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Old 06-07-2012, 18:41
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I bought Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell today. It's a book that my mum has been telling me to read for years! Gonna start it tonight
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Old 06-07-2012, 19:29
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Bloodline - Mark Billingham (25%) - like catching up with an old friend, haven't read a Thorne book for a while.
Fifty Shades of Grey - EL James (55%) - why am I still reading this?!
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Old 06-07-2012, 19:35
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Micro by Michael Crichton, so sad he's no longer with us, enjoyed just about everything he's written.
I too am sorry he's gone - enjoyed a lot of his books. Anyone who can come up with Jurassic Park and ER is a genius and a legend!
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Old 07-07-2012, 06:37
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"The Waiting Room" by F G Cottam, superb ghost story!
I can also recommend "The Dark Echo" by Cottam.
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Old 07-07-2012, 10:38
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New Boy by William Sutcliffe

Very funny and with added relevance as it reminds me of the kind of school I went to!
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Old 07-07-2012, 23:58
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
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Old 08-07-2012, 07:20
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I bought Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell today. It's a book that my mum has been telling me to read for years! Gonna start it tonight
Great book. Check out Animal Farm by the same author - personally I think its a bit more accessible and a slightly 'easier' read for your first Orwell
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Old 08-07-2012, 12:09
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Criminal- Karin Slaughter
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Old 08-07-2012, 12:42
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Chris Jericho's Undisputed Autobiography.
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Old 08-07-2012, 14:15
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Had a bit of a lull lately, started Keeper of the Light by Diane Chamberlain but really struggled with it, just couldn't get into it despite loving the previous 6 books I read by the same author.

So I gave up and tried Summer's Child instead (same author) and really enjoying this one. It's about a new born baby who is found abandoned on a beach and as an adult wants to track down her birth mother and find out why she left her to die within minutes of being born. She is a really great character, she has some mild brain damage due to the circumstances of her birth so has quite a simplistic view of life, but she's also pretty savvy and I really can't wait to find out 'who's the mummy' and why.
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Old 08-07-2012, 14:35
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Criminal- Karin Slaughter
I read this yesterday!,I dont usually buy hardbacks,but I have just read fallen,and then there was criminal,on the shelf in asda enticing me to buy it!,a good read,although maybe a little weaker than usual,but I love Amanda's backstory
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Old 08-07-2012, 14:45
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I read this yesterday!,I dont usually buy hardbacks,but I have just read fallen,and then there was criminal,on the shelf in asda enticing me to buy it!,a good read,although maybe a little weaker than usual,but I love Amanda's backstory
Cool. I read fallen last year, didn't enjoy it as much as the others but loved that Will and Sara got together finally. Reading it now, so far I'm enjoying finding out what Amanda and her 'old gals' got up to back in the day
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Old 08-07-2012, 14:59
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Joy Fielding- Now you see her
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Old 08-07-2012, 19:50
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The Hypnotist by Lars Keplar. It is excellent.
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Old 08-07-2012, 19:51
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"The Waiting Room" by F G Cottam, superb ghost story!
I can also recommend "The Dark Echo" by Cottam.
I love Cottam's books but haven't known anyone else familiar with him. They would make great films.
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Old 08-07-2012, 21:56
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Death Of Kings - Bernard Cornwell
Elfland - Freda Warrington
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Old 09-07-2012, 13:18
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Hypnotist by Lars Keplar. It is excellent.
Really loved both these books.

Currently reading The Golden Fool - Book 2 of the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb.

Will be taking a break from that tomorrow to start the next in the series of the All Souls trilogy - which seems like i've been waiting forever for!
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Old 09-07-2012, 13:22
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The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Absolutely gripping, but takes a lot of careful reading to ensure nothing is missed.

Have just received The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and the Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham which I can't wait to start on.
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Old 09-07-2012, 13:26
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Just finished Mockingjay - A bit dissapointed, I felt I had invested a lot of time as The Hunger Games and Catching fire were so good. A poor and disatisfying conclusion
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Old 09-07-2012, 23:53
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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.
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Old 10-07-2012, 17:46
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Finished Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Engaging and thoughtful read .. true classic .. Its a shame the tale has been exploited to such an extent by the film industry over the years.
and FACT 1: Frankenstein ISN'T the monster !
FACT 2: There's no reference at all to a bolt in the neck!
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Old 10-07-2012, 22:10
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Just started The Lost Daughter by Diane Chamberlain.
Thi is the third of her books I have read, but it is being spoilt by the text being so tiny I can barely read it
Finished this, not my favourite Diane Chamberlain book but still ended up being a good read.

On holiday I read Glasshopper by Isabel Ashdown which was also a good read but not as good as I was expecting and These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf - I enjoyed it but I am reading too many books with similar plots right now but this did have a very good twist at the end which I hadn't guessed.

Currently reading The Crimson Rooms by Katharine Mcmahon. Am really enjoying it so far!
I am reading this now, I am intrigued by Meredith's story
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Old 10-07-2012, 23:01
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Finished reading the Catcher in the Rye this afternoon
somehow I could relate my teenage experience to Holden Caulfield's
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Old 10-07-2012, 23:19
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I'm currently reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickins, not sure whether it is a typical choice of book for a 16 year old but there you have it Looking forward to reading Jane Eyre for my English AS next year at school
Before that I read the Hunger Games, I though the first and last ones were the best, I felt the second one let the side down somwhat but thats just my opinion
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Old 10-07-2012, 23:23
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I don't get what all the hype with 50 Shades Of Grey is, thugs and chavs in my school year are actually asking people if they can borrow it even though they would never usually touch a book, its absolutly pathetic, just because its basically porn in paper form. :sleep:
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