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Autumn(Book)watch - What Are You Reading?

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expatinscotland · 03/10/2006 20:53

I'm reading 'Cold Mountain' and it's very, very good.

I've got 'The Last King of Scotland' for afters.

NEXT!

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kikidee · 03/10/2006 21:17

Currently On Beauty - Zadie Smith and before that Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld which I loved.

Sophiev73 · 03/10/2006 21:16

True.

Soph slinks off in a waft of scented air, to stroke the downy heads of her darling children who lie dreaming in a spartan room decorated only with her own hand-painted portaits of them...

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expatinscotland · 03/10/2006 21:14

That's the entire force behind their success, Sophie. Of course. A tale as old as time. A magic wand to make all your troubles go away.

I've fallen in love w/fantasies. Far, far better than the reality.

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Sophiev73 · 03/10/2006 21:13

Bet she's crying into her Egyptian cotton sheets... Expat, did you see the programme on romantic fiction last night? Quote of whole thing was 'romantic fiction created heroes we know can't possibly exist in real life...!'

Rowlers · 03/10/2006 21:12

I can't read Anita Shreve. I don't like her book covers. It really puts me off.
How shallow?

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expatinscotland · 03/10/2006 21:12

I can't get into Anita Shreve myself.

Ditto Maggie O'Farrell, who just makes me want to curl up in a ball and weep.

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SherlockLGJ · 03/10/2006 21:11

Well no not really.

She really pissed me off with the Pilots wife, a lazy lazy contrived ending.

She is on her last chance with Weight of Water.

Yeah like she cares....

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expatinscotland · 03/10/2006 21:10

John O'Farrell's got that 'May Contain Nuts' out that looks nice and light.

Think I might try 'The Summer Psychic' after I finish these two.

I'm rippin' thru 'Cold Mountain' b/c it's stunning how much a man can love, if only on paper. He catches my breath, that writer.

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Sophiev73 · 03/10/2006 21:09

Sherlock, would like to like Shreve (have the same problem with olives) but just can't be doing with her. Any rec.s to change my mind?

cowmod · 03/10/2006 21:07

agree not so funny
canrt rememerb a twist at all tbh

Rowlers · 03/10/2006 21:07

Finished Ukrainian tractor - liked it.
Just read a crappy American crime by Tess Gerritson (sp?) - fodder really but easy to read.
Just about to start something new but not sure what. John O Farrel perhaps or maybe that Kite Runner one.

SherlockLGJ · 03/10/2006 21:06

Just off to read Anita Shreve in the bath.

Sophiev73 · 03/10/2006 21:03

Ukranian tractor thing. Not as 'laugh out loud' hysterical as the cover suggests. Unless it's got a really big twist I haven't spotted yet.

cowmod · 03/10/2006 21:03

saturday mcewamn have started
a hev read alodas recently alan bennet, war reposrting fo cowards, a weird hting called " leep with me2 A THRILLER HTING

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expatinscotland · 03/10/2006 21:02

No one is reading?!

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