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Jul-27-2006 03:15

I know we already have the Sleuths Bookshelf, but people there talk about their general tastes, what books they liked in childhood etc. I'd like all of us to share with others what we are reading now, do we like it or not and to recommend the books we like. Possibly we could have a similar thread for movies.

Jul-28-2006 21:44

What a charmer lol, Nikkie, I think you have yet another admirer :)

Jul-28-2006 21:46

*takes the list from biggie*

*adds his name to the list of admirers*

Jul-30-2006 19:16

I just finnished reading "The Devil Wears Prada" and will soon start "The Seven Gables" The Devil Wears Prada is SOOOOOO funny I will luv it for ev!! The Seven Gables is a classic and anyone out there who is a fan of classic lit. we need to talk!!!

Jul-30-2006 22:51

Awww yes Barry and Jojo have a special place in my heart. So do TimTam's and cheese.

Aug-18-2006 06:22

Just so Nikkie doesn't have to have the entire first page filled with her own face staring back at her ;p
(reference is to the Rem watch thread before anyone accuses me of being rude ;D)

Onto the business of books. I'm currently reading "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and enjoying it so much. I read the first chapters a couple of weeks ago, but couldn't really stick with it - maybe because it has turned out to be more an indoor type of book (to me anyway), maybe because Agatha Christie was beckoning (first time I really got around to reading her and that was such fun) and high summer seemed the perfect time for a bit of murder and mystery (not that there isn't mystery "The Shadow of the Wind"). Anyway, I picked it up again yesterday during a 3 hour powerout and have hardly been able to put it down since. For every page I get more and more enraptured by the story and the characters, who are so likeable that I can't help hoping they'll get safely through to the end and that nothing bad will happen to them. Hopefully the ending won't be a disapointment to what has so far been a very thrilling read. Okay, I'm off to the next chapter :)

Aug-18-2006 09:43

Greayling, *Shadow of the Wind*! So much that I passed it onto Ben, who then passed it onto a friend of ours and so on...

I've just finished the penultimate book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I will finish that series as soon as I finish a little book that is not worth mentioning!

Aug-18-2006 11:00

What do i have to say to that matter, the Frost series, for detective like stories, but i am actually reading Musashi, and its been forever, so it seems, they are two books with 900 pages each, they are great but just to carry the thing makes me lasy.....

Aug-18-2006 11:16

That is yet another good thing about eBooks.

I carry just over 200+ in my pocket with me at all times.

Aug-18-2006 12:12

I am currently reading Sourcery, the 5th in the Disc World Series by Terry Pratchett. Rincewind and Luggage are in it and I adore Luggage.

eBooks are fantastic, I love reading them in the bath... or snuggling up with them on a rainy afternoon in bed with a cuppa ;)

Aug-18-2006 14:20

Sunny, so great to hear you liked "Shadow of the Wind" too. It's one of those books where I'm aching to talk to everyone about my suspicions and concerns, atmospheric passages and favourite characters. I'm tempted to ask you a million questions, just as I'm constantly tempted to flip ahead to make sure this and that character is still around, but I also know it would ruin the thrill of the surprise, so I'll just stay in suspense :D

LED, I read "Lords and Ladies" (think it's the 14th in the series) many years ago, and strangely enough it's still the only one of Pratchett's books that I've read despite the fact that I absolutely loved it and have reread it more times than I can count :D