[GJ Peck]

Just about to start 'So many ways to begin' by Jon McGregor.

H.

xx.

[Joinee Monty Zuma]

Fab Felty Joinee laney, on 28 Feb 2007, 04:41 PM, said:

I have just read THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE by A. N. Homes.

It made me cry.

It's not about cats.

Ooh that one is next up on my list after i've finished Vanity Fair by William Thackeray. I've heard very good things about This Book Will Save Your Life - I look forward to reading it!

[Joinee Tiddles O'Hoolihan]

It's uplifting.

And sad.

[Kneller2]

GJ Peck, on 28 Feb 2007, 04:59 PM, said:

Just about to start 'So many ways to begin' by Jon McGregor.

H.

xx.

yep....i've started that too. I have 2 books on the go at the mo

[SJ Del (The Train Man)]

I went for Carl Hiaasen 'Native Tongue' instead of 'Strip Tease' in the end.
Probably won't be buying any brand-new books for a good while now, so I hope there's some good stuff at GGF!

[Bamboo Joinee Angel]

Just finished "Barking" the new Tom Holt book - Good fun and would recommend it.

[Drench Fuke]

Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis

[Kneller2]

GJ Peck, on 28 Feb 2007, 04:59 PM, said:

Just about to start 'So many ways to begin' by Jon McGregor.

H.

xx.

I'm absolutely glued to this book already....as for Indecision, i appear to be struggling with it. It just doesn't flow anywhere near as easily.

[Au Joinee Rory]

I've now started The Picture of Dorian Gray. Seven pages in and it's already great.

[joinee doug]

Joinee Rory, on 2 Mar 2007, 03:46 PM, said:

I've now started The Picture of Dorian Gray. Seven pages in and it's already great.

'Tis a great book. Not only a great story and well-written, but it's got some great one-liners in it...

[Lethal Biddle]

Joinee Rory, on 2 Mar 2007, 04:46 PM, said:

I've now started The Picture of Dorian Gray. Seven pages in and it's already great.

Indeed, great book. I'd recommend 'Dorian' by Will Self as a follow up. It's an interesting modern homo-erotic rewrite of the story.

Spoiler

Considerably more messed up in many ways. It's not as beautifully written or fanciful, but the descent of his mental state felt a lot more realistic than the original.

[joinee Éli]

El Paraiso en la otra esquina (Paradise at the next corner) from Mario Vargas Llosa. It's a Peruvian novel with two main characters, Flora Tristan, an anarchist trying to organise a pan-European union for the working class (around 1840 something) and her grandson, Paul Gaguin, and his search for "true primitive" art in Tahiti (50 odd years later).

'tis good

This post has been edited by joinee Éli: 02 March 2007 - 04:57 PM

[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, the fourth in the Hitchikers' Trilogy.

[Au Joinee Rory]

Joinee Spacamonkey (GA), on 2 Mar 2007, 04:58 PM, said:

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, the fourth in the Hitchikers' Trilogy.

There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.

[Adorabelle]

Joinee Spacamonkey (GA), on 2 Mar 2007, 04:58 PM, said:

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, the fourth in the Hitchikers' Trilogy.

I've just started reading Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency. Read it so many years ago I've forgotten how the sofa got on the stairs.

[Joinee Kebab]

Almost Joinee Chezzle, on 20 Feb 2007, 02:04 PM, said:

Love and other near death experiences by Mil Millington

Is it good? Judging by the title, might suit my mood right now!

I read 1984 once. Scariest experience of my LIFE. I have to keep it on the shelf with the spine facing the wall now. Have often thought of keeping it in the freezer, like Joey does with The Shining in Friends.

At the moment, am plowing through Old New York by Edith Wharton, as a friend lent it to me ages ago and wants it back, and I know she'll ask me all about what I thought of it. Have only just started it though, might surprise me and be gripping.

[joinee kalibantre]

Luke Rhineheart's (sp?) Dice Man. It's an azming concept, but being a writer myself the narrative voice is driving me up the wall...

[Joinee Evilrhian]

It's night off night tonight (too many nights in that sentence!) so going to start This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes. It's a Rich and Jude Book Club book and I always trust then for some reason, even when they recommend a shocker!

[Popso]

I'm part way through reading Shakespeare My Butt! by John Donoghue

It's a book about the adventures of a bloke and his new dog.....but it's got loads of digressions in it about the bloke's life.

Funniest book I've read for ages.

You can read the first few pages for free by clicking the 'search inside' button at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-My-But...3034&sr=8-1
to see for yourself just how good it is.

[Worm]

Currently in various stages of reading :

'Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld' - Herbert Asbury
The book that 'inspired' the film, but is much more a historical text, albeit in a fairly sensationalist (and often inaccurate) style.

'Advanced Perl Programming' - Sriram Srinivasan & Simon Cozens
Proper geek stuff. Very interesting.

'Tom Brown's Schooldays' - Thomas Hughes
My Secret Santa present, and a joy to read.

