What are you reading?

“Red was known sometimes as red, usually as scarlet, and very occasionally as pink.”

I think that was the reason I always assumed they were called pink. I love etymological discussions!! Keep 'em coming!

INow it's back to "Cloud Atlas"!

Who is the author?   I'm trying to  be  pro active and  find it and have  a virtual  reading group.. help me out  chickie...

Who is the author?   I'm trying to  be  pro active and  find it and have  a virtual  reading group.. help me out  chickie...

David Mitchell

I am presently reading Eragon, by young American author Christopher Paolini. This young man not only shows promise, he delivers top rate high fantasy. I'm impressed. I borrowed the book from a co-worker who had nothing but high praise for it; I'm not disappointed for doing so. 

High fantasy is my favourite genre; I love being transported to another magical time and place through the pages of a well written high fantasy novel.  While I do deviate now and then - just to keep a semblance of balance - and read other genres, I always come back to that which speaks to me most.  I find more than entertainment in fantasy (although, I do, obviously, find that), I find great meaning and message.

I am thankful to my new co-worker, Glyn, for sharing this book with me.  Not only is it a pleasure, it gives me something delightful to read while waiting for my husband to get through reading Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince!

OK, now Cloud Atlas is getting a bit too weird for me. Should I persevere?

iJust finished: The other woman, Jane greene
A year in the merde, which is AWESOME

I just finished The Other Woman - not bad, I am really keen to get "A Year in Merde" so it was great to hear you liked it!

Currently reading "Skinny Dip" by Carl Hiaason

Currently reading "Skinny Dip" by Carl Hiaason

Carl Hiaasen is great!! I love him! I haven't read "Skinny Dip," though. Is it good?

Carl Hiaasen is great!! I love him! I haven't read "Skinny Dip," though. Is it good?

It's my first C.Hiassen and I am loving the snappy humour, happy to send this to you after I am done, save you buying it, just PM me

I'm still REALLY struggling with Cloud Atlas. Maybe it's just because it's not the light, frothy summer reading that suits sitting in the garden. Or maybe it's just me. 

So I've (temporarily?) switched to Sarah Turnbull's Almost French which is unbelievably accurate - about an Australian woman who meets a Frenchman and moves in with him after only knowing him a month and starts a new life in France. It's a true story and I'm REALLY relating to it - in fact I'm finding it quite un-put-down-able....

I'm still REALLY struggling with Cloud Atlas. Maybe it's just because it's not the light, frothy summer reading that suits sitting in the garden. Or maybe it's just me. 

I was loving Cloud Atlas, but now that I'm up to the "Shoosha's Crossin'" chapter I just can't handle all the weird dialect! Who are these people? Why do they talk like that?? Will it all make sense in the end? Please, I'm begging someone who read the book to give me a reason to keep plugging away.

I'm still REALLY struggling with Cloud Atlas. Maybe it's just because it's not the light, frothy summer reading that suits sitting in the garden. Or maybe it's just me. 

So I've (temporarily?) switched to Sarah Turnbull's Almost French which is unbelievably accurate - about an Australian woman who meets a Frenchman and moves in with him after only knowing him a month and starts a new life in France. It's a true story and I'm REALLY relating to it - in fact I'm finding it quite un-put-down-able....

Anne- I read Almost French last year whilst on holiday in Brittany- it *was* literally un-put-down-able, I read it sitting outside our gite in the late summer sun surrounded by the most beautiful landscape.........and LOVED it

I was loving Cloud Atlas, but now that I'm up to the "Shoosha's Crossin'" chapter I just can't handle all the weird dialect! Who are these people? Why do they talk like that?? Will it all make sense in the end? Please, I'm begging someone who read the book to give me a reason to keep plugging away.

Now I'm getting scared.. I  just reserved the book at the library so we  can have  a virtual  reading discussion on it.. should we pick another book?

Now I'm getting scared.. I  just reserved the book at the library so we  can have  a virtual  reading discussion on it.. should we pick another book?

Why did I think you'd already read it?

Beacsue you believe in me  more than I believe in myself? 

Reading The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.  DH recommended it because of my love for Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera and thought Roy's book might hold similar appeal for me.