What are you reading at the moment?
Do you recommend it?
I have just finished the one I was reading (False Memory - Dean Kootnz) and am looking for my next one!! :D
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What are you reading at the moment?
Do you recommend it?
I have just finished the one I was reading (False Memory - Dean Kootnz) and am looking for my next one!! :D
I've just finished two whilst on holidays...
Bronte's Story (Bronte Cullis) -
Remember the girl with anorexia that Ray Martin interviwed a few times? This is a very interesting book that is pretty much her journal from when she was recovering.
Not Without My Sister (Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, Juliana Buhring) -
This is an amazing story about three sisters that were born into the Children of God cult. They were abused from an early age but managed to escape when they were a bit older.
Next on the list is Down Came The Rain (Brooke Shields) and New Active Birth (Janet Balaskas).
Wow! They sound great!
"Not Without My Sister" sounds very interesting, I might read that one next!
Thanks!!! :D
They do sound good! I need a new book as I just finished my latest one last night. "The Time Traveller's Wife"... absolutely fantastic! I highly recommend it if you're after some really well written fiction and an amazing love story. I was crying so much in parts my H came to check on me :lol:
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I love books that make me cry lol
I might give that one a go too! Thanks!
Can you tell I like biographies at the moment ;)
Not Without My Sister was a great read. It was written by the three sisters so you get the different perspectives on everything which I found really good. I even googled the organisation they started to help other children from cults after I finished reading it. They are very inspiring women.
I am reading 'The potato factory' by Bruce Courney
Can recommend (can reember the authors and have passed these to mum and sister sorry)
* The Judas Strain
* My Sisters Keeper (sad)
* Lovely Bones (Sad)
There are a few others, but these three are my most recent and couldnt put them down! My sister is half way through 'The Judas Strain' and thinks its brilliant too
HTH :)
ETA: Time travellers Wife was also brilliant, i loved it and tried to find excuses to sit down and read!
Oooh...I love biographies too! I just finished reading two books.
The first was "Escape" (Carolyn Jessop) about a women who escaped from the cult Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She grew up in the cult and had to marry a 54 year old man when she was 18. She had 8 children to him! She was interviewed on Oprah recently, a facinating read!
The second I finished yesterday was "The Nazi Officer's Wife" (Edith Hahn) which is about a Jewish woman who manages to get a false identity during WW2 and marries a Nazi Officer. It's an amazing story!
Ooooh Escape sounds good Trish. I have a bit of an obsession with cults after researching Charles Manson for my psych degree.
Sammiejane I loved Lovely Bones as well :)
Hee hee, I have a bit of a cult obsession too Sarah! I read a biography a few years ago written by one of the Charles Manson girls, I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, but it was fascinating (and gruesome)!
i just finished reading Brooke Sheilds "Down came the rain", it was magnificent and i wish i had read it months ago, it is just so honest. I read it in 2 days i just couldn't put it down.
I just read Moby ****, for all its a classic and so forth, I'd never read it and wouldn't you know, its really amazing.
Just just finished "Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver- wow wow wow. A southern baptist minister's family in the 1960's moves from Georgia to the Congo to "spread the word" of God. It's told from the mother and four daughters' povs. Really well written, compelling story. If you like a little bit of substance to your fiction, its there too (but doesn't feel heavy, either). Good good book.
is it really bad that i can't remember the names of most of the books i've read lately???
am slowly reading "lisey's story" (stephen king) in my lunch breaks at work - and i know i've read about half dozen books in the last couple of months - but can't recall which ones!!
i recently bought the book about Sophie - the little girl that was burnt in the creche fire then hit by another car - but my sil stole it - will have to get it back when she's finished!
I just read this one whilst on summer holidays as well, I really enjoyed reading her story in her words. She actually lived in the next town to where I live which I did not know.:
If you are into biography's I recommend "A piece of cake" by Cupcake Brown. Very full on but one of the best books I have ever read.
I was disappointed to come home from my yearly reading frenzy holiday @ the beach this year as I got some good reading in.
I would also recommend "Marching Powder" by Rusty Young. A story of a drug trafficker being placed in San Pedro Prison in Bolivian, interesting story.
Also I recommend Candy by Luke Davies, probably my favourite book. You might have seen the film with Heath Ledger (poor Heath) but the book is way more powerful.
