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This week so far I have read
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith. It's one of the Sunday Philosophy Club series which I have read a couple of in the past and didn't enjoy so much but I did like this one. Bossypants by Tina Fey which made me  And now I am reading Runemarks by Joanne Harris. Unusual subject for her but she is such a good author I am looking forward to getting into it. |
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Currently half way through city of dragons by robin hobb.
It's rather enjoyable but I don't think she will ever capture the brilliance of her first six duchies trilogy. |
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In the last 3 weeks I have read
The Hunger Games Catching Fire Mockingjay Harry Potter 3 (re read) Circle of Friends (re read I picked up off MIL's shelf when I was stuck at her house one night) The new Jill Mansell book - a walk in the park I think it's called The Lucky one (re read, trying to decide if I want to watch the movie) And another obviously highly memorable book I can't even remember the name of. It's all light fluff, I haven't had time to sink my teeth into something heavier because I've been working heaps of overtime. I'm about to visit Amazon to pick out some new books. |
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Just finished Shanghai Girls by Lisa See and now I'm going to read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley.
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I am now reading the second Phryne Fisher - Flying too High
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Just finished the fifth book of the Fever series. Compelling, yet disturbing.
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QUOTE (~kerry~ @ 06/04/2012, 05:38 PM)  I'm currently reading Feast for crows, book 4 in the Song of Ice and Fire series, but as another PP said, pesky life and sleep get in the way. Does anyone else with an e-reader use this thread as a shopping list? As soon as I start reading the posts, I pick up my Kindle and start shopping  I use these threads for that exact reason. After perusing this thread and a few others over the last few days and today I went and bought 5 Patricia Cornwell books, the Mothers group, bought 7 of the Undead books off Ebay and bought Fifty Shades of Grey on the Ipad. Looks like Im set for reading for a while. I am currently reading Lee Childs Books at the moment. This post has been edited by MrsIncognito: 02/05/2012, 06:13 PM |
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Just finished Fifty shades of grey...which I found ok as a fluffy read but not even slightly realistic.
Also finished The end of everything by megan abbott. I found this book really captivating until about 3/4 of the way through and then it got a bit confusing.... so not a fave either. Just about to read The Slap....and maybe I will download the sequel to 50 shades....maybe.... |
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I just finished Maine by Courtney Sullivan. It started out well but the last act was all over the place and the ending terrible.
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