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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1905 on: April 09, 2009, 10:44:22 PM »
Quote from: stuart on April 09, 2009, 02:48:22 PM
I got a Sony eReader for Christmas, and I've been reading way more than normal.  Right now I'm reading 1984 for the first time.  Kind of reminds me of my work, but I like it.


Yeah, I love love love my reader! Had it for about three months and I take it everywhere with me.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1906 on: April 15, 2009, 02:05:14 PM »
After a trip to the library, I have a huge to read pile.  Probably going to read Trainspotting first while finishing Mitfords:Letters Between Six Sisters. I think the editor is a bit, shall we say, "not neutral" in how she frames the letters and perhaps her choices, it's pretty interesting nonetheless.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1907 on: April 15, 2009, 02:25:18 PM »
Quote from: Legs Akimbo on April 15, 2009, 02:05:14 PM
After a trip to the library, I have a huge to read pile.  Probably going to read Trainspotting first while finishing Mitfords:Letters Between Six Sisters. I think the editor is a bit, shall we say, "not neutral" in how she frames the letters and perhaps her choices, it's pretty interesting nonetheless.

I agree with you.  I did find it interesting despite the slight bias.  I'd like to read Trainspotting also; thanks for the reminder.

I have Greenery Street by Denis Mackail waiting for me at the library.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1908 on: April 15, 2009, 02:50:02 PM »
Quote from: geeta on April 15, 2009, 02:25:18 PM
I have Greenery Street by Denis Mackail waiting for me at the library.

I love that one!! Hope you do too!
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1909 on: April 15, 2009, 02:53:45 PM »
Quote from: chary on April 15, 2009, 02:50:02 PM
I love that one!! Hope you do too!

Oh, cool!  I can't wait.  I am basically just looking off the Persephone list and seeing what I can get at the library.  :)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1910 on: April 15, 2009, 04:43:19 PM »
Quote from: geeta on April 15, 2009, 02:53:45 PM
Oh, cool!  I can't wait.  I am basically just looking off the Persephone list and seeing what I can get at the library.  :)

It's the sort of book where nothing at all happens - my favourite kind!  :)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1911 on: April 15, 2009, 05:10:18 PM »
Wow, Persephone seems like a very good resource.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1912 on: April 15, 2009, 05:42:40 PM »
The Great Bridge, by David McCullough. The subject of my avatar  :)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1913 on: April 15, 2009, 05:43:39 PM »
Quote from: kate_mate on April 15, 2009, 05:42:40 PM
The Great Bridge, by David McCullough. The subject of my avatar  :)


I just finished that! Great book, one of McCullough's best.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1914 on: April 15, 2009, 05:49:48 PM »
Quote from: Legs Akimbo on April 15, 2009, 05:10:18 PM
Wow, Persephone seems like a very good resource.

Their books are also really beautiful, as well as being good! The new paperbacks they've put out in the US aren't quite as nice, but still very pretty. But the gorgeous original dove-grey covered ones just make me swoon!
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1915 on: April 15, 2009, 06:19:53 PM »
Quote from: chary on April 15, 2009, 05:49:48 PM
Their books are also really beautiful, as well as being good! The new paperbacks they've put out in the US aren't quite as nice, but still very pretty. But the gorgeous original dove-grey covered ones just make me swoon!

Yes, I've been lucky enough to get the grey covers here from the library and they're beautiful!
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1916 on: April 16, 2009, 03:02:49 PM »
Quote from: chary on April 15, 2009, 02:50:02 PM
I love that one!! Hope you do too!

Yep, loved it!  DH was not impressed that I sat around all evening reading it, but hey, that's cool.  :)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1917 on: April 22, 2009, 11:55:41 PM »
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1918 on: April 23, 2009, 12:19:22 AM »
I've just finished Wedding Season by Katie Fforde. Utter rubbish - but pure escapism. Now I'm reading a collection of short stories by Carol Shields.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1919 on: April 23, 2009, 12:56:08 AM »
I'm reading Running Wild by Victoria Clayton.  It's the third of her books that I've read, the first being one that my MIL gave me when I first got here.  I thought it would be just a standard chicklit/romance sort of book, and was hugely surprised when it turned out to be intelligent and well-written, with interesting, compelling characters.  I also like that her books are all set in the late '70's, a time I know next to nothing about since I was just being born then.  So they've been educational as well!

I'm also reading Watching the English, Tears of the Giraffe, and the latest Lush newsletter  ;D
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