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What happened to book of the month?

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SenoraPostrophe · 18/12/2004 22:40

I need some inspiration!

(pathetic really)

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SantaQuated · 18/12/2004 22:44

no no no
it just made me buy loads of books that i still ahven't got round to reading.
freddiecat was BossOg and i think she is too busy with new(ish) baby

spacedonkey · 18/12/2004 22:47

SP look on the absolutely unputdownable books thread!

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SenoraPostrophe · 18/12/2004 22:47

Just that a good read and discussion always gets me back into the habit.

Reading 100 years of solitude at the mo (3 quarters in) and getting a bit boged down in it to be honest. Would have been great if it was about half the length I think.

I have lots of unread books too, but can't decide which to read next.

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spacedonkey · 18/12/2004 22:49

have you read Love in the Time of Cholera? it's on my list of books to read

have you read life of pi yet? blimmin brilliant

SantaQuated · 18/12/2004 22:49

what have you got SP?
i still haven't managed to get into Owen Meany, but MEAN to
reading a good one at the moment, can't remember tatle or author but it is about a woman battling with depression and suicidal thoughts. not the type i normalyy go for but i'm really into it

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SenoraPostrophe · 18/12/2004 22:49

sd - I'd forgotten about that!

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SenoraPostrophe · 18/12/2004 22:55

Actually there's not as many as I thought.

Chocolat (J Harris)
The Blind Assassin (M Atwood)
The Bookseller of Kabul
Strange Meeting (Susan Hill)

read any of those?

The thing is, I used to have one "deep" and one light book (eg Terry Pratchet etc) on the go at all times. Recently I've discovered books that manage to be deep and very readable, so I'm more fussy I think. Or maybe I'm just better at reading?

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spacedonkey · 18/12/2004 22:56

I've got chocolat. It's one of those books I started reading but another book caught my attention and tempted me away. Mind you, that happened with Life of Pi, but when I went back to it it was one of the best reads I've had in ages. Call me fickle.

spacedonkey · 18/12/2004 22:58

I have been inspired by the recent classic authors thread - Middlemarch has been beckoning to me for a while, but I really want to get some Wilkie Collins next.

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SenoraPostrophe · 18/12/2004 23:02

I loved Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris (took a few chapters to get into it though) but am scared chocolat won't live up to it.

I think perhaps the Margeret Atwood. Anyone read it?

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SantaQuated · 19/12/2004 14:35

i have the bookseller of Kabul - i absolutley loved it; but DH only managed 75% before giving up

Yorkiegirl · 19/12/2004 14:37

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roisin · 19/12/2004 15:12

FINALLY! Something we disagree on YG! I disliked 5 1/4s of orange intensely - did nothing for me whatsoever. But loved Chocolat - the book, not the film (which for me missed the point completely).

popsycal · 19/12/2004 18:51

freddiecat had a baby in july and with a 2 year old she has her hands very tied up!!

am sure she wouldnt mind if you wanted to choose a book....

hoxtonturkey · 19/12/2004 18:53

love in the time of cholera is much much better than 100 years of solitute imo.

feastofstevenmom · 19/12/2004 18:57

roisin - did you find 5/4 of the orange a bit creepy - particularly the headache stuff? the book had a definite page turning quality, so obviously well written, but definitely made me shudder a bit

Demented · 19/12/2004 19:00

I gave up with Chocolat about three quarters of the way through, it just didn't capture my imagination. I tried The Blind Assassin but couldn't get into it but I loved The Bookseller of Kabul. Would also recommend Life of Pi, fantastic book.

popsycal · 19/12/2004 19:15

ditto exactly what demented said abotu those books (btw demented....enduring love is on a bit of a standstill now while i read murder on the leviathan - which is quite good)

Demented · 19/12/2004 19:19

Popsycle I've finished Enduring Love. Frustratingly I was two pages from the end (before the appendix bit) and really wound up in the story when a friend came to the door and by the time I got back to it the mood had gone and the ending sort of spoiled but I did enjoy it and am still surprised that the book was nothing like I was expecting.

Going to look up your other book on Amazon.

roisin · 19/12/2004 19:24

FoSM - yes, I did find it rather creepy and unpleasant. We tend to hoard books in this house, but that one when straight in the bag for the charity shop, as I knew I would never want to re-read it.

Big thumbs up for Life of Pi here too.

I'm intrigued by the people who gave up on/disliked Chocolat. I wonder why that is? I found the issues of religion, spirituality, witchcraft, etc. - as handled by in this novel - absolutely fascinating.

popsycal · 19/12/2004 19:25

I read a book a few months ago - a really eay read which was a bit of a page turner if anyone fancies something 'light'
WANT TO PLAY? it was called - a sort of thriller.murder mysetry - the type you can read in a few days...

popsycal · 19/12/2004 19:26

another good one - but a bit lenghty - I know this much is true by wally lamb

Demented · 19/12/2004 19:30

roisin, I had great hopes for Chocolat, heard so much about it, that together with my love for chocolate I thought it would be the perfect book for me but I just found it a bit of a slow ramble, perhaps it was more my mood at the time but I just got fed up with it.

Yorkiegirl · 20/12/2004 11:21

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