[chickiedee]

I have just finished 'kind of cruel' by Sophie Hannah.Wow....brilliant.Her characters are so believeable. I just love all her books.
It was a fast back loan from the library-7 day loan and i read it in four days. Couldn't put down. Love a good book like that,Sad its finished.

[cheekymonkey]

Thought I'd come into the book section to see what THE latest book/series is (aside from Hunger Games) and found this thread.

Thank you is all I can say. I've perused the thread with book depository open on another tab and now have a few books on the way which will hopefully keep me going for a while. On another note, I really need to get a kindle.

I am re-reading Harry Potter, all 7 of them!

I had book 7 for about 2 years before I actually read it. I was insistant that I read the whole series all the way through together. I stuck fast to this thought despite many people telling me I was mad and I'd never get round to it.
Somehow, I managed to not find out the ending of the last book at all (I think not seeing the movies AT the movies helped). I'm so glad I stuck to my guns. I finally found myself in the right frame of mind and started at book one. It took me about 2 months all up (amongst the kids activities etc) to get through them all BUT I believe it made the last book soooo much better having the first 6 fresh in my mind. It took me about another 4 weeks before I could let them go and start another book I loved them that much. Now I can't wait til one of the boys is ready to read them. DS#1 has tried but he's not quite got the concentration level yet.

[dr superfruity]

Finally finished To kill a mockingbird and have to admit I did not really enjoy it... I mean it was a nice enough book but I don't really get what all the fuss is about?
Has anyone else had the same experience when reading 'classics'?

for me it's now on to The girl with the dragon tattoo-trilogy...

[K2010]

Bloom by Kelle Hampton ..... A memoir from a mum when her daughter was born with downs Syndrome.

Really liking it , i have been reading her blod Enjoying the Small Things for a long time

[Molondy]

Finally finished To kill a mockingbird and have to admit I did not really enjoy it... I mean it was a nice enough book but I don't really get what all the fuss is about?
Has anyone else had the same experience when reading 'classics'?

I think the trick with reading classics, especially classics like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby and A Catcher in the Rye to to think of the context in which they are written and what they said about society at the time - they might not seem entirely relevant to us today however, without those books, our "today" might not ever have existed...

[pollyputthekettl...]

I've just finished The Mothers' Group. I didn't love it. It was like being on EB! Parts of it were infuriating, little was shocking. It didn't live up to its hype at all, imo.

[dr superfruity]

I think the trick with reading classics, especially classics like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby and A Catcher in the Rye to to think of the context in which they are written and what they said about society at the time - they might not seem entirely relevant to us today however, without those books, our "today" might not ever have existed...

Funny you should say that: Catcher in the rye is actually one of my all time favorites and I have read it about once a year since I read it for the first time at 15... and I find some new perspective on life each time I read it...

I know I should imagine the time and era of To kill a mockingbird but it just didn't have the same effect on me I guess. I mean I got the message and how she portrayed crucial ideas about racism through unspoilt childrens' eyes but overall the book didn't grip me IYKWIM... Well I guess I can't like every book in the world...

(but I also has a weird reading habits as a teenager and liked stuff like The Red and The Black by Stendhal or lots of Camus when I was 15...don;t know if I would still enjoy it today, so maybe my mind is deteriorating in its appreciation of classics )

as I said onto read The girl with the dragon tattoo (very intellectually unchallenging I hope )

[Ianthe]

Dragon Bones by Lisa See-I love her books. This is different to the others I have read by her but very good.

[ssss]

Just finished and LOVED the Chaos walking series. If you liked the hunger games I would recommend you give this series a go!

Also read over the holidays:
Jodi Picoult - Wolf something or other - bit blah - not as good as her previous books IMHO

Have read a few more but will have to look them up on my reader and get back to you all!

[71Cath]

I finished all the Harry Potters (again!) and I am now reading Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood. Since I am loving the TV show on the ABC, I thought I would give the books a go, and I am really enjoying it.

100% agree with you about Lone Wolf ssss

This post has been edited by 71Cath: 23/04/2012, 09:33 AM