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nice one Sam Louise!

Kite Runner, I thought it was superb!
Having had a weeks holiday I took loads to read, but the best by a mile was A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry which was a fascinating, thrilling and interesting read, and when that finished I tucked into a load of old Jeeves and Wooster books  ;D

Quote from: asbean on October 20, 2009, 12:46:22
Just finished "The Kite Runner", lovely book, wish I had read it when it came out.  I didn't want it to end.

I loved The Kite Runner too, an excellent book.  I also really enjoyed his second book but I can't remember what it's called now!

I enjoyed Ghost by Robert Harris.

I love crime thrillers, can anyone recommend some?

Quote from: Squash64 on October 20, 2009, 14:44:41

Quote from: asbean on October 20, 2009, 12:46:22
Just finished "The Kite Runner", lovely book, wish I had read it when it came out.  I didn't want it to end.

I loved The Kite Runner too, an excellent book.  I also really enjoyed his second book but I can't remember what it's called now!

A thousand splendid suns - it's on my wish list

recently read Angels & Demons which i thought was very good, looking forward to Dan Browns next one  :)

just started reading Terry Pratchet Discworld books  :)

Squash64 have you read any of Stuart Pawson's D.I.Charlie Priest books? I've enjoyed them all and just started to reread them.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/stuart-pawson/

A thousand splendid suns - it's on my wish list
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PM me your address and I'll send it to you. I read it a couple of years ago and now it's just gathering dust on my shelves! Good story. It makes you understand why we are in Afghanistan.

Ah, the discworld books are great ;D Still get them out when I want a chuckle...

I know its a bit embarassing, but have just finished reading the Twilight books by Stephanie Meyer, I flicked through the first when my little sister came to stay with it and then couldn't put it down :-[

At the moment have some serious reading to do for my OU degree....

just read twilight, now on blue moon, my daughter bought them for me for my birthday, also got the new Terry Pratchett and a new Elizabeth Peters  ;D
just seen your post, coznbob, snap  ;D

 ;D

Watch out they get addictive......

 :)

i,m reading

The Princes in the Tower
Alison Weir

Quote from: grawrc on October 20, 2009, 15:52:45
A thousand splendid suns - it's on my wish list
PM me your address and I'll send it to you. I read it a couple of years ago and now it's just gathering dust on my shelves! Good story. It makes you understand why we are in Afghanistan.

grawrc, have you read Three Cups of Tea? I came across it through the Amazon "if you like this, you might also like" function after buying The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (which I gave to actiongran a few weeks ago and she loved them too), and I did also like it, very much!

I finished The Book Thief recently, and it was one of those books that you never want to end - I really enjoyed it. now looking for something half as good, as I'm in the middle of Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger but I'm not enjoying it very much :(

Quote from: norfolklass on October 20, 2009, 17:01:01

grawrc, have you read Three Cups of Tea? I came across it through the Amazon "if you like this, you might also like" function after buying The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (which I gave to actiongran a few weeks ago and she loved them too), and I did also like it, very much!

I finished The Book Thief recently, and it was one of those books that you never want to end - I really enjoyed it. now looking for something half as good, as I'm in the middle of Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger but I'm not enjoying it very much :(

No, not yet, but it's only a mouse click away!! ;) I'm glad of the The Book Thief recommendation too - one of those books I always meant to read but never got round to.

Quote from: Flighty on October 20, 2009, 15:27:58
Squash64 have you read any of Stuart Pawson's D.I.Charlie Priest books? I've enjoyed them all and just started to reread them.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/stuart-pawson/

No Flighty, but they are on my list now.  Thanks  :)

I'm reading "Life isn't all ha ha hee hee" by Meera Syal at the moment. Funny and enlightening. Best book I've read this year is "The Guernsey literary and potato peel society" by Mary Anne Shaffer.

just awaitin for the OH to finish t.pratchett's latest so I can have a read of it!!

Anyone going to next year's discworld convention?

tell us more, anne!!

what would you go as or should we start another thread  ;D

Just read Maeve Binchy, Echoes, and started on Brick Lane.  I love just love my bed and a thick duvet and a good book.  I can even read sauce bottles or whatever.