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one_step_closer 09-12-2008 10:28 AM

Potatoes not Prozac - Kathleen Desmaisons

one_step_closer 09-12-2008 11:57 AM

Also, Catch Me Before I Fall - Rosie Childs

beautiful&dying 09-12-2008 12:01 PM

Beyond the Shining Water by Audrey Howard. It's not my usual type of read but I'm finding it great so far, just very different to what I'd usually pick up so I'm still getting to grips with it. It's a lovely story and she has taught me a lot about ships and Liverpool being a dockland, so it's all good!
xxxxx

Runa 09-12-2008 08:24 PM

I recently finished "Second Glance" By Jodi Picoult, and am now reading "That Devil Called Love" by Lynda Chater.

katie2601 10-12-2008 11:29 AM

I have at last finished The California Club by Belinda Jones. I'm a slow reader :) Read it. I'm now reading Going Home by Harriet Evans.

linder surprise 10-12-2008 02:04 PM

w b sebald - austerlitz.
i had to read it for uni but then my seminar got cancelled but i'm past halfway through so i figure i should just finish it.

Katiecakes. 11-12-2008 07:58 PM

I'm reading Lolita. I can't spell the writers name for the life of me though. It's very...interesting.

Kame 11-12-2008 08:55 PM

Desperation by Stephen King, it's strange to say the least.

TrixieFirecracker 11-12-2008 10:10 PM

The Beano Annual 2009... yes even at my age.... Christmas just isn't Christmas without having the latest Beano:thumbup:

_plastic 11-12-2008 10:57 PM

Art of loving-Erich Fromm

momo432 11-12-2008 11:47 PM

TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD!!!!!!! and My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!!! IT IS BRILLIANT!!!!)

one_step_closer 12-12-2008 03:34 PM

Lisey's Story - Stephen King

Wonderful. 12-12-2008 07:49 PM

Jordan, A Whole New World- Katie Price.
I was curious... It is actually a really good book. =]

Dreaming. 13-12-2008 03:01 PM

I'm reading 'Under a Blood Red Sky'. It's boring, and not particularly well-written, but I've nothing else to read as yet.

Oh, and 'Globalisation' by Anthony Giddens :P
But that's for uni.

One of my housemates did a big book buy a few days ago, and bought Power by Bertrand Russell, that I really want to read.

Eir 14-12-2008 12:10 AM

Just finished Awakening by Lara Morgan and now reading Scar Night by Alan Campbell. I'm a fantasy buff. Awakening has dragons!!! good book, by an aussie author

Stirred 14-12-2008 01:01 AM

I'm reading The Otherside of the Story by Marian Keyes. She's a fantastic author I love her Irish wit and the way her books are funny but they always have a serious topic in there. Her books always make me both laugh and cry.

anna christine 14-12-2008 01:35 AM

i'm reading haunted by chuck palahniuk.
i love it, it's weird and amazing (:

Spoons 15-12-2008 01:33 AM

Freakonomics- Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

crazykat 15-12-2008 01:39 AM

Before I die-Jenny Downham

Snuffles 16-12-2008 03:51 PM

Twilight... =)

Spoons 16-12-2008 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreaming. (Post 1282902)
I'm reading 'Under a Blood Red Sky'. It's boring, and not particularly well-written, but I've nothing else to read as yet.

Oh, and 'Globalisation' by Anthony Giddens :P
But that's for uni.

.

how are you finding it? im not really a fan of giddens

Twisted Fate 16-12-2008 05:15 PM

I've been on a book binge for the past few days. Yesterday I read Black Beauty the day before that it was The Madolescents and now it's Fight Club.

TrixieFirecracker 16-12-2008 11:14 PM

Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allen

Piper 17-12-2008 12:04 AM

I just finished 'Before I Die' by someone who's name I have forgotten! the cover said 'will make you happy to be alive' .... it didn't!
not saying it wasn't good, I loved it, especially the way the ending chapters were written/set out but it kinda made me feel guilty!

crazykat 17-12-2008 12:10 AM

^Was it by Jenny Downham, as thats the same title of a book I am reading at the moment

The War Doctor 17-12-2008 12:19 AM

Last read: "Notes From Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Currently reading: "It" by Stephen King
Next on the list: "Torture Garden" by Octave Mirbeau

one_step_closer 17-12-2008 03:16 PM

^^ How are you finding "it"? I didn't manage to read it all because I felt like it was going on pointlessly for so long.

Piper 18-12-2008 05:54 PM

YES it was Jenny Downham, what do you think so far?

Stellata 18-12-2008 06:07 PM

Mummy's Little Girl by Jane Elliott

Is fiction, but reads like a survivor biography. Excellent book.