Sammiejane - I loved My Sisters Keeper as I was reading it but I was so disappointed by the ending, IMO I think the auther coped out after writing an amazing book. I have had discussions with others with have a different opinion, but that is what I love about books they speak to people in different ways and then create great discussions sometimes :)
I just started Wilbur Smith's The Triumph of the Sun last night. To early to say, but it started with a bang, so it must be good. I am a huge fan of his :)
Read The Face, by Dean Koontz - if you liked his writing style, that is one to look out for.
Lil Chookie - I agree with you in regards to the ending of My Sisters Keeper... it was almost like she was really tired and needed to hurry it up so she could go off to bed! ;)
I read a stack of really good ones last year - Just finished a book that everyone keeps recommending to me - 'The Pilots Wife'.... well, can I just say.... yaaaaawn!!! :rolleyes:
Won't be recommending that to anyone, it was just too slow and drawn out!
Have just started a bio 'In My Skin' by Kate Holden (Australian girl who was a heroin addict and prostitute)... have only just started it for my book group, but some of the other ladies that are almost finished have said its incredibly descriptive and raw.... One of the 'straighter' ladies has said she's had to put it down a few times and go back to it!!!
Have only just started though, so I'll let you know how it goes :)
Sarah - If you're into bio's at the moment, you could try 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey - His book was the one that started the big controversy on Oprah a couple of yrs ago - Its also about drug, alcohol & substance addiction.
Its very full on and very raw - Very heavy, but I think well worth the read... I also think if they made high school students read it, its that confronting that it could very well deter more than a few teenagers to try drugs...
Have also just bought 'No Country For Old Men', which I'll read over the next week before I see the movie, as I think its the front runner for best pic at the Oscars this year!
If anyone needs anything recommended, just let me know ;)
Sounds like some good ones there, will have to make a list!
Hi,
Just finished The Kite Runner yesterday..it was really well written although very sad...I could see by the end of it why it has now been added as a Year 12 English book for VCE, it makes you think about things in a different light.
OMG Stars69 I am reading it ATM and love it...really can't put it down.
Didn't know anything about it at all had it sitting on the bookshelf waiting to be read....just wanted to read it before the movie soon and very happy I have started.
The Kite Runner is now going to be in my Top 10 books, I am really loving it and recommend to anyone....so far it also seems it would make a good movie so looking forward to that too :)
If you like The Kite Runner, definately read his newer one too - A Thousand Splendid Suns... am still trying to decide which one is my favourite ;)
And the movie for the Kite Runner was excellent - a lot truer to the book than I expected - Well worth watching :)
Thanks for the tip Holly :)
I have just finished reading Please, Daddy, No by Stuart Howarth. If you are after a story that wil pull your heart strings then this is the one. It is a true story, a biography, a sad and horrorfying (sp) tale of his life.
"the Light in the Window" about a young nurse who goes to work in a hospital for unmarried mums back in the 50's and they are forced to work there 3 years and then separated from their babies.
It is a true story and I have read it about 6 times now and get upset each and every time.
Just finished 'In My Skin' by Kate Holden.
Was very confronting - not a lot was held back ;)
Definately opens your eyes as to what hold drugs can have on you - and how it rules your life and leads you to other paths... in this book, heroin to prostitution....
Was really well written - definately worth the read, but prepare yourself, because everything is told in detail ;)
I am reading "History: A Novel" by Elsa Morante for my book group. It's really good. I started reading it at about 9 last night and before I knew it, it was midnight. Also reading "Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes, which hubby bought me for my birthday last year, but I might have to start again because I left it so long.
I read "A Million Little Pieces" and thoroughly enjoyed it and I've been wanting to read "The Kite Runner" for a while now.
So many books, so little time!!:p
We haven't had a computer for almost a month, so I've been reading more than usual! :rolleyes:
People Of The Book by Geraldine Brooks was really fantastic - its her new one, and well worth the read - a perfect blend of religion, history and a few other things that I won't give away! ;)
I just saw an interview with her on the tv about the book and it was really interesting.
Not Without My Sister was worth the read too - terribly sad and horrific, written by 3 sisters raised in a cult 'Children Of God' - absolutely shocking - and amazing to think that the cult still exists across the world....
Water For Elephants - was given this book almost 2 years ago as a freebie before it was released (I've got the copy in a hot pink cardboard cover!)
It has sat on my bookshelf for that long, and the topic nature never interested me enough to pick it up!
