Light on Yoga B.K.S Iyengar and Shopaholic Abroad, Sophie Kinsella.. I always have at least two books on the go..Have been known to read absolutely anything

Tara x

I'm reading Understanding Health and Starting With Maths, both for my Open University course, I just haven't got the time to read anything else at the mo. Both the courses are taking up so much of my time.

Mind you, I am actually finding the books very interesting.

Angel x

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

Very atmospheric and a bit creepy! :speechless-smiley-0

May I ask approx what this story is all about? Sounds so interesting. But don't tell me the end! 🙂

I am now reading, jointly, The Romanovs, the final chapter and The File on the Tsar. Both books expose the supposed conspiracy (or otherwise) of what actually happened to the Last Tsar of Russia and all his family. I read the File on the Tsar back in the late 70s when it first came out but it has been updated as there seems to be new elements to the story coming out at regular intervals.

Fascinating reading - I have always found it a highly emotive story, irrespective of the politics involved.

Love

i have just finished reading the time travellers wife, i read this a couple of years ago, but when i enjoy a good book i like to go back to it, i can always find bits that i may have missed, also just finished a great book on anthony and cleopatra

I'm reading the Golden Compass, got interested when I heard the critics say it was about...killing God?!

oooh some interesting reading going on here:)

I'm re-reading The Endorphin Effect by William Bloom. really interesting book written by an amazing man. just felt that I needed a refresher into boosting my own endorphins:p

blessings, Marcie

reading Abandoned by Anya Peters.poor girl. no one supported her not even her "mum":confused:

Amethystfairy:)

I can't remember where I read a recommendation for this, so it might even have been on hp, but I've just finished Watching The Door by Kevin Myers - and what a great read it is!
It's about his time as a young (English-educated) reporter in Belfast in the 70s. Grim, but surprisingly funny, and very candid. Definitely recommended.

LOTR's - The Two Towers by J R.R Tolkien.

now I am readingbehind closed doors byJenny Tomlin who is Martine McCutchens mother.it is about jennys life in1960s.

Amethystfairy

I'm reading everything I can get my hands on by Alexander McCall Smith:
"The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" African series, and the "44, Scotland Street" ones, and also the Isobel Dalhousie books.

The author is such a subtly humorous observer of fine details - people's foibles, hypocrisies & the various ridiculous, funny details of everyday life.
He's astonishingly good at presenting widely different viewpoints - especially those of women!
And he has a generous, heartening quality that invites empathy with even the most ordinary characters. 🙂

I'm reading...

Alexandra Fuller, Don't let the dogs out tonight. I've only just started it but it's about life in South Africa for the writer as a child. Seems OK.
Previous book was Jodi Picoult, Plain Truth-absolutely brilliant, I want to read all of her books now!
blucatheaven x 😉

Colin Fry - Life before death.

Next book to read - Cathy Kelly - Lessons in Heartbreak (has been recommended).

Has anyone read either of these?

reading Life on the other side by Sylvia Browne. interesting book. bit worried about the scanning machine!

told myeslf worry about now not then!

Amethystfairy:)

I'm currently re-reading Game of Thrones by George RR Martin.. since the fifth book of the series is coming out this September 😀 Yay!

I'm currently reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire and I'm loving it.

I'm reading all the Harry Potter books again, I need something easy and not too taxing after all the study books I'm going through.

Angel x

"Break no bones" by Kathy Reichs.

So far not bad, although if you like "Bones", you won't recognise Temperance Brennan.

I'm currently reading "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. It's one of my favourite books that I read to overcome a shortage of books I would like to read. 🙂

realise your inner potential by late george king and Ricahrd lawrence, ( pound from charity shop yay!) interesting book so far agree with it!

Amethsyfairy:)

Sepulchre by Kate Mosse - I'm really enjoying it

Im reading a photoshop manual.

