August Book of the Month
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1oldstick
The Dragonstone by Lynn McInroy. A fantasy for all ages.
The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon. A short, fast paced thriller. Who is trying to kill the psychiatrist?
The Innocent by David Baldacci. An assassin becomes a target.Another action packed thriller,but with a predictable twist.
Brick Lane by Monica Ali. The story of a Bangladeshi family in London. Fascinating style and the most interesting book this month.
I have started Bleak House but it will take some time.
The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon. A short, fast paced thriller. Who is trying to kill the psychiatrist?
The Innocent by David Baldacci. An assassin becomes a target.Another action packed thriller,but with a predictable twist.
Brick Lane by Monica Ali. The story of a Bangladeshi family in London. Fascinating style and the most interesting book this month.
I have started Bleak House but it will take some time.
2.Monkey.
Well the month isn't quite over yet, I'm still planning on finishing Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991 before tomorrow is up! But so far I've read:
Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe. Interesting, sometimes humorous, but the middle section tended to drag a bit.
The Survivors Club - Lisa Gardner. I love her thriller-mysteries, they're some of the best. :)
Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis. I can finally knock this one of the list! lol
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I was expecting this to be a bit dark and was pleasantly surprised by how he managed to make such a bleak subject matter come off without being depressing.
De leeuw van Vlaanderen - Hendrik Conscience. So amazing! Another that completely took me by surprise from my expectations, I thought it'd be a dull trudge through some boring historic battle but that couldn't be any further from the truth! :D
Plot Against America - Philip Roth. Well written, of course, and kind of scary, given how easily I could see this happening in the US right now.
Song of the Vikings - Nancy Marie Brown. An ER book I'd read like 75% of and then kind of forgot to pick back up for a while, oops. It was interesting stuff but I'd been hoping for a bit more mythology. I did like the history, though.
The Magic of Reality - Richard Dawkins. There was some good stuff in this, but Dawkins is really not fit for writing children's books, and it needed a better editor.
Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe. Interesting, sometimes humorous, but the middle section tended to drag a bit.
The Survivors Club - Lisa Gardner. I love her thriller-mysteries, they're some of the best. :)
Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis. I can finally knock this one of the list! lol
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I was expecting this to be a bit dark and was pleasantly surprised by how he managed to make such a bleak subject matter come off without being depressing.
De leeuw van Vlaanderen - Hendrik Conscience. So amazing! Another that completely took me by surprise from my expectations, I thought it'd be a dull trudge through some boring historic battle but that couldn't be any further from the truth! :D
Plot Against America - Philip Roth. Well written, of course, and kind of scary, given how easily I could see this happening in the US right now.
Song of the Vikings - Nancy Marie Brown. An ER book I'd read like 75% of and then kind of forgot to pick back up for a while, oops. It was interesting stuff but I'd been hoping for a bit more mythology. I did like the history, though.
The Magic of Reality - Richard Dawkins. There was some good stuff in this, but Dawkins is really not fit for writing children's books, and it needed a better editor.
3oldstick
Fascinating collection PM. Which was the best one - De Leeuw Van Vlaanderen? I must look out for Lisa Gardner.
4.Monkey.
She's wonderful, I particularly love her Quincy/Rainie series. Yup, The Lion was definitely the best. I read 440 of the 600 pages in one day :D