'And Another Thing: The World According to Clarkson: v. 2' - Jeremy Clarkson
Bathroom reading - always a good laugh.

'Flatterland' - Ian Stewart
A continuation of the 'Flatland' idea, very well done.

'U.S. History for Dummies' - Steve Weigand
Very easy to read, and very informative.

[the-fish]

Well I could say I'm reading Shakespeare My Butt! ...but I won't

It's been banned from all the libraries round here for obvious reasons

[HRH Gold Joinee Sheli]

The Bitch Goddess Notebook

it's wierd! I like it.

About to start on Gentlemen and players by Joanne harris also

[Joinee Kong]

Jackie Chan's book - I am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action.

Makes me want to train harder.

[Elwalkerihno]

Spacalicious Joinee Kebab, on 4 Mar 2007, 12:26 PM, said:

Is it good? Judging by the title, might suit my mood right now!

I read 1984 once. Scariest experience of my LIFE. I have to keep it on the shelf with the spine facing the wall now. Have often thought of keeping it in the freezer, like Joey does with The Shining in Friends.

At the moment, am plowing through Old New York by Edith Wharton, as a friend lent it to me ages ago and wants it back, and I know she'll ask me all about what I thought of it. Have only just started it though, might surprise me and be gripping.

It is actually very good, especially considering his first novel "things my girlfriend and i have argued about" really wasn't, but the website of the same name is quite a good way to waste soem time.

Am just about to start Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami and cannot wait as his other books that i've read have all been amazing

[Kneller2]

GJ Peck, on 28 Feb 2007, 04:59 PM, said:

Just about to start 'So many ways to begin' by Jon McGregor.

This books is bloomin excellent. I'm enjoying it more than "If Nobody Speaks...". Ace Mcace and back again

[Chez]

Agent Redlocks, on 7 Mar 2007, 12:03 PM, said:

The Bitch Goddess Notebook

it's wierd! I like it.

About to start on Gentlemen and players by Joanne harris also

Finished The Bitch Godess Notebok last week, was highly dissapointed by the ending...

Gentlemen and Players is her best book by far really excellent twist at the end of it

Joinee French Duke, on 2 Mar 2007, 01:06 PM, said:

Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis

I hated this book when I first picked it up. Stopped reading it after the second chapter. I was on holiday and had read all my books so started this one again, really really really enjoyed it

Spacalicious Joinee Kebab, on 4 Mar 2007, 12:26 PM, said:

Is it good? Judging by the title, might suit my mood right now!

I thoroughly enjoyed it, not too heavy, a nice and easy read


And I am now reading Janet Street Porters autobiography which I am enjoying

This post has been edited by Almost Joinee Chezzle: 10 March 2007 - 12:20 PM

[Joinee Tiddles O'Hoolihan]

Agent Rhian - Evilrhian, on 6 Mar 2007, 03:55 PM, said:

It's night off night tonight (too many nights in that sentence!) so going to start This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes. It's a Rich and Jude Book Club book and I always trust then for some reason, even when they recommend a shocker!

This book made me cry.

[MaoMao's Noodle]

Spacalicious Joinee Kebab, on 4 Mar 2007, 12:26 PM, said:

I read 1984 once. Scariest experience of my LIFE. I have to keep it on the shelf with the spine facing the wall now. Have often thought of keeping it in the freezer, like Joey does with The Shining in Friends.

I had to do that with "Brother Grimm" by Craig Russell, because the ending was so horrific. And I am NOT a squeamish person!

[Joinee Mark]

The 2007 scalextric catologue.

[Gold Joinee Twinkle]

The Lighthouse - PD James
I love crime novels

Lorna Doone - R D BLackmore
Next one on the Top 200 list. Not liking it very much so far.......

Appetite - Nigel Slater
and
The Kitchen Diaries - Nigel Slater
and
Cook! - Jamie Oliver
I need inspiration for this week's dinner.

[Joinee Megan]

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Charles Manson story

(I can't afford to buy anymore Discworld novels, I need my library card!)

Joinee Rory, on 2 Mar 2007, 03:46 PM, said:

I've now started The Picture of Dorian Gray. Seven pages in and it's already great.

I've been meaning to read that for ages

[gj kes]

Michael Marshall 'Blood of Angels' - I LOVE Michael Marshall, his thrillers and his Sci Fi are all really gripping and really witty.

Anyone who started 'Time Travellers Wife' and gave up - try again! It's amazing..

I had to read the first three chapters of 'Wuthering Heights' about ten times before it sank in and I'm so glad I did.. my most romantic exciting and moving book ever..

[joinee coolio]

I finished the 'Glass Books of the Dream Eaters' on Sunday. It was good. Quite exciting, and nice and long for me to get my teeth into (I hate it when books are only a copule of hundred pages!). I'd definitely recommend it.

I'm now reading 'The Malice Box'. It's set in Cambridge in 1981 and New York in 2003/4. It's about a great evil that is about to happen, and the main character must run around trying to work out how to stop it. A completely different kind of book to the previous one!