I just recently finished - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, which was a really good read. But I enjoyed the movie more and Magus of Stonewylde by Kit Berry which I totally loved! It's a fictional pagan novel. I hope they make this one into a movie!

I'm now reading - If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern.

Nice to see so many people reading a bit of fantasy! I'm currently reading the Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. I thought this trilogy was a bit slow to start with, but now I'm really sucked in, nearly finished so I just went out and bought the next one in the series too! Her writing style is very good and the story is quite original, she's managed to avoid most of the cliches in the Fantasy genre (so far no elves, dwarves, goblins, wizards, swords/amulets of power...refreshing change!).

I'm also reading the Code of the Warrior, a collection of anthropological accounts of war and warriorship found in different cultures throughout history. It's really interesting, probably because I was an anthropology student so now it's nice just reading the interesting bits instead of the massive amounts of less interesting information! It asks lots of interesting questions, such as why there is war and if war is an inevitable part of the human condition etc.

Hello!

I'm reading 'The final confession of Mabel Stark' an amazing book about a circus tiger trainer in the early 1900's! An unusual subject I grant you, but a brilliant book!

J x

Because of not being able to work for the last month due to health problems I have gone through SO many books lol! My 18yr old daughter has got hooked on the 'Twilight' books by Stephanie Meyer (now being filmed to be released in November apparently!). She kept on at me to give it a try so I have now read 'Twilight' and am half way through 'New Moon' with 'Eclipse' to come (when her friend returns it lol). It seems there is quite a following of these books of all ages, even a group known as the 'Twilight' Mums!!
The story is a love one between a human girl and a vampire and in the second book werewolves are involved along the way. Great escape into romantic fantasy but being that bit older I'm not quite swooning over the main characters like my daughter and her friends lol.

Love and light

reikiangel

xxx

Just finished "The Ghost" by the omni-perfect Robert Harris, and may do a review of it in that forum later.

No, not a ghost story. :rolleyes: "Ghost" is the in-crowd abbreviation for ghostwriters, such as who do the real writing for books on "My Life" by Wayne Rooney or inarticulate pop stars.

A great read if one is looking for fiction with both drama and humour. (Simply terrifically funny take-offs of Blair and Cheri.) The 'ghost' is being employed to write Blair's memoirs, but he's replacing someone who started the job, learned to much, and came to a sticky end....

V

I love Robert Harris's books V. I'm taking Archangel with me on holiday tomorrow and looking forward to reading it.

Another book that I've been tempted to take away with me is The Dig by John Preston. It is the about the discovery of the Sutton Hoo treasure in the 30s. Although the book is fiction, it is woven around the main protagonists of the time, namely the lady whose land it was found on and a local gentleman archeologist who was later ousted by the Big Boys from London. I've been to Sutton Hoo on numerous occasions so will thoroughly enjoy reading this.

Love

I like Robert Harris too. Loved Pompeii and Imperium, also the one about Bletchley Park (can't remember the name.)

I'm currently reading a Rohinton Mistry called Such a Long Journey. I've almost finished and am beginning to believe that it may not have a totally gloom ridden ending as some of his other books have done. He's a Canadian Parsi who writes mainly about Parsi families in Bombay, especially in the bad old days of Indira Gandhi's reign. I've learned a lot about how terrible things were in India at that time.

I've recently gone mad buying books, both secondhand and new. (Had a mad half hour in Waterstones in Windsor with their 3 for 2 offer.) What I do is to make a note of any books which I've read good reviews of. Usually I request them at the library which doesn't cost me anything but my library is closed for renovations and I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms. Hence the spending spree.

I just read the last Rebus novel by Ian Rankin (Exit Music). Rankin made Rebus into a fully rounded character who grew older as the series progressed. Great stuff. I'm waiting for the new Kate Atkinson to be published in paperback. I love her stuff and have done right from 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum'.

Sorry, I've gone on a bit....I just love books. I'll never buy one of those cyber reader thingies where you download a book onto a thing like a big iPod.

xxx