can get touching the void by Joe Simpson. Last month it was a classics fest and next I think I might fancy some post modernist Virginia Woolf and dh Lawrence.
Oh and definitely a kindle fan. Loved paper but trying to prop up a hardback in the bath or lying on a beach makes having the kindle a dream some times I just lie on my side and prop it up in the case hands free reading!
it's john Krakauer,you should read into thin air by him if you haven't already,touching the void is great,as is the death zone by matt ****inson,reading miricle in the andes at the minute by nando parrado.0 -
lol its edited the first part of his surname!0
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Working my way through the George RR Martin series of books "A Game of Thrones"0
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Working my way through the George RR Martin series of books "A Game of Thrones"
I've got these to read, I didn't watch the TV series so I don't know what to expect really. You'll have to let me know what you think.0 -
I watched the movie only AFTER I read the book.
The movie was truly awful, book was great.
Undomesticated Goddess (book) was brilliant too, hope they never make it into a movie
Yup, she writes completely different stuff under the other name...
Totally agreed in regards to the movie - huge let down and not true to the book at all :noway:0 -
Yup moview was as detached from the book that I did not even recognise the book !!!!
Just picked up from the library:
INfo:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Me-Before-You-Jojo-Moyes/dp/0718157834/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328559744&sr=8-10 -
Oh and definitely a kindle fan. Loved paper but trying to prop up a hardback in the bath or lying on a beach makes having the kindle a dream some times I just lie on my side and prop it up in the case hands free reading!
Totally agree! Even without a case it's easily one-handed which is useful when you have to stand on a train - no need to wait until the stops to change the page!!
Totally agree with the above! From a total bookworm (who has wall-to-wall books) my kindle has revolutionized my reading.....especially propped up in bed, kindle balanced on knees = NO-HANDED READING!!!0 -
Starting this one today, London terrorist thriller
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My last 3 were (all brilliant):
Got another 12 from the library, waiting to be started - not sure what to go for now....
I read anything and everything really....
Loved:
.. ermm I better shut up, yes - between my dog and 4 cats and bokks - I am dead boringggg yawnnnnnnnnnnn
These sound great may check out te first two for sure.
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I'm reading Bridget Jones Edge of Reason at the moment. I also love Sophie Kinsella and I love Jodi Picoult (have read almost all of hers).
Oh and I adore my kindle. At first I didn't think I would want one but then when I started my current job with a very long commute I started to think that buying 1-2 books per week is a) expensive - much cheaper with Kindle and lots of the books I already have were free, classics I mean and b) takes up a lot of space in my flat. Not to mention my handbag - it's no longer book vs packed lunch or gym stuff!
I love sophie kinsella book, also I love jodi picoult books x0 -
Gypsy Princess - Violet Cannon.
I loves them gypsies.0 -
One big secret…
When Lea became accidentally pregnant she decided that she would go it alone. Rodeo star Reilly wasn’t the sort of man who’d want to be tied down. But five years later she needs to tell him her secret…
One tiny blessing…
Learning he’s a daddy is bittersweet for Reilly, because his little girl is fighting to survive. Her only hope is a new brother or sister. Can he and Lea create a newborn miracle – and a future together?0 -
Ordered Gypsy Princess.
My library does not have Siege
But they have this one so ordered to see the writting style
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