I'm reading 'Anansi Boys' by Neil Gaiman. I am also reading through the Necronomicon commemorative collection of H.P. Lovecraft's weird tales.

Put Eleni down last night. Thought it was an incredibly powerful book - it horrified me in places. It definitely puts life into perspective don't you think?



Thanks for the recommendation academia

Glad you enjoyed it, Sid. It does give perspective, yes, about fundamental things. The whole thing got to me - the foot shooting (I wlll say no more) and the transport of the children and their ptiful suffering. Horrendous, horrendous.
And Eleni herself - a giant of a woman.
Village life too was fascinating - a whole new world can be visited in this book to meet amazing characters. That school master - GRRRRR
Glad you had a good time!
PS I too rejoiced when that creature got what was coming to her. And was angry that so few did.

This Charming Man - Marianne Keyes

It's written as each character thinks in a diary format, I'm hoping that that becomes less aggravating soon!

Memoirs of a Geisha. About half way through,so far so good.

Eleni was remarkable. A true heroine.

And I like to think some of the other characters did pay for their betrayal in a way. After all, they had to live with what they'd done for the rest of their lives.....


Stick with it Jude, I promise you get used to the way the chapters are narrated. This Charming Man is Keyes at her best in my opinion.

Started The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo and quickly realised I was reading a book out of sequence

So stopped it, read the paper on the Tram, and have now ordered Nemesis (the next book in the series) which will be started after a trip to WiFi friendly McDonalds

Nemesis is my favourite out of the Harry Hole books. I hope you enjoy it

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J K Rowling

Steinbeck - The grapes of wrath

Sword of Truth series - Blood of the Fold

This is my all time favourite book same as Oprah apparently

I'm reading A Single man Christopher Isherwood. I'll probably watch the film after, any excuse for a Colin Firth fest

I finished reading Dean Koontz, breathless last night and started on Stephen King Needful things although I'm ony just started on Chapter one and read the You've been here before intro.

I'm now hooked Sid

I'm also definitely putting the Eleni book on my too read list!

love both of those books.

Just started Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

I've just finished this and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've also just finished Bill Bryson's 'Neither Here Nor There', which was his usual gently humourous pleasant type of read.

I'm about to start Hermann Hesse's 'The Glass Bead Game' which my Dad says is one of his all-time favourite books, but which he also warned is quite heavy going. I'm a total reading lightweight, so I'm very scared!

Sorry to butt in,
Who is the book Eleni by?, I heard it mentioned somewhere awhile ago.

Yay!

I've decided to give the Walsh Family Books another go. I got one out at random and couldn't get into it but that was years ago and I didn't start with the first in the series which wouldn't have helped.


Nicholas Gage

Fireman - stephen Leather -

Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes

My daughter has just read Animal Farm by George Orwell and I picked it up to put back on the bookcase and decided to re read it myself. I had forgotten what a biting satire it is.

Also just read The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson.

What did you think? I almost gave up with Patterson after that one.

[quote=-Sid-;48633791]Put Eleni down last night. Thought it was an incredibly powerful book - it horrified me in places. It definitely puts life into perspective don't you think?

Just me a bit late
I too thought the book very powerful and thought provoking. Must admit to knowing little about the Greek civil war prior to reading the book and would highly recommend to anyone interested in modern history.
As an aside, would have liked to have seen the photo Niko talked about being taken when they had escaped - to put faces to the names - but presumably deemed too intrusive for the family.

skeleton hill by peter lovesey

Cynthia Owen- Living with Evil