[Kneller2]

Now onto This Book Will Save Your Life - A.M Holmes. It's very good so far

[PJ Hannah B-R]

GAR!! I HAVE to get a bedside lamp so I can start doing some reading. I miss my 30 minute train journeys twice a day I used to get through SO many books.

[Janey]

gj kes, on 12 Mar 2007, 10:53 PM, said:

Michael Marshall 'Blood of Angels' - I LOVE Michael Marshall, his thrillers and his Sci Fi are all really gripping and really witty.

I love him too.
Have just finished re-reading Spares by him.

[MaoMao's Noodle]

SJ Kneller2, on 13 Mar 2007, 10:55 AM, said:

Now onto This Book Will Save Your Life - A.M Holmes. It's very good so far

Ooh, I'm reading that as well! I just started last night actually, and am only as far as the aftermath of the hole.

Won't say anymore, as I don't know how far into it you are!

I'm also reading a Christopher Berry-Dee book of interviews with serial killers (non fic, basic psychology) , which is quite interesting. And stops people from sitting next to me on the bus!

[GJ Michelle P]

"Jester" by James Patterson. It's an interesting and easy read for my commute.

[joinee doug]

Garbo - a pulp biography of the famed actress, from the mid-'60s. It's really just a straightforward rehash of other bios, nothing earthshaking; a lot of studio pics, press releases, etc from a publishing house that also offered books on 'the history of Hollywood nudity' and 'the history of Hollywood monsters'. This volume is about as cheap-looking as they come; rough pulp paper and the type looks like something in between standard book type and typewritten. So, what's the appeal? Well, could you resist a book co-written by someone called Chaw Mank?

[Joinee Davy]

I have just finished reading 'The Talisman" by Stephen King and have started reading 'A walk in the woods' by Bill Bryson (well i say i have started it, but i am already over half way through it).
They are both brilliant books!

[Joinee Wilkins]

I have just finished reading "The Patriot's Club". A serious wast of time book that someone gave me and after getting too far into, I had to finish. (The downfall of living in a backpacker town is that you end up getting given all kinds of crap books to read)

I am also ploughing through Wonderland Avenue once again. Rock autobio about the guy that managed the doors and Iggy Pop. This is my 5th time of reading it

Gonna start The Corrections soon too.

[Golden Judas]

GJ Patzlaff, on 13 Mar 2007, 02:01 PM, said:

"Jester" by James Patterson. It's an interesting and easy read for my commute.

I loved that- I would also recommend the 'Harlequin' series.

As of now i'm working my way through any Sven Hassel novels i can get me hands on.And iv'e just got Jeffrey Deaver's 'Garden of Beasts'-which i'm gonna have a go at-not his usual type of novel methinks.

[GJ Michelle P]

Scotty Iscariot, on 14 Mar 2007, 01:10 AM, said:

I loved that- I would also recommend the 'Harlequin' series.

Excellent! Are those by JP too?
I assume you don't mean the bored housewive's cheesy romance novels.

[Kneller2]

Maomao, on 13 Mar 2007, 12:28 PM, said:

Ooh, I'm reading that as well! I just started last night actually, and am only as far as the aftermath of the hole.

Just fantastic. I'm loving it. Funny, well written, intelligent and moving. I'm gonna struggle to put this book down, i can tell.

[Joinee Evilrhian]

Just started Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin - I think it's a kids book but it's really good so far. Am going to read Marley and Me by John Grogan next

[Kneller2]

SJ Kneller2, on 14 Mar 2007, 02:10 PM, said:

Just fantastic. I'm loving it. Funny, well written, intelligent and moving. I'm gonna struggle to put this book down, i can tell.

hehe, i couldn't stop myself from laughing out loud on the train yesterday. The horse

[Elwalkerihno]

gj kes, on 12 Mar 2007, 08:53 PM, said:

Anyone who started 'Time Travellers Wife' and gave up - try again! It's amazing..

Definitely, one of the best books i've read this year, and anyone who enjoyed it has to read Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, the best book he's written, which makes it one of the best books ever written.

Have just started Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell, and am in danger of doing no work and finishing the book before my night shift ends it's that good.

[Bamboo Joinee Angel]

Just finished reading "The boy in the striped pyjamas" (can't remember the author) which I had to read for the Sheffield children's book awards - The school librarian has asked me to read all 6 entrants in the longer novel category.
Anyhoo, I digress - Hated the book at the beginning because it was so obvious what was happening (got to remember - it's aimed at schoolkids ) but as it got into the final third of the book I found myself thinking " please don't let it end like that" - but it did and I'm still shocked.
Sorry if it's a bit vague but I would advise anyone who has the chance to read this book (or if any of you have read it - what did you think?)

[Stephy]

Girl with a one track mind - Abby Lee


Filth!

[Bamboo Joinee Angel]

The Hardcore Diary - Mick Foley