I'm reading 'Guernica' by Dave Boling about the Spanish Civil War and the bombing of Guernica - the author gives a fictionalized account of a Basque family and their friends caught up in the events and even includes The Red Baron, and Picasso who painted the famous mural entitled 'Guernica'. It's very evocative and draws you in - the characters are sometimes amusing and I've been laughing out loud - so it's not all serious.
What are you reading at the moment? (Part 4)
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Originally Posted by mocha-latte:
“Loved all I have read by Diane Chamberlain.
Best so far imo
The Midwife's Confession & its only £1.99 on Kindle
The Lost Daughter
Breaking the Silence
The Good Father
Before the Storm”
“Loved all I have read by Diane Chamberlain.
Best so far imo
The Midwife's Confession & its only £1.99 on Kindle
The Lost Daughter
Breaking the Silence
The Good Father
Before the Storm”
Youv'e got me hooked, just finished the "Good Father" my first Diane Chamberlain book, and I loved it!
Originally Posted by Black Velvet:
“Reading "A street cat named Bob " by James Bowen. Fabulous book. Unfortunately not far off finished the book.
I can't praise it highly enough. A must for anyone who loves cats and who enjoy a real heartwarming story. It has been a pleasure reading this book.”
“Reading "A street cat named Bob " by James Bowen. Fabulous book. Unfortunately not far off finished the book.
I can't praise it highly enough. A must for anyone who loves cats and who enjoy a real heartwarming story. It has been a pleasure reading this book.”
As I'm a complete sucker for ginger cats, James + Bob's story has temporarily lured me away from finishing The Damned United [though I intend to do so
]. ASCNB is a twenty-first century reminder of the need to support homeless people!. All power to James Bowen for [in] his recovery.
Originally Posted by fredster:
“Youv'e got me hooked, just finished the "Good Father" my first Diane Chamberlain book, and I loved it!”
“Youv'e got me hooked, just finished the "Good Father" my first Diane Chamberlain book, and I loved it!”
I've got a couple downloaded on my kindle but have been reluctant to start them as a lot of people have said she's like Jodi picoult, and I'm not keen on her writing so they've been gathering virtual dust.
Originally Posted by Becky Sharpe:
“Have just got started on Tom Wolfe's I am Charlotte Simmons [= too early for my cack-handed attempt at any 'reviewage', though
] .”
“Have just got started on Tom Wolfe's I am Charlotte Simmons [= too early for my cack-handed attempt at any 'reviewage', though
] .”
Originally Posted by benjamini:
“I have not read it but The Bonfire of the Vanities is one of my best ever books. Will be interested in your views on it.”
“I have not read it but The Bonfire of the Vanities is one of my best ever books. Will be interested in your views on it.”
Thanks for asking
.. it's been a few years since reading 'Bonfire', so I will come back and post. However my immediate impression is that BOTV is vastly different from Charlotte Simmons. I'm still trying to get my head around the latter - about attending a U.S.A Ivy League college - which makes Dave Cameron + Boris Johnson's membership of elite University societies such as [Oxford's] Bullingdon Club seem like a girl guides' picnic 
Originally Posted by TOFFEEMAN1878:
“Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada: A fictional book, based on a true story, describing the life in Germany under the Third Reich.
Fallada introduces the reader to a world where fear and terror rule and the dread of being snitched upon is on everyone’s mind.”
“Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada: A fictional book, based on a true story, describing the life in Germany under the Third Reich.
Fallada introduces the reader to a world where fear and terror rule and the dread of being snitched upon is on everyone’s mind.”
Originally Posted by MissMusique:
“I absolutely loved this book! I couldn't put it down - I thought it was so interesting to read something about the resistance to the Nazi regime in Germany - you don't really hear too much about that. When I was studying that period in history I don't remember any mention of German resistance and I think it's important!..”
“I absolutely loved this book! I couldn't put it down - I thought it was so interesting to read something about the resistance to the Nazi regime in Germany - you don't really hear too much about that. When I was studying that period in history I don't remember any mention of German resistance and I think it's important!..”
Originally Posted by PamelaL:
“Alone In Berlin by Hans Fallada. I'm enjoying it.”
“Alone In Berlin by Hans Fallada. I'm enjoying it.”
Me 'fourth'
Originally Posted by ilovehuhu:
“Trainspotting”
“Trainspotting”
Haven't read the above yet. However, IW appears to have recently hit the bullseye in other respects
> http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/di...e-8224934.html
Originally Posted by Becky Sharpe:
“Thanks for asking.. it's been a few years since reading 'Bonfire', so I will come back and post. However my immediate impression is that BOTV is vastly different from Charlotte Simmons. I'm still trying to get my head around the latter - about attending a U.S.A Ivy League college - which makes Dave Cameron + Boris Johnson's membership of elite University societies such as [Oxford's] Bullingdon Club seem like a girl guides' picnic ”
“Thanks for asking
.. it's been a few years since reading 'Bonfire', so I will come back and post. However my immediate impression is that BOTV is vastly different from Charlotte Simmons. I'm still trying to get my head around the latter - about attending a U.S.A Ivy League college - which makes Dave Cameron + Boris Johnson's membership of elite University societies such as [Oxford's] Bullingdon Club seem like a girl guides' picnic ”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20407147
Tom Wolfe is nominated again for the bad sex award
The reviews of his new book sound good, tho the theme is familiar.
