Whats in your pile of books?

[aristocat]

do you have a pile of books waiting to be read?
mine are -
Swimsuit
Lying with strangers
Two for the dough
The Blue Nowhere
Creepers

are you a hoarder [like me] or do you just have one?

That Michael Jackson biog is surprisingly readable

Finest Englishwoman also vv good

The Inheritance of Loss (started it but not finished)
Love in a Cold Climate (started but not finished)
Twilight (just started on advice of Mumsnetters)
The Star of the Sea
The Pursuit of Happyness (sic)
A crap celeb book that MIL bought called something like 'Is it just me or are all celebrities crazy?' with v out of date info about Kate Moss, Kerry Katona and Robbie Williams etc. (never going to finish)
The White Tiger
The Bolter

aristo I haven't read any of Picoult's because I would rather pull my toe nails out with pliers than read any Mis(ery)Lit.

Normally about abused and/or dying/deprived/murdered children. From what I have heard she doesn't shy away from scenes of graphic child abuse and I can't think of anything I would like to read less than that.

Mislit does seem to appeal to a lot of women tho and is a growing genre, but I have no idea why.

I have the actual title in my phone Janeite - you mentioned it on another thread. Or someone did...

didnt realise they were that bad
thanks..............hate those books
very depressing
will give em a miss

Mmm - not sure all Jodie Picoult's stuff is MisLit. I read a couple to start with. She writes reasonably well and obviously researches her stuff thoroughly - and picks unusual/involving topics - but then manages to spoil the whole thing by being so formulaic.

Read two and you know exactly how she's going to handle any of her others.

I wouldn't have put Picoult in the category of mislit

Ahh was it the man born as an old man thing? God - what was it called? It was brill! Max something.

lol yes that one!

I saw one about a high school massacre.
gave up after two chapters who wants impending doom and misery on holiday?!

Lol yes so they aren't exactly chirpy, but not mislit either iyswim. I think of mislit as "My daddy abused me for some wine gums" type books

That's what I think of Mislit FlameSparrow, think I have her muddled in my mind with the likes of 'If I should die before I wake' or 'please daddy no'

Serves me right for judging a book by its cover..ignore me aristo

will have to check amazon and give one a try. shes mentioned alot on here, if i dont like it , the charity bag will

check charity shop first - prob loads of My sister's keeper there atm

meant what I said about MisLit though

this is the Max one

Jodie P isn't mislit, she is shite-lit - tis a different genre.

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YES! I have been looking in every book shop and for some reason can't find it anywhere.

i could always ask but that would just be sensible...

I got it in the library - might be worth a shot?

I'm heading there on Weds so will look then

H lib?

Yup - last month I think. Was there today though and they didn't have much at all to offer me. It all seemed rather John Grisham.

oh dear.... you have mail btw