From what I have gathered, everyone is a little odd in that book...

But this does not mean I think you are odd. It's merely a visual misconception, induced by the tiredness I sustain whilst reading the book in the late hours.

I'm now reading a book about teacher training...

An interesting post juxtaposition here, methinks...

I recently brought "The Bone Collector" and "Killing the Shadows" and "Moby ####" for a long coach journey...

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Mushroom: The Alex Rider ones are fab!!

I like the Guinness book of records too...kind of weird seeing all the random things people do...heh....

Catch 22? I got onto something like the 20th page

I really desperately want something English to read...am reading volume 1 of Fruits Basket AGAIN...

I keep meaning to mention a book that I recently re-read: Lucky Man, by Michael J Fox. Lovely, lovely book, funny, candid, informative, thoughtful and moving. I highly recommend it.

No, I've heard he's completely awful and horrible, well, actually that's a guess, but it sounds educated to me. .

I'm halfway through Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman. The first one was really sad. Meh

Just finished "Unravelled" by Maria Housden. Very moving and thought provoking.
Beverley.

'Birdsong', by Sebastian Faulks, and also 'Une Femme'; Annie Ernaux.

I've only just started 'Birdsong', though I've dipped into it for reference a few times. It's about World War One and covers almost every conceivable angle of the war. It deals with the horrors of the war in a non-gushy way. It's rather blunt about the hostilities in places. It recaptures a true image of the war, and an attitude towards it that you can imagine is authentic to the era in which it happened - not the usual gushingly tragic outlook steeped in pathos.

'Une Femme' is a story written in the first person, which opens on the death of the narrator's mother. The book continues, much in the style of 'Birdsong', as a literary quest to discover the true personality behind a mother through a quasi-biographical life story. It's about discovering the side of our parents that we, as their children, don't see, because they are our parents, and behave differently, and are perceived differently by us.

They're engrossing in different ways. The Annie Ernaux isn't exactly a thrilling page-turner, but then, being in French, I can't get through a page without consulting a dictionary several times.

As I will be spending large amounts of the next three weeks on buses travelling to Edinburgh for ALL the concerts I am going to (mostly early music/renaissance) - any recommendations of something about that era of music that would give me an overview?
Thanks.

*will totally not mention a certain book that can be abbreviated to two letter which also mean a printer and a type of sauce*



I'm actually rereading LOTR as well.

And trying to get hold of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (anyone read it?) because people are telling me that it's "amazing".

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And I thought I was bad....which ones have you re-read? I've worked through 6 and 5.....

And my new laptop!

The whole series ... though admittedly I had to speedread most of HBP in the midnight release queue.

I've just read DH for the third time (with my random number chapter method Dont' ask. ..)

I need to finish reading the Mugglenet theory thingummy book ... heh.





Lol, of course!

&& *is jealous*

&& *wants a laptop too*



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Just started "The Perfect Wrong Note". Also reading "Brainwashing - the science of thought control", working my way through the Inspector Morse series and various biographies of Elgar.

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. on the 7th chapter and not bad!

Temperament, by Suart Isacoff.

I love that book!

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Ah great book.

I'm reading Eldest, sequel to Eragon, Christopher Paolini.

My Cousin Rachel is another good one by Daphne Du Maurier!

I have recently read the biographies of Tony Handcock, Oliver Reed and Oscar Wilde. Am now reading the biography of the actor Alan Bates. Quite an eye opener, it has to be said!!

Im reading the Cambridge Companion to Brahms at the moment - really good stuff

that sounds an interesting book. Is it readily available?

I am reading "The Flight from the Enchanter" by Iris Murdoch. Not the best I have read by her.

Quote from 'Porridge';

"I once read a book. It was green."

another quote:

It was interesting. I read parts of it all the way through.

Just started Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

Thats was such an imaginative book, so gripping!



I fond that book SO hard going for the first few chapters, when I had settled into it, I was completely engrossed one of the best books I read last year.

I really need some help guys I am going to turkey for two weeks and need lots of books for lazing by the pool can any one give some reccomedations?????

Also on the subject of reccomedations - read Purfume by Patrick Suskind if you get the chance and can handle the weird and wonderful.

