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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 23, 2008 7:42:15 GMT 1
I've always got at least one book on the go....altho recently I've been so busy I don't seem to get much time to read. At present I'm reading the latest Terry Pratchett. 'Making Money'...it's had me laugh out loud a few times which is always a good sign.
I'm also reading the latest Gardeners' World Magazine. ;D
What are you reading then?
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Post by emseypop on Feb 23, 2008 11:46:19 GMT 1
I'm in the middle of Philip Pullmans 'northern lights' I think its really good but OH read it before me and wasn't impressed. I haven't seen the golden compass,but people who have,say it wasn't too good either  I have the other two books in the series to read when I'm finished. Before that I read Ben's Elton's Chart throb, not his best book by far,but I stuck with it and it got better in the end. Ben Elton seems to lock into whatever in the public eye at the time,and maul it around and expose it in his own humerus way, some people find him bit full on but I think its all very tongue in cheek, and I agree with most of his sentiments ;D |
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Post by maggyd on Feb 23, 2008 23:27:52 GMT 1
Well I'm still reading the Merve Binchey that I started weeks ago! I used to get 4 books out of the library a couple of years ago! its this flipping pooter thats to blame  I have read lots of Sidney Sheldon and I think I must of read All of Cathrine Cookson. I used to like Georgette Hayer and her Regency romances  not any more I now think it is a load of rubbish thats what getting old does for you. I read garden mags and Motorhome mags. |
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Post by mummyjanny on Feb 26, 2008 20:04:05 GMT 1
I've just finished 'We Want Real Food" What an eye opener! Anyone with an interest in food, animal welfare & the environment would find it very interesting.
Janet.
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 26, 2008 21:16:34 GMT 1
I've just finished 'We Want Real Food" What an eye opener! Anyone with an interest in food, animal welfare & the environment would find it very interesting. Janet. I think that's the one I have read extracts from - it made me really as mad as fire about how hypocritical we are about animals in this country! I decided not to read the whole thing for the sake of my blood pressure.. I am reading 'the herbalist', Nicholas Culpepper and the fight for medical freedom by Benjamin Woolley. It's very interesting. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 26, 2008 21:47:46 GMT 1
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Post by owdboggy on Feb 26, 2008 21:54:23 GMT 1
Buried Treasure by Janis Ruksans
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 26, 2008 22:08:17 GMT 1
They are full of utter dross aren't they? I find them very depressing especially as they are sooo popular.. occasionally I look at one somewhere like a doctor's waiting room and, like you, despair (only quieter...) ;D |
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Post by maggyd on Feb 26, 2008 23:11:08 GMT 1
 WELCOME to the Grumpy Old Women Club Cheery ;DMy sentiments as well They are a shallow! untalented !Click.
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Post by goth on Mar 1, 2008 22:44:22 GMT 1
I'm reading 'Not Safe After Dark' by Peter Robinson. It's a collection of short stories, mostly based on crime. I'm really enjoying it  Sometimes, I need to read a complete story in one night, instead of a few chapters of a novel. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 2, 2008 20:11:51 GMT 1
I've just started another Kate Atkinson 'Case Histories' she is a marvelous writer...and it makes a change from Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels. ;D
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Post by maggyd on Mar 2, 2008 22:43:58 GMT 1
One of my Sons has bought me the Saga Collection ;D plenty of light reading for my Hols.
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Post by Sweetleaf on Mar 6, 2008 6:47:50 GMT 1
When the Levee Breaks, by Andy Fyfe Its hard going though. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 6, 2008 10:05:15 GMT 1
Sorry all. Didn't realise this thread was running here and started another one.
Reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.
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Post by debbiem on Mar 6, 2008 10:43:36 GMT 1
I'm reading the brilliant book 4P sent me - Diving Through Clouds by Nicola Lindsay. It's superb 4P, once I start it I can't put it down. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Mar 6, 2008 12:33:46 GMT 1
I'm so glad you're enjoying it. I did!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 8, 2008 18:57:35 GMT 1
I started a new book last night...'The Innocent Mage' by Karen Miller.. I've not read her books before and I'm still undecided whether I like it or not |
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 10, 2008 15:12:53 GMT 1
I started a new book last night...'The Innocent Mage' by Karen Miller.. I've not read her books before and I'm still undecided whether I like it or not Wossa Mage then? |
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Post by Sleepy on Mar 10, 2008 15:20:01 GMT 1
I started a new book last night...'The Innocent Mage' by Karen Miller.. I've not read her books before and I'm still undecided whether I like it or not Wossa Mage then? A Mage (pronouned Maige) is a magician, or magi. Someone who performs magic. |
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Post by goth on Apr 5, 2008 13:03:46 GMT 1
I'm currently reading a book that I purchased from Aldi's yesterday: End the Struggle and Dance with Life ~ How to build yourself up when the world gets you down.By Susan Jeffers. Really insightful, although it doesn't tell me anything that I didn't know before. There's a really interesting chapter on 'mindfulness' though. Her mantra is, "People spend so much time preparing to live...instead of actually living it." It was only £1.99. Here it is on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Struggle-Dance-Life-Susan-Jeffers/dp/0340897600/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207396864&sr=1-5A Mage (pronouned Maige) is a magician, or magi. Someone who performs magic. ..and the 'plural' is magi [pronnounced may-jai, or maige-I] . |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 5, 2008 13:56:11 GMT 1
I am reading a book of short stories by Daphne Du Maurier which I didn't know I had : I am NOT going to read 'The Birds' though.......still the most scary film I have ever seen.....I expect the story it's based on is even worse Some of the other stories are a bit spooky too..... |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 6, 2008 8:08:38 GMT 1
'The Other Boleyn Girl' by Philippa Gregory...it reminds me of books I read as a girl.... When I was around 11 or 12 I remember reading Jean Plaidy books..my introduction to the power rude things written down ...my sister kept a hoard of JP 'Historical Novels' that were basically bodice rippers/throbbing torment type of thing... ;D I loved them...even if I didn't have a clue at the time why! I luuurve Daphne's books 4P...can you remember the one set in Cornwall during WW II ? where some children scupper an attempted German invasion? I wish I could remember the title. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 6, 2008 8:11:51 GMT 1
Now for some reason that's reminded me that I haven't read any John Wyndham for years....I wonder where I've put them!
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Post by emseypop on Apr 6, 2008 11:48:13 GMT 1
I'm reading a biog of a man called Danny Sugerman called wonderland avenue. He started hanging around with the likes of Jim Morrison when he was 12, had a difficult but pampered home life and a tendency to self destruct. Its fairly interesting, but I cant help but be a but unsympathetic, silly man! |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Apr 9, 2008 9:30:38 GMT 1
I've recently finished The Cook and The Gardener by Amanda Hesser. She is an American cook who works for a French family at their chateau and each chapter is about a month and what food is provided by the old French Gardener from the walled gardens.
More about cookery than gardening but a different read (haven't tried any of the recipes, but then I read cookery books like others read novels!)
By the bed to read are Jamie Oliver, Denis Cotter (Wild Garlic, Gooseberries and me) and another one I can't remember!
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I have the other two books in the series to read when I'm finished. Before that I read Ben's Elton's Chart throb, not his best book by far,but I stuck with it and it got better in the end. Ben Elton seems to lock into whatever in the public eye at the time,and maul it around and expose it in his own humerus way, some people find him bit full on but I think its all very tongue in cheek, and I agree with most of his sentiments ;D
not any more I now think it is a load of rubbish 
