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Afternoon.
The Other Hand by Chris Cleave. Amazing. You must, must, must read it.
Just checked Amazon for the Bodyline book Corinth. Quite fancy one on the same page called the Sledgers Handbook
Moomoo...
Don't worry Moomoo, we all do it!
I think I've come across the book before Kwilter - best one I heard was off Merv Hughes to Mike Atherton after he'd let one another pass the bat outside off stump:
"If I bowl you a ***kin grand piano will you play that you ***kin Pommie Poof?"
How about "Why are you so fat?"
"'cos every time I f8ck your wife she gives me a biscuit!"
aitch - notes on an exhibition - top book, i did not want it to end
corinthian - boy 3 will be getting that for his birthday - sounds right up his street
not boy3 - he is 9, boy 1 who is 14
Yes, I remember watching that thinking...surely that's just the way the West Indies bowl innit? Whinging Aussies
My son was old enough to watch the last Ashes series here, and loved it. (good series to watch for your first cricket introduction) so we're all waiting for this one to start.
Today I'm mainly reading a quilting book, so I can work out what to do for my next project.
Still slogging through Spares, but am sprinting through The Straw Men by the same author...
Has anyone read The Other Hand by Chris Cleave? I saw it in Waterstones the other day but had no cash on me. Amazon seems very polarised in reviews....apparently it looks like one of those love it or hate kind of books.
PPS I REALLY don't usually cry at films! Books yes, films no, but look at me go!!
I was planning to read it on holiday too, but I was ill over the weekend..... My daughter has read it now too (one epic evening read!) and thought it was really good too.
It is skillfully woven around the battle of Agincourt. The historical background is amazing. I never realised that (the numbers are arguable but the consensus is 5000 Engilish vs 30000 French) that the battle has such uneven odds.
A one evening read....that's got to be a sign of a good book!
Just don't tell me who wins OK?
BOING!
Nearly time to start choosing books for the summer holidays. I normally take 1 serious book, 1 trashy book and 1 somewhere in the middle. Although as I'm flying Easyjet they'll all have to be lightweight
In the meantime I managed to track down Cormac McCarthy's The Road at the library. Only a few pages in but I'm finding it strangely beautiful which I hadn't expected. Thanks to everyone on here that raved about it.
Happy reading
I've got Azincourt in my suitcase ready for holidays...if I keep it out, I'll read it before I go!
Currently re-reading the Earth's Children series by Jean Auel for about the 20th time.
Hello book club.
Aitch I have read a Jodi Piccoult called Change of Heart I think it was. I'd definately read some more of hers, I enjoyed it and I found it sad. I'll look out for that one. I much prefer books to films, I'm always so disappointed with the characters when I see the film as they look nothing like I imagined.
My boyfriend bought me Twilight on Saturday and I'm half way through and LOVING it. It's just brilliant and I can't wait to read the others. Are their 4 in total?I know they've made that into a film. Is Edward REALLY REALLY gorgeous? I can't see how they can find a man so beautiful by the picture I've got of him in my head. I'm in love with him myself ha ha.
I need to pop to the charity shop for a mooch as I'm away in a couple of weeks staying at my mom and dads, although their bookcase is pretty full so I'll have a rummage through that too.
Yep, 4 books in total and I enjoyed all of them
Read Azincourt while we were out at IMCH and really enjoyed it. definitely PMSL-time at Sir John's views of the French (sorry Nemo, it may not be suitable for those of Gallic extraction...)
After our raid on Waterstones pre-holiday, I have also got through:
The Shack (W. P. Young): bloke with dead daughter meets god. Interesting, though in places the theology overpowers the story. Oddly moving, though I'm not religious.
Breath (Tim Winton): aging paramedic reviews his boyhood as a surfer. Fabulous; absolutely fabulous
Company of Liars (Karen Maitland): Oddball group of nine flee the Plague. OK; too many people died and I could see the twist coming a mile off.
The Other Hand (Chris Cleave): middle class Brit saves Nigerian woman and their lives are joined again a year or two later. Beautifully written, really enjoyed it til the end, which struck me as contrived.
The Sweet Smell of Decay (P. Lawrence): Unlikely duo have to solve gruesome murder in 1664. Didn't do it for me at all. Didn't seem well written, didn't much care if the characters lived or died.
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill): Story of strife in a marriage, set between New York and the UK; involves alienation, depression and cricket. This may not make it sound too appealing, but I absolutely loved it. Keep a dictionary handy...
I liked My Sister's Keeper too, but agree with Kinsey about the ending, seemed a bit unnecessary. Have read one other by her, "Mercy". Also good, but a bit samey in that it took an issue (euthanasia in this one) and did a fiction about everyone's angst around it.
Haven't had the chance to read back yet so apologies if I'm repeating someone, has anyone read "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson?
I liked GWTDT and will read the other two in the trilogy*. It would help if there weren't so many closely-related people in the plot though...
...and yep, we both sussed the twist fairly early on
* I'm assuming that there are another two books as it says something about a 'trilogy' on the cover of TGWTDT, though neither of the otehrs has jumped off the shelves of Waterstones and assaulted me...