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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1035 on: July 02, 2013, 10:50:42 pm »
Quote from: Delightful Den on July 02, 2013, 01:49:26 pm
if he wants some cycling fiction he could try the Lance Armstrong books. LOL  ;D  ;D

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« Reply #1036 on: July 02, 2013, 11:01:27 pm »
Quote from: Amanda on July 02, 2013, 01:39:00 pm
I'm just about to finish Michelle de Krester's Miles Franklin prize winner Questions of Travel - and I'll be pleased when I've finished it.  Clearly I'm not up to it as I'm not really enjoying it at all. I'm not engaged by any of the characters, although the writing is very good. I'm looking forward to trying something else.

Didn't like it much either Amanda. 

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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1037 on: July 17, 2013, 06:44:40 am »
Questions of Travel was a waste of my time. Some lovely bits of prose, but 2 dimensional characters, untidy story lines and a weak ending. Gah!
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1038 on: July 17, 2013, 07:57:42 am »
For those of you who loved The Hundred Foot Journey you might  another of Richard Morais  books. Buddhaland Brooklyn. I am loving it. Also downloaded  The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith AKA A K Rowling.

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« Reply #1039 on: July 17, 2013, 08:50:02 am »
Was The Cuckoo's Calling full price (kindle) from Amazon, Gert?
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« Reply #1040 on: July 17, 2013, 09:21:18 am »
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Was The Cuckoo's Calling full price (kindle) from Amazon, Gert?

$16.73

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« Reply #1041 on: July 17, 2013, 12:42:46 pm »
DD has downloaded that too I must put it onto my ereader. I wading through a Nicole Alexander book I was given. Not brilliantly written or even a good story. A bit of a waste of time but I want to find out what happens.
I won Tropic of Death by Robert Sims the other day so I may have a look at that next.
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« Reply #1042 on: July 17, 2013, 11:59:50 pm »
I'm half way through "The Memory of Running" by Ron McLarty. It's not my usual sort of book but I am really enjoying it!
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1043 on: July 21, 2013, 12:52:41 am »
Finished Questions of Travel and want that time back.
Also read "May We Be Forgiven" by A.M. Homes, a book about families, or one in particular. Not the greatest book I've ever read, but enjoyable and worth a go.

Yesterday I finished reading Hannah Kent's "Burial Rites".  It is completely brilliant. A beautifully researched and told story of the circumstances and characters around the last ever executions in Iceland in 1830.  What is really amazing is that it is written by a young woman from the Adelaide Hills.  I loved it and can't recommend it highly enough.

Now I've just started Fuchsia Dunlop's "Sharks Fin and Szechuan Pepper". Good so far.
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1044 on: July 21, 2013, 01:14:15 am »
Fuschia's book is on my wish list. Shudda bought it in Adelaide. Let me know if you enjoy  it.

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« Reply #1045 on: July 21, 2013, 05:53:22 am »
I finished the Secret Race and now I am working my way through "Mapping Le Tour", a history of all 100 Tour de France races. I am also reading "Iron War". It is about the battle between two of Triathlons greatest athletes in the early eighties.
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1046 on: July 21, 2013, 06:24:21 am »
Gee Den I must put those books on my wish list. NOT! LOL >:( ;D :D
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1047 on: July 21, 2013, 08:07:31 am »
Quote from: Delightful Den on July 21, 2013, 05:53:22 am
I finished the Secret Race and now I am working my way through "Mapping Le Tour", a history of all 100 Tour de France races. I am also reading "Iron War". It is about the battle between two of Triathlons greatest athletes in the early eighties.


Like Gert I enjoy a different genre to you DD.  ;D ;D
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1048 on: July 21, 2013, 08:19:55 am »
cookie thank  goodness for that or publishers would be out of business.  

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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #1049 on: July 21, 2013, 08:59:09 am »
I also enjoy fiction and classics.   ;D  DW bought these for me yesterday when she went shopping while I went riding.  ;D
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