•°o.O Book Club O.o°•

[collegerosco]

I strongly recommend the late Stieg Larsson's trilogy:-

1-The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2-The Girl Who Played With Fire
3-The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest

They should be read in sequence. As an avid reader these are three of the best books I have read in years.

Other excellent books well worth a read are "The Shadow Of The Wind" and "The Angel's Game" by Carlos Luis Zafon.

Jeffrey Deaver has written quite a number of books, some of which have been made into films like "The Bone Collector" starring Denzil Washington anad "A Maiden's Grave" starring James Garner.

[Lynnrose]

This time I have gone for ...

Graham Masterton's 'Unspeakable'

[Lynnrose]

Finished the book, but I wouldn't have called it a horror...the ending was a surprise though!

Now got Jeffery Deaver - 'The Stone Monkey'

[merchant42]

Im starting to re-read James Herbert The Fog

but i have Stephen King's new Book Under The Dome on order it was published on Tuesday (hope the posties behave !)

[merchant42]

Got impatient so cancelled the order

Went into WH Smith and bought Under the Dome today and got it for £5 less !!!!

So thats me going to start it today !

[Lynnrose]

Don't forget to check this place out for the cheapest books

Under The Dome £9.00 at Amazon

[merchant42]

I don't think i will quibble about £0.99 !
Cost me £9.99 as opposed to £13.74 online

Thanks for the link LR !

[Lynnrose]

At least the link will be handy for you for future book buying

[phoney]

After a 13-month closure whilst a £1.4 million refurbishment was carried out, the local library has re-opened today by all accounts. Must drop in some night to try out the new self service book issuing machine.
Although I read there are far fewer books on offer. It's now more a recreational centre than a library. Computers/CD's/DVD's and all manner of activities. Changing times.


Self service book issuing machine.

[Lynnrose]

Let us know what you think of it.
I would love an E-reader, but the whole point of me starting to use the library is to read for free. Some classics are available for free, but they are not the sort of books I want to read.
www.free-ebooks.net/

[Lynnrose]

Didn't like Jeffery Deaver - 'The Stone Monkey', so I have now got Patricia Cornwell - 'The Front'

[Lynnrose]

Patricia Cornwell - 'The Front'....not really impressed with that book

I have gone for something completely different...

Jackie Collins 'Hollywood Divorces'

[Lynnrose]

I have a decent book at last

Forever Odd - Dean Koontz

[Lynnrose]

I didn't enjoy Dean's book that much.
I now have Stephen King's 'Desperation.'

[elvisuk]

How long dose it take you to read a book LynnRose it takes me about too weeks

[nocky2]

Just finished Stephen King's newest, "Under The Dome", and I quite enjoyed it. As usual , it has a very imaginitive story-line, but I thought his normal rambling style was a bit over the top here, and a couple of hundred pages too long.
Not his best, but not bad if you're a fan.

[Lynnrose]

Desperation was a great book.

I received quite a few books for Christmas. The one I am reading now is Jeremy Kyle 'I'm only being honest.'
I agree with all his views so far.

[Lynnrose]

Christmas book number 2...starting tonight

'The Time of My Life'
The Autobiography

Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi

[Lynnrose]

I have now started Christmas book number 3.........see below

[Lynnrose]

My last two Christmas books...

• Simon's Cat ~ Simon Tofield
  
• The Complete Book of Dreams ~ Pamela Ball
  

Simon's Cat is a lovely book. No reading to do, just full of his drawings, but the cartoons in the book are funny

Dreams...more of a reference book for when you can remember a dream to see what it means.

I have nothing to read now, but I shall get off to the library when I am in the mood.

[eileen6]

I love reading, it gives me such a good feeling, when I was about 12 or 13 I helped in a library with my twin sister, we loved it, I love books and have a lot in boxes up in my loft mostly fiction, when I buy a new book I usually move it around the house so that I can look at it... lol yeah I'm daft, I am reading two books just now

The Midwife Trilogy by Jennifer Worth
and
Dangerous by Nora Roberts

happy reading

[mikkh]

Having inherited a few bits of light reading from a well meaning lady friend, I actually got round to reading one the other week - Star of the North by Anna Jacobs. It's a pleasant enough little tale with no real surprises, but there was enough to keep me reading which is what every author wants after all. Not the sort of book I would normally read and I probably won't be seeking other books by her, unless I need a bit of train journey light relief.

Book two was a different kettle of fish altogether. A based on true events type thing about a sister retelling retrospectively the story of her older sister suffering from a mental illness. I found it very heavy going and felt no empathy at all with the younger sister left behind. It just read as a guilt trip to me and appears to be her cashing in on her sisters misfortune. Not impressed and I gave up after about a hundred pages.

Book three - Rose Alley by Audrey Howard

Historical romance, much like the first one. It started well enough and I thought I might enjoy it, but then in a bid for authenticity no doubt, it rambles off into Yorkshire dialect for a whole mini monologue - and I immediately switched off and put the book down.

I can cope with James Herriot, but not that

[Lynnrose]

I haven't read a book since my last message, but I now have Kiefer Sutherland 'The Biography' by Laura Jackson
I will start reading it in a couple of days.

[Lynnrose]

I haven't read a book for ages, but I have just bought four specially for my forthcoming holiday!

[elvisuk]

Well it helps if i could read

[Lynnrose]

Awwwwwww, lol

[melba]

I havent read a good book(or any book for that matter) in ages,I quite like Patricia Cornwell and any horror books though.....I think a trip to the library is in order.

[merchant42]

Just started a book called Zombie Britannica by Thomas Emson as you might surmise from the title it is a Horror !

[Lynnrose]

I read two books on holday, first time I have read something for months...

The Lost Daughter and The Drowning Girl
I enjoyed both

[Lynnrose]

Just finished 'Pretend you don't see her' by Mary Higgins Clark.
I am now reading, 'Scandalous' by Tilly Bagshawe

Both books I received via Read It, Swap It....great site