Alithia Storm 19-12-2008 08:05 PM

I've just finished 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice. I have to read it for Gothic class, and I was looking forward to reading it all year (shush, I'm a dork). I finished it last night, literally could not put it down, and I definatley reccomend it!
Next up is 'Alice Through the Looking Glass', yet another book I have to read for class but again, one I'm quite looking forward to.
Class reading aside, my boyfriend just bought me 'The Boy with the Striped Pajamas' and 'Northern Lights' by Phillip Pullman. Has anyone read these, and if so, what did you think?

Alithia Storm 19-12-2008 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by one_step_closer (Post 1291664)
^^ How are you finding "it"? I didn't manage to read it all because I felt like it was going on pointlessly for so long.

I absolutely love Stephen King, but in my opinion, 'It' isn't one of his best. It's genius, or at least I think it is, but it doesn't half go on. :tongue2:

crazykat 20-12-2008 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piper (Post 1294054)
YES it was Jenny Downham, what do you think so far?

I have now finished it, I found it alright but not fantastic.

Target Dawn 20-12-2008 01:52 PM

"Steel Ghosts" by Michael Paine.

I'm only quater way through it but so far it's really good.
Basically it's about a man who lived in a town as a child where many people died. He came back there as an adult for business only to find it was practically deserted. However, not all is as it seems as the town is haunted only he doesn't know it, or doesn't want to admit it. No one will give him a straight answer about why this town is so strange...

Anyway, I'll stop giving it all away!

HopeRises 20-12-2008 02:15 PM

I'm reading 'Nation' by Terry Prachett.
Next on my list is 'The grapes of wrath' by John Steinbeck.

crazykat 20-12-2008 08:59 PM

I've just started reading Belonging by Sameem Ali

lower than myself 20-12-2008 09:11 PM

I've just finished (I say just finished, I mean, I finished a few months back) P.S I Love You.

I'm hoping to read either:

Interview with a vampire (I'm determind to finish it)
Sunshine (again)
Spectator in hell
Amityville Horror: The True Story

lower than myself 20-12-2008 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alithia Storm (Post 1296575)
I've just finished 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice. I have to read it for Gothic class, and I was looking forward to reading it all year (shush, I'm a dork). I finished it last night, literally could not put it down, and I definatley reccomend it!

I'm trying to read that at the minute, I just can't seem to get into the mood to want to read it though.

Anouska 20-12-2008 09:24 PM

i am reading insomina ( i can't spell lol) by stephen king and then i am going to read tommy knockers by stephen king. Also i am reading Cehila ahern and Tory Haden ... no wonder it takes me ages to finish a book .. read to many at one time lol x

SuicidalDreams 21-12-2008 03:06 PM

twilight =] rather good just now, i cannot wait till i go see the movie

Stellata 21-12-2008 04:23 PM

All in the mind, by Alistair Campbell.

Dreaming. 21-12-2008 06:43 PM

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
It's really quite interesting, and very well written.

lasting 21-12-2008 06:50 PM

the dead and the gone- susan beth pfeffer (im not sure if i spelled that right) really good book.

Alithia Storm 21-12-2008 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PopBangFizz__X (Post 1298499)
I'm trying to read that at the minute, I just can't seem to get into the mood to want to read it though.

How far in are you?
It took me a while to start with. But I promise, it gets awesome.
Don't give up on it yet :D x

ImaginaryFiend 23-12-2008 02:48 AM

The road of the dead - Kevin Brooks

the narration of its weird IMO but still quite captivating

CoffinNail 27-12-2008 08:37 AM

I'm reading Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
I really, really like the way he writes, and now I'm on a mission to read all his books.

Useless Information 101 27-12-2008 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alithia Storm (Post 1296575)
I've just finished 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice. I have to read it for Gothic class, and I was looking forward to reading it all year (shush, I'm a dork). I finished it last night, literally could not put it down, and I definatley reccomend it!
Next up is 'Alice Through the Looking Glass', yet another book I have to read for class but again, one I'm quite looking forward to.
Class reading aside, my boyfriend just bought me 'The Boy with the Striped Pajamas' and 'Northern Lights' by Phillip Pullman. Has anyone read these, and if so, what did you think?

I loved Northern Lights. That entire series was excellent, definitely one of my favorites. I was actually thinking of reading it again haha.

I am currently in the middle of the Dead Zone by Stephen King, one of the few books of his I never got around to.
Ive tried reading it so many different times but never finished it. I do like it so far though.

one_step_closer 27-12-2008 04:36 PM

Cage of Stars - Jacquelyn Mitchard

Roses_In_The_Hospital 27-12-2008 05:06 PM

Reading 'American Psycho' by Bret Easton Ellis. Good book, just a bit sick in places! Got loads of books for xmas so just starting to get through them. Reading is probably one of the few things that calms me down at times!

GhostDude306 27-12-2008 05:43 PM

Im just about to start reading Stephen Kings 'Just After Sunset'

Spoons 27-12-2008 08:50 PM

elephants on acid and other bizarre experiments


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