Thats my next one , waiting on the shelf.
I am an avid reader of modern novels, and get through one about every two or three weeks, then pass them to a charity shop
This year ones I have particularly enjoyed include 'The Kite Runner', by Khalid Hossein 'Blackberry Wine' by Joanne Harris and 'Notes on a Scandal' by Zoe Heller

"Chaos" - James Gleick
"The Evolution of Co-operation" - Robert Axelrod
"Climbing Mount Improbable" - Richard Dawkins

Thanks I will bear these in mind

Joanne Harris is a fantastic author. I chose to study her novel 'Five Quarters of the Orange' for English last year, and I was absolutely captured by it (whereas various other people in my class couldn't bear to read the books they'd been given to study). I'd thoroughly reccommend her books to anyone who isn't sure about them.

Five Quarters of the Orange is my favourite Joanne Harris as well - I think I read eveything she has written from Chocolat onwards

After Suite Francaise I've got William Boyd's Restless (another of my favourite contemporary authors).

Bill Bryson - A short history of nearly everything

Yes, I enjoyed 'Restless' too, we seem to be on the same wavelength !

I've just read 'The book thief' by Markus Zusak - It was FANTASTIC!

I like Joanne Harris - she's from Yorkshire, you know...anyway, my favourite one is Coastliners.

Quite enjoyed "Suite Francaise"

"Time Traveller's Wife" was not always easy to follow as it moved through time.....

One of the best ever that I have read is "Saturday" by Ian McEwan. Terrific writing. Anyone else read it?

Yep , read all of McEwans work.. 'Amsterdam' is good too.

I enjoyed "An Equal Music", by Vikram Seth. Also, "The Smell of Apples" by .....Behr (sorry, first name escapes me for a minute). It's very heavy reading, but worth getting into.

Ooo I love An Equal Music!!! I'm doing a personal study on it for English!!! I just finished reading Your Blue Eyed Boy by Helen Dunmore, which I really enjoyed!!!

I've just finished "A short history of Tractors in Ukrainian" that really made me laugh in places. I'm about to start "the Kite Runner". Having read "Holy fools" recently and enjoyed "Chocolat" I enjoy Joanne Harris's writing too.

I've seen that in shops and have been intrigued, but never looked: what's it about?

My sister has read that. Apparently it's quite good.

Rebecca is getting on alright. i find it interesting how the author never mentions the name of the narrator...

It's about a Ukrainian Widow who's living in Peterborough and his gold-digger/immigration cheat of a fiance/wife, and his two daughters. Its fairly black comedy at times and the stuff about fleeing from the Ukraine under Stalin is not exactly funny, but its a very good read and explores human relatioships well.

"The Choir" by Joanna Trollope. I re-read it every summer! Sheer easy going enjoyment.

"De Chair et d'Ame" by Boris Cyrulnik. Very difficult - I haven't understood the half of it but what I have grasped is interesting and there's a lot about music and neuropsychiatry at the end.

im reading Emma by Jane Austin at the mo!!!

just got to where Frank Churchill comes!!!


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Hmm... no-one said Harry Potter, Book 7, yet? I'm somewhat surprised! Oh, actually, CPPF mentioned it briefly! I'm re-reading the search for the Diadem bit again...

We have Chocolat the book on our shelf, and the Swiss version of the DVD of Chocolat in English and dubbed in French, funnily enough!

~Wobby~

I enjoy LOTR more the more I read it - first time through it was too exciting not to read fast - I have got so much out of it through re-readings!




I've just finished re-reading HBP (having read OOTP too - couldn't find GOF) in preparation for borrowing The Book Which Must Not Be Named from my sister-in-law.

Now re-reading Maskerade by Terry Pratchett

Recently read The Bookseller Of Kabul and re-read My Forbidden Face, both books about Afghanistan.

Widower, I think Jod ! Yes a good laugh at times , bu it wasnt really my type of book

I strange rich man bought me this a while ago when it first came out. It is a good book.

I love reading Jostein Gaarder. Reading 'The solitaire mystery' again, last time I read it was for a book review in 4th year for standard grade. This time round I'm enjoing it more.