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Old 19-01-2012, 23:38
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I've just started Hard Times (Charlies Dickens). So far so good, but I can't really judge it on two chapters!
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Old 19-01-2012, 23:49
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Thanks to DS recommendations - "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" which I finished this afternoon. I loved it and am still moved by it.

My next book will be "Before I Go To Sleep" - another book enjoyed by readers here, so DS is having quite an influence on what I am reading
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Old 20-01-2012, 00:40
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Old 20-01-2012, 08:09
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Little Star by John Arvide Lindqvist

Latest book to be translated into English by the Swedish author of Let The Right One In

About a quarter of the way through. It's the story of a very unusual little girl with perfect pitch found buried alive when a couple of months old by a slightly odd couple, when then try to keep her hidden.

That's whats happened so far anyway!
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Old 20-01-2012, 09:17
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I've recently started The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde. I know it's a kids book () but he's my favourite author and it's actually quite good.
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Old 20-01-2012, 13:07
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Old 20-01-2012, 17:09
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Shock Wave - John Sandford. Book 5 of a series but I skipped straight to it because I liked the synopsis. Enjoying the book so far so will probably take a look at the other books in the series.
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Old 21-01-2012, 01:53
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Condition Black - Gerald Seymour
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Old 21-01-2012, 11:24
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Just finished Nele Neuhaus' Schneewittchen muss sterben.
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Old 21-01-2012, 13:10
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I have just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. Expected it to be a sappy love story, but it was actually one of the most moving books I have ever read.
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Old 21-01-2012, 16:42
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I have just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. Expected it to be a sappy love story, but it was actually one of the most moving books I have ever read.
I looked that up on Amazon, and the critical and reader reviews are great, so I've just bought it. That's two new books I've bought in the last few minutes as a result of coming on DS!
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Old 21-01-2012, 20:44
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Just about to start Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter.

Bit annoyed with myself as I read the follow on to this one before I realised that they weren't stand alone books and should be read in order. So even though I know what happens, I'm hoping I'll still enjoy it like I have all her other books so far.
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Old 22-01-2012, 13:41
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Old 22-01-2012, 13:45
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Karin Fossum- He who fears the wolf
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Old 22-01-2012, 14:12
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I've recently started The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde. I know it's a kids book () but he's my favourite author and it's actually quite good.
No shame in that! You should see the books I've read in the 212 thread!
I always think of childrens books that have crossed over to adult books (Harry Potter, Narnia etc), these help to blur the distinctions a bit.
I think it's quite sad if you won't read a really good (childrens) book until it's technically an adult book with the revamped cover and everything.

I'm currently reading The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper. You can tell it's a childrens book because it's published by puffin! I'm enjoying it though, I read before I go to sleep so I'm not always awake enough to tackle anything too complex!
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Old 22-01-2012, 14:22
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Old 22-01-2012, 16:23
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Old 22-01-2012, 17:36
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The Hard Way by Lee Child
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Old 22-01-2012, 17:40
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I'm reading another Robert Harris, Archangel this time. I nicked it from my dad's shelves over Christmas. I haven't read an actual physical book in ages, and this one is a hardback, so it feels weird! I'm about a third of the way in, and really enjoying it, although I find it a bit slower to read than my normal books, because it's heavy to read in bed and I can't easily read it for five minutes while I'm doing something else, like I would do with my kindle app.
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Old 22-01-2012, 17:44
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Just finished The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier. I have mixed feelings. It was a brilliant book but I kept waiting for the past and present storylines to merge in some way and they didn't. Maybe with a re-read it will be clearer but I don't think it was satisfactorily explained why the narrator went back to that period, why Roger was the guide, or any of it really.
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Old 22-01-2012, 17:44
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No shame in that! You should see the books I've read in the 212 thread!
I always think of childrens books that have crossed over to adult books (Harry Potter, Narnia etc), these help to blur the distinctions a bit.
I think it's quite sad if you won't read a really good (childrens) book until it's technically an adult book with the revamped cover and everything.

I'm currently reading The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper. You can tell it's a childrens book because it's published by puffin! I'm enjoying it though, I read before I go to sleep so I'm not always awake enough to tackle anything too complex!
BIB: Very true. At the end of the day, I suppose a good story is a good story regardless of who it's technically aimed at.

The bigger text gets me sometimes (but that might just be because I last read A Clash of Kings, which has tiny text).
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Old 22-01-2012, 21:44
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Just about to start Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter.

Bit annoyed with myself as I read the follow on to this one before I realised that they weren't stand alone books and should be read in order. So even though I know what happens, I'm hoping I'll still enjoy it like I have all her other books so far.
Excellent book,and since you already know
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Old 23-01-2012, 01:06
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I've recently started The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde. I know it's a kids book () but he's my favourite author and it's actually quite good.
I read that a few months ago and made no apologies about it. Like yourself, Jasper Fforde, is a favourite author and I was interested to see how his style translated into younger reader's books - whilst he has a silly sense of humour so much of it is also very clever. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and intend to read The Song of the Quarkbeast before long
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Old 23-01-2012, 05:57
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Old 23-01-2012, 11:21
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Just finished The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, it's good, very different, alot of Religious and philosophical debate in the background. 7/10

Currently about a third of the way through, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, it's quite raw and violent, but beautifully written and you get sucked into whatever World he's describing.
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