Just finished 13 by Kelley Armstrong and about to start The heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman.
I am also half way through Labrynth by Kate Mosse, but it is so good l'm reading other books, so that it will last longer.
I am also half way through Labrynth by Kate Mosse, but it is so good l'm reading other books, so that it will last longer.
Originally Posted by Cellar_Door:
“I've got a couple downloaded on my kindle but have been reluctant to start them as a lot of people have said she's like Jodi picoult, and I'm not keen on her writing so they've been gathering virtual dust.”
“I've got a couple downloaded on my kindle but have been reluctant to start them as a lot of people have said she's like Jodi picoult, and I'm not keen on her writing so they've been gathering virtual dust.”
Yes they are, but I enjoy JP's books as well.
Originally Posted by Heartache:
“Just finished 13 by Kelley Armstrong and about to start The heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman.
I am also half way through Labrynth by Kate Mosse, but it is so good l'm reading other books, so that it will last longer.”
“Just finished 13 by Kelley Armstrong and about to start The heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman.
I am also half way through Labrynth by Kate Mosse, but it is so good l'm reading other books, so that it will last longer.
”
I read the first Dr Dee book recently, The Bones of Avalon. I thought at the time that Dr Dee was being set up for a series! The Bones of Avalon took a bit of getting in to for me but was worth it in the end.
Originally Posted by Becky Sharpe:
“Thanks for asking.. it's been a few years since reading 'Bonfire', so I will come back and post. However my immediate impression is that BOTV is vastly different from Charlotte Simmons. I'm still trying to get my head around the latter - about attending a U.S.A Ivy League college - which makes Dave Cameron + Boris Johnson's membership of elite University societies such as [Oxford's] Bullingdon Club seem like a girl guides' picnic ”
“Thanks for asking
.. it's been a few years since reading 'Bonfire', so I will come back and post. However my immediate impression is that BOTV is vastly different from Charlotte Simmons. I'm still trying to get my head around the latter - about attending a U.S.A Ivy League college - which makes Dave Cameron + Boris Johnson's membership of elite University societies such as [Oxford's] Bullingdon Club seem like a girl guides' picnic ”
I read Charlotte Simmons last year and loved it.
I'm reading A Man in Full at the moment and am enjoying it very much too.
I have suffered from reader's block for the last few weeks due to a few things going on in my personal life, but I'm back in the swing of reading again!
I have just finished Broken Harbour by Tana French, and just started The Hundred Year Old Man who climbed out of the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson.
I have just finished Broken Harbour by Tana French, and just started The Hundred Year Old Man who climbed out of the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson.
Just finished Mira Grant's Newsflesh trilogy. Well I say finish, but I haven't read the first, as I started on the second. Not a good idea, start from Feed if you want to read them.
Very interesting. A mixture of Zombies, politics and science, with some good humour and emotional jolts. Kind of vaguely similar ending to a much bigger trilogy too, with the two main characters anyway.
Wonder whether the'd consider making it into a film or Tv series, with the success of the Walking Dead and World War Z coming out sooner or later.
Going to read Nation next by Pratchett.
Very interesting. A mixture of Zombies, politics and science, with some good humour and emotional jolts. Kind of vaguely similar ending to a much bigger trilogy too, with the two main characters anyway.
Wonder whether the'd consider making it into a film or Tv series, with the success of the Walking Dead and World War Z coming out sooner or later.
Going to read Nation next by Pratchett.
Originally Posted by Heartache:
“Just finished 13 by Kelley Armstrong and about to start The heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman.
I am also half way through Labrynth by Kate Mosse, but it is so good l'm reading other books, so that it will last longer.”
“Just finished 13 by Kelley Armstrong and about to start The heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman.
I am also half way through Labrynth by Kate Mosse, but it is so good l'm reading other books, so that it will last longer.
”
What did you think to 13?
Personally I was so disappointed that I doubt I'll ever read re-read her Otherworld books. I was disappointed with Spellbound too, but I thought that was because it was going to be a prequel to a brilliant finale so I sort of let it go.
Originally Posted by trinity2002:
“What did you think to 13?
Personally I was so disappointed that I doubt I'll ever read re-read her Otherworld books. I was disappointed with Spellbound too, but I thought that was because it was going to be a prequel to a brilliant finale so I sort of let it go.”
“What did you think to 13?
Personally I was so disappointed that I doubt I'll ever read re-read her Otherworld books. I was disappointed with Spellbound too, but I thought that was because it was going to be a prequel to a brilliant finale so I sort of let it go.”
I enjoyed it, l got it from my library, if l had to pay for it l may have felt differently. I wish there had been more from Eve in it, and after all the action in the beginning the ending was a bit dragged out.
After procrastinating for the best part of the year I've finally started Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (again). It's taking a bit of time to get into but I've heard really good things about this book and I'm determined to finish it this time around
Twelve Days of Christmas - Trisha Ashley..Story about a widow, who is asked to look after a remote house on the Lancashire moors, determined not to celebrate the time of year. I'm halfway thru' it and I'm loving it.
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