Its about a travelling circus in the depression in the USA - that put me off, but I ended up picking it up after I've heard so many people talking about it recently!
It was great - really loved it... just goes to prove you can't judge a book by its cover!!!!!
Am about to start reading The Diving Bell And The Butterfly... will let you know how it is!!!
Holly
xxx :D
I'm between books at the moment - most of them are packed up, coz we move in a week! Eeek - scary!
(side note - huggies nappy boxes are a fantastic size for packing paperbacks!)
Anyway, just finished reading "Area 7" by Matthew Reilly - kind of just full on action - got the whole book read in about 3 nights, coz the pace never slows down, so there is really no good place to stop reading, so you find that you just keep reading, and then it is 2:30 am. Crazy! Anyway, he is an Australian author, but for some reason his books are based in the US, with US characters...
And have kept out of the packing boxes, "Nighmares and Dreamscapes" by Stephen King. Its a collection of short stories, and this will be at least the 10th time that I have read it - I had to but another copy coz my first one fell apart from constant reading!
I'm reading The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart. It's a cult classic from the 70s about a man who chooses his fate on the roll of a dice. I must admit I'm finding it hard to enjoy, but I think it's because I'm getting much more pleasure from the baby books I'm reading.
I've just started No Turning Back by Joanne Lees. So far so good. It's her story of what happened so none of the speculation from the media.
i'm reading Lisey's Story (stephen king) at work. just finished the three Dexter books
next up - who knows??
I'm reading Cup with no handles... Memoir of a grassroots activist, by Carolyn Landon about a lady who was heavily involved in getting neighbourhood houses set up across the state... After that probably more VBAC and birthing books which Im having a break from right now!
I'm currently reading Almost Home by Damien Echols. It's his biography. But unless you're a supporter of the West Memphis 3 (WM3) then it may not interest you?
Damien & 2 friends were jailed for a crime they didn't commit- the murder of three 6 yr old boys. They were teenagers at the time & have been in prison 15 years now. Damien is on death row & the other 2 are life in prison.
DNA tests done in the past few months have shown they weren't at the crime scene but does show one of the murdered boys (step?) father & friends DNA was found on a shoe lace used in the crime (it was in a position where it could only have gotten there if it dropped on the shoe lace when being tied)
Hearing is coming up in September.
LOL sorry I got a bit carried away haha. Anyway its a good book for supporters :)
After finally finishing the last Harry Potter book a few weeks ago, I lost motivation to read anything else - just want to read more Harry!!
But have now today just started reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. I've heard it is supposed to be really good, no idea what it's about yet...
I'm reading 'A Fine Balance' by Rohinton Mistry - set in India in 1975 when the 'Emergency' (as they referred to it) was happening - follows the lives of 4 seperate people from different castes, and how their fates bring them together... was recommended to me after I told a few people how much I loved 'Shantaram'...
Am really enjoying it - its 600p of extremely small print, started it a week ago and have just under 200p left ;)
I have sooooo many books on my 'to read' list... just need the time to read them all :lol:
I really enjoyed this too Holly, we were talking about it at work today actually.:
DD used it for an English essay about change.
I just want to say ... I WISH I'm Reading ANYTHING atm!! :( :(
I would give my two front teeth to have time to get in under the duna with a heavy novel and just stay there till Chrismas
I'm green with envy!!!
Larana - I read that one twice, I loved it .. have it in my wee little library at home. Enjoy it!!
Mrsmac - Its a good one for girls that age to read.
Another one I think they should make compulsory reading for English yrs 10 - 12 is 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey.
I know he copped heaps when it all came out on Oprah :rolleyes: - But regardless of the few 'elaborations' he may or may not have written, this book scared the hell out of me. (Drugs, alcohol, etc)
My 15yr old neice is reading it ATM and its really interesting to hear her thoughts, even though she hasn't even finished... I think it would stop at least one or two teenagers from going there.
i wish i could say i was reading for pleasure but i'm into chapther 7 of anatomy and phisology science to life lol sounds riveting doesn't it
just finished 'making history' by stephen fry. it took me a while to get into but once i did, i loved it! it was very funny :)
and now reading 'pitch black' by alex gray
I'm reading 'Down Came The Rain' by Brooke Shields.
The book is fueled by raw emotion which hits very close to home. What she has overcome is truly amazing and it goes to show that no matter how bad things get you